Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American celtic punk band that formed… Read Full Bio ↴Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American celtic punk band that formed in Los Angeles, in 1997 and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Records. The band consists of Dave King (vocals, guitar, banjo, bodhrán), Bridget Regan-King (fiddle, uillean pipes, vocals), Dennis Casey (guitar, vocals), Matt Hensley (accordion, concertina), Nathen Maxwell (bass, vocals), Bob Schmidt (mandolin, banjo) and Mike Alonso (drums, percussion).

Flogging Molly has released six major studio albums, Swagger, Drunken Lullabies, Within a Mile of Home, Float, Speed of Darkness, and Life is Good as well as an independent live album entitled Alive Behind the Green Door. Also, they released a CD/DVD combo entitled Whiskey On A Sunday, which included a CD with acoustic tracks of many of the band's songs and a brand new studio track, "Laura". They have toured with the Warped Tour and Larry Kirwan's American Fléadh Festival. They also contributed to the Rock Against Bush project. Also, as of late they have done extensive touring with the self proclaimed Gypsy punk band, Gogol Bordello, which is also signed under SideOneDummy Records.

Their music is heavily influenced by such bands as The Pogues,The Dubliners, Johnny Cash and ranges from boisterous punk rock like the pirate-themed "Salty Dog" and "Seven Deadly Sins," or the defiant "What's Left of the Flag" and "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" to more somber songs like "Far Away Boys", "The Sun Never Shines (On Closed Doors)", or "Death Valley Queen". In the Whiskey On A Sunday DVD King describes the band's music as a '21st century version of The Dubliners.'

The driving forces behind the music tend to be Dave King's gravelly voice and Bridget's manic fiddling. Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dave King was the vocalist for Fastway, a late 80s-early 90s heavy metal band, featuring guitarist Eddie Clarke of Motörhead.

The band released a DVD and a full-length album entitled "Whiskey on a Sunday" on July 25th 2006.

The DVD "Whiskey on a Sunday" contains a two hour documentary that gives viewers insight into how the band members found each other and also talks about the members' attitude towards life, events that have shaped their lives and their motivation for making music.

The band released "Float" on March 4, 2008. It includes the band's first two chart hits: "Requiem for a Dying Song" (#35 Billboard Modern Rock) and "Float" (#40 on the same chart). During the tour for the album, vocalist Dave King married the band's fiddle player Bridget Regan in Tokyo, Japan.

The Speed of Darkness Songfacts says the band's fifth album, Speed of Darkness was released on May 31, 2011 by the band's own record label, Borstal Beat Records.The set was recorded at Echo Mountain, an old church building turned recording studio in Asheville, North Carolina. It was produced by Ryan Hewitt, who has also worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Avett Brothers.

Life Is Good is the name of the sixth studio album by Flogging Molly that was released on 2 June 2017. Their first studio album in 6 years (following 2011's Speed of Darkness), it is also their first album to feature drummer Mike Alonso.

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Salty Dog
Flogging Molly Lyrics

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I'll wait for you 'till I turn blue
There's nothin' more a man can do
Don't get your bollocks in a twist
Settle down, don't take a fit
You drank with demons straight form hell
They almost nearly won as well
You wiped the floor with victory
Then puked until you fell asleep

Blackened was the banshee's wail
These boot will never fill her jail
So you crawled into an empty boat
For the Gulf of Mexico
'Till Cortez came an' when so did you
From the ashes charred and blue
Smellin' like a salty dog
Back from hell where you belong

Anarchy, the scourge of every sea
The Antichrist aboard a rig
With us your cutthroat thieves
The ship went down we all near drowned
You stood there on the deck
'Till the Spanish came and flogged yer arse
And dragged you from the wreck

They threw a rope around yer neck
To watch you dance the jig of death
Then left you for the starvin' crows
Hoverin' like hungry whores
One flew down plucked out yer eye
The other he had in his sights

You snarled at him, said leave me be
I need the bugger so I can see

Overall Meaning

The song Salty Dog by Flogging Molly tells the story of a man who has led a tumultuous life and has faced rough times. The opening lines depict the intensity of the man's love for his partner as he proclaims he will wait for her until he turns blue, revealing his deep commitment to her. This is followed by caution to her not to get her "bollocks in a twist" implying she should not be too worked up or impatient with the situation.

The second verse takes us on a journey with the singer as they recount the man's past. He has consumed alcohol with demons, struggled with battles of victory and defeat, and survived misery in the Gulf of Mexico. The singer goes on to describe the trials he has faced, which include being attacked by pirates and losing his crew to near drowning. The man then finds himself being flogged by the Spanish and left to endure the pain alone as the starvin' crows circle around him. However, the man's relentless determination is apparent in the final line, where he snarls at the bird plucking out his eye, saying he needs it to see.

Overall, the song Salty Dog is a stirring tale of resilience and the human perseverance to overcome even the most challenging of circumstances.

Line by Line Meaning

I'll wait for you 'till I turn blue
I'll patiently wait for you until I can wait no more.

There's nothin' more a man can do
I'm at the end of my rope and I've done all that I can do.

Don't get your bollocks in a twist
Don't get upset or angry.

Settle down, don't take a fit
Calm down, don't get mad.

You drank with demons straight form hell
You drank with very evil people.

They almost nearly won as well
The bad guys almost won.

You wiped the floor with victory
You achieved victory with ease.

Then puked until you fell asleep
You partied hard and then passed out.

Blackened was the banshee's wail
The sound of the banshee was eerie and ominous.

These boots will never fill her jail
These boots are not suitable for imprisonment.

So you crawled into an empty boat
You got away on a boat by yourself.

For the Gulf of Mexico
You went towards the Gulf of Mexico.

'Till Cortez came an' when so did you
You waited until Cortez arrived before you did anything.

From the ashes charred and blue
You emerged from the ashes, injured and burned.

Smellin' like a salty dog
You had a strong scent of the sea.

Back from hell where you belong
You've returned, as if from the depths of hell.

Anarchy, the scourge of every sea
Anarchy causes problems on every body of water.

The Antichrist aboard a rig
The most evil person on board the ship.

With us your cutthroat thieves
You belong to the group of cutthroat thieves.

The ship went down we all near drowned
The ship sank and we almost drowned.

You stood there on the deck
You were on the deck of the sinking ship.

'Till the Spanish came and flogged yer arse
The Spanish arrived and punished you by flogging you.

And dragged you from the wreck
They saved you from the sinking ship.

They threw a rope around yer neck
They tried to execute you by hanging you.

To watch you dance the jig of death
To watch you suffer and die.

Then left you for the starvin' crows
They left your body to be eaten by crows.

Hoverin' like hungry whores
The crows were eagerly waiting for their meal.

One flew down plucked out yer eye
One of the crows picked out your eye.

The other he had in his sights
Another crow was eyeing your other eye.

You snarled at him, said leave me be
You tried to scare the crow off.

I need the bugger so I can see
You need the remaining eye to see.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: BRIDGET A REGAN, DAVID R KING, DENNIS CASEY, GEORGE EDWARD SCHWINDT, MATTHEW A HENSLEY, NATHEN MAXWELL, Robert Anthony Schmidt

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