Thread: The Fields of Athenry

There is a new version of The Fields by 5th and Pontiac. They have sent it to Celtic and hope to release it for the Celtic Charity Fund. You can find it at:-

5th And Pontiac on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos

What do you think?

Not liking it at all.

Original all the way

James O Donnell does the best version

then of course there is the god that is Luke Kelly

I kinda liked the verses, but the chorus really lacked punch& sounded a bit anemic.

can t get the link guys , but have one of my own [ firstly i,m not into classical music in any way but when i heard this for the first time ,swear to god hairs all over my body stood up] try youtube for the irish tenors singing the feilds you won t be dissapointed also dropkick murphy s punk band quality just found another version by a band called [craft ] youtube not to bad must asay

hmmm not a fan of that

its always gonna be measured againt the original/traditional versions of it... though credit for trying a new spin on it.

quite liked the classical version and wasn't too sure of a punk version before listening to it but mildy surprised by it (as mentioned earlier in this thread)