THE FUNNIEST/BEST IRISH REBEL SONG - KINKY BOOTS
The song Kinky Boots refers in a breezy and sarcastic manner to the three security forces in Northern Ireland during The Troubles: the British army, the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the Special Air Service (SAS).Gerry Glackin of The Irish Brigade, wrote an additional verse to the song:Wee Mad Dog Johnny, he's left the UDA,Horray horrayHe says he prefers the LVF any day,Horray horrayHe's got on the phone to some of his friends,To try and arrange a fight,He's booked an appointment to see Billy WrightThe nickname Mad Dog refers to Johnny Adaire, once a leading figure of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in the Shankill area of Belfast, who earned the nick because of his share in several attacks and killings. Seemingly Adaire was proud of it as he referred to his son as Mad Pupy. The next story will give you some insight in his madness.In 1993 he was guiding a journalist through the Shankill area, a Protestant district in Belfast. When Adaire found out she was a Catholic he told her that normally Catholics travelled in the boot of his car. This remark was recorded and Adaire was sentenced to 16 years.Being a fierce opponent of the Good Friday Agreement he made himself unpopular in the more moderate Unionist circles by insulting the leaders and he made advances towards the radical Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), an organisation founded by Billy King Rat Wright who was killed while imprisoned.Adaire became a key figure in the outbreak of violence between the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) and he managed to stay involved while serving his 16 year sentence.During his imprisonment several assaults had been carried out on his relatives by his former comrades. In January 2005 Johnny Adaire was released from prison (cynically under terms of the Good Friday Agreement he condemned) and due to the ongoing death threats, the appointment to see Billy Wright in the additional verse, an army helicopter immediately flew him to his exiled family in Bolton, England.