diskusijom na drugoj temi, kao i skorašnjim dolaskom rodonačelnika žanra, The Poguesa u Zagreb, otvaram temu za ljubitelje ove živopisne muzike...
Celtic Punk (keltski punk) je vrsta folk punka, tj. podvrsta punk rocka, u kojem najvažniju ulogu imaju narodni instrumenti (najčešće se radi o Irskim) kao i sami folk-elementi. Taj žanr nastao je u ranim 80-im, a tvorci su The Pogues, punkerski sastav iz Londona koji je slavio svoju irsku povijest. Celtic punk sastavi najčešće sviraju obrade tradicionalnih irskih narodnih pjesama, kao i autorske skladbe u tom stilu. Glavne teme u takvim pjesmama uključuju Irsku, irsku povijest, irski republikanizam, irsku dijasporu, alkoholizam, ljubav, i opće teme iz života.
Tipični celtic punk sastav uključuje instrumente kao gajde, violinu, tin-whistle, harmoniku, mandolinu i banjo. Kao i celtic rock, i punk je vrsta keltske fuzije.
pa da krenemo s pjesmom za koju je Nick Cave u dokumentarcu If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story rekao...
I remember seeing the Pogues in some festival in France. The show was falling to... falling to bits... Shane didn't know what songs they were playing and it was one of those kind of those kind of classic... moments and ... the worse Shane became the more the audience kind of adored him and until the concert was pretty much unlistenable. They were playing some horrendous kind of Rolling Stones cover or something like that and... really pandering to this audience in this way and I found that from a band that could be so great quite kind of sickening to watch actually and I find that element... I always found that element of the Pogues kind of disappointing in a way because they could be so great, but then again at the sound check of that concert Shane was in better form and came on and just sang the song with his hands in his pockets singing this song at the sound check and I've never heard anything so beautiful it was just. . . you know. . .it was just unbelievable...
