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The "Famine Song" is a song sung by some Ulster loyalists in Ulster and Scotland and is normally directed at Catholics and, in Scotland, Irish people, those of Irish descent or those with perceived affiliations to Ireland. [1] It is also sung by fans of Scottish football club Rangers due to rival Celtic's Irish roots.
Ure's wrote in his autobiography that "it is a song that has nothing to do with music. It was all about generating money... The song didn't matter: the song was secondary, almost irrelevant." [9] Responding to criticism in 2024, Geldof said "this little pop song has kept hundreds of thousands if not millions of people alive". He said the ...
Yes this song mentions the famine but it isn't actually "about" the famine, the media hype thing up to no end, even the name "Famine song" was coined by the media not by Rangers or Celtic fans. In reality it is sung mocking the Celtic fans and their pro-Irish chants, where they sing of Ireland as "home".
Skibbereen 1847 by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by Illustrated London News 1847.. The song traces back from at least 1869, in The Wearing Of The Green Songbook, where it was sung with the melody of the music "The Wearing of the Green", and not with the more melancholic melody we know today. [2]
"The Feast and the Famine" was inspired by the history of Washington, D.C., and was recorded near the city at Inner Ear Studios.. The song is inspired by the iconic Washington D.C hardcore punk scene, with the band having traveled to eight different U.S cities to record each song on the album Sonic Highways. [3]
Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, said she believes there is a "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza. "Whenever you have conflicts like this, and emotions rage high ...
In October 2017, a song cycle 15 years in the making [9] was released, chronicling stories of the great Irish famine. A culmination of 25 books on the history of Irish workhouses and one of Ireland's darkest histories, Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine featured some of the best musicians the Irish traditional music world has to offer. [10]
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.