A few posts ago, I mentioned in passing Phil Coulter's most famous composition The Town I Loved so Well. Which, this evening, got me lost on YouTube again...
Does anyone watch television anymore, when there is a near infinity of inspirational content in 5-10 minute bite-sized chunks? Of course, there's also a near infinity of unmitigated garbage, but the great thing about near infinities of storage is that everyone can get along without treading on toes.
Anyway, my contribution here is simply to present four versions of the song: the first by Phil Coulter himself, the second by the late lamented Luke Kelly, the third by Paddy Reilly, the fourth by Josef Locke. My personal opinion is that Josef Locke wins hands down, not just because he had a voice in his eighties as strong and clear as that of most singers fifty years younger, but for the fact that, like the Johnny Cash number posted last week, this is a man who gives you a piece of his soul, not just a good performance. But they're none of them shameful (and it's hard to resist anything with Norwegian subtitles!)
Does anyone watch television anymore, when there is a near infinity of inspirational content in 5-10 minute bite-sized chunks? Of course, there's also a near infinity of unmitigated garbage, but the great thing about near infinities of storage is that everyone can get along without treading on toes.
Anyway, my contribution here is simply to present four versions of the song: the first by Phil Coulter himself, the second by the late lamented Luke Kelly, the third by Paddy Reilly, the fourth by Josef Locke. My personal opinion is that Josef Locke wins hands down, not just because he had a voice in his eighties as strong and clear as that of most singers fifty years younger, but for the fact that, like the Johnny Cash number posted last week, this is a man who gives you a piece of his soul, not just a good performance. But they're none of them shameful (and it's hard to resist anything with Norwegian subtitles!)
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