5. Upstarts & Broken Hearts
10. Which Side Are You On?
12. Curse Of A Fallen Soul
20. Nutty (Bruin's Theme)
26. Bloody Pig Pile
The Dropkick Murphys can confidently say that they have made a name for
themselves outside of Boston. Their working-class blend of punk rock,
British Oi!, east coast hardcore and celtic folk music has won them a
huge following and tons of respect. Live on St. Patrick's Day from
Boston, MA is a great live album recorded over a a sold-out 3-night
stand. A must for fans!
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Great live albums accomplish two things: They show how an artist sounds
in real life (or something close to it) and they make you wish that you
were there the night they recorded this gig. By this measure, Live on St. Patrick's Day from
Boston, MA is one of the best of the breed. You may have to go back to Live at Leeds to catch this kind of stage energy. Dropkick Murphys,
working-class heroes in blue-collar Boston, crash through their set
with hair-raising exuberance. Their sound, a muscular collision of punk
and traditional Irish elements, connects directly with the crowd, whose
presence is never lost in the mix; throughout the set the band welcomes
relatives in the balcony, runs footage of old Boston Bruins hockey games
as a video backdrop, opens the stage to a bunch of step-dancers, brings
a guy up from the audience to propose to his girl as the crowd roars
its approval (the girl, no fool, says yes), and invites any woman in the
crowd to join them as their massive, beer-swilling piper, Spicy McHaggis, plays a jig. ("His pipes are gigantic, and so is his schlong," Al Barr yells as the band thunders merrily.) From the opening moments, a
stirring skirl provided by the Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipes &
Drums, to a final chant of "Let's go, Murphys!" performed in the
wreckage that follows the finale, Live on St. Patrick's Day from
Boston, MA is ultimately a raucous, brawling, and sentimental testament of love
between a band and their perfectly matched audience. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, AllMusic