All very true, Paul, but that doesn't alter the fact that she can't sing etc.

Foxy,

You won't learn much about Ireland listening to buskers especially buskers who seem to be able to afford professional promotion.
Try Wiki.

Dear Is Mise,

It was her song and film that inspired me to go
and do more research on Ireland, Dublin, the
Liberties, Irish horses, the Ballinasloe Horse
Fair, and much, much, more. Had it not been for
Steele's bringing up this discussion I would not
have done that. And I did use Wiki amongst other
sources.

So there you go.

Foxy,

That's no reason to think that she can sing!!

Dear Paul,

There are some strong editing and production values which went into No Plan but I suspect to the younger generation, who are now so exposed to visual media, it is talent that's becoming second nature to many of them.

That being said most of Norwegi's other clips are under 10,000 views. Many things have to align to make a work impact others like this. The song, the visuals, the artist and the message all have come together to strike a chord and deliver such a charming piece. For it then to cut through all the other noise is a real achievement.

Don't sweat Is Mise. We go over the top at each other as a matter of course. I've found he is pretty incapable of finding another setting, particularly if you take a nibble out of him on guns, which is fine. One works with what one is given and it can be fun at times though I suspect there is a touch of ADD happening with him.

Dear Foxy,

I'm not sure I have raised this documentary before but it shows a different side of the Irish experience. It is an hour and a half long but I found it riveting. It details a sub-culture I had little awareness of but interestingly I ended up with a totally different take to other members of my family who watched it.

If you have the time to view it I would enjoy hearing your perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJ9rybrc_8

A song lamenting the loss of the simpler life and longing for a return to the basics of life.

Played for the masses using the most up to date acoustic paraphernalia presumably constructed in a far away land nad imported using the wherewithal of the modern world, recorded on devices that would have seemed like magic to those who lived in that more basic world. Then distributed to the world on a system that was unthinkable even two generations ago.

I'm always perplexed whether these people are rank hypocrites, spectacularly unself-reflexive, or just saying what the masses want to hear for fun and profit.

Still she's in stellar company:

"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can"

sang the multi-millionaire.