Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:Our of interest, who are your favourite Irish groups/singers?The Colonel said:Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:I'm not saying that exactly.
My main point was that a country with a population of 5.2 million isn't going to produce reams of famous albums and classic singles like The Colonel seems to be expecting them to.
And to widen my point a little, I'd say that most famous bands are synonymous with the city they're from. The Beatles, Liverpool. Elbow are from Bury but they're classed as a Manchester band. You get the idea.
I understand that The Jesus & Mary Chain were from East Kilbride (as I think were Aztec Camera) but I've heard many people lump them in with the rest of the bands Glasgow has produced over the
Anyway, here's a current band from Glasgow called CHVRCHES. They've had a couple of top 40 singles and their album's worth a spin or two if only for their knack of smashing out some great choruses:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nS5BYkHow[/youtube]
Given the cultural similarities in the British Isles I think that it is a poor return. As I said, compare to Ireland.
Challenger1978 said:I just can't get youtube videos to fucking embed twat.
<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM</a>
funny
Bilboblue said:Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:... with only two or three major cities for talent to be plucked from.The Colonel said:Dear God this is a poor return from an English speaking nation
Who says a band has to come from a city?
calum down said:Challenger1978 said:I just can't get youtube videos to fucking embed twat.
<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM</a>
funny
mate, i had the same trouble myself until i realised:
you simply have to remove the s from <a class="postlink" href="https://www" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www</a> so that it becomes <a class="postlink" href="http://www" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www</a>
thus...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM[/youtube]
Lancet Fluke said:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joB0tlOjKcU[/youtube]
Hi dob , Sounds more like the tellytubbies who failed the auditions!dobingsdobber said:Dob and Bod eh? Sense a new friendship blossoming here.Bodicoteblue said:Let 'em laugh dob, they obviously haven't listened to the albums of superbly written songs or seen the quality live performances!dobingsdobber said:Thanks Bod,was just about to post Del Amitri,think you and me might be getting laughed at soon.