Editorials

Published on March 2nd, 2011 | by Brian Kelly

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Liam Gallagher – Fighting Irish

By Irish Brian Kelly

There’s no secret March is the greatest month in the Roman calendar. Leprechauns, green beer, rioting, snow is melting, green beer again and green dreams for one and all. And more green beer. I’ve decided to celebrate March Madness by kicking it off with a new, abbreviated, music series focusing on the great Irishmen of rock n’ roll;  ’The Fighting Irish.’ There will be partial exceptions made to the rules, after all, St. Patrick wasn’t irish at all.

To kick March off, is there no better fighting Irishman to kick off the ‘Fighting Irish’ series with than Liam Gallagher? I have nothing more to say, he says it all, and so poetically:

I heard that fucking Radiohead record and I just go, ‘What?!’ I like to think that what we do, we do fucking well. Them writing a song about a fucking tree? Give me a fucking break! A thousand year old tree? Go fuck yourself! You’d have thought he’d have written a song about a modern tree or one that was planted last week. You know what I mean?

- Liam Gallagher, 02.28.2011, via The Quietus.

I couldn’t agree more young, Liam; but earlier on in your most recent interview promoting your new band (which is OASIS minus Noel), Beady Eye, you had this to say about Mumford & Sons, a band much younger than the Radiohead you despise as much as this irish guy:

(Mumford & Sons)…they were fucking ashamed about winning and that’s the fucking sad bit. ‘Oh, we shouldn’t be here!’ Then what did you join a fucking band for then? They bow their heads down going, ‘Oh, we don’t deserve it’ like a fucking dick. What’s that about? You must have seen it before so don’t pretend like you’ve just come out of a cider apple factory.

- Liam Gallagher, 02.28.2011, via The Quietus.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLL.  You strike again! A pint o’ green beer to ya, young Gallagher. Again, I agree with you and you are becoming a great Irish philosopher with each passing year mate.

Liam, your career has been blessed with courageous zingers, and to this day you have escaped each one. However, the elitists are coming for you, Liam; and without your great brothers, Noel and Paul, at your side to protect and then topple you like my Irish brothers would do, they are coming for your head.  That awesome, irish, head.

Protect your hair, young Liam; the elitists are coming—and fight, fight, fight, Irish, FIGHT!

BK

Tags: beady eye, fighting irish, irish musicians, king of limbs, liam gallagher, mumford sons, noel gallagher, oasis, radiohead, the quietus

About the Author

Brian Kelly It's an honor to contribute to the Sock Monkey Sound website. I started as a fan, listening to the podcasts while working. I'm an Urban Engineer by day and a music collector by night. I love U2, David Gray, Damien Rice, Celtic Folk Music and Irish Fight songs. GO GREEN & GOLD! Because of my upbringing in Belvidere, IL, I became consumed with the Irish, it's a family thing so don't hold it against me if I casually yell out "BONO!" every now and then in my articles. Moving to Chicago after college helped me expand my cultural tastes, but I always come back to U2's "ACHTUNG BABY!" What a great irish pop record with a half german title. I can't wait to tell you about all the wonderful music I listen to when I get drunk at night after work with my friends. They usually hate my music picks on the jukebox but I try and pick what I read about so I can learn more about what the kids are listening to now a days! There's some crappy non-irish punk music out there, WTF? I hope you like my articles, they might not be as crazy as some of the staff members I've read here before but they'll definitely be as satisfying as a tall mug of green beer anytime of the year. GO IRISH!