Kiss Me I’m Irish II – Part 1

“Londoners had no choice but to accept the Irish because there were so many of us, and we do blend in better than the Jamaicans. When I was very young and going to school, I remember bricks thrown at me by English parents. To get to the Catholic school you had to go through a predominantly Protestant area. That was most unpleasant. It would always be done on a quick run. ‘Those dirty Irish bastards!’ That kind of shit. Now they transfer it onto the blacks or whomever.

Sex Pistols

There will always be hate in the English because they’re a hateful nation. That’s the trouble with working-class people throughout the world. They always try to spur their hatred onto what they see as being lower down the scale, rather than going for the fucking jugular of the upper- and the middle-class bastards who are keeping them down in the first place. We were the Irish scum. But it’s fun being scum, too.” 

– John Lydon, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

The Undertones

01. Snow Patrol – “Crack the Shutters” (2008)

02. Dropkick Murphys – “Fields of Athenry” (2003)

03. Sex Pistols – “Holidays in the Sun” (1977)

04. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars” (2006)

05. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Hope I Never Lose My Wallet” (1989)

06. Sex Pistols – “God Save the Queen” (1977)

07. Sex Pistols – “Seventeen” (1977)

08. Morrissey – “Suedehead” (1988)

09. Snow Patrol – “Chocolate” (2003)

10. Morrissey – “Irish Blood, English Heart” (2004)

11. Smashing Pumpkins – “Disarm” (1993)

12. U2 and Green Day – “The Saints Are Coming” (2006)

13. Smashing Pumpkins – “Perfect” (1998)

14. Oasis – “Champagne Supernova” (1995)

15. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Someday I Suppose” (1993)

16. Smashing Pumpkins – “Tonight, Tonight” (1995)

17. The Gaslight Anthem – “The ’59 Sound” (2008)

18. Thin Lizzy – “Cowboy Song” (1976)

19. The Chieftains feat. Sting – “Mo Ghile Mear (‘Our Hero’)” (1995)

20. The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks” (1978)

21. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get” (1997)

22. Van Morrison – “Snow in San Anselmo” (1973)

23. Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” (1989)

24. Sex Pistols – “No Feelings” (1977)

25. The Divine Comedy – “Gin Soaked Boy” (1999)

Oasis

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