#the sickbed of cuchulainn

[aeondeug]

the sickbed of cuchulainn is such a fun song and it always makes me so happy

[gameofrassilon]

The Dead Have Come Claim A Debt From Thee

Cave:

I remember standing side of stage at the concert in Dublin for Shane’s 60th birthday, and feeling kind of agitated and nervous about performing. I was surrounded by all of these artists doing beautiful versions of Shane’s songs and, I don’t know, I guess I was also feeling a bit out of sorts that evening. I saw Sinéad O’Connor standing slightly separate from everyone else, half hidden by the curtain, gazing at the floor, looking fierce and intense.

Pierce:

Shane MacGowan was, if he was nothing else, a brilliant wordsmith, Pete Townshend's equal as a storyteller, and Neil Young's equal as an alchemist of styles and musical colors. He wrote songs in which Irish mythology was put to hilarious good use ("The Sickbed of Cuchulainn"). He wrote songs about emigration and immigration, often in the same song, ("The Body of an American," which David Simon brilliantly used to close out The Wire.) He wrote tender songs ("Pair of Brown Eyes") and angry songs ("The Boys From The County Hell"). He and the Pogues covered, tipsily but reverently, traditional folk songs, most notably Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town," and old Irish tunes like "The Parting Glass." They finished the show I saw with that ancient heartbreaker, and the depth of feeling there was fathomless.

There’s magic in music, that’s for sure. My twenties were ensorcelled by these fallen angels. They led me to strange nights and beautiful dayscreams. I never have the fucking words at these times. But yeah, I owe them. I do.

[doorsclosingslowly]

The Sickbed of Cuchulainn by the Pogues

[galway-bae]

the Ulster Cycle is a comedy 

[tainbocuailnge]

it’s annoying bc bazett is literally just the same hypercompetent violent loser bazett with nothing in the way of vaguely mixing in some unseen other character’s personality traits like they’re fond of doing and it’s perfect and then the other character they for some reason decided to tape to her anyway is a complete nothingburger. manannan doesnt mention the tuatha de danann she’s king of she barely mentions lugh whom she raised the only story she references is the sickbed of cuchulainn even though manannan appears in 3 different irish mythological cycles. girl why are you here they can’t even use a powerlevel excuse about sticking on some other guy like they did with waver & reines because bazett was already capable of matching servants in hand to hand combat and even had a noble phantasm as a living human the only thing her presence adds is an excuse to put bazett in a dress. this is the first time they’ve even really brought up celtic gods since fsn itself by the way.

[kenstewdivorce]

🎵 OBVIOUSLY Cassidy but *cocks gun* do his lover Bad Country too

I have so many Cassidy songs so @ my moots feel free to send Cassidy again I have SO MANY Cass songs

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

I ain't nothin' but tired Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there, baby, I could use just a little help

The Boss actually wrote this song about Cassidy. Yes sure, the comics didn’t start until 1995 and the show until 2016 but actually he can time travel cause he’s fucking Bruce Springsteen for fuck’s sake.

As for your beloved...

The Sickbed of Cuchulainn - The Pogues

And in the Euston Tavern you screamed it was your shout But they wouldn't give you service so you kicked the windows out They took you out into the street and kicked you in the brains So you walked back in through a bolted door and did it all again

Bad Country Irish AU <3 You thought I was gunna do Humdinger, huh?

Send me a ♫ + a character’s name and I will respond with a song that reminds me of them. Send a ♫ + a ship and I will do the same.

[jonsateaparty]

Let’s Analyse The Heck Outta This Playlist

I have listened to every single song in the Game of Thrones: The End Is Here playlist and hooo boy do I have shit to say.

Looking at all the songs, I found that I could seperate them into different categories. The categories were songs which fit certain characters or houses, or songs which fit the white walkers or war in general. There were also quite a few love songs, some of which could be easily interpreted as jonsa. Below the cut I’ve put together all the songs in their categories with some lyrics for each song and any notes I made while listening. 

HOWEVER since that shit is loong, I’m gonna add a preemptive TL;DR for some categories of interest before the cut.

JONSA

Overall, there were six songs that I could recognize as jonsa. The themes of these songs were that of a passionate and loving romance, with the occasional tinge of forbidden love and having to wait for their lover. These songs were also very, very blatant in their connection to jonsa. With most of them, jonsa was honest to goodness the only GoT interpretation for this love song. I really was shocked listening to how blatantly jonsa this playlist is guys.

J0NERYS

There were three songs in the playlist which I could call j0nerys songs. One of these songs I could argue belongs elsewhere and only there was one jonsa song that was ambiguous enough that it could be attributed to j0nerys. My absolute favourite song of these three is the song Little Monster by Royal Blood. In this song, a man who refers to himself as a wolf is the lover of someone who he calls Little Monster and betrays her. Yeah. They really went there.

D4NY/TARGARYEN

Three songs that are definitely about her, but I suspect a few of the “general” war songs are about her as well. Why, you say? Because Dark D4ny LIVES in this playlist man. These songs, which are mainly about fire and “black wings” (Drogon, anyone), talk about someone mad with powerlust, a “bitch” coming to take you to hell, and being haunted by demons in the fire. DARK D4NY IS COMING AND MY BODY IS READY FOR HR GLORY

STARK

In contrast to songs about fire being full of madness, the four “wolf” Stark songs that we get are about being free and victorious. One song in particular talks about the “Wolves of Winter” getting the better of someone who has “fits of paranoia”, someone who sees themselves as an exception but without people supporting them, they’re going to lose. Like. Holy shit.

TARGBOWL

Now, most of the other songs are either about the Greyjoys/Lannisters, generic war songs, power or dead things. However there is ONE war song that I think heavily implies targbowl. This song is called Go to War by Nothing More and seems to be about two groups of people who were once on the same side going to war.

That’s it of particular interest, however if you want to see a list of all songs and all categories, plus some lyrics and notes, check out under the cut!

Potential Jonsa Songs

Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan - If you go when the snowflakes storm/When the rivers freeze and summer ends/Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm/To keep her from the howlin' winds Note: This song is either about Arya or Sansa. I honestly cannot see this song being about Arya, this is about a traditionally feminine girl with long hair. I say this is jonsa because I literally cannot think of any other thing this could be about.

Howlin’ for You – The Black Keys - I must admit/I can't explain/Any of these thoughts/Racing through my brain Note: Can’t explain their reasons (maybe because they shouldn’t be having them), wolf references, bird references? Very jonsa. Also could be general stark or gendrya.

Sister – Prince - My sister never made love to anyone else but me/She's the reason for my, uh, sexuality Note: OMG this SONG. Although this could also be about Jaime/Cercei… but considering that’s over, I’m going with jonerys. Especially since there’s a song about wolves right after…

Devil’s Spoke – Laura Marling -I might be a part of this/Ripple on water from a lonesome drip/A fallen tree that witness me/I'm alone, him and me Note: Honestly the only concrete reason I put this here is because I ship jonsa. It could be any ship. Also the first verse makes me thing of the Winterfell Godswood.

Winterlong – Niel Young - I waited for you Winter long/You seem to be where I belong

Furr – Blitzen Trapper - I brushed the leaves off of my snout/And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees/You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees/So I took her by the arm

Potential J0nerys Songs

Mama Kin – Aerosmith - Well you've always got your tail on the wag/Shootin' fire from your mouth just like a dragon Note: Those line, plus the whole “Mama” thing makes me think this is jonerys. It could also be jon? I guess?

Little Monster – Royal Blood - I'm your wolf, I'm your man/I say run little monster/Before you know who I am Note: A song about a “wolf” in a relationship with a “little monster” who plans to betray them? HMMMMMMMMMMM.

Be My Fire – The Blue Stones - Baby, be my conjurer/And I'll hold you dear/Baby, be the visions in the night/And wait till morning light for you/To disappear

Dany/Targ Songs:

Sleep Now In the Fire – Rage Against The Machine - The world is my expense/The cost of my desire/Jesus blessed me with its future/And I protect it with fire.

Her Black Wings – Danzig - Demoness calls/The bitch is come/For those who wait/Cross the breach in hell Notes: I’m guessing another Targ song, what with the “black wings”.

Fire – Barns Courtney - Ghosts and devils come a-calling/Calling my name oh, lost in the fire

Stark Songs

Wolf Like Me – TV On The Radio - Got a curse I cannot lift/Shines when the sunset shifts/When the moon is round and full/Gotta bust that box, gotta gut that fish

Wolves of Winter – Biffy Clyro - We are the wolves of winter/We live in a kingdom of blood Note: Holy fuck the implications of Dark!Dany in this song!!! 

Dire Wolf – Grateful Dead - In the timbers to Fennario, the wolves are running round/The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the ground.

Killer Wolf – Danzig - I'm the wolf/I'm the one you want/I'm the killer wolf

Potential Targbowl Songs

Go to War – Nothing More - I don't know what you had in mind/But here we stand on opposing sides/Let's go to war Note: Holy FUCK, this song seems to really foreshadow targbowl. It’s not a generic war song like some of the others, and it’s not about dead/evil/cold wars. This song seems to be about people who were on the same side then turned against each other.

White Walkers/war for the living songs

Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin - How soft your fields so green/Can whisper tales of gore/Of how we calmed the tides of war/We are your overlords

The End – The Doors - Of our elaborate plans, the end/Of everything that stands, the end/No safety or surprise, the end/I’ll never look into your eyes again

Cold Cold Cold – Cage The Elephant - Doctor look into my eyes/I've been breathing air but there's no sign of life/Doctor the problem's in my chest/My heart feels cold as ice but it's anybody's guess

Burn the Fleet - Thrice - In this dark night we stand or fall/We are kings now, or nothing at all/Check your armor; Light up your torch

Dead Skin Mask – Slayer - Graze the skin with my finger tips/The brush of dead cold flesh pacifies the means

General songs

Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes - Don't want to hear about it/Every single one's got a story to tell/Everyone knows about it/From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell

War – Grandson - War up north/And war down south/Everywhere is war

Let Me Live / Let Me Die – Des Rocs - Tears don't stop the fire/It's killing time/Back from the dead/See your eyes, got nothing left/Kiss me, I am the colder Note: This is a song of ice and fire. This. Is A. Song. Of. Ice. And. Fire.

POWER – Kanye West - Life is a trip, so sometimes we gonna stumble/You gotta go through pain in order to become you Note: I’d call this a general song but this came right after a song about wolves so make of that what you will 😉

Let’s Have A War – Fear - Let's have a war/So you can go and die!

Powa – Tune-Yards - Rebel, rebel, no/Lightening dances in my head

No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age - We get some rules to follow/That and this/These and those/No one knows

The Time Is Now – Atreyu - Flying high above the world/It's a new life, it's a new mind/And I will never fall Note: A Time for Wolves anyone? Especially since this comes right after a wolf song…

Rise Above – Black Flag - Jealous cowards try to control/Rise above, we're gonna rise above

Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers - There's nothin' for us in Belfast/The Pound's old, and that's a pity/OK, so there's the Trident in Bangor Note: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Sickbed of Cuchulainn – The Pogues - And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone/Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid/And you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids

Power – AJ Ghent [j-ent] - You wanna take me down/But I won’t bend

Toxicity – System of a Down - You, what do you own the world?/How do you own disorder, disorder

Here’s Your Future – The Thermals - God reached his hand down from the sky/He flooded the land then he set it on fire

Love is Blindess – U2 - A little death/Without mourning/No call/And no warning

Greyjoy Songs

Flugufrelsarinn – Sigur Rós - Ég næ ekki andanum og þyngist við hverja öldu/Mér vantar kraftaverk/Því ég er að drukkna – syndir (I can not breathe and I am heavier with every wave/I need a miracle/Because I am drowning- sins) Note: Lots of talk about the ocean/rivers/boats along with despairing over your sins and struggling to be better and repent. If that isn’t a fucking Theon song I don’t know what is.

Bottom Of The Deep Blue Sea – MISSIO - The sweet surrender of silence forces me to live alone/Locked and loaded, where the hell is peace of mind?/I wait on you inside the bottom of the deep blue sea

Wave of Mutilation – Pixies - You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away/On a wave of mutilation

Jon Songs

Born for Greatness – Papa Roach - No we’re not nameless, we’re not faceless/We were born for greatness Note: This could be generic, but this gives me heavy Jon vibes

EDIT: @ward--runa pointed out to me that this song suited Jon better.

Mother – The Amazons - Friends wanna kill me/But I give them all my loving anyway/If God won't forgive me/I'm not the only one to make amends

Lannister Songs

Listen to the Lion – Van Morrison - All my love come tumblin' down/Oh, listen listen/To the lion

Hot Blood – Kaleo - You wanna prove you're the better man/You wanna reach for the things that nobody can/Oh all you need is to break away, yeah/Just keep telling yourself there's no shame Note: This was either Jaime or Jon for me, but I settled on Jaime. Partly because this came after a string of what I think to be Cersei songs. Also The idea of being a better man, “love is gonna get ya”, “turn your back, you’re a broken man”, “shake your hand”.

Gold Lion – Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion's gonna tell me where the light is

Cersei Songs

Queen – Perfume Genius - Don't you know your queen/Gleaming/Wrapped in golden leaf/Don't you know me Note: This gives me Cercei vibes but I honestly don’t know…

Cruel – St. Vincent - So they took you, and they left you/How could they be casually cruel? Note: ??? Maybe another Cercei one?

Crown of the Ground – Sleigh Bells - Set, set that crown on the ground and-ah

[littlelonghairedoutlawllho]

It’s not that I have had much wine, but I would absolutely dance a jig to ‘The Sickbed of Cuchulainn’ right now

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

The sickbed of Cuchulainn - The Pogues

[machinegunphilly]

Top 100 Favorite Songs

The Top Hundred songs I like. There are a lot of songs I love. A few of them are here. Most of them aren't. I like this list, but leave me feedback and stuff if you want.

100 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home

99 U2 - The Fly

98 Fastball - The Way

97 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

96 Alice in Chains - Would?

95 The Pixies - Bone Machine

94 Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister

93 The Jesus Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

92 Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

91 The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

90 Prince - Little Red Corvette

89 P!nk - So What

88 Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’

87 They Might Be Giants - Don’t Let’s Start

86 Bad Religion - American Jesus

85 The Pogues - The Sickbed of Cuchulainn

84 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

83 Rod Stewart - Maggie May

82 Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head

81 Weezer - Falling For You

80 Placebo - Every You Every Me

79 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

78 Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

77 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

76 M83 - Midnight City

75 The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

74 The Strokes - Hard to Explain

73 U2 - Mysterious Ways

72 The Police - Don’t Stand So Close To Me

71 Pink Floyd - Time

70 The Cure - Lovesong

69 Blink 182- What’s My Age Again?/Feeling This <tie>

68 Eminem - Bad Guy

67 The Killers - Somebody Told Me

66 Nine Inch Nails - Wish

65 Kanye West - All of the Lights

64 Reefer Madness - Listen To Jesus, Jimmy

63 Modest Mouse - Float On

62 John Lennon - Oh Yoko!

61 Hole - Violet

60 Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

59 The Clash - Clampdown

58 Madness - Our House

57 Outkast - Ms. Jackson

56 This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

55 Van Halen - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

54 The Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun

53 Guns N’ Roses - My Michelle

52 R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

51 New Order - 1963

50 Refused - New Noise

49 Buzzcocks - I Don’t Mind

48 Weezer - Say It Ain’t So

47 Smashing Pumpkins - Geek U.S.A/Soma

46 Any track from “Loveless” on shuffle (this is meant to be taken literally)

45 Husker Du - Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely

44 Television - Venus

43 The Beatles - Come Together

42 Bad Religion - You

41 Beastie Boys - Sabotage

40 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

39 The Doors - Waiting For The Sun

38 Deftones - Change (In The House of Flies)

37 Don Henley - Boys of Summer

36 Bad Religion - Sorrow

35 Elvis Costello - (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?

34 Eminem - 97’ Bonnie & Clyde

33 Everclear - Santa Monica

32 Radiohead - There, There

31 Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City

30 Husker Du - Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill

29 Interpol - Obstacle 1

28 Jawbreaker - Accident Prone

27 Jimmy Eat World - Pain

26 Weezer - Only In Dreams

25 Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

24 R.E.M. - Try Not To Breathe

23 Bob Dylan - Girl From The North Country

22 Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky

21 Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger

20 Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

19 Nirvana - Come As You Are

18 Pearl Jam - Corduroy

17 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

16 Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945

15 Pearl Jam - Alive

14 Nas - NY State of Mind

13 System of a Down - Holy Mountains

12 Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer

11 Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

10 The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

9 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

8 Jeff Buckley - Grace

7 Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven

6 U2 - With or Without You

5 The Eagles - Hotel California

4 Radiohead - Paranoid Android

3 System of a Down - Chop Suey

2 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

1 Pearl Jam - Black (2004 Brendan O’Brien Remix)

[scumfuckus]

my happiest childhood memories are honestly singing along to the songs on rum, sodomy & the lash with my dad in the car. and he'd try turning the volume down when they swore ahdjahfjf

sickbed of cuchulainn was always and still is my favourite tho

[punk-chicken-radio]

The Pogues - The Sickbed Of Cuchulainn

TOS 

[heyhellohowdy]

(music anon) hmmm like your playlist a year and a half ago. Not sure if you remember the songs or not because it's been a while ago lol

ok, i keep most of my playlists so here’s the one where i jumbled a bunch of songs of every genre together:

30 Rock Theme 

A Quoi Ça Sert L'amour / Adieu / After the Ball / All For You / Alone Again Naturally 

Back in Town / Bad Boy, Good Man / Bambino / Bang Bang / Bang Bang You’re Dead / Besame Mucho / Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Billy’s Bones / Bittersweet / Blue Suede Shoes / Bourbon Street / Busy Line / But Now I’m Back 

C'est comme si, C'est comme ça / Cabin Fever / Complainte de la Butte / Count Those Freaks / Crawling the Walls / Cryin’ for the Carolines / Cunnilingus mon Amour 

Dance Baby / Danse et Danse / Darkness on the Delta / Dernière Danse / Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend / Do it This Way / Down in New Orleans (Finale)

Egyptian Ella

Fancy / Fancy a Tipple / Farewell Kabarista / Finlandia Hymn / Fishies / Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue / Foolish to Think / Frankie and Johnny

Give Me the Simple Life / Give my Regards to Broadway / Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

Hands Across the Table / Happy Days Are Here Again! / Hello, Baby / How Big Can You Get?

I Always Knew / I Am What I Am / I Get Ideas / I Get What I Want / I Hate Myself / I Love Paris / I Still Get Jealous / I Still Love You All / I Wanna Be Just Like You / I Want to Be Bad / I’ll Be Seeing You / I’m Number One / I’m a Fool to Want You / I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts / Into the Unknown / Irish Air / It Had to Be You

Johanna / Jul, Jul, Strålande Jul

Katie at the Races / Kissing a Fool

L.O.V.E. / La Vie Cajun / Lady / Land of the Dead / Lay Your Head Down / Le Jour le Plus Froid du Monde / Let’s Face It, I’m Cute / Let’s Kill Tonight / Let’s Misbehave / Lida Rose / Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries / London is the Place for Me

Mademoiselle Clé / Maintenant / Mam’selle / Me, Who Am I? / Moules Frites / Mysterious Mose 

Never Drink 'Em Dry (Johnny Tarr's Funeral) / No Charge / Nobody’s Sweetheart / Nothing but the Best / Now’s the Time to Fall in Love

Ol’ Mac Donald / Out of the Question / Over the Garden Wall

Pathetique / People Will Say We’re in Love / Positively, Absolutely / Pub & Go 

Se Dire Adieu / Sea Shanty / She Loves Me / Shoo the Hoodoo Away / Short Skirt Long Jacket / Sibella / Since Tommy Atkins Taught the Chinese How to Charleston / So Romantic / South American Joe / Spiderman / Still in Love with You / Summer Swing / Summer Wine / Supreme / Surrender / Sweet Pea

That XX / The Best Splendid Elegance / The Ghost of Smokey Joe / The Ghost of Stephen Foster / The Highway Man Song / The Limerick Rake / The Maestro / The Mermaid / The Night Pat Murphy Died / The One Controlling Eastern Europe's Land / The Pink Panther Theme (Malibu Remix) / The Rainbow Connection / The Room Where It Happens / The Sheik of Araby / The Sickbed of Cuchulainn / The Sidewalks of New York / The Suits are Picking Up the Bill / There's a Good Reason These Tables are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of it Yet / These Foolish Things / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Til Then / Time for Tea / Too Close for Comfort / Tous Les Mêmes 

Vive le Swing

Wash Jones / When We Both Reached for the Gun / When We’re Human / Whistling in the Dark / Who Walks In When I Walk Out?

Yes Sir, That’s my Baby / Yes She Do / Your Obedient Servant

Казачему роду нема переводу!

Well, there you are. Sorry if some of the links don’t work, I haven’t checked them in a few years. If this isn’t the playlist you were thinking of, let me know.

[verminfang]

♫

Old King Cole- The Mechanisms,

Owner of a Broken Heart- Yes,

The Sickbed of Cuchulainn- The Pogues,

Symphony for a Spider Plant- Mort Garson,

The Heaviest Matter in the Universe- Gojira

[ms-07b-gouf]

You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands... When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid And you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids

The Pogues, “The Sickbed of Cuchulainn”