I would have to say-Thin Lizzy,The Dubliners,The Corrs and The Pogues.Hope I'm not leaving anyone out
Printable View
I would have to say-Thin Lizzy,The Dubliners,The Corrs and The Pogues.Hope I'm not leaving anyone out
SOMETHING HAPPENS? Never even f***ing heard of them. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
The Frames & U2 for album after album consistently good stuff
that said heartworm is still my fav irish album
The Corrs suck - embarrassed to say they're Irish excpet that they're so good looking.
The Stunning were good in their day.
Are we forgetting about a certain Boyzone :D :D :D
if clinton morrison can play for ireland then its gotta be oasis :D
Isn't morrissey irish'ish...
U2 for what they have achieved with lots of hard work, and this will be a big year for the Revs. Something Happens are worth a mention I can't think of any other Irish Bands I suppose the Pouges as well..
Think it would be easier to have a worst Irish band topic, that sh1t Louie Walsh has produced :eek:
As far as I know, he's got Irish blood. And an English heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulB
In no particular order, my top 3:
Blades
Whipping Boy
My Bloody Valentine
The Wolfe Tones and The Undertones !
The Blades
MicroDisney
Thin Lizzy
Undertones
U2
Bubbling under:
Something Happens
Stunning
Franks
That Petrol Emotion
DC Nien
My Bloody Valentine
Boom Boom..... Think all the Smiths were 2G.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
My top 3 would be U2, The Undertones, Thin Lizzy.
I'd concur with James that Heartworm is one of the top Irish albums of all time.
Aslan,although possibly unfashionable are quality especially live.
[SIZE=7]U2[/SIZE]
Plain and simple!
Seconded Peadar. Given that the answer's so blindingly obvious, I'm surprised there's even a debate on this one.
:) PP
Blood boiling. Hatred inciting pr*cks with their unashamedly poxy heads singing about an idealism that could never exist if the sort of people they are were truly representative of Irish peopleQuote:
Originally Posted by dortie
U2 by a country mile by the way
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
I was thinking about this the other day and there's no doubt that U2 are one of the greatest bands in the world but what also struck me was the fact that no countries have had such an impact on music globally as Ireland and Britain have. People may argue that America has, but most American bands are surrounded by hype and fail to live up to expectation. They fall away after their second or third album.
Many of the US success stories will tell you that their influence was a British or Irish band.
was watching the U2 dvd rattle n hum last night and its fair to say also that u2 borrowed alot from american musical influences too, especially around that time.. BB king / gospel music
While I agree to a point, it's probably an over-simplified statement. For one thing, I wouldn't be as quick to dismiss all american music in one sweeping statement. Another factor is the fact that we live on these islands. If we were from Australia, for example, might we be bragging about the influence Australian musicians have had on the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Which has an African influence.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
You'll have to help me out here.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Jason Donovan?
Craig McLaughlin?
Kylie?
Dani.?
Natalie Embrulia (sp?)
Savage Garden?
I meant my statement to be simple so as to provoke debate.
i think for a band to be considered as the best they gotta have some element of longevity to them.. not just a 1 or 2 good albums under their belts.
for the ones mentioned so far.
Something Happens, The Stunning, The Franks, The petrol Emotion et al i would like to have heardmore from them..
Perfect example is Whipping boy, 2 albums afaik, 1 stunner but nothing after
too often i suppose great band have gotten burnt by record companies or else self imploded for whatever reasons..
U2 .. what is it 12 or 13 albums and still going strong..
Sold out in Derry for two nights January 6th and 7th.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Magoo
Up yours too !
INXSQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Crowded House
Nick Cave
Rolf Harris
My point is, yes Britain has had a major influence on popular music over the last 50 years, but are we saying Ireland has, just cos we're Irish?
I'd say alot of Irish bands (pop/rock, not trad/folk) were heavily influenced by British, and American bands, whatever the historical origins of the music (like gospel etc.)
They seem to sell-out pretty much everywhere they play.Quote:
Originally Posted by dortie
To me it's just music and if people choose to be incited or offended by it then they need to take stock of what's important in life.
If you don't like it you don't have to listen to it.
For a moment there I thought you were serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
You nearly got me with your wind-up. ;)
As far as I'm concerned, Britain and Ireland comprise a single cultural territory (in terms of popular culture, at any rate), so if anything Irish influence in this field has been disproportionately small.
If we're broadening the scope to Nordies, I'd include the Divine Comedy (esp. the early 90s version) and Therapy? - and neither of those are particularly earth-shattering.
Apart from u2,
Radiators from Space
Whipping Boy
My Bloody Valentine
Bothy Band
Boomtown Rats
A House
The Blades
Thin Lizzy
Clannad
Snow Patrol
Ash
Undertones
SLF
Dubliners
[QUOTE=Peadar]
To me it's just music and if people choose to be incited or offended by it then they need to take stock of what's important in life.
[QUOTE]
Re-affirming my point. Seems to me a lot of their supporters DO choose to be incited by it. They DO need to take stock IMO.
Fair enough if you think it's just music but i have to disagree with you on that. In all fairness, how many other bands of the same musical genre sell out like they do? It's quite clear it's the lyrical content that brings in the crowds. And anyway, again IMO, it's total tripe. Maximum cringe factor stuff.
I couldn't begin to give you exact figures but I'd say the Dubliners aren't far behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magoo
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Here here...!
Fine I won't. They're still a shower of inbred handlebar tache wearing wah gob****es though -as are their mirror image from the loyalist side Platoon -who I don't doubt will sell out a few nights in East Belfast over christmas too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Dubliners are a different class altogether. Widely acclaimed even outside Ireland. There's no point dancing around the fact that the music is secondary to the message in Wolfe Tones songs. They contribute nothing musically. That doesn't discount them from being 'Best Irish Band' of course :rolleyes: ; i accept it's not just the music that makes a band. What gets on my wick is people like them who lay claim on the right to voice Irish opinion when they quite clearly don't represent that opinion. I know that line of argument is not for this thread. Getting back to the point, throw us out a few examples reasons they should be voted best Irish Band. I can't think of one.
You said genre, not class.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magoo
I answered your question.
I'm not dancing around anything.
We're not allowed to dance in work for health and safety reasons.
Anyone who's seen me dance will be grateful for such regulations. :D
I voted for U2 so I don't need to give you any reason why the Tones are the best band.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magoo
same thing, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
It was a rhetorical question :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
I know you don't - i thought there was more than just you and i having this debate though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
I'll see your Sweden, and raise you JamaicaQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
That's who I meant to say, PeadarQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
:o[SIZE=1]Actually, no, I'll stick with Rolf[/SIZE]
When I was in Tokyo and Seoul there was massive posters of Westlife everywhere. The shops were well stocked with Enya, Clannad and the Corrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
They guys in the office were very keen to point all of this out to me.
When I was in Manila The Corrs had just played a gig there and everyone was talking about how great they were. There was such a buzz about them.
Not one single sighting of a Swedish band.
How does Irish people raving about an Irish artist compare to Filipino people raving about an Irish band?Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
It's quite obvious why the "British Isles" will have an out of proportional influence on the rest of the world.
1. Rock & Roll, Pop etc. etc. mostly use English as their language of choice.
2. America/Australia/New Zealand were/are colonies of Britain, all of whom have had large influxes of British/Irish emigration, who brought their culture and obviously the music.
3. The British Empire has left a legacy of "looking towards Britain" in many countries and the commonwealth continues that to this day.
So the major music markets have been directly influenced by Irish/Scottish/Welsh/English traditional music, and in America, it got mixed in with the music brought from Africa to form a brand of music which found it's way back to the British Isles again, who then took it on and improved it.
Fairly obvious really.
(Just thinking, this would be a good subject for a documentary series.........;) )
The Pogues. Too often remembered for the hard drinking and madness of Shane Mcgowan and not remembered enough for the brilliant unique brand of music and amazing songwriting ability of Mcgowan. U2 of course have to be up there, but personally havent liked any of U2's stuff in the last 5-10 years. The Dubliners too and surprised the Chieftains havent got a mention yet.
Its amzing the success of Irish bands 'out East'. That muck band Bellefire do realy well there I believe. Ash also huge in Japan/Australia. Not so small here eiether