This guy has obviously experienced every human experience. He sings with such depth and knowledge. If his voice doesn't touch you then you're not alive. What a character, a visionary, god rest.

@johnnoonan4775

2 жыл бұрын

Draíocht

@sidDkid87

2 жыл бұрын

two words: *"Raglan Road"* 💪☘️🎶

i used to sing this when i was homeless, (and Drunk), i regret nothing, kept me warm haha

@frankmaughan3486

3 жыл бұрын

Always good times ahead brother respect 👍🏽

@leahsawyer1906

3 жыл бұрын

Why lie?

@rogerthompson1622

3 жыл бұрын

73 and still singing it !

@Zano35

3 жыл бұрын

You sound like an interesting person. 😂😂😂

@FNLN6446

3 жыл бұрын

Love u my brother

When you discover Luke Kelly at age 50 and realize you've lived your entire life incorrectly.

@kellyoneill

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of Luke :) x

@mrcelticreggae1874

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellyoneill thanks to you kelly btw darling if you could checkout my super fun reggae take on this classic and raglan road and maybe plug them I'd be ever so grateful x

@flipper2392

4 жыл бұрын

@Neil Benjamin I've just found him myself, at first thought it was Jim Davidson with a wig and beard.

@alundavies8402

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry about it you can make up for it when you get home from work if you are lucky enough to have some and sing your heart out and be transported by the music Make up for all that lost time

@mattrossitch4095

3 жыл бұрын

Alun Davies wait until he hears Black Velvet Band.

2023 anyone else listening to the late great Luke Kelly and the Dubliners.🇮🇪

@georgeduncan2928

2 ай бұрын

I listen to them all the time they were brilliant then & still today

@TheTilly65

2 ай бұрын

2024

@myway11188

Ай бұрын

Mé today😂

I was born in Salford my husband and I used to do a duet singing this song do I have tears in my eyes while listening to the great Luke Kelly singing it

@markcharleson814

5 ай бұрын

I’m a fellow salfordian ❤️👍🏻

Luke would have been 80 today. I was never a musician but had been a Liverpool fan for a while, and after hearing and liking the Virgil van Dijk song I wanted to hear the original. Found this version, liked it so much that I got hooked on the Dubliners and started playing music myself. Too bad I'm about 40 years late because I would have loved to have seen the original Dubliners (Luke, Ronnie, Ciaran/Jim, Barney, and John) in concert...I listen to them every day. RIP Legend.

Luke Kelly was one of the finest irish folk singer in Ireland. Rest In Peace

@billnevill1988

3 жыл бұрын

No! The absolute best ever!

@Kevin-lf4xx

10 ай бұрын

The greatest ever .

Probably the best version of this song. Luke has more soul in this then any other version I've ever heard. That tenor banjo is on point too. RIP Luke

What a singer he was!!!! I'm only 19 and I'm not an Irish but love him!!! I've started to listen to luke kelly only a mont ago but now can't stop...I'm sure I would have go to all his concerts with the dubs if I were born before!!!!!

Luke Kelly, this a greatest man can bewitch us till today with his enchanted voice! Never forgotten! We love You too much!!! Sing, sing, sing!!!

My grandfather had a barbers shop in Salford by the docks and this song always reminds me of him ❤️ R.I.P Luke Kelly a true legend!

Rest in peace luke kelly, ronnie drew, barney mckenna and kieran. May you play in the heavens as well as you did on earth. So sad to see all of the original dubliners passed away. And thank you kellyoneill for the most fantasticly amazing collection of luke and the dubliners i have ever seen god bless you for keeping the dubliners spirit alive. I cant thank you enough really from the bottom of my heart. I have been listening to only your channel when wanting to hear the best irish band the wor

That voice is hypnotising ,what a singer would love to see him live , RIP Luke Kelly the best

Luke Kelly will never be forgotten.

Hi from a great German Dubliners Fan who loved this Band since more then 30 Years now. The Video brings back alot of beautyfull Memories and one of the sadest. I saw them in Concert a few Days before Luke died. RiP Luke

what a singer ,would love to have seen him live RIP luke kelly, I must have listened to this over 300 times gets better every time

What a voice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

When Luke Kelly sings it gives me goosebumps

@stevens5541

4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@leonolanofficial4581

4 жыл бұрын

Defo

@Neilhuny

3 жыл бұрын

Is that before or after you murder dozens of innocent people?

@benchmarksoftware6543

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Especially when he goes up on the words “train” and “steel”

@dixsynormas3891

3 жыл бұрын

Like your name

Luke,gone but not forgotten.🍀

@lisafitzpatrick1953

5 жыл бұрын

Tony Farrell true

@mattparker9726

4 жыл бұрын

thank Christ!

@stevens5541

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@stevens5541

4 жыл бұрын

Haha hes dead

@DamoMcDermott

4 жыл бұрын

☘🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Grew up in Ireland. Every time I listen to any music of Luke’s it takes me straight back. It’s an overpowering feeling. Truly an insane voice..

Luke Kelly -you still gte my blood boiling when I hear you sing -God rest your wonderful Irish blood & voice...moving stuff indeed!

We grew up on the Dubliners music (thanks Dad) saw them every time they were here in the north west. Missed our last train home after seeing them in St Helens one night and ended up getting a lift back to Liverpool with them.

@staceesheridan2236

10 ай бұрын

How lucky are you!

never in my 22 years have I had a voice that moves me like Luke Kelly's

They don't come like that anymore. brilliant voice.

@wesleysmith6413

7 жыл бұрын

Oro oro fureys

@katiefitzpatrick7123

3 жыл бұрын

A one an only, gift to this world so pure and raw 😊❤️🍀

@barryhardiman1135

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on, Babs

An awesome song, Kelly really did have one of the best voices I've ever heard, it's so recongnisable and distinctive aswell. The Dubliners are the best band to drown your sorrows to that's for sure, the passion and emotion is just brought out of you after a few pints, especially when Luke Kelly takes the spotlight.

gifted singer, captured Salford perfectly at the time...and many other Dirty Old Towns also. Remarkable voice. God bless you Luke Kelly, Rony Drew and all of the old brigade. You will be remembered forever.

@markcharleson814

5 ай бұрын

Only one salford , it was written by euan McCall Kirsty McCalls father who lived in salford for a time a fantastic City not dirty no more but thriving .

I wish with all my heart that the great ,Brilliant Luke Kelly had lived to see my Dirty Old Town grow to take over the whole of Manchester ,,,Love you all Dubliners and its people xxx

@markcharleson814

5 ай бұрын

I too am a salfordian a wonderful city with strong Irish links .

Ah, Luke, we still miss you, but you will alway's be with us. You were the Best.

They will always be one of the top Irish bands ever!!!!

Remember Luke! 32 years he goes 31/01/1984! The best minstrel of Ireland in the last century!

Luke is amazing. He is able to take this song and make it come alive. He was truly a gifted singer.

One of the most beautiful song by our Luke. Rest in peace, my boy ! May God bless your very special voice.

this song is about my home town , and means so much to the people of my city ,

Pure passion and talent. Thank god for KZread so that we can enjoy these performances at the touch of a button

the way Luke lets the crowd know whos in charge but at the same way brings them in brilliant.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WHAT A MAN WHAT A LEGEND THE MOST POWERFUL HEART AND SOUL VOICE OF " LUKE KELLY " 💜☺☘

I can't ever hear this without feeling a strange mix of sadness and elation. Simply beautiful.

Luke was actually an extremely intelligent person! I only knew him for a few weeks. Lived with him for three weeks and was amazed at the experience!!!!!!!

Love Luke's voice and he plays so well memories never forgotten SueX

i am in my 60s listened to a diet of otis, smokey, dylan, van morrison,small faces and the beatles amongst a few. i only heard luke kelly recently what soul up there with all the great i wish i had seen him years, but it has been a new treat

He worked with my Dad in Jacobs Biscuits in Bishop Street back in the day, but had to leave when the The Dubliners took off..

@jakesprake1

9 жыл бұрын

nice one

@willmoore3790

6 жыл бұрын

Jacobs loss was definitely our gain

@Ligerpride

5 жыл бұрын

That's how the cookie crumbles I suppose.

@Peter-733

4 жыл бұрын

that takes the biscuit!

@johnnoonan4775

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ligerpride 😂😂😂Brilliant!!! Sound out too ray mc

what a voice!! beautiful. love luke and anything he sings. r.i.p. legend

Absolutely, Fantastic, Mesmerising, Brilliant,The late Luke Kelly at his best.

That’s my kind of music great to hear them playing along with the great Luke Kelly

Was brought up with these lads ..Miss you all

I saw them live in England once....absolutely amazing !!!

You can hear tru emotion in Luke Kellys voice, he is a legend!!

a couple of pints of Guinness and the Dubliners heaven 👌🍻

@helgavieider4643

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Tiller

So much passion. My mum and dad recall many a night in Belfast and Edinburgh in the 90s listening to The Dubliners. RIP Luke Kelly.

Lovely song beautiful singer Luke Rip God bless

Never heard.of Luke Kelly till today. I'm hooked.

@pajero0402

9 ай бұрын

Welcome. You have a lifetime to catch up on. Luke was so much more than just a singer and musician. The great pity of it is you wont ever see the Dubliners live.

goosebumps, goosebumps and even more bloody goosebumps, my body can only take so much, love ya luke, R.I.P. bonny lad

Lyrics : I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night Dirty old town Dirty old town I heard a siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire I smelled the spring on the smoky wind Dirty old town Dirty old town I'm going to make me a good sharp axe Shining steel tempered in the fire I'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town Dirty old town I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town

@chriscarter5720

5 жыл бұрын

'I met my love by the gasworks croft' - if you sing the right words.

@daisypeters3216

4 жыл бұрын

This Man is a truly Irish Man, a greatest bard!!!

just like medicine i have to take every day , stunning hypnotic heart wrenching sweet just goes on and on , thank you

one of my favorite songs of all time, and just to make it 10000x better its about the town where i was born and grew up and just to state its where i will die (not soon i hope) amazing song by an amazing artist was before my time unfortunately :( RIP Luke Kelly never heard someone so talented would of loved to have seen him preform live :(

My Dad's lot are from Ireland, He was brought up in Salford. Why can no one identify with a this song just because they are not from Salford. If it registers then it is relevant regardless of where you are from. Any way Luke Kelly could've sang the phone book and people would've loved it.

@Marebre8

8 жыл бұрын

+Neddy Seagoon Oh dear Lord, I just imagined that. "AARON A-A-A-Abbey, dum-dee-dum, Aar-ON ABB-OOO-OOOT, dum-dee-dum, Abra-HA-A-A-AM Ashle-e-E-EEY, dum-dee..."

@domdom6623

8 жыл бұрын

wonderful 😊 I sgre

@matholomewbrooksopoulos7085

8 жыл бұрын

Very well put. So many of us have a dirty old town where, upon the rubble, we built a life worth living, or tried. And Luke - he had a sharkskin voice, could cut like a serrated knife up one side but was smooth as silk down the other. Cheers from MA, US.

@djpeters5095

8 жыл бұрын

Matthew Brooks, I agree with you. I too reside in MA, US...small world it is. I cannot think of an American singer who could match Luke. Your opinion? Suggestions welcomed!

@matholomewbrooksopoulos7085

8 жыл бұрын

+dj peters I don't know that there's an American folk/trad singer that could match Luke. Dylan's singing was certainly influenced by the great Irish singers during the folk revival, but he's Dylan - a little too polarizing to stand him up beside Luke. Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt are both great, but they don't have the aforementioned sharkskin quality that Luke had. For me, the American vocalists who were best at the rough and the smooth were the early soul/R&B artists, like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, but it's hard to compare them against someone in a completely different genre.

I was making up a list of folk songs for my you tube when I came across Luke Kelly, I am sorry he was before my time, as it be would have been nice to to travel to Ireland and to see him perform live this would have been the icing on the cake for me.Although I am scots I can understand like me how you feel to be Irish.

Amazing rendition!!!!!!!! We miss you Luke!

God rest your soul Luke-for I could listen to you all day.A true legend.

neither am I Irish but after a few years'..i dont know....pause... I've been listening Luke and the band again for weeks now, finding new treasures everyday Big Thanks to kellyoneill:) and I simply cannot stop

As a Salfordian, I tip my hat to this man. This is a great song.

Luke Kelly - no one better before or since . R.I.P.

one of the greatest songs ever written, I remember feeling envy as a young man that this song was not written about my town of stoke-on -trent.

That banjo playing it the second and third verse is sensational 👌👏

Barney Mckenna what a serious talent you will be missed sir R.I.P

The man is a genius, his voice is something else xxxx

I first heard the dubliners in college in 2000. Luke Kelly has been my favorite ever since. My 18 month old son goes to sleep listening to this song. He loves anything Luke Kelly sings but this is his favorite and mine too.

the best irish musician!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P Luke Kelly greetings from Spain

He just adored promoting his thoughts via singing and music! Fantastic guy!

Having a Guinness and listening to Luke Kelly is the best!

Like you were Fantastic!!!! Thank you for the wonderful music. May you Rest in Peace. Nr. Ireland.

Im seventeen and an irish folk song performer. This song always gets a row and a ruction from the crowd. LONG LIVE THE IRISH TRADITION OF SINGING AND MAKING SONGS!!!!!!!

Best ever! This is my very best ever favourite irish song ❤️❤️❤️

@sashiethompson2550

4 жыл бұрын

Elliot Vernon you’re right of course. A language technicality. Written about Salford I believe? By the great Ewan MacColl.

Give it up for Luke Kelly amazing vocalist musician and performer ! Sadly missed x

Great selection kellyoneill was there in 1976 brings ah tear!!! many thanks

I come back to this song once in a while. I come back tonight for my sister, Star. She has OD'ed again. On life support. She is a warm soul, in her own way. But my sis, she may not live through this one. She would love this song - if she could remember it. We shared so much before. I give my whole heart and prayers to her and I pray that she makes it this time. Our love to Ireland- and our family- and our friends and the world during this time of confusion and troubles. . . Star still shines. Believe it or not.

@stacyblue1980

4 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much. ♥ Bless.

@daisypeters3216

4 жыл бұрын

I'll pray for your sister listening to this song, my friend.

Only some could sing as good as you, never better. I will sure sing my heart out when I play your songs though, thank you!

A song dear to my heart...love it or hate it...cheers Luke ..the traveller spirit runs deep be my lad!!

shinning steeeeeel brilliant

Love the way Luke always sang through gritted teeth. A great man. RIP. Still to this day singers intentionally or mistakenly try and attribute this Salford song to other towns. Me, family and some mates saw a band last week from Ireland who introduced it as being a Derry song. They got proper stroppy when we all shouted bollocks, that we were from Salford and that the Mrs even went to the same school there as its writer McColl had many years earlier.

@decotronq9054

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Got called a cnut in Sale for highlighting thisone night lol. Amblehust Hotel is fun tbf

@cjmc123

11 ай бұрын

There were plenty of dirty old towns to choose from on these islands, and plenty of dreamers too. Great tune. Is there an original recording you know of?

Lovely to listen to, brings back many memories !

great live version better than the recorded version-probably the best singer in folk history

@YAUUN

3 жыл бұрын

Folk tends to sound better live, or in a stripped down recording. Studio recordings have a danger of losing the soul, especially for some reason British recordings prior to the 60's. They had a tendency to sound very dry and academic. But there's the equal danger of overproducing it

@billnevill1988

3 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more! Well said!!!!

i'm from Belgium , Flanders and to be honest untill a few years i only heard the name " Dubliners" in a conversation from two people who love Folk music , so one day i was surfing this You Tube thing and found the nowadays Dubliners , not a bad bunch by the way, loved their music.But by searching deeper in the row i saw this funny red curly man from the seventies and decided to listen.That man blew me from my chair.He (Luke ) is just the best folksinger ever.i sing his songs everyday at work.

One of my all time favourites!

Luke is a sole singer in so much as his voice seems to emanate from the sole of his shoes. Just brilliant.

Great song best singer ever ☺

The one and only Luke Kelly (God rest your wonderful voice & soul ) and his Dubliner friends...

Mammy, i love you so much. Your brothers put you through the mill, but in true Irish spirit you stuck by them!!!!

Best version out there.. that Banjo pluck is savage The voice is the best ever

I could sing the song every day.

Luke and the Lads bring back only great memories to me when we had sing songs every Saturday night at 59 Collins park..

The best version of this song, no doubt about it!

I've heard a lot of lukes recordings... this one is pure genius... thanks for posting

he was a friend wen he came to Belfast Luke rapped my door at bout ,6 am wee went to shebeens guiness an whiskey God bless him

@billwheat796

8 жыл бұрын

+James Overend, What a privilege to have known him, James. I envy your experience.

@odriscoll1233

8 жыл бұрын

My mother attended his funeral, she was great friends with his family.

@lukaskucera9043

6 жыл бұрын

James Overend GRAMMER NAZI TIME: the rapped at my door, not raped my door, Shebeen's for a Guinnes and whiskey. We not wee

@polobroin901

6 жыл бұрын

He was a hell of a guy 💪💪

@dernbuy

6 жыл бұрын

Lukas Kucera your grammer is terrible. Please tell me you were on whiskey lol

Adored this tune when younger and more now 💕💕🤣🤣🤣

Every time I see this I begin to cry. Greetings from Germany.

Another amazing artist.

Love it, best song ever.

luke kelly such a singer respect , rest in peace, from north ireland

OMG, THE best song, best singer ever! This is precious video, thank you!