[.ca] Clancy Brothers And Tommy Make

are those pirates?:
I played this CD for my son, aged three, and and he asked me "are those pirates?" I responded that the Clancy Brothers were not pirates, but he persisted. "Are they SAILORS?" I figure the songs are pretty entertaining, but if a 3-year old can't tell Irish folk singers from sailors or pirates, it can't be all that good. zoreb

Perhaps Zoreb is Stupid.:
Caracatures of Pirates, Disneyland included, IS NOT what the Clancy Brothers is about. My Grandmother was from Ulster and sang many of these songs. This is Irish music at it's finest.

Maybe Zoreb's son is stupid:
Ever think that your son's helmut is strapped too tight? Clancy brothers are a cut above the rest and are pure and wonderful irish folk musicians. Try taking your son to Pirates of the Carribean in Disneyland then take him to an old Irish Pub where Guiness flies and ol' drunken Irishmen sing...maybe then he'll get it and maybe then you can take the fatherly stance and explain to your son the difference.

Another nice compilation of really nice Irish folk:
The Clancy Brothers are always a winner in the Irish folk arena. Hard to rate them because I like just about everything they do. You can sense that the Brothers and Tommy Makem pour themselves into their music with such feeling and power and it will make you feel proud to be Irish even if you are a Thai Mexican (not necessarily a reflection of the reviewer...hahaha). But in all honesty the music will have you wanting to sing and maybe even drink a few pints of Guiness which, by the way, never hurt anyone from what I hear! Throw this cd on, pour the Guiness in, and have some fun!

• Brennan on the Moor - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers
• Work of the Weavers - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Stuttering Lovers - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Paddy Doyle's Boots - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Maid of Fife-E-O - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Bard of Armagh - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers
• Jug of Punch - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Roddy McCorley - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Barnyards of Delgaty - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers
• Castle of Dromore - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Bold Tenant Farmer - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers
• Ballinderry - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers
• Bungle Rye - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Eileen Aroon - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
• Johnny I Hardly Knew You - Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers