Whatever You Say, Say Nothing-Makem & Clancy 5/10

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  • Опубліковано 17 жов 2024

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  • @sallymcnally45
    @sallymcnally45 3 роки тому +15

    Brilliant song, i need this right now

    • @sallymcnally45
      @sallymcnally45 2 роки тому +4

      This is literally the anthem for the past two years

  • @WestonAlliance
    @WestonAlliance 11 років тому +41

    They are talking about internment and political censorship in Ireland during the 1970's

    • @MrFocu25
      @MrFocu25 5 років тому

      Right

    • @annedonovan9005
      @annedonovan9005 4 роки тому +8

      But there's so many other situations it could apply to these days.

    • @keeganowens8949
      @keeganowens8949 4 роки тому +4

      Hoy! Whatever you say, say nothing, when you talk about you know what!

    • @kevlenn
      @kevlenn 2 роки тому +3

      You didn't learn anything from this song 🤦

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 2 роки тому

      @@annedonovan9005 Not only these days. 80 years ago too.

  • @holdyourwhisht
    @holdyourwhisht 15 років тому +20

    I know exactly what he's talking about......I LOVE Tommy Makem.
    Whatever you say, say nothing.

  • @killiekentman
    @killiekentman 15 років тому +10

    heard the Sands family sing this. love it.

  • @FolkandTrad
    @FolkandTrad 14 років тому +19

    we need some musicians like Makem and Clancy, most of the singers nowadays are just crap

    • @hihi2229
      @hihi2229 Рік тому

      At least we have The High Kings

  • @MGARVODIE
    @MGARVODIE 16 років тому +5

    love you guys seen u in 1985 wen i was 13 love ur music since then

  • @macliam8
    @macliam8 15 років тому +6

    You know who loves this song?, you know the one who we can't speak of - but don't mention this or you'll get you know what!

  • @gregwyatt46
    @gregwyatt46 16 років тому +10

    Love it. I think the song is from a poem about the IRA's secrecy requirements.

  • @astrorobinson3716
    @astrorobinson3716 6 місяців тому +1

    This is smart. A gem.

  • @tucsonsduke
    @tucsonsduke 11 років тому +8

    Theme song of the NSA "Guarded" USA

  • @cmotherofpirl
    @cmotherofpirl 7 років тому +8

    The NSA is listening :)

  • @tommymakem737
    @tommymakem737 11 років тому +7

    brillant

  • @jackmccreless7667
    @jackmccreless7667 4 роки тому +1

    This song was written by Colum Sands, although he's not mentioned in this post.

  • @HAROL12345678
    @HAROL12345678 13 років тому +4

    Where did you get this video, can it be bought on VHS or something? Thanks

  • @tommymakem737
    @tommymakem737 11 років тому +3

    always a smile off tommy

  • @silentangel.ie-abe7
    @silentangel.ie-abe7 2 роки тому +1

    Whoever or whatever, as the old saying goes less said the better, keep it zipped, silence is golden, Don't speak out of turn .. The way the world is now taking a step back isn't a bad idea, people are losing it so easily, minds all over the place .. is there a hole somewhere 🙊 🙉 🙈

  • @Pootycat8359
    @Pootycat8359 Рік тому

    This song applies to today! I've had some of my posts, concerning the so-called "C**id" "v***ine" & the 2020 "E****ion" "disappear."

  • @jimcowell622
    @jimcowell622 12 років тому +19

    "Three men can keep a secret if two of them are dead"

  • @Orourkebanjo
    @Orourkebanjo Рік тому

    Does makem play Clawhammer style?

  • @Rhydderch69
    @Rhydderch69 15 років тому +1

    Reminds me of the Barrand/Roberts song, A Present from the Gentlemen.

  • @choclytgremlins
    @choclytgremlins 11 років тому +9

    Is this crowd DEAD? I can't sit still when I'm listening to this song!

    • @oggioggi7915
      @oggioggi7915 4 роки тому +1

      It was Ireland in 1983. What would you expect.

    • @razorbladerossxxx
      @razorbladerossxxx 3 роки тому +4

      Open support for the IRA in the 80s was a no no.
      They actually got fined for preforming this song.

    • @morganmckenzie1303
      @morganmckenzie1303 9 місяців тому

      No they are not dead, nor do they want to be.

  • @maximilianmustermann5763
    @maximilianmustermann5763 5 років тому +3

    This should be the official anthem of the EU!

  • @chrileboy
    @chrileboy 13 років тому +3

    loose lips sink ships...dead men tell no tales....my science teacher always told us this to keep us quiet haha

  • @zlordcancieme7057
    @zlordcancieme7057 8 років тому +2

    i agree with two of them

  • @dleetr
    @dleetr 3 роки тому +1

    It's the you know whos.

  • @bernardbrady1926
    @bernardbrady1926 2 роки тому

    I think colm sands wrote this song but I'm open to correction

  • @patriciahennessy6684
    @patriciahennessy6684 4 місяці тому

    Written by Colm Sands

  • @mr.z4647
    @mr.z4647 8 років тому +1

    look at Muriel O'Connor one it sounds hot!

  • @jamesm156
    @jamesm156 10 років тому

    Also, during the last verse, you don't hear the mandolin, like on the album.

    • @jordandc5258
      @jordandc5258 8 років тому

      it's the illuminati

    • @JoshMonreaux
      @JoshMonreaux 7 років тому

      Which album? I can't find this song accept for this live recording.

    • @jameamcdonough4661
      @jameamcdonough4661 7 років тому +1

      Live at the National Concert Hall, same title as the special.

  • @scottydawg1234567
    @scottydawg1234567 13 років тому

    @brittanynoel02 Exactly what I was thinking, actually XD/

  • @klowen2237
    @klowen2237 Рік тому +2

    Perfect anthem for how mainstream and social media and the government treats anything related to COVID.

  • @JoshMonreaux
    @JoshMonreaux 7 років тому

    And now, the weather.

  • @CenuPwny
    @CenuPwny 2 роки тому

    are these men irish?

    • @remccom
      @remccom 2 роки тому +3

      As Irish as the come , Liam was from County Tipperary, Ireland Tommy was proudly from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. their music lives on !

    • @matthewgraham4583
      @matthewgraham4583 2 роки тому

      Don’t know. 😉

  • @greentoaster
    @greentoaster 15 років тому

    Loose talk costs lives.

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder 4 місяці тому

    As I write this, the Irish parliament is about to try abolishing the freedom of speech in Ireland. Sinn Fein turned out to be totalitarians when they got the chance.

  • @billscheitzach601
    @billscheitzach601 10 років тому +2

    That has got to be the deadest audience I have ever seen in my life. Sitting there like cardboard cutouts they was.

    • @jordandc5258
      @jordandc5258 8 років тому

      it's the Illuminati

    • @pollydora
      @pollydora 6 років тому +8

      They were probabaly instructed to be quiet....they were recording this for a live album. I've been involved in one of those....they are a lot more controlled and manipulated than you might think.

  • @jordandc5258
    @jordandc5258 8 років тому +1

    it's the Illuminati😨

  • @JamesMC04
    @JamesMC04 5 років тому

    This is good *without* being played at chipmunk speed.

  • @edgleason8918
    @edgleason8918 Рік тому

    There has to be a Russian version of this.

    • @robertjones2811
      @robertjones2811 Рік тому

      Are you kidding this is basically the American national anthem.

    • @kicksanddude
      @kicksanddude 3 місяці тому

      ​@robertjones2811 you can publicly and loudly complain in America, the same cannot be said of contemporary Russia or British controlled Ireland

  • @stanleytweedle1897
    @stanleytweedle1897 2 роки тому

    This song aged well. We're all IRA now.

    • @robertjones2811
      @robertjones2811 Рік тому

      All I can say is the founding fathers knew what they were doing when they ratified the second amendment.

  • @irishpuppy39
    @irishpuppy39 13 років тому

    @brittanynoel02
    Snort....your too funny.

  • @bobdacreepable
    @bobdacreepable 11 років тому +4

    cool song..worst crowd I have ever seen

  • @emileemadison8022
    @emileemadison8022 9 років тому +3

    Probably IRA. that's what their talking about

  • @RizLTeozR-
    @RizLTeozR- 11 років тому +2

    They are singing of VOLDEMORD

  • @tallhobbit97
    @tallhobbit97 12 років тому +2

    not their best performance of this song but I guess it works.;)

  • @crafty_geek
    @crafty_geek 11 років тому +3

    Reminds me of the Harry Potter series everytime i hear this song... #uber-geek

  • @sassycassgames3158
    @sassycassgames3158 9 років тому +3

    This shoulda been the theme song of Harry Potter....
    Im not a nerd, Im a geek... theres a difference.

  • @timbuktu8069
    @timbuktu8069 6 років тому +9

    The motto for talking to the PC Police

  • @christinejaynes9200
    @christinejaynes9200 10 років тому +27

    this is literally the plot to harry potter

    • @jordandc5258
      @jordandc5258 8 років тому +3

      its the Illuminati

    • @genmonroefreeeire102
      @genmonroefreeeire102 5 років тому +2

      Well ya know voldemort is Margaret Thatcher in disguise

    • @williamswenson7229
      @williamswenson7229 4 роки тому

      @@genmonroefreeeire102 That's about the stupidest thing I've seen today.

  • @zlordcancieme7057
    @zlordcancieme7057 8 років тому +4

    it's Illuminati

  • @collizross
    @collizross 8 років тому +1

    Emilee, "Whatever you say, say nothin' " is a colloquial idiom. So it's NOT and never was about the ira.

    • @johnmcvey440
      @johnmcvey440 8 років тому +7

      This particular song is. Specifically, it references The policy of Internment without trial ('They'll take you off to you know where {HMP Long Kesh} for you dont know how long')

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 8 років тому +1

      Of course it isn't...

    • @rl5725
      @rl5725 7 років тому +1

      John McVey lol if you talk about you know what it's not the police you've to worry about as much as you know who ..,,

    • @rl5725
      @rl5725 7 років тому +3

      Colin Ross it is about the ra, that's where the saying comes from whatever u tell the police, tell them nothing lol

  • @dougvee3381
    @dougvee3381 11 років тому +1

    They my as well be singing about the coming enslavement and civil war we are about to suffer through.

  • @philip5314
    @philip5314 2 місяці тому

    Obama and Harris for Guantánamo 2024 🎉