Jack's Heroes, the Glossary
"Jack's Heroes" is a single released by The Pogues & The Dubliners in 1990, composed by tin whistle player Spider Stacy about the Republic of Ireland football squad, then managed by Jack Charlton.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: A-side and B-side, Celtic punk, Digital Audio Tape, Jack Charlton, Republic of Ireland national football team, Single (music), Spider Stacy, Summer in Siam, Sunny Side of the Street (song), The Dubliners, The Pogues, The Wild Colonial Boy, Tin whistle, Whiskey in the Jar, Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.
- Republic of Ireland at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
- Republic of Ireland national football team songs
- The Pogues songs
A-side and B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.
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Celtic punk
Celtic punk is punk rock mixed with traditional Celtic music. Celtic punk bands often play traditional Irish or Scottish folk and political songs, as well as original compositions.P. Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock (London: Rough Guides, 2003), p. 798. Common themes in Celtic punk music include politics, Celtic culture (particularly Gaelic culture) and identity, heritage, religion, drinking and working class pride.
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Digital Audio Tape
Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987.
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Jack Charlton
Jack Charlton (8 May 193510 July 2020) was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back.
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The Republic of Ireland national football team (Foireann peile náisiúnta Phoblacht na hÉireann) represents the Republic of Ireland in men's international football.
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Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.
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Spider Stacy
Peter Richard "Spider" Stacy (born 14 December 1958) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor.
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Summer in Siam
"Summer in Siam" is a single by The Pogues from their 1990 album, Hell's Ditch. Jack's Heroes and Summer in Siam are the Pogues songs.
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Sunny Side of the Street (song)
"The Sunnyside of the Street" is a track from The Pogues' fifth album, Hell's Ditch, released in 1990. Jack's Heroes and Sunny Side of the Street (song) are the Pogues songs.
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.
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The Pogues
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse".
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The Wild Colonial Boy
"The Wild Colonial Boy"traditional anonymously penned Irish-Australian folk ballad that tells the story of a bushranger in early colonial Australia who dies during a gunfight with local police.
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Tin whistle
The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument.
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Whiskey in the Jar
"Whiskey in the Jar" (Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. Jack's Heroes and Whiskey in the Jar are the Dubliners songs.
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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
"Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" is a single by The Pogues. Jack's Heroes and Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah are the Pogues songs.
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See also
Republic of Ireland at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
- 1990 FIFA World Cup Group F
- 1990 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
- 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
- England–Republic of Ireland football rivalry
- Give It a Lash Jack
- Jack's Heroes
- Put 'Em Under Pressure
Republic of Ireland national football team songs
- Give It a Lash Jack
- God Save Ireland
- Jack's Heroes
- Joxer Goes to Stuttgart
- Olé, Olé, Olé
- Put 'Em Under Pressure
- The Boys in Green
- The Fields of Athenry
- The Irish Roar
- The Rocky Road to Poland
- Watch Your House for Ireland
The Pogues songs
- Éamonn an Chnoic
- A Pair of Brown Eyes
- A Rainy Night in Soho
- And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- Cotton Fields
- Dark Streets of London
- Dirty Old Town
- Fairytale of New York
- Fiesta (The Pogues song)
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
- Haunted (The Pogues song)
- Honky Tonk Women
- I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
- If I Should Fall from Grace with God (song)
- Jack's Heroes
- Jesse James (folk song)
- Limerick Rake
- List of songs recorded by the Pogues
- Maggie May
- Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
- Once Upon a Time (The Pogues song)
- Poor Paddy Works on the Railway
- Rocky Road to Dublin
- Sally MacLennane
- South Australia (song)
- Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
- Summer in Siam
- Sunny Side of the Street (song)
- The Auld Triangle
- The Galway Races (song)
- The Hearse Song
- The Irish Rover
- The Parting Glass
- The Rare Old Mountain Dew
- Thousands Are Sailing
- Tuesday Morning (song)
- Waxies' Dargle
- When the Ship Comes In
- Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah