Hello Friends,
Back in the day, before Halloween, the Irish celebrated the pagan holiday of Samhain (which translates to "the end of summer"). During Samhain, The Celts believed that the dead would rise and roam the earth and the only way to protect yourself from them was to light fires, dress in costumes and, no doubt, drink heavily!
Here's everyone's favorite Irishman, Shane MacGowan duetting with Sinead O'Connor on the 1995 song, "Haunted" (A song originally recorded by The Pogues for the film, Sid & Nancy, featuring Cait O'Riordan on the girl part.)
It addition to being a sultry and haunting torch song, this has one of MacGowan's greatest lyrics: "You were so cool, you could have put out Vietnam"!
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