"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is a single released by U2 together with the Dubliners, Kíla, and numerous other Irish musicians united under the name "A Band of Bowsies" and dedicated to folk singer Ronnie Drew who was already ill with cancer at the time. The song was recorded between 14 and 15 January 2008 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. All proceeds from the sales went to the Irish Cancer Society. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, Bono, The Edge, and Simon Carmody. Bono said, "The idea was to compose a song that Ronnie could sing, but in the end we preferred to write one about him." "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" CD single was released in Ireland only on 19 February 2008. (From the video description, machine translated to English and manually edited.)
@@TravisLoneWolfWalsh because he evaded paying tax to the Irish government, even though every single Irish person knows that money just goes into their greedy hands funny how every irish person agrees the irish government is corrupt as hell, yet they give out that bono didnt want to give them money
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is a single released by U2 together with the Dubliners, Kíla, and numerous other Irish musicians united under the name "A Band of Bowsies" and dedicated to folk singer Ronnie Drew who was already ill with cancer at the time. The song was recorded between 14 and 15 January 2008 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. All proceeds from the sales went to the Irish Cancer Society. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, Bono, The Edge, and Simon Carmody. Bono said, "The idea was to compose a song that Ronnie could sing, but in the end we preferred to write one about him." "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" CD single was released in Ireland only on 19 February 2008.
(From the video description, machine translated to English and manually edited.)
I love Shane’s bit in this song
Its to you... Ronnie Drew , Its to you... Ronnie Drew...
Ronnie Drew, We Love you Yes we do!
Its to you Ronnie Drew, Its to you...! :D
Heres to you ( as is, cheers!)
God bless ronnie
In my YouTwo playlist. I wonder how Robert Hunter got involved? Thanks for the upload!
awesome song
Am I the only one getting Hallelujah vibes in the chorus?
No, you're not (-: I can hear them too. But this song is IMHO a level above Hallelujah.
@kobioor greatest comment ever.. thanks mate!
HEY!
Hey!
HEY! :)
Chords? anyone!
Bono. Of course. Getting his nose in everything.
why all the hate for Bono
@@TravisLoneWolfWalsh he won't pay his taxes...
@@TravisLoneWolfWalsh because the just jeaolous 😉
Best quote ever was Paul Weller " who made Bono the pope?" haha
@@TravisLoneWolfWalsh because he evaded paying tax to the Irish government, even though every single Irish person knows that money just goes into their greedy hands
funny how every irish person agrees the irish government is corrupt as hell, yet they give out that bono didnt want to give them money
Hey!