Up the Irish!

So delighted for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, winning the Oscar for Best Song at this years Academy Awards! The song being "Falling Slowly" from their movie Once. I have always liked The Frames, not in an obsessive way a lot of people seem to be into them but I have always admired Glen's attitude and how he completely believes in what he does, not subscribing to a lot of the bullshit that goes with the music industry and above all he's always stayed really grounded. He's been out to the station countless times to talk to Colm O' Sullivan and is always so humble and thankful for the help Colm gives with playing his songs and plugging his work. Being successful in life is not about how many cars you have or how big your house is, it's about finding what you love and putting your heart and soul into it. Believing in what you do and working so hard to achieve success which is not easy in this life but it's so important! Unfortunately Ireland is a country full of begrudgers, not saying everyone is of course but there is a good portion of people who hate to see any of our own doing really well. They're the people who start saying "Who does your man think he is", or "He thinks he's God", as soon as someone starts to have success outside of Ireland, even though they may know nothing about the person they sit back and judge and criticise someone for doing something they have a passion for and for being so proud of their work they want to share it with others outside of Ireland and have every right to be proud when they get recognised for this work. The people who say "It's nice for some" as if success is just handed to people on a plate, granted a lot about success is down to right place right time and luck but so much more of it is about working your butt off and when you do get noticed being able to prove that you have the talent to back it up! It's an attitude that's bothered me for a long time now and I'm sure it won't change for a lot of people anytime soon. But hopefully Glen and Marketa winning the Oscar will inspire many others to keep working hard and believing they can achieve such success and that someday all your slogging will be recognised in an appropriate way, be it an Oscar, a pay rise, even just a Thank You from someone you thought took you for granted. I think Marketa put it best in her speech when she said "Dare to Dream"... here here!!

Here's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performing at the Oscars and accepting their awards! Congratulations again, well deserved!!