Listen to and watch the Chicken Talk video. And weep.
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Monday, 4 September 2006 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link
anyway Brendan Shine, Foster & Allen... you're making me cry...
My dad has all that shite. Though I havent heard him play it in a long time(apart from Foster & Allen, he does buy them) But in the 80s my 2 grans loved it too. So it was inescapable. None of them had irish blood though. My mums dad was from NI and she was the one who didnt like it much hehe. Tho i think she did like brendan shine. At least his songs had some life in them. Daniel O ARGH.
I should go and look through their old lps for some horrible irish and scottish stuff. But I wont. Loads of irish folk compilations "as advertised on tv" and dodgy country and western. and of courses My mums fave, wales's own Shirley Bassey.
I will say one thing though. The Fureys version of "Green Fields Of France" is one of the best songs ever.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 4 September 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
And anyway, Ireland will have a hard time competing against The Proclaimers.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 09:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 09:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Christ.
Regarding the debate: B*withched, Boyzone, Westlife, Louis Walsh in General, The Thrills, The Frames, our attempts at hip hop in general, U2, Snow Patrol, The Revs, that gobshite who did the Maniac on the dancefloor remix etc etc etc. I'm sorry, so very sorry.
That said: Belle and Sebastian. Not much to redress the balance but it's a start.
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 09:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 09:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link
*checks thread for mentions of Associates and Cocteau Twins, finds none so adds them duly*
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:32 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.skysportsdvdshop.co.uk/catalog/images/GUDVD5719.jpg
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:34 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.paviliontheatre.co.uk/showHTML/shows_2006/images/sidneydevine.jpg
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Better check yourself foo'
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Gangsta Twee? The mind boggles...
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I thought Marcello likes those bands.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
-- sonofstan (stanerraugh...), September 4th, 2006.
Of course I know!
― zeus (zeus), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 12:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I know I'm quoting myself, but can someone tell me why this should be so? For a city that prides itself on its faux celtic macho image, why is it a veritble production line of world-class blandosaurs. As soon as one fades another pops up, thus; (taking a random staring point) Deacon Blue begat Wet wet wet begat Texas begat Nutini etc etc. It's pure no fair by the way big man.
― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link
(a) the bohemian dropout half who wanted to be Lou Reed - Orange Juice, Pastels, Mary Chain;(b) the upwardly mobile urban half who wanted to be Sinatra, hey lookit those skyscrapers! - Wets, Hue & Cry, Deacon.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Jesus wept.
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I was hoping the irish contingent were going to remind me of some classic irish music a la Brendan Shine and the like.The Fureys played Hamilton actually about 10 years ago. My mate and I were tempted to go hehe. My parents saw them in Glasgow a few years later but there seemed to have been some falling out and a few members weren't there. The only one i can remember the name of was Finbar.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link
What about Luke Kelly?"Onnnnn Raahh GLAnn RO-UDD"
Afro Celt Sound System - Crusty Dance / Trad you can take drugs too
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― bad hair day house (fandango), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
The Dubliners vs The ChieftansThe Corries vs Hamish Imlach.
Are you slagging these people off?
I like, or at least don't dislike, far too many bands mentioned here.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hot Hot Heat (Hot Hot Heat), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Worst excuse ever! Or were you tethered to him for a number of years or something?
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
And as for runrig, it was not possible to avoid them as he played them in the car constantly.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― whatever (boglogger), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s146402.jpg
dear god I couldn't even remember their name last night... ugh
― bad hair day house (fandango), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Neither are Irish. Both are good. What's your point?
― everything (everything), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 02:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Scotland is part of the British music scene at least, I don't mean that pejoratively either, just that there is some give/take between the two.
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 8 September 2006 06:47 (eighteen years ago) link
I agree with the first sentence, but feel that actually Ireland's music scene is characterised by underachieving experimentalists with no obvious hunger to connect to a record buying public.
At the risk of appearing like a shameless self-promoter, here is my amazing list of the GREATEST EVER IRISH MUSICAL TUNES: http://inuitbikini.blogspot.com/2006/08/cd-greatest-irish-music-tunes-ever.html
― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 8 September 2006 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
ireland
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 21 August 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
simple minds could win it for scotland though
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Sunday, 21 August 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
There are a couple of Irish bands I've liked, can only think of one Scottish (Mogwai).
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 21 August 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Was going to bring up The Pogues as a plus point for Ireland, then remembered they're actually English.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 21 August 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
As much as it pains me to admit it, the answer is "Ireland"
― Can't Stop the Rop (seandalai), Monday, 22 August 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, Ireland wins this one with ease
― Number None, Monday, 22 August 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link