Best Band With My Name In Their Title

[mollyringle]

I'll say something positive about music tonight.

I am enjoying Flogging Molly more than, perhaps, I should. (Considering I'm much more a sadist than a masochist and thus shouldn't appreciate their name.) Technically they're Irish punk, and sound rather like the Pogues, but I can't help thinking "Pirate music!" when I listen to them. And pirate music, as you may imagine, is great fun. It has made me wear a red bandanna, dab some Jolly Roger on my wrists, and get a ruthless smirk on my face.

Seems Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up soon (Sep. 19), so you might want to download a few tunes and get ready. Obviously some of you know about them already, since I heard of them from seeing them mentioned here and there on LJ. To you I can only say "Thank you."

Secondary recommendation: if you miss the Goth-flavored rock of the '80s, you could do worse than to check out The Killers. I'm finding a few of their tunes quite catchy lately. Trouble is they only have one album so far, so pickings are slim.

Comments

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

DUDE! TLAPD!!! Totally forgot that was coming up!!! *dances dance of joyyyyyyyyy*

Last year I made Jack & Will icons with the Top 10 Pirate Pick Up Lines. And a wallpaper with the #1 Pirate Pick Up Line.

This year, I'll have to focus on the Dread Pirate Beckman... ;)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Bhahahaha! I am SO putting that as my wallpaper.

Dread Pirate Beckman. Hee. *throws Darth a comfy black mask and some sexy boots*
Hmm, maybe we should come up with the Top 10 Pick-up Lines of Cute Republican Couples. ;)

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

I'm not contributing anything from my Private Files :P

(But maybe I'll show you the resulting pictures of said pirate outfit when I get to see it in person...)

[caitirdamisa.livejournal.com]

I didn't believe Dread Pirate Beckman last year when he told me that it was Talk Like a Pirate Day. I thought he was joking around!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hehe - somehow I'm thinking people here at work won't believe me either. But luckily it falls on a Sunday this year anyhow...

[patientx.livejournal.com]

I like The Killers.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

When I first heard "Somebody Told Me" on the radio, I guessed it was a remix of some obscure '80s song. :) They do a good job at capturing that feel.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

I really like Flogging Molly - first heard of them a year or so ago as my brother saw them play at a festival in London, and I own a couple of their albums. Great fun stuff to stomp about to. :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is! They must do a fun live show. Arrrr.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Maybe Molly is doing the flogging. That might fit better ;)

*goes in search of music*

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Good point - it could be an adjective, not a verb. :) I like that better.

[darthbeckman.livejournal.com]

Arrr! Some day I'll be invitin' Katie aboard fer some formal parley!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Aye! Shiver her timbers, laddie!

(That can just be interpreted however you like.)

[impetuousnote.livejournal.com]

Hey...Flogging Molly...good choice!

Their new CD just came out and I'm very excited about that. The only thing that put a damper on it was hearing that there was a song on there about Bush and his 'warmongering'. I don't know though...hopefully that's wrong.

Anyways, can't go wrong with some FM and pirate speak.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yeah...I saw that on their website. I'm choosing to ignore it. Or to consider it reason enough to download their tracks for free. ;) Still, catchy stuff!

Hope all's well with you - sorry I haven't been commenting much! Life is crazy lately. :)