My parents arrived here from Cuba, in 1967 from a communist country. I am 25% Irish/British from my mom's maternal grandpas side.. My mom stated that her grandpa was a curly, red haired, blue eyed very tall man. (Irish looks alright) Many people immigrated, and settled in Cuba from Europe. The island had a large population of Irish, and Asian immigrants looking for contract work. There are many streets with Irish last names, and even the light house was named after an Irish general...Also Cuba was a British colony for a few years, before it was sold to Spain...😠 Many worked the railroads like here in the United States, and then settled in Cuba....This song states actual facts for me, but my version is a bit edited. "Irish blood, Cuban heart." Oh, yeah. In case you are wondering, my last name is not my husband's, not mines. This is a name I made up for these post. Lol!
@dani cali And your evidence for that assertion is what exactly? And try quoting sources other than the Fake News Factory (BBC) or the Grauniad anti-Brexit and anti-working class propaganda mills. Oh, and Morrissey is a staunch supporter of Brexit, which is totally in line with the sentiment of this lyric so you are mistaken that he wouldn't write it now. Don't try and speak for him from a position of Remainer ignorance.
I want someone to play this at my funeral - I was brought up by an Irish mother in my father's England - it's like the song of my heritage. Love Moz for putting into words my own feelings.
@dani cali the NME have repeatedly suggested a lot of rubbish over the years, especially about Morrissey. I highly doubt he's scared of them. Interesting that they never actually specify the things he supports or opposes, just throw around click bait phrases
Morrissey *openly* supports the far right and has done so for decades. He is a narcissistic racist dimwit who just happens to be a talented singer. www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/morrissey-interview-far-right-for-britain-racist-brexit-nigel-farage-a8973276.html
It's really interesting how this singer has managed to keep his ideas and beliefs so firm these days, and it's even more amazing that he can defend them.
CertifiedRealism always loved the man. Never afraid to say what he thinks regardless of the current fads. He’s brave and fearless. Not something that can be said of most artists.
That's the beauty of music in many ways.. However you can't really relate fully to this amazing song unless you are from Irish immigrants who moved to England. It's a culture thing so maybe let's not generalise or trivialise what this song is about when you don't understand it fully.
Possibly the best political manifesto in a pop song ever. I wish someone would write these sentiments for the US and rock even half as hard. This song is EPIC.
i'm from australia, but my mum's family is english and my dad's background is irish. i'm immensely proud of my heritage. the irish-english connection is found not only with morrissey, but marr (all the smiths in fact), and of course lennon and mccartney. is it a coincidence that the north-west of england has produced so many great bands? must be due to all that irish immigration.
This is the first Morrissey song I had ever heard, way back when it first came out. I knew about the Smiths, but had never really given them a listen. Now I'm a big fan of both the band and Morrissey's solo stuff.
Great song. I'm English with a half Irish Catholic mum and an English dad from a recusant Catholic family. Its interesting to have grown up seeing both cultures my fathers English relatives and the Irish ones on my mothers side. Also the predominance of Irish kids at my Catholic grammar school. The differences in behaviour, beliefs is fascinating. As much as i like the Irish I know I have an English heart.
Morrissey is the kind of person constantly engaged, and although you might not agree with everything he says, you are interested because he is constantly thinking, he isn’t some stagnant brain that bores after five minutes. Every song he sings is a story, and God bless him his voice is wonderful
That’s what I love about the man. Fearless. Never afraid to speak the truth regardless of the current fads. He’s a one off. The only singer in my lifetime worth listening to.
Drogheda was just a lost siege. That shit happens in war. What Cromwell did that was unforgivable was he'd destroyed the institutions in Ireland that made life worth living. Under Cromwell's tyranny, the Irish starved or left or simply lost hope. The population of the island crashed.
@john lester you are fucking kidding? English have killed more civilians in more countries than probably anyone else. I dont see you moaning about the civilians killed by British saboteurs in WW2. Y'know why people dont say shit about that? coz Britain was fighting a coming invasion. Y'know like Britain invading Ireland. Fucking cretin.
Robert Jensen WHY DO YOU KEEP COMMENTING ON THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU ABSOLUTE ARSE WIPE. STOP WATCHING AND THEN YOU'LL BE OK. Jesus it's like talking to a two year old.
Outrageously brilliant and possibly Morrissey's finest hour ! I think it's wonderful that he gains new fans all the time - as he slowly gets older, his audience stay young !
Now, that's a patriotic song. "I've been dreaming of a time when To be English is not to be baneful To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful, racist or partial" Sadly he is now being called a racist.
This was the first Morrissey song I heard because it was on some webpage my friend and I used for listening to music in the early 2000's, I was 14 then and it completely changed my music taste forever. I went from Good Charlotte and Simple Plan to The Smiths and Joy Division, Thanks Moz. ;)
O MY GOD - I've never heard this before - I'm OVERCOME with FERVOUR - for my HERITAGE! My beautiful father - from County MAYO in the West of IRELAND - and my beautiful mother - from North Devon - in the south of ENGLAND - "Irish Blood, English Heart" - GodBless!
i am only 9 years old and am a big morrissey fan my uncles and aunts are also morrissey fans and are proud to say it because he is a great artist and cant wait to go to his concert in 22 days. have a great tour morrissey and remember i am a big fan.
People love to hate Morrissey but I have watched interviews with the man. He has never ever come across to me as anything but genuine. It has been my experience with Morrissey haters that they are simply and seriously pissed off about the split from the Smiths. They love Johnny Marr who had zero career after the Smiths and hate Morrissey who carried on and became the star and legend he had the talent to be.
@@spiderjeranimo4992 WTF? So, I just fucking love the man and his voice and he cracks me up with his delivery of lyrics. I am not clear what you are saying. I have been studying Irish history for 36 if that counts. If not. My entire paternal family was born in England. LMAO.
Ricardo Marques One, I'm not afraid of them. Two, there is no such word as "homophobe". In fact you may even notice that YT doesn't even RECOGNIZE that word with it's spell-checker, when you type it in. Bozo.
Change the first bit to Arab blood, English heart and that's me, I fucking love this country, so happy my dad left me and my siblings here when he left, to me this country is truly amazing
@@ProgenyofEurope Why not? The color of his skin doesn't bother me, what bothers me is when they fly Pakistani flags and things like that and overtly show an allegiance to Pakistan and co over Britain, that annoys me, beyond that i don't really care blood kind of mixes all the time anyways and though we absolutely should slow immigration i wouldn't be threatened by the existing migrants if they just stopped bringing countless more, we got enough already and seriously risk making integration impossible if this keeps up, immigration is fine but it has to be proportional to the native birthrates and in Britain that's not the case, that's really the only problem i at least have with it
I just got back from seeing him live at bradford, what a show it was. anyaway this song came on and as it got to the chorus the power cut off =(...so he went off stage and came back on when the power was restored and said "it was jamie oliver that pulled the plug the bastard"....the song he sang before this was meat is murder lol, words cant describe how much i love this man.
I'm Irish Salvadorian, worked closely in Irish bars with Irish natives, closest friend was an old lad named Angus, safely say that this Irish blood runs as deep as any, forever grateful to be born Irish don't you fucking forget it.
Great song. It is proof that there are still bands / musicians who want to show the deeper values and honestly express their opinions regardless of the current political and social situation .... I must admit that Steven Morrissey's voice is overpowering. A deep, powerful voice booming with confidence leaves the body and soul trembling and full of waiting for more ..
The song England and Britain need right now. I loved it when it came out as an American who was ashamed of his English blood. This song really turned me around then.
dani cali no high horse here. All I’m saying is when I heard this song it made me reflect and decide there’s no reason to feel ashamed for my blood. English blood American heart baby!
Lol, why would you be ashamed of your English blood? What the hell is happening in the States for that to be the case? When I was last in the States, which admittedly was the '80s, most American teenagers had a British flag hanging on their bedroom wall.
Irish blood, English heart This I'm made of There is no one on earth I'm afraid of And no regime can buy or sell me I've been dreaming of a time when to be English is not to be baneful to be standing by the flag, not feeling shameful racist or partial Irish blood, English heart this I'm made of There is no one on earth I'm afraid of And I will die with both of my hands untied I've been dreaming of a time when the English are sick to death of Labour, and Tories and spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell and denounce this royal line that still salute him and will salute him Forever
There's no way you are 100% English. English is Anglo-Saxon and since then (nearly a 1000 years ago), England has been influenced by an influx of Normans, Vikings, Hugenonts, Irish and other immigrants. Do a DNA heritage test and see.
Its a struggle at times being an Australian born with Irish and English heritage. I try embrace all the confliction but me Ma is Irish born so the thousands of years preceding resonate with me. She's my best mate and I tatted Irish on my face so I never hide that. So grateful for what my Gran and Granda went through to have a better liofe for us. Love ya Ma. Erin Go Bragh.
***** You talkin' about our real tacos? Or tacos from the shit place named "Taco bell"? I mean, Tacos de tripita, carnitas, bistec, carnaza with su cilantrito y salsita? That's the real fucking tacos
It seems of you were born in England, and know of the good old days, you'll like this song. I heard this song for the first time, today and couldn't get it out of my mind.
In Ireland there is a belief of the route the salmon take each year to find their spawning grounds.This is referred to and communicated in our language and Indo European and native cultures as " An Clydagh" ,we respectively confer on this artist and Irish Bard in respect of what he has given the English love ballad ,..."Bard of the Cydagh" with his permission of course.
