In the United States, what was originally a celebration of Ireland's patron saint, Saint Patrick, has evolved into a raucous celebration of Ireland with tons, tons, tons of alcohol. Cities like Boston, New York, and Seattle with historically high concentrations of people with Irish heritage have large Saint Patrick's Day celebrations despite their heritage.
Saint Patty's Day is one of the biggest days for bars and restaurants. Bars often compete for customers and create outstanding deals. The three highlights for Saint Patrick's Day are: the low prices, barrels of beer ready to consumption, and the music.
During Saint Patrick's Day you hear traditional Irish music during the parade and many different genres of modern day music varying from hip hop to rock or classic rock in bars, and in some cases traditional drinking songs.
Music is an integral part of Saint Patrick's Day. Irish or not Irish the music links generations together. Drinking songs that great, great grandfathers sang are now being sung by his great, great grandson. Drinking songs are a way to share the great Irish culture with others. The music played bars from, Bon Jovi, U2, Jamie Foxx, and Jay Z show how much we as a society have merged together.
Great songs to keep an ear out for are "Kiss Me, I'm Shittfaced" by Drop Kick Murphy's, "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, Jamie Foxx's "Blame it on the Alcohol", and Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC.
This Saint Patrick's Day, drink and be merry. Enjoy the music and how it lends itself to the party atmosphere of whatever bar you wind up in.
