A “heads-up” for receivers of BBC1 – “The Boys and Girl From The County Clare” is being shown on BBC1 this Tuesday coming at 11.55pm – set your video/DVD recorders, and look out for “Ptarmigan”.
This clip shows Paddy Glackin playing the tune with three small boys, but they dubbed my Fiddle playing over the top of his!
............... or was it the other way round?
My mates and I fell in love with this tune, and play it often, but for a long time we couldn't come up with the proper title. Randall Bays had it as "Alistrum"s March". I too watch the video often. I get a lump in me throat every time I watch John Joe say "When you've got the music, you've friends for life. That's why I'm never lonely."
A side bar if I may your Honor. Is there some sort of Irish Film Industry law that requires Colm Meaney be in nearly every Irish comedy made in the last dozen years? Or does it only seem that way?
• • • FUN FILM FAX avec Your Annoyeeng Reviewaire, Maurice Verité • • •
• The Corr chick was cute but lacked zat zee je ne sais quoi zat zee crude and earthbound Hollywood mavens sum up with a five-zyllable word begeenning with our alphabet’s sixth lettaire.
• Zut! And was zat Will Ferrell standing on zee beach in "The Secret of Roan Inish" when zee selkie is first brought back to the island?
TheSiverSpear wasn't Bernard Hill the Captain in the Titanic too?
Anyway ptarmigan Andy Warhol promised you 15 minutes of fame and you got 1 minute of it in this film it's just a shame that the sods spelled your name wrong in the end credits!!
Aye, but look on the bright side, maybe that means I've still got 15 minutes coming to me ........ & just maybe, it'll help keep the tax man off my back!
The Boys and Girl From The County Clare.
The Boys and Girl From The County Clare.
A “heads-up” for receivers of BBC1 – “The Boys and Girl From The County Clare” is being shown on BBC1 this Tuesday coming at 11.55pm – set your video/DVD recorders, and look out for “Ptarmigan”.
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by Kenny
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I hear them birds travel looooooong distances. .
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by gravelwalks
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Don't blink, or ......... !
This clip shows Paddy Glackin playing the tune with three small boys, but they dubbed my Fiddle playing over the top of his!
............... or was it the other way round?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17Jd319fVI
By the way, I had the honour of choosing the tune & it seems to have been a popular choice.
Which reminds me, Andy Warhol promised me "15 minutes of fame" but I got less than a minute & most of that time, I'm not even in focus!
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by Ptarmigan
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Ah, Dick, 'tis a fine flick and I watch it often. Congrats to you, once again.
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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My mates and I fell in love with this tune, and play it often, but for a long time we couldn't come up with the proper title. Randall Bays had it as "Alistrum"s March". I too watch the video often. I get a lump in me throat every time I watch John Joe say "When you've got the music, you've friends for life. That's why I'm never lonely."
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by jtrout
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A side bar if I may your Honor. Is there some sort of Irish Film Industry law that requires Colm Meaney be in nearly every Irish comedy made in the last dozen years? Or does it only seem that way?
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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It's The Rolling Waves, no?
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by irishfiddler32
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We call it the Humours of Trim, which helps to distinguish it from another Rolling Waves that's also a D jig: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/515
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by boxist
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Yes, it's Rolling Waves. Personally, I like that movie very much, even though end is little bit unrealistic with ceili band winners thing.
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by Bile
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Wasn't Bernard Hill the guy who played Theoden in Lord of the Rings?
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
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• • • FUN FILM FAX avec Your Annoyeeng Reviewaire, Maurice Verité • • •
• The Corr chick was cute but lacked zat zee je ne sais quoi zat zee crude and earthbound Hollywood mavens sum up with a five-zyllable word begeenning with our alphabet’s sixth lettaire.
• Zut! And was zat Will Ferrell standing on zee beach in "The Secret of Roan Inish" when zee selkie is first brought back to the island?
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by NEW Pure Drop® Ear Canal Oil
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Remember when the dude finds the auld ones' teeth under the urinal but it turns out the auld one still has his choppers in?
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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so many great memorable quotes..
"play the tune, not around the tune"
"stop playing jazz..leave that for the Beatles"
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by Sunnybear
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Thanks Kenny, I'll set the recorder and pass on the news...
Poor Ptarm...
# Posted on January 25th 2009 by ceolachan
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Spoiler alert: If you don't want to know what the tunes are in the movie, don't follow this link
List compiled by my cuz MTGuru:
http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?p=866417#p866417
# Posted on January 25th 2009 by Jumper
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What are the tunes which were played & did not get used?
Any recording of those?
# Posted on January 25th 2009 by Ben Steen
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Fiduciary?
# Posted on January 25th 2009 by Gzeg
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Reminder.......................
# Posted on January 27th 2009 by Kenny
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TheSiverSpear wasn't Bernard Hill the Captain in the Titanic too?
Anyway ptarmigan Andy Warhol promised you 15 minutes of fame and you got 1 minute of it in this film it's just a shame that the sods spelled your name wrong in the end credits!!
# Posted on January 30th 2009 by upmine3
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Aye, but look on the bright side, maybe that means I've still got 15 minutes coming to me ........ & just maybe, it'll help keep the tax man off my back!
# Posted on December 11th 2009 by Ptarmigan
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Apparently this is on again this Tuesday coming - 11.55pm om BBC1. I trust "Ptarmigan" won't let the repeat fees change his life-style
# Posted on May 8th 2010 by Kenny