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

Now booking 10th anniversary Aon Focal Eile Tour
15th March to 15th August 2006

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RICHIE KAVANAGH! Thread is OVER!

Top 30 Singles

Title: AON FOCAL EILE

Artist: RICHIE KAVANAGH

Label:FOCAL RECORDS

Date of entry: 07.03.1996

Highest Placement: no 1 for 7 weeks

Weeks in the Charts: 27

Year: 1996

Listen to and watch the Chicken Talk video. And weep.

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.

And anyway, Ireland will have a hard time competing against The Proclaimers.

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.

*checks thread for mentions of Associates and Cocteau Twins, finds none so adds them duly*

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Better check yourself foo'

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.

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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

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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"