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E. Spaceman:
I assume he means the Thin Lizzy version, since that is what Metallica's essentially aped.

Sox:

--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 26 Jan 2010, 00:18 ---Which original?

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The Dubliners. Which I guess is far from being the original, but superior by virtue of still being a recognisably Irish and folk. That's the version I grew up with through exposure to Irish relatives at family gatherings. I didn't hear the Thin Lizzy version until my early teens, and it blew my mind.
Thanks to Metallica there are kids who aren't even aware of either the Thin Lizzy adaptation, or it's origins.
That version is just horrible and Metallica have been nothing more than an insult to anybody with ears for the best part of almost a decade now.

Did I mention "fuck metallica"?
Fuck Metallica.

Sox:
Who covers a twists cover, come on.
Edit: I just checked Wikipedia:
U2, Pulp, Smokie, Metallica, Belle and Sebastian and Simple Minds.
I had NO idea.
And also the Dubliners were like, the eighth guys to record it as a single.
I had NO idea.

I guess I'm the ignorant one!
Egg on my face.

Sox:
Oh, thanks for all the suggestions so far, guys. Huge help.

Nodaisho:
I thought it was just kind of funny to hear a folk song referred to as having an "original".

By folk I mean traditional folk, not modern but folk-styled, like Peter, Paul, and Mary or Ensiferum.

And yes, I did mostly make that example just so I could use those two bands in the same sentence.

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