This is actually a live stream - they've been sitting there doing this since 1982. There was a full choir originally but over the years most of them sadly doodly-died.
This is excellent, it brings back to my mind of times when I was a young boy, I often had to climb tall mountain sides looking after my grandmothers sheep, Imade of music and tunes on my head and diddled or lilted for hour on end, the time would pass so quickly, The was a young boy in our village and his specialty was commentary on imaginary football and hurling matches he would copy the voice of Michael O'Hare, during his imaginary matches, there will fights during the matches, fowls of all kinds, the crowds breaking onto the playing field and challenging the referee. Those are the most exciting matches that I ever attended, Far better than any real footballer hurling match.
I recall with pleasure a very similar 'commentary' in Emmet's bar in Camlough, co. Armagh about 30 years ago. It was about 2am in a seriously boozy lock in, and everyone was reduced to tears of laughter - never to be forgotten.
When I was a child, lilting was normal in the Irish Loop, Newfoundland...and once the Dubliners arrived, local musicians would learn lyrics by lilting, until they got the full lyrics and melody. Here's a televised version on CBC, from the late John White....the lilting comes in at around 2:54 minutes
This is Irish/Celtic soul music, the people had soul and a great feeling for their music, Many people could not afford musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices.
I think that you may require a history lesson. I would like to explain one of the main reasons that this form of mouth music was introduced. When England invaded, occupied and ruled over Ireland, they introduced draconian and brutal laws against Irish people known as ' The Penal Laws '. These were laws were designed to prevent any status, progression or prosperity gained by the Irish people by banning them from doing many things. These laws were a deliberate attempt to subjugate them, demoralise them, make them destitute and break their spirit. The English knew of how connected Irish people were to their native culture. One of the things they banned were musical instruments. To ultimately defeat Irish people, the English tried to destroy Irish culture and one of the many ways they thought they could succeed, was by not allowing them play musical instruments and enjoy their cultural music. Frequently, breaking such draconian and brutal laws could result in a summary execution of that person, with the local community being forced to watch. The Irish resisted, determined to keep their culture alive and created musical sounds and rhythms with their mouths, substituting for musical instruments., for people to sing along to and dance to. These men in the video are honouring a very important and immensely proud part of our cultural history.
I was so lucky that I got to hear Michael doing this himself but thought his brother was better. To me Mike Rafferty is the greatest and I will always miss him as he shores up my heart strength lucky me. RIP Mike
Lilting, the sounds used by Irish to communicate coded messages to one another. Used primarily during the War of Independence and the historic victory over England in Stuttgart in Euro '88, unfortunately only a small portion of the team understood the coded sounds so the margin of victory was minimal.
Not really. An awful lot of Irish tunes for whistle, fiddle, accordion etc. , in fact hundreds of of them, have NO words, just music. Lilting or "mouth music" is using your mouth as the instrument for the tune. That's what most poor Irish people did who could not afford instruments. It was a way of keeping the tunes alive.
+Roger everyone can doodle, try it, but naked, yeah as naked as the day you were born, you don't have to smother your self in yoghurt but hey fuck it! Who gives a shit?
I don't think so; actually, the occasional thirds we hear are due to the facts that 1-They have learned the song from different sources, which is common with traditionnal tunes and/or 2-they improvise on the melody...
It was a traditional way of carrying the music around the country if you couldn’t play a musical instrument. Without it our musical heritage would have suffered. Bad enough the British were killing our ancestors for playing Irish music.
Great! Anyone ever hear of Fay or Kilduff.......Lilting had an audience appeal that few or no instrumentalist had. Maybe those who play lost a lot through the instrumental communication, or lack of it . It is worth noting that these guys were not loud and did not lilt quikly or with any percussive help. Any views??
well in fairness,they are in a pub,likely were they met theyr misses in the first place..still doesn't mean a sober man can't do that......maybe a bit poorly...but still...
This is actually a live stream - they've been sitting there doing this since 1982. There was a full choir originally but over the years most of them sadly doodly-died.
LOOOOOOOOOOL
🤣
This had me cackling
😂😂😂😂
Doodly-died lmfao
Well, I just learned something new, my Irish grandfather did this all the time, I didn't realize there was a name for it.
Mine too 😢 I didn't even know we were Irish 😅
same
This is excellent, it brings back to my mind of times when I was a young boy, I often had to climb tall mountain sides looking after my grandmothers sheep, Imade of music and tunes on my head and diddled or lilted for hour on end, the time would pass so quickly, The was a young boy in our village and his specialty was commentary on imaginary football and hurling matches he would copy the voice of Michael O'Hare, during his imaginary matches, there will fights during the matches, fowls of all kinds, the crowds breaking onto the playing field and challenging the referee. Those are the most exciting matches that I ever attended, Far better than any real footballer hurling match.
I recall with pleasure a very similar 'commentary' in Emmet's bar in Camlough, co. Armagh about 30 years ago. It was about 2am in a seriously boozy lock in, and everyone was reduced to tears of laughter - never to be forgotten.
The Irish imagination is both a blessing and a curse.
But when it is a blessing it is marvelous.
When I was a child, lilting was normal in the Irish Loop, Newfoundland...and once the Dubliners arrived, local musicians would learn lyrics by lilting, until they got the full lyrics and melody. Here's a televised version on CBC, from the late John White....the lilting comes in at around 2:54 minutes
When no musical instrument was available they danced to the lilting
Still do!
The British confiscated the instruments during the famine we said "fuck this" 😄
@Liam Rodden twas actually pre-famine during the when plantations were taking place and during Cromwell's time.
And the gaelic irish was banned.
This is Irish/Celtic soul music, the people had soul and a great feeling for their music, Many people could not afford musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices.
This is my new ringtone
This made me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks 😂
New morning alarm
rise out of bed on clouds of die doodly
@@johnpatterson8697 I feel like if I wake up to this every morning I'd never have a bad day again.
This is the soundtrack to my life. I've heard it for as long as I can remember.
Brother !
You are blessed!
This party is LIT! I really wish I was there.
It's lilt
I like the part where they said didley doodley
Beeg. Yoshi.
Play it backwards and you get a long list of how the English screwed them over.
I think that you may require a history lesson. I would like to explain one of the main reasons that this form of mouth music was introduced.
When England invaded, occupied and ruled over Ireland, they introduced draconian and brutal laws against Irish people known as ' The Penal Laws '. These were laws were designed to prevent any status, progression or prosperity gained by the Irish people by banning them from doing many things. These laws were a deliberate attempt to subjugate them, demoralise them, make them destitute and break their spirit. The English knew of how connected Irish people were to their native culture. One of the things they banned were musical instruments. To ultimately defeat Irish people, the English tried to destroy Irish culture and one of the many ways they thought they could succeed, was by not allowing them play musical instruments and enjoy their cultural music. Frequently, breaking such draconian and brutal laws could result in a summary execution of that person, with the local community being forced to watch. The Irish resisted, determined to keep their culture alive and created musical sounds and rhythms with their mouths, substituting for musical instruments., for people to sing along to and dance to. These men in the video are honouring a very important and immensely proud part of our cultural history.
@@ItsmeeSaoirse lol he was making a joke, wtf is the "you need a lesson" shite for? well done on remembering your junior cert history btw
@@yessidolemerchant5143 perhaps it is the aforementioned backwards lyrics, written out. 😛
I'll drink to that !
@UCGe54fLhlKsSl9hE4r9JAkw ah yes so our suffering and oppression is a joke? Fuck off
This is actually quite satisfying to listen to.
It's hypnotic and barely understood by many of the people commenting on the video.
@@brianfarrell3987 interesting
I was the only one in the u15 lilting competition in the Dublin fléadh wish there were more lilters :)
Easily the best music video on TH-cam
Try to sing along and see how long you last, it takes quite a breath. And will hear no nonsense from Idjits, Thank you very much.
I was so lucky that I got to hear Michael doing this himself but thought his brother was better. To me Mike Rafferty is the greatest and I will always miss him as he shores up my heart strength lucky me. RIP Mike
Celtic soul music. Awesome!
Yes they had soul and a great feeling for the music, they had no musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices
When you find out there's a name for what you've been doing fror years when no ones listening.
Saw them in Pete Crehan's in Loughrea sometime in the 70's Pure Ballinakill.
What are their names?
Ah the great poetry of Ireland. gotta love it. Yeats would be so proud:)
Прекрасная манера извлечения звука, вводящая в трансовое состояние по типу многоголосья многих народов.
I doodled all over the shop in so-called posh Chelsea with my nan and we sang the old songs together ... SUCH SUCH FUN
gonna be doing this with the boys when we're 80 on discord
Lilting, the sounds used by Irish to communicate coded messages to one another.
Used primarily during the War of Independence and the historic victory over England in Stuttgart in Euro '88, unfortunately only a small portion of the team understood the coded sounds so the margin of victory was minimal.
genius
The rambling pitchfork in the corner
I love it!
Lyrics, please?
Doodly diddly x100
It's mouth music. No lyrics
Die-a-la-doodle-ey
I found my new ringtone
I love any good Irish jam has an accompaniment of foot stomps and woos.
Something else to thank Tony for (and whoever was producing)
This is is an old school Air Guitar Competition.... dil de dooo!!!
So it's singing without the words.
Not really. An awful lot of Irish tunes for whistle, fiddle, accordion etc. , in fact hundreds of of them, have NO words, just music. Lilting or "mouth music" is using your mouth as the instrument for the tune. That's what most poor Irish people did who could not afford instruments. It was a way of keeping the tunes alive.
To this day I'm still convinced the man on the left is Odo from Deep Space Nine, and nothing anyone says will ever change my mind.
Them Irish are something else!
Fantastic stuff fair play to them thats the rale lally daly
they broke up a bit later ... musical differences ...
I love it! Daithi
Hoots Mon love this it's excellent ! thank you for sharing
Take off, eh!
favourite video
Anyone knows of recommended CDs with traditional lilters like these?
very impressive !
Apparently the key to lilting is to not have teeth.
Or to practice until your teeth fall out.
I'll keep that one for some pupils! :D
Amazing.
doodiddllydaidaidaidoodlyda
Not original
Why does Google translate this to "debating the opposition"?
I wish I could do this.
+Roger everyone can doodle, try it, but naked, yeah as naked as the day you were born, you don't have to smother your self in yoghurt but hey fuck it! Who gives a shit?
looooooovvvvveeeeeeee!!!!!!!
You have successfully reached the end of the internet ! Well done
A place where everyone is Rene Auberjonois from Star Trek
The fact they harmonize means that the song is actually charted in some way and they learned it. whoa
I don't think so; actually, the occasional thirds we hear are due to the facts that 1-They have learned the song from different sources, which is common with traditionnal tunes and/or 2-they improvise on the melody...
Why would it mean that?
Not so.
@@bobdexter9175 i know that was you on the like. What kinda foolishness was that statement? Must not know how musicians roll
This is so cool
Popeye did this all the time too ... ! Anyone know around what year this would be? Great stuff. Thanks for putting it up.
1982 ☺️
@@fermageehamilton1402 Thanks!
comment is from 10 years ago, i guess its the library of alexandria
A treasure...
The great thing is, the are nearly singing the same tune.
Give any man enough Jamison and this will automatically start happening at some point
Upppaaa boiis 🇮🇪
I presume you know by now but Seamus Fay from Cavan has a lilting cd out, great recording
We have something like that in Québec. We call it "turlute".
some tune boy,,,get up outa that!
2:36 in the morning and here I am on You Tube listening to Lilting and not with a drop of beer in me, Ohh here time for bed.......laters Bitches
Hehe me too
Dial a doodle a diddly dah ❤
Ned Flanders favorite song
Look up the Miracle of the Sun footage.
This is great.
This feels Two Hours long
Skiddleeyedledoodleyedoodleeyedleyedleday
When the British take all your instruments
that's like the lilting version of dueling banjos
it definitely is not
It was a traditional way of carrying the music around the country if you couldn’t play a musical instrument. Without it our musical heritage would have suffered. Bad enough the British were killing our ancestors for playing Irish music.
Great! Anyone ever hear of Fay or Kilduff.......Lilting had an audience appeal that few or no instrumentalist had. Maybe those who play lost a lot through the instrumental communication, or lack of it . It is worth noting that these guys were not loud and did not lilt quikly or with any percussive help. Any views??
Good man Blake!
brill
Welcome to the World of Zelda.
Up Ballakille
love it
Flanders' ancestors
Hi - no, I didn't - but thanks to you know I do! I saw it is available on iTunes so I just bought it! Thanks for the tip!
HOLY WOW.
Hey guys, does anyone know where i can find the lyrics?
il die if i do diddly do this again
lovely jig :)
Ned flanders would love this one dy doodely
Brlint
Me when the bar has Guinness on tap
So ... that's how it's done!
One thing I want to do before I die is to learn how to lilt!
My gf: he's with his friends, sure they're hitting on girls at some bar.
Me and the boys:
well in fairness,they are in a pub,likely were they met theyr misses in the first place..still doesn't mean a sober man can't do that......maybe a bit poorly...but still...
Wow! their accent is so THICCC!
Why am I suddenly overcome with a craving for Guinness?
Weeeeell....now that ye mention it...same Guinness craving is wreaking havoc with me throat at the moment....
big fan here. whats the lyrics?
At the very beginning, is that Daithi Sproule from Skara Brae/Altan on the right??
Is this darude - sandstorm?
of course not it's the dy dooodly song lol how the hell do they remember all those doodles ?
+david davids I think they just wing it. Haha
Jacob Kuchavik lol
no, but that needs to be a thing.
How'd you know man?
old = good! especially if irish.
my grandfather used to say "the old are like old electronics: the older they are,the more connection to the earth they got"
Ned Flanders? Is that you?
Amazing that they had a reputation for not being a clever nation.
so it's noodles for tea then!!
Doodley doodle doodlededooley doodley day.
Up u2
Someone can show me a translation? :)
i dont know if this is a troll or not, but just incase you are serious, its literal gibberish
I wouldn't have the breath for that Gaz
I am learning Irish the only thing is I couldn’t do that
Any idea where I can find the lyrics for this song?
Lyrics please!