Raise what's left of the flag for me, with animated horses

March 17, 2016 7:03 AM

Random audio-visual mash-up du jour: What's Left of the Flag by Flogging Molly, set to video clips from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, which doesn't originally have nearly such rousing music (score by Hans Zimmer, with more songs by Bryan Adams).
posted by filthy light thief (11 comments total)

If you want more Flogging Molly, here's their discography, as full albums on YouTube:
Alive Behind the Green Door (1997, live album - YT playlist)
Swagger (2000)
Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Within a Mile of Home (2004)
Whiskey on a Sunday (2006, acoustic/live compilation album - YT playlist)
Float (2008)
Live at the Greek Theatre (2010, 48 minute live set - video)
Speed of Darkness (2011)

And from there, YouTube will likely offer you a bunch more Celtic and Irish punk.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:13 AM on March 17, 2016

MOAR Flogging Molly! I've seen them live a half-dozen times. Their talent is precise, raw and true, and their energy is amazing. Thanks flt!
posted by killy willy at 8:37 AM on March 17, 2016 [3 favorites]

That horse sure does have some bedroom eyes.
posted by egypturnash at 8:58 AM on March 17, 2016

Yes, yes she does.

I first saw this video with my young son, who then requested we watch it again (and again and again). The plus: Flogging Molly! The minus: strange moments from the film, which is decent on the whole (no talking animals, but there is some definite anthropomorphization going on).
posted by filthy light thief at 9:25 AM on March 17, 2016

That song and those images are a surprisingly good fit. I like this! (But then, I think Flogging Molly is a lot of fun without video.)
posted by wenestvedt at 9:32 AM on March 17, 2016

Hearing the word 'vase' sung in an Irish accent with the American pronunciation sounds really weird to me. (The British, and as far as I know Irish English, way is 'varse', not 'vays'.)
posted by Devonian at 9:36 AM on March 17, 2016

I used to know Bridget Regan's sister very briefly back when I lived in Atlanta. Her then-boyfriend and she decided to decamp there for some reason; I ended up back at their apartment once, watching old black and white movies, then eating egg sandwiches the next morning while listening to industrial music.
posted by Kitteh at 9:40 AM on March 17, 2016

That song and those images are a surprisingly good fit. I like this!

Thanks! I agree - I wanted some excuse to share it, and today seemed like an appropriate day.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:04 AM on March 17, 2016

That was...

.....surprisingly moving.
posted by lumpenprole at 1:43 PM on March 17, 2016

Darn. I was expecting some cool/weird/independent animation. Ah, well, always nice to hear Flogging Molly twice in a row on the blue! Puts one in a holiday mood, it ders!
posted by Mooseli at 3:06 PM on March 17, 2016

I saw Flogging Molly in London a while back... 50 year old punks with mohicans and tartan bondage trousers, plenty of pogoing and beer flying everywhere... a memorable evening. Made me feel quite young again.

When 43rd Jr and I play open mics around London, we always include the odd Flogging Molly song just in case people aren't paying attention. If they're talking over the music when we start, they certainly aren't by the time we finish...
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 6:49 PM on March 17, 2016