The Dropkick Murphys have recently become one of my favorite bands. "Blackout" is my favorite disc by them...."The Warrior's Code" is a close second. Can't wait for their new one, due in September I think.
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> Don't know if we have (m)any Dropkick Murphys fans here
> (Irish-steeped punk/folk/rock), but I heartily recommend
> their version of "The Green Fields of France." Its a
> cover, though I'm not familiar with the original (by Eric
> Bogle, I've learned, the "Waltzing Matilda" guy.)
>
> Anyway, its a very effective, moving ballad that starts at
> the grave of a WWI soldier and becomes a rumination on the
> futility of war.
>
> "and I see by your grave you were only 19
> when you joined the great fallen in 1916
> well I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean
> or Wille McBride, was it slow and obscene?"
>
> I'm pretty sure if I listen to this drunk, I'll be moved
> to tears, and to hug my fellow man immediately, maybe even
> grabbing his ass.
>
> Check it out if you're so inclined.
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