Comments on: You’ll Never Beat the Irish, ND Style

By: P. O'Neill

P. O'Neill — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:26:45 +0000

In reply to JFC. Dropkick Murphys already did the Notre Dame fight song on one of their singles collections albums. I'm sure you could just google it. A good version that starts on pipes then rolls into the guitars and drums. I'm probably a "kid" to most on these boards and I love it; then again, I've been listening to the Wolfe Tones for a long time.

By: GWZ

GWZ — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:27:59 +0000

Regardless of the 1913 vs. 1919, the production was terrific.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:17:22 +0000

In reply to GWZ. That was addressed specifically in the body of the post, GWZ. But yes, as I stated above Warfield did some editing of the original lyrics and changed it to include a year. When he sent it back to me, I didn't pick up immediately that the year in question was wrong, so that's my fault.

By: GWZ

GWZ — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:10:03 +0000

It was 1913, not 1919 when ND beat Army and introduced the forward pass……

By: JFC

JFC — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:17:10 +0000

Great idea but unfortunately wrong genre/generation. While I, as a somewhat “older guy” appreciate the traditional irish music, its not the kind of thing the kids will download to their ipods and use as a pump up. As another poster suggested if someone can contact the Drop Kick Murphys with the same idea, they could have more of a rock song that kids will listen to, they could blast at the stadium during key timeouts etc. Maybe someone could rewrite the words to the Drop Kick Murphys “Tessie” (already about the Boston Red Sox so they are already atuned to writing sports themed songs) for the Irish and get them to record under the same premise. It’d be a lasting hit.

By: Martini1990

Martini1990 — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:02:21 +0000

Great stuff! I almost washes away the pain of Freakbass!

By: JTLA

JTLA — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:03:04 +0000

I love you all, but that was terrible. I have no idea what you guys are smoking.

By: 2013

2013 — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 01:31:41 +0000

good stuff. Would include highlights of the current players. Some of those 2000 seasons were very long.

By: Mugs

Mugs — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:00:06 +0000

The Wolfe Tones did a nice job with this song. Yes, I agree with some who think that a less “electronic” and more acoustic instrumentation in the Irish tradition would give it more authenticity. I was tapping my feet to the music, though! It’s got a nice melody and the lyrics are fine if they can’t be fine-tuned. The Wolfe Tones should be able to sell plenty of these with their final version. I can just hear it now being played all over campus at tailgates everywhere before a game! Every Irish fan should have a copy. Great stuff!

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:59:46 +0000

Fantastic!!! One suggestion would be to leave out any reference to Kelly. We don’t know yet what his legacy will be. This song, however, could be adopted and played for decades, and you would want it to be ageless. Imagine if this was written in 2006 with Weis reference – it would seem a horrific mistake a few years later. But here’s hoping Kelly is no Weis, as the winning ways continue. Gold and blue, strong and true!! Go Irish!