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THE BROAD MAJESTIC SHANNON (1988)
There aren’t too many songs that make me cry every time I hear them. Of course, then again, there aren’t many songs I only listen to when I’m paralytic drunk…
June 22nd, 2009.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Incidentally, my friend Conal posted on here before about misheard lyrics. First time I heard this song as a kid, I thought it said “Where we once watched the robots landing / on the broad majestic Shannon…”
It’s actually “row boats…”
Though I still prefer robots.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am
yeah and since when did row boats ‘land’ anyway? robots is deffo the more realistic option for a kid.
My favourite weepy Pogues song is a pair of brown eyes.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Oh no Darragh, in the west at least, everything lands – cars, bicycles, uncles etc.
c.f. “Would you put the kettle on for God’s sake. And your poor auld uncle only after landing in from the field…”