All time favorite Trad tune ? (2024)

Care to share your all time favorite (at this time) Trad tune ? Mine's (att) Song of the books' (Valentia Harbour) as played by Boys of the Lough http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Valentia+Ha ... CDGk?src=5

January Snows by Lunasa

guaranteed to melt any snow if the volume is turned up

Well, there are a few oldies but goodies and then there is... Brian Finnegan & the Best of Bath - Back to Belfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFf_vpsr9I

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ytliek wrote:Well, there are a few oldies but goodies and then there is... Brian Finnegan & the Best of Bath - Back to Belfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFf_vpsr9I

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You're not fooling us. You just like the Muppet Show theme at the beginning.

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MTGuru wrote:

ytliek wrote:Well, there are a few oldies but goodies and then there is... Brian Finnegan & the Best of Bath - Back to Belfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFf_vpsr9I

You're not fooling us. You just like the Muppet Show theme at the beginning.

who doesn't like the Muppets?... speak your peace or forever hold your tongue.

Whatta an intro...!

Southern California Uilleann Pipers Club

So hard to choose just one, but among the very top for me:

Drúcht Na Maidne (The Morning Dew, aka The Hare in the Heather), especially as played by Éamon De Buitléar & Ceoltóirí Laighean

The Frieze Breeches (aka Cunla), especially as played by Séamus Ennis or Liam O'Flynn

The Blackbird (many different versions of this but Paddy Keenan's is my favorite so far).

My brain hurts

"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door; you step onto the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." -J.R.R. Tolkien

Abell Soprano D/C Whistle
Colin Goldie Low D
Generation D/Eb/F
Susato Mezzo A/Low F

Mr Ed wrote:Right now my favorites are the ones I've found to have an interesting history or influence on other music. For example: the melody for "Star of the County Down" is used for the song "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say". And "Slane" is the melody for "Be Thou My Vision". "Lord of the Dance/Simple Gifts" has an interesting history too. (The OP didn't say it had to be Irish Trad.)

Agreed - I especially like 'Otter's Holt' because it's the melody of 'Take her in your Arms'. Also because I recently reread 'Tarka The Otter' (originally read when I was a teenager) and discovered what an otter's holt is (its home), and that otters used to be hunted with dogs

When first I saw this topic I thought you were asking which tune I preferred to play. I struggle with finding a single favorite for listening as that list would be long. Since Gumby addressed my point and others have offered alternate views I'll go along with the following:

My favorite tune to play is The Foggy Dew as it can be easily played in so many different tempos and used as a dramatic emotionally evocative march, a fun dance, or a slow dreamy waltz-like piece as necessary. My favorite version of it is by the Chieftains/Sinead O'Connor. A close second would be Roisin Dubh.

If I had to pick one favorite for listening, it would have to be the live "sound sample" on Michael Burke's website by Flutio McCoy/Kells - Amhrán na Leabhar/Fermoy Lasses. Not very trad but amazing nonetheless.

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