So my exhaust pipes are corroded? My brake pads challenged? Well, I guess you could take that figuratively and apply the concept to Me and My Life. Aging, yet a possibly decent trade-in value for (the other) parts? All that to say, I need a new car and/or a new life, or preferably a softly USED car or life...that's kinder to the checkbook and the heart.
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Look at the old girl now.
In fine fettle, prior to the wages of war (aka snow/salt/feather fiascos/basic atrophy), and in a parade, no less.
But the new one is white? Me, who never washes her car? (Those eyelashes would break or wash away, if I subjected my old Subaru to Sonic!) But WHITE? Chartreuse, yes. Obnoxious magenta, bien sur. But white? Well, if this lack of color is easier on the wallet, I'll go with it...IF I can add my own stamp on it. Let the seasonal buying of bumper stickers begin.
I think Toyotas look meaner. Grill vibes.
But what other color is appropriate THIS time around? Green, of course.
Because this Sunday we simply must "give it up" to the celebration of Saint Patrick...with Irish-y musicals, traditional pub songs, tin whistles, hurdy gurdies, and a couple of wild colonial boys (in the past, I could name quite a few). I am about 1/16th Irish, but I feel the call. And I will answer.
Harold Arlen wrote this musical with Leprechauns.
He wrote another one with Munchkins.
Coincidence? I think not.
The Dubliners, outside of a pub.
The Secrets Of Roan Inish...the secret has something to do with
Selkies (shhhh!).
So that means Juno, Finian's Rainbow, A Man Of No Importance, Once, Irene...plus a good helping of The Irish Rovers, The Dubliners, and The Clancy Brothers. Man, I can almost taste the Guinness. You might be at a parade, you might be bellying up to a bar, you might be cozy at home watching "The Quiet Man" and eating colcannon, but behave as you will, and keep 2 On The Aisle serenading you in the background.
Above, colcannon, for the uninitiated.
Below, Maureen and John...after a short "stretch of the legs"
in The Quiet Man.
So tune in and slainte! My "Irish" Eyes will be smiling.
The Wild Colonial Boy (The Dublin Screen Orchestra, The Quiet Man)
It's A Great Day For The Irish (Judy Garland, Little Nellie Kelly)
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Chauncey Olcott, Isle O'Dreams)
An Irish Girl (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)
The Wearing Of The Green (Peggy Lee, Sea Shells)
Whiskey In The Jar (The Dubliners, More Of The Hard Stuff)
A Jug Of Punch (The Clancy Brothers, Live At Carnegie Hall)
The Rattlin' Bog (The Irish Rovers, The First Of The Irish Rovers)
We're Alive (Company, Juno)
Daarlin' Man (Melvyn Douglas, Jack MacGowran, Juno)
Song Of The Ma (Shirley Booth, Juno)
Old Sayin's (Shirley Booth, Melvyn Douglas, Juno)
My Wild Irish Rose (Chauncey Olcott)
Cooley's Reel (Tagoror)
Black Velvet Band (The Dubliners, A Drop Of The Hard Stuff)
Reverse Dance (Andrey Vinogradov)
Return To Roan Inish (Instrumental, The Secret Of Roan Inish)
Fiona's Walk (Instrumental, The Secret Of Roan Inish)
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Ella Logan, Finian's Rainbow)
The North Strand (Instrumental, Once)
The Hill (Cristin Milioti, Once)
Gold (Company, Once)
Old Devil Moon (Ella Logan, Donald Richards, Finian's Rainbow)
A Touch Of The Irish (Betty Garrett, Juliet Lambert, Donna Kane, Meet Me In St. Louis)
Harrigan (James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Look To The Rainbow (Ella Logan, Ensemble, Finian's Rainbow)
Going Up (Charles Keating, Ensemble, A Man Of No Importance)
Princess (Sally Murphy, A Man Of No Importance)
Love's Never Lost (Steven Pasquale, A Man Of No Importance)
The Auld Triangle (The Dubliners, More Of The Hard Stuff)
Wild Rover (The Dubliners, Wild Rover)
Raglan Road (The Dubliners, Home Town)
The Wild Colonial Boy (The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem, In Person Live At Carnegie Hall)
The Fields Of Athenry (The Dubliners)
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