'The Premier Rap' as Tipp beats its way to Croker
Sunday, September 5 will transform the leafy green Premier county into a sea of blue and gold as Munster's best take on Leinster's heroes in a Tipperary-Kilkenny battle that has never before been seen. The Premier will attempt to end Kilkenny's winning streak and prevent the five-in-a-row victory that the Cats are so sure they can steal this year.
Well good luck Cats! With the son of God and Schwarzenegger on the Tipperary team, you will have hard time squeezing a victory out of the Premier. That is according to well-known Cahir band JohnnyB and the Boogie Men, who have penned and recorded a new anthem that will put the fear of God (and Schwarzenegger) into Brian Coady and his kittens. 'The Premier Rap' is a funky new song that clearly identifies, in a totally biased way, the greatness that exists in the 2010 Tipperary senior hurling team. It is a humorous and lyrically clever song that should be listened to and memorised to that it can be rapped the long way from Tipperary to Croke Park on September 5.
JohnnyB and the Boogie Men vocalist, John O'Brien, told South Tipp Today that he decided to compose a Tipperary single just after the Waterford-Tipperary match.
"It is called 'The Premier Rap' and is ultimate cheese," he said. But we are a cheese-loving county so this perfect for our diet. The song has already had 884 hits on JohnnyB's myspace page, (http://www.myspace.com/johnnybmakesmusic) and is set to be up on Youtube shortly.
With clever lyrics, Johnny B and his Boogie Men band mates, Tommy Buckley on guitar, Oisin Kelly on drums and Hamish Brewster on bass, wants to inform people of the calibre of player on the Tipperary team in a comical and clever way with lyrics like: Brendan Cummins from Ballybacon/Grange/NASA are studying his puck-out range/Just put your hands up once, you won't do it again/ when you've been marking Paddy Stapleton'.
They also reminds us why Tipperary are in the final: For the blue, the gold and the dream – this is for the boys on Hill 16/Tipp, Tipp, Tipp, Tipp....../We're throwin' a party for Liam McCarthy.
And if Kilkenny think that achieving their fifth All-Ireland title is going to be a doddle, then 'The Premier Rap' clearly outlines the opposite: Paul Curran, he's like a mini-digger, he's Mullinahone's own Schwarzenegger/Eoin Kelly, the son of God, he strikes that ball like a lightning rod/The greatest forward in my life, he cuts through teams like a surgeon's knife.
This is the band's first GAA song but if Tipperary make it to the finals next year, they will definitely compose another, as Johnny confessed that he is 'a hardcore' Tipperary fan and is currently on the lookout for an old car that can be adorned with the Premier colours. One thing is for sure, Johnny B and the Boogie Men are not prepared to accept a re-run of last year's painful final: Last year in Croke Park ended in heartbreak for our Benny/This year you won't have to watch South Park to see who's gonna kill this Kenny/Brian Coady I know Karate, get your hands off Liam McCarthy.
Sounds like they mean business!
Johnny B and the Boogie Men play a fundraising gig in the Gatehouse in Cahir on September 4 at 9.30 where you can request to hear a live version of 'The Premier Rap' or see them in Reardan's tonight in Cork, if you can't wait!
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