Taking Sides: Ireland V Scotland; which has the worst bands?

Gangsta Twee? The mind boggles...

I thought Marcello likes those bands.

Of course I know!

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.

(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.

Jesus wept.

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.

What about Luke Kelly?
"Onnnnn Raahh GLAnn RO-UDD"

Afro Celt Sound System - Crusty Dance / Trad you can take drugs too

The Dubliners vs The Chieftans
The Corries vs Hamish Imlach.

Are you slagging these people off?

I like, or at least don't dislike, far too many bands mentioned here.

Worst excuse ever! Or were you tethered to him for a number of years or something?

And as for runrig, it was not possible to avoid them as he played them in the car constantly.

http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s146402.jpg

dear god I couldn't even remember their name last night... ugh

Neither are Irish. Both are good. What's your point?

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.

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

ireland

simple minds could win it for scotland though

There are a couple of Irish bands I've liked, can only think of one Scottish (Mogwai).

Was going to bring up The Pogues as a plus point for Ireland, then remembered they're actually English.

As much as it pains me to admit it, the answer is "Ireland"

yeah, Ireland wins this one with ease

even with simple minds and deacon blue, the answer is still Ireland innit?

Ireland has some good metal bands currently though in it's favour.

Inverness is perhaps the most overlooked area of Scottish Hip Hop though acts such as Spit-Dis and T-E-C were prominent in the Highlands & Islands. Spit-Dis consists of Brude (Glass Cage), John-Boi (Focus on the Day), KD (Life is a Game) and Sherbit (Hip-Hop). The members of T-E-C, Mgoff and Paul Scotti are perhaps most recognised for their tracks "Don't Doubt The Flow", "These Parts" and "The Movement". In an area disproportionately dominated by traditional Highland music and Rock bands, these groups are particularly influential in the local and national scene in a way which was previously unassociated with artists from this area.

Can Scotland claim Gentle Giant? The Shulman brothers were born in Glasgow, didn't live there very long though. Anyway, I'm not sure if Gentle Giant would tip the scales either way for Scotland.

ac/dc means scotland cant win.

jethro tull does

didn't know where to put this, been listening to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSxrH8yYI_E

The stage banter at the end is hilariously cheesy after such a great and deep rendition

(i found it on a cheap vinyl record) another thread mentioned the Corries are remarkably unavailable on cd. (I certainly had never heard of them before, which must be very continental European of me)

Oh god, Ireland easily.

The stage banter at the end is hilariously cheesy after such a great and deep rendition

That's folk musicians for you.

I'd have to go with Ireland too

Roy Williamson was a helluva talent, Ronnie Browne, er, not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylj-O06Is_c

maybe Roy sold his soul to the devil, and had to include Ronnie Browne in the package deal hehehe. Haircut Ronnie certainly looks like he should just be in a Asterix and Obelix in Scotland in 3D adaptation

thanks for that vid!