like, I'm half-convinced everyone is collectively trolling, that's how bad it is
― for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Monday, 31 August 2015 05:18 (eight years ago) link
as someone who wasn't around for "Come On Eileen" the fact that anyone thinks it's anything but utter and complete shit is mind-boggling --for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine)
I like "Come on Eileen," but it's a real dumb pole to hang your "but white people made music too flag on"
― Now Dom Go Suggbanizer Way (Why?) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 31 August 2015 05:23 (eight years ago) link
Dexys were a fine band, and Come on Eileen was a pretty good single, but the way some people ride or die for them doesn't make any sense to me.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 August 2015 05:28 (eight years ago) link
Like at least start with the lack of Police and Devo before working your way down to DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS TURALORLALALAY
― Now Dom Go Suggbanizer Way (Why?) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 31 August 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link
overreacting to the supposed overreaction nobody actually had is so fun
― some dude, Monday, 31 August 2015 06:31 (eight years ago) link
is the veneration of Dexys/Kevin Rowland as a godlike genius mostly a UK thing? I get the impression that they are largely seen a one hit wonder in North America?
― soref, Monday, 31 August 2015 08:38 (eight years ago) link
I'd venture a guess that most people in the US who know Come on Eileen don't even know the name of the band who recorded it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 August 2015 08:41 (eight years ago) link
the veneration of Dexys hasn't got much to do with "Come On Eileen"
― MC Whistler (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 August 2015 08:43 (eight years ago) link
Fuck The Police
― nashwan, Monday, 31 August 2015 08:48 (eight years ago) link
Save Ferris, duh
― how's life, Monday, 31 August 2015 09:03 (eight years ago) link
Tom Ewing gave "Come On Eileen" a rare perfect ten in that review-every-number-one-single-ever blog.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 31 August 2015 10:38 (eight years ago) link
there are about 20 B-52s songs i would put on a list before come on eileen. and i liked come on eileen! i even bought the 45 when it came out. it began and ended my interest in that band. i'd vote for safety dance over come on eileen too.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 12:26 (eight years ago) link
Searching For the Young Soul Rebels rules u yank wankers
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2015 12:29 (eight years ago) link
we know brits love that one. it's okay. we have actual soul music here though...
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
we gave lots of money to brits when they honored our aretha franklin and smokey robinson though. we really appreciated that. and of course our beloved johnny ray.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link
(psst skot i know i'm from the usa, the real usa too not the east coast)i still think it's a good new wave soul record, not everything has to be authentic
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link
i mean i'm sure out there u guys are like "dexy's? pish posh, someone have my butler send a sternly worded telegram to the great gatsby, i'll be in my drawing room smoking a pipe" but out here we like em
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link
as someone who wasn't around for "Come On Eileen" the fact that anyone thinks it's anything but utter and complete shit is mind-boggling
― for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Monday, August 31, 2015 1:16 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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yea I am with you, that song is total garbage
― marcos, Monday, 31 August 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
people ask me for pogues records a lot.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
its nice to know that uh the heartland or wherever loves dexys midnight runners though. i guess.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
actually nobody does except come on eileen
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
i am a fan of "jackie wilson said" anyway. by van. the man.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
Love the Pogues, but a good example of a band that released several great records in the '80s but prolly didn't need a song on the list, save maybe "Fairytale," and even then, I'd put lots of second or third songs from represented bands on the list before that one. I assume no one under 30 listens to the Pogues.
Have the Arcade Fire covered Come on Eileen? Because even if they didn't they probably did.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
Dexys Midnight Runners are one of my favourite groups ever. I'm British but I now live in Minnesota. A few years back I put Searching For The Young Soul Rebels on at a party here it not go down well with a bunch of bluegrass fans. It got turned off so people could have a jam instead with several people saying "Let's turn this shit off and get some real music on"
If there are people that have only heard Come On Eileen by them I'd imagine songs like Let's Make This Precious or This Is What She's Like (The full 13 minute version) might comes as a bit of a surprise. They certainly were for me when I first heard them.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 31 August 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
i still think it's a good new wave soul record, not everything has to be authentic
I don't know what soul records "Come on Eileen" even barely resembles. I think DMR were innovative, although I guess you could put it in a genre category with "Our House" and "Just Got Lucky" and maybe some other things of that time.
― timellison, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
Eh, Madness was much more than "Our House." In many ways they were essentially the (a) blueprint for stuff like Blur.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
"come on eileen" is a slammer
― flopson, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
i love just got lucky! hey, i was a roman holiday fan in the 80's. authenticity not big on my list of essentials.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
"fake" soul and r&b some of my all-time favorite 80's moments. Modern Romance are in my canon in a big way.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
genre tags for Modern Romance on wiki: Pop, salsa, dance, R&B, mambo, electronic, new wave, Afro-Cuban, blues, soul, disco
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
Dexies rule.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 31 August 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
"Come On Eileen" is an ok song, as are the other 3 I noted earlier. But a few of you are misunderstanding that I'm happy the list doesn't include these, which IMO were all kinda oddly canonized throughout the '90s and '00s.
― billstevejim, Monday, 31 August 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Eileen may be "played" (lol is it just me or does "played" sound terribly nonchalant?) but it's a great song
― niels, Monday, 31 August 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
tell me when my light turns green rules
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
i love "come on eileen"
― dyl, Monday, 31 August 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
count me in on the pro-Dexys faction
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 31 August 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
dexys are cool, they're like The Cure with trombones
― brimstead, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
Then one May morning the unthinkable happened: Chinx was killed as shots were fired at his car outside of a venue he’d just performed.
in the context of the rest of the review, "unthinkable" seems a bit of a stretch
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
An asian-american reclaiming the epithet, I presume?
― how's life, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
no not asian american
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
homie, matter fact...
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 22:51 (eight years ago) link
I don't know exactly why it bugs me so much but I could do without ever seeing another album described as a victory lap.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
Would prefer an album declared a band's walk of shame.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link
One for the h8ers... P4k's original review of Pet Sounds.
http://i.imgur.com/stbtNTV.png
― Adam J Duncan, Friday, 11 September 2015 09:28 (eight years ago) link
I'm glad Failblog.org finally got a music vertical
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
you do have to give Pet Sounds credit for inspiring Weezer, thanks Pet Sounds
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link
is that a real pitchfork review?
― scott seward, Friday, 11 September 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
yep
he rated the X-ecutioners slightly higher, lol http://web.archive.org/web/20011126210118/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/x/x-ecutioners/x-pressions.shtml
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
misread that as "few people have come close to penning sweater melodies".
― how's life, Friday, 11 September 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
'dark side' > 'pet sounds' > 'ok computer' > 'loveless'
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 11 September 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link