I saw the great man Paul McBride in The Magic Carpet, Leopardstown pub years ago; I was probs only 17 or 18. He knew what it meant to me when he saw my reaction. Great version, thanks!
Beautiful rendition. The first tune I learned when I discovered open G tuning. I remember how startled I was when I first heard it, having the Planxty version pretty deeply rooted in my head at the time.
People: yes, Paul Brady's version is the gold standard. We can still sit back and appreciate this rendition for what it is. When you realize how much material these musicians were covering on a regular basis, this standard of music quality is still really, really high. And yes, "spale pin" made me lol. Reminds me of when I thought samhain was pronounced "sam hane".
I was just wondering if this tune would sound nice on mandolin when I saw TH-cam was recommending this cover. So the answer to that question is yes. The second question is whether i can make it sound good on my mandolin, which is still up for debate.
Very good! My only regret is that they missed out the verse near the end with my favourite lines in it: 'And so to conclude and to finish disputes We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits'!
Cancel culture has arrived, cant you tell by the bunch of hipsters performing it and the cut of his jacket? This singer would have probabaly tried to sleep with Arthur MacBride
This is a lovely version. While I'll agree that it's not quite up to Paul Brady's 1977 version, Paul set the bar really high. I love this version too, but I'm missing a verse or two.
Does anyone know why they decided to change the key in the middle? Was it directed about the emotion of the event? Such a powerful interpretation of a massive cultural moment.
Lol @ Chris saying "spail-pin"...a pretty bad pronunciation of the word which, although SPELLED spailpin, is pronounced "spall-peen". Even though I love Chris and Sarah as musicians, I feel like this is a rather shallow take on a beautiful classic by Paul Brady. It kind of seems like they just learned it from TH-cam and then Googled the lyrics, changing a couple things that they couldn't pronounce or didn't like. I enjoy Sarah's voice more than Chris' on this one. She has some lovely ornamentation.
A spailpín was a temporary/seasonal farm laborer in Ireland. Their hard lives made them prime targets for recruitment to the British army, as this song illustrates.
A lot of takes on this song lack the sort of intensity and heroic effortful-ness of Paul Brady's performance. Chris Thile does well to remind of it here.
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You must check out this lovely lady's performance of the song, I feel she pretty much hits the nail on the head! th-cam.com/video/hoI5nLoNzKU/w-d-xo.html
@@MrEclecticity and a perfectly fine version it is! Lol... (the one in your head I mean) But I have to say I agree - it's a certain take on the song, but they don't have the same approach to it at all -
I saw the great man Paul McBride in The Magic Carpet, Leopardstown pub years ago; I was probs only 17 or 18. He knew what it meant to me when he saw my reaction. Great version, thanks!
Beautiful rendition. The first tune I learned when I discovered open G tuning. I remember how startled I was when I first heard it, having the Planxty version pretty deeply rooted in my head at the time.
Chris Thile playing traditional music is a dream come true for me. I always loved his version of Sweet Afton.
This rendition helps me realize I need to make an mp3 out of Paul Brady's version before it's taken off youtube.
lmao nice
Absolutely. While I appreciate this rendition, Paul's is much better.
@@eoghancallaghy2634 Therealbaglady referring to the omitting of the original lyrics, I believe.
Regardless. That is gorgeous. I keep trying to "really" play it, but fail every time. Will keep trying, but that performance was amazing.
@@eoghancallaghy2634Yes. Not a massive Paul Brady fan, but his version of this is the definitive version, that I’ve heard anyway.
I can only imagine any Irish person watching this version is replaying the "Sergeant Knacker" line.
Thile gotta be the best mando player I've ever heard.
Any song with Sarah Jarosz is going to be good!
oh WOW - this version is fun!! Chris and Sarah's voices capture the teasing of the cousins' banter and I LOVE the fiddle! wow! Thanks.
This put me right back in the seaside pub in Galway! Wonderful!
Love Paul bradys version and this is great to, greetings from sweden
How fortuitous that this should come up just a week or so after I first came across this song and LOVED it!
(Denmark) Love this song. Thank You for singing Paul Brady 🌹🌹
Such a wonderful song and an impressive performance!
The key changes were flawless and magical.
Sarah is the Paul of this generation, the way she's mastered like all the string instruments
I am starting to think that there's absolutely nothing Chris Thile can't do when it comes to music.
So beautiful 🌹🎶🎼🌹🎶🎼Chris Thile and SarahJarosz sound beautiful together.
Absolutely beautiful.
He should have given Sarah more space. I would have loved to hear them sing together at the end.
"He should have given Sarah more space" is also applicable to his playing in Nickel Creek at times...
Wonderful!
Simply brilliant.
Love that song!
nailed it
Chris always looks like he's about to burst into laughter. Not a bad way to be.
People: yes, Paul Brady's version is the gold standard. We can still sit back and appreciate this rendition for what it is.
When you realize how much material these musicians were covering on a regular basis, this standard of music quality is still really, really high.
And yes, "spale pin" made me lol. Reminds me of when I thought samhain was pronounced "sam hane".
Love this song
Ok just one thing: what an unbelievable mandolin virtuoso
Heck of a version !
Sublime. Who the hell thumbed it down?!?!
Scrooge
The English.
I can understand anyone who has heard the Paul Brady 1977 live version doing so.
Because Paul's is so much better.
The row dee dow dow
I was just wondering if this tune would sound nice on mandolin when I saw TH-cam was recommending this cover. So the answer to that question is yes. The second question is whether i can make it sound good on my mandolin, which is still up for debate.
Best male version ever heard next to the original Paul Brady of course
Paul Brady's is the best version but it isn't original. It's a traditional Irish song.
Whoa that key change was trippy
'ooh's right from the beginning~
Second only to Paul Brady himself.
Yes. And brave to cover it, too!
Good cover
Did he sing “sergeant Thacker”?
Never heard my surname before in this song -but it works for me!
Very good! My only regret is that they missed out the verse near the end with my favourite lines in it:
'And so to conclude and to finish disputes
We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits'!
Nice version
oh no, the last verse with all the blood and guts is missing
Cancel culture has arrived, cant you tell by the bunch of hipsters performing it and the cut of his jacket? This singer would have probabaly tried to sleep with Arthur MacBride
@@Glenuig You can tell that from the cut of his jacket?
This song is so clever and intriguing a tale that you want to hear the whole story - unlike so much pablum out there.
This is a lovely version. While I'll agree that it's not quite up to Paul Brady's 1977 version, Paul set the bar really high. I love this version too, but I'm missing a verse or two.
Does anyone know why they decided to change the key in the middle? Was it directed about the emotion of the event? Such a powerful interpretation of a massive cultural moment.
I think it was probably to accommodate the vocal range of the guitar player (Sarah? I think....)
Try Bob Dylan's version!
Wow, Jude Law has let himself go a bit but he plays a smokin' mandolin.
🤣
Lol @ Chris saying "spail-pin"...a pretty bad pronunciation of the word which, although SPELLED spailpin, is pronounced "spall-peen". Even though I love Chris and Sarah as musicians, I feel like this is a rather shallow take on a beautiful classic by Paul Brady. It kind of seems like they just learned it from TH-cam and then Googled the lyrics, changing a couple things that they couldn't pronounce or didn't like.
I enjoy Sarah's voice more than Chris' on this one. She has some lovely ornamentation.
A spailpín was a temporary/seasonal farm laborer in Ireland. Their hard lives made them prime targets for recruitment to the British army, as this song illustrates.
He mispronounced the Irish word Spailpín (Spol-peen)
A lot of takes on this song lack the sort of intensity and heroic effortful-ness of Paul Brady's performance. Chris Thile does well to remind of it here.
They cut about a third of the verses. Shame.
Sounds like a country and western version with wrong lyrics. It's ok.
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It’s ok but Its an average copy of Paul Brady’s magical version. Hate the key changes
learn to listen and then just do it. many tunes have two keys, some have four. yes it is achallenge but worth the effort.
Sir im with you
@@zymelin21yeah but this one doesn't, its usually in just the one key and that was plenty
I’m searching for the most clear version. I like Sammy Copley best so far.
Great version, but "spailpín" is pronounced "shpal-peen", not... whatever that was.
Don't like the key changes and there's three verses left out!
Not a patch on the Paul Brady version. No punch.
Average at best. Completely missed the pathos of the song. Compare to any Paul Brady version but particularly the 1977 live one.
You must check out this lovely lady's performance of the song, I feel she pretty much hits the nail on the head! th-cam.com/video/hoI5nLoNzKU/w-d-xo.html
And YOUR version??
@@songmule Available only in my head.
@@MrEclecticity and a perfectly fine version it is! Lol... (the one in your head I mean)
But I have to say I agree - it's a certain take on the song, but they don't have the same approach to it at all -
What happened to the little drummer boy and his drum? Yeah...Got too carried away with Americanizing the song...didn't cha? 😂
Bluegrassy....
They left out the ultra violence? They literally emasculated the song. Friggin' NPR.
Such a beautiful, rendition you almost forget that the song is about beating the shit out of three people 😅