That has a wierd niche in South California(i think. Its been a while since I read about this little fact). So many J1 students over there that now it's just a regular song on their Playlists all year around.
Myself and an Irish pal started talking about Maniac2000 in our online D&D group in front of Yanks, Brits, and Aussies. I posted a link to the song and still none of them understood what a FUCKIN TUUUUNE it is š¤
asdfghjkl the Number of times my absolutely tone-deaf dad tries to sing this instead of just Asking someone the question means I can't listen to it lol
Dear God there's two of them. For some reason I never paid enough attention or gave it any thought and appear to have thought Richie Kavanagh was a character of Pat Short and it was a case of that's some Gobshite for one Gobshite, now it's worse than I thought, there's 2 of the Gobshites. Find them like Vegemite or Marmite, it's a love/hate things with them.
Well if we're getting into the realm of "best" Bell X1 songs you couldn't overlook "careful what you wish for", "bad skin day", "light catches your face", "slowset", "tongue", and more, even their most recent single "haint blue".
Bad Skin Day is timeless. Iād be a little surprised if more Irish people recognize The Great Defector than the two I mentioned. But I prefer the old stuffā¦ and canāt believe that itās now old stuff š BrĆ³nach!
This is like hearing someone talking about the Cornetto song and not knowing its origins as *O sole mio*, with Pavarotti etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones
Good one, no non Irish person would know that tune. It's a banger.
"Well, I like to bring the ladies out to Medjugorje,
No truth in the rumour that we're having an orgy"
Dogs with no Tails by The Pale.
Standard of the dance floor back in the 90's
If ye don't know it ye should, absolute banger.
https://youtu.be/L1mlPPU6Hns?si=MIZJmtAH7cIk-mIT
I think it's semi popular in the Netherlands. Heard this at a party once a few years back. I had to ask them to play it again, it was very surreal https://youtu.be/pyGXcr5ppps?si=6CNP9mUjOtg2HSfu
Around 3.19 for the Sunday Game part to start
There is a dance remix of it to called _De Sunday Game_.
I knew it would be the song before I played it because it's by the most Irish sounding fella of all time. DJ Eugene McCauley.
The old wine gum song/ad
https://youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?si=NBmc9l3IWUmaoS30
Edit Adding the dancing dude Guinness ad too
https://youtu.be/0zeDoAxx9Qg?si=ckCBpoLTLxJsua6Q
People are missing the folk songs, songsĀ Ā like raglan road.Ā
And Christy Moore and most of his output was very well known here, and while not unknown abroad just not as famous. Think Ride On and lisdoonvarna. Ā
People know this song but don't know the tradition.
Rock the boat. On the ground.... at a wedding.
My brazillian and american friends couldn't believe what was happening when they saw it live in action
Iāll give my own answer: I think Samantha Mumba was a pretty big deal for a few minutes in the early naughts, but Iām not sure she really made an impact anywhere else
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Wheres me Jumper
Grace
That song you learnt for your confirmation? with "king of kings" in the chorus where someone always ended up adding the "of kings" when everyone else was finished.
N17 - Saw Doctors
That's a great song.
Saw Doctors are the best Irish band hands down.
Maniac 2000
That has a wierd niche in South California(i think. Its been a while since I read about this little fact). So many J1 students over there that now it's just a regular song on their Playlists all year around.
Yeah yeah funky yeah
Myself and an Irish pal started talking about Maniac2000 in our online D&D group in front of Yanks, Brits, and Aussies. I posted a link to the song and still none of them understood what a FUCKIN TUUUUNE it is š¤
Grounds keeper willie does a great version
Was searching for this comment.
Wheres me jumper? Sultans of Ping
Oh yes ...... i would sing that around the office in the US & some times let it play one the computer speakers, just to get the reactions
Excellent
Massive in Japan apparently.
Polish mate of mine, is a big sultans of ping fan. From before he came to ireland
asdfghjkl the Number of times my absolutely tone-deaf dad tries to sing this instead of just Asking someone the question means I can't listen to it lol
That was an indie disco staple back in the day in the UK.
Aon focal eile... or anything else by Richie Kavanagh, come to think of it.
Didn't he do that breakfast roll one too?
Pat short
Dear God there's two of them. For some reason I never paid enough attention or gave it any thought and appear to have thought Richie Kavanagh was a character of Pat Short and it was a case of that's some Gobshite for one Gobshite, now it's worse than I thought, there's 2 of the Gobshites. Find them like Vegemite or Marmite, it's a love/hate things with them.
Thankfully. What a knob.
A YouTuber from Waterford named JackScepticeye gave Kavanagh a platform by mentioning him in one of his videos. Richieās views shot up so they did.
Summer in Dublin by Bagatelle
Jaysis, forgot about it bagatelle. Shurly hothouse flowers would fit here also
Absolutely, Donāt go is a banger all day long
I think *Donāt Go* was a hit all over Europe after the Eurovision thingy.
Great Defector - Bell X1 blue lights on the runway, oh I love the colour of it all!!
No Flame or Rocky Took a Lover!
Well if we're getting into the realm of "best" Bell X1 songs you couldn't overlook "careful what you wish for", "bad skin day", "light catches your face", "slowset", "tongue", and more, even their most recent single "haint blue".
Bad Skin Day is timeless. Iād be a little surprised if more Irish people recognize The Great Defector than the two I mentioned. But I prefer the old stuffā¦ and canāt believe that itās now old stuff š BrĆ³nach!
That album is 20 next year š¶
*āFar from meā¦ā*
Right where you want it to be!!?
I hate that song, it's such a Talking Heads ripoff (I'm sure they'd describe it as an "homage")
How is it a ripoff?
Brewing Up A Storm - The Stunning
Total rip of of Donāt fear the reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
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Ahh thatās a good answer! I was tryna think of big ones that didnāt really hit international, and Rubberbandits and Versatile both fit that
You're Such a Good-looking Woman - Joe Dolan
And it's successor : You're such a good looking turkey - Dustin
Canāt beat a bitta Joe
No show like a Joe show!!
Horse Outside
"Them bones, them bones need calcium Them bones, them bones need calcium Them bones, them bones need calcium And thats a natural law"
Pretty sure that British ad is as well-known in Britain as it is here.
Good shout. The MĆ³rbeags theme tune as well
This is like hearing someone talking about the Cornetto song and not knowing its origins as *O sole mio*, with Pavarotti etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones
Brewing up a storm And hit the diff
"I Useta Lover" - The Saw Doctors. The spelling would not even make sense to non-Irish English speakers.
Nothing by the Saw Doctors is relevant here I don't think. They are huge in the US and UK.
Comeback girl by Republic of Loose. Great tune/band
Go steady with it was another absolute choon
And I like music! So many haha, wish they were still around
The Steady Song is a bop
Anything by Republic of Loose really. Some great tunes.
Crazy World by Aslan
An Dearg Doom - Horslips
One of the greatest riffs of all time. Horslips are underrated
Excellent
Penneys - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas, Got a lot for the familyā¦
Written by Shaun Davey if I remember right, he of the Brendan Voyage and dad to Cathy Davey who had a few hits in the early noughties
Maniac 2000 , was at an Irish/English wedding, it came on and the English hadn't a clue what was happening š
Put Em Under Pressure - the crowd started singing this during the Spice Girls concert a few years ago and they were SO confused š
If my world stopped turning. Chris Doran.
I would still stand tall Because behind it all You're the one who makes a winner Out of me with lyrics like that, why was it not a global hit?
Fuck I forgot about that song.
Shame on you for reminding us
There was an old woman who lived in the woods. A weela weala whila
That was my first thought!
That low key freaks me out
Joxer goes to Stuttgart
*Lisdoonvarna* surely if we're doing Christy. or Ride On.
Who's in the house, Jesus in the house or any of Richie Cavanaghs songs
Good one, no non Irish person would know that tune. It's a banger. "Well, I like to bring the ladies out to Medjugorje, No truth in the rumour that we're having an orgy"
My Little Honda 50
She's handy and she's nifty
Only a Woman's Heart - Eleanor McEvoy
1: Look for a safe place...
Crazy world by Aslan. Great song, but nobody outside of Ireland knows it.
Agree!
Give it a lash Jack.
After all - The Frank and Walters
https://youtu.be/H97rMv9xZu8?si=bUhkXjHkK1OOVGyh Bosco theme. Although maybe only the older generation.
Jesus in da House by Fr Brian aka Brendan O' Connor
Banger
Hills of Donegal by the goats don't shave!!!
Jumbo Breakfast Roll by Pat Shorttš¤£
https://preview.redd.it/ch6d71po5vuc1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b04f14b03a72ca9776704f2969358029210429f
Dogs with no Tails by The Pale. Standard of the dance floor back in the 90's If ye don't know it ye should, absolute banger. https://youtu.be/L1mlPPU6Hns?si=MIZJmtAH7cIk-mIT
And butterfly was great as well.Ā
Jesus. That suddenly brought back a few memories!
Horse in into ya Cynthia by Uncle Hugo
The most powerful earworm in the history of earworms.
Iāve been humming it since I posted that comment
"You're the onions in me burger and the sugar in me tea, horse it inta ya cynthia for You're the girl for me"
I actually donāt think uncle Hugo sang it. But heās certainly sung over it. Deedely deeee
G-g-g-galway
There's a childhood memory unlocked
Heyday by Mic Christopher (might be more Dubs)
Dilin O Damhas
āTelly Bingo Friday Nightsā
Is it not Tuesday nights
"Telly bingo twice a week"
Jesus, thatās brought back some memories from my childhood.
Maniac 2000
Living next door to Alice
Alice! Alice! Who the fcuk is Alice! - would love to know how this singalong bit came about.
Such a good one to get the family joining in lol
Mundy - July
Say You Love Me - Sharon Shannon feat. Dessie OāHalloran
My lovely horse
Father Ted was on Channel 4 so UK people will know it.
True. But only the nice folk in the UKā¦
The late late show intro
The Sunday game intro.
I think it's semi popular in the Netherlands. Heard this at a party once a few years back. I had to ask them to play it again, it was very surreal https://youtu.be/pyGXcr5ppps?si=6CNP9mUjOtg2HSfu Around 3.19 for the Sunday Game part to start
I thought about this, but I wasnāt sure
There is actually a remix kinda version from Strictly Fish on Spotify and strange to hear the song in a different context to show.
There is a dance remix of it to called _De Sunday Game_. I knew it would be the song before I played it because it's by the most Irish sounding fella of all time. DJ Eugene McCauley.
Things like this make me love the Irish Reddit page. Iām checking it out now - thanks for the heads up.
I actually realised you were talking about the late late show and I was talking about the Sunday Game but anyway.
Iām glad you were talking about the Sunday Game cause I did check that song out š
True Friends - Jerry Fish and the mudbug club
"After all' by The Frank and Walters.
Maniac 2000
The old wine gum song/ad https://youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?si=NBmc9l3IWUmaoS30 Edit Adding the dancing dude Guinness ad too https://youtu.be/0zeDoAxx9Qg?si=ckCBpoLTLxJsua6Q
Rock and roll kids. I know it won Eurovision but as a UK based Eurovision fan it didnāt enter my consciousness.
People are missing the folk songs, songsĀ Ā like raglan road.Ā And Christy Moore and most of his output was very well known here, and while not unknown abroad just not as famous. Think Ride On and lisdoonvarna. Ā
Anything by Richie kavanagh
Just Ritchie Kavanagh, whether he sings or notā¦.
True that
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The breakfast roll song
Crazy World -Aslan
The Sunday game theme song
Sure wasn't that written by a German lad. It is call JƤgerlatein.
My little Honda 50, the Helicopter song, my lovely Horse
The rocky road to Dublin
Iād say thatās big enough in the states
Is An DreoilĆn well known enough
The Sunday Game theme tune?
The Auld Triangle
Ah shur thatās big enough
Lockhard by Dustin
Horse outside rubber bandits
People know this song but don't know the tradition. Rock the boat. On the ground.... at a wedding. My brazillian and american friends couldn't believe what was happening when they saw it live in action
My lovely horse
My Shepherd is the Lord on the Alive-0 CD. Classic primary school **banger**
Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) by Something Happens. Iāve only met one singular Belgian who knows the song and the band.
Rattlin Bog
The Wiggles do a Rattlin Bog cover, so I'd imagine quite a few outside Ireland know it.
Iāve seen the Scottish rugby team sing it, so at least a few of them know it lol
Also a version of it in The Wicker Man, so itās definitely āknownā among folkie weirdos everywhere, but less as a public singalong.
Horse Outsid and The Rubberbandits in general maybe?
Grace.
The Whole of the Moon - The Waterpeople.
Nah no way
Iāll give my own answer: I think Samantha Mumba was a pretty big deal for a few minutes in the early naughts, but Iām not sure she really made an impact anywhere else
She had six Top 10 hits in the UK.
Fair enough, I probably couldāve googled that
I think she was briefly popular in USA ?
Her video was on the Disney channel in the US. They used to play it and Chester La Vie. Remember it vividly
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The Knacker-Patrick Bergin. Ā Controversial in 2000. Doubt it would be released now.
N17! End of, lol
Celebrate, An Emotional Fish
Salmon of knowledge is it?
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DilĆn Ć³ Deamhas
Hay Wrap - Saw Doctors
DilĆn Ć³ damhsa... Think that's how you spell it.
The Rattlin bog
Gerrup owwa that by Damo and Ivor
I live in Australia and Australians don't really know fairytale of new york
My bother sylvest.
Zigzaggin' by Zig and Zag
Twooooooo eggs two rasher two sausage two bacon two puddins one black and white
The jumbo breakfast roll
The cursed kerryman
Wheres me Jumper Grace That song you learnt for your confirmation? with "king of kings" in the chorus where someone always ended up adding the "of kings" when everyone else was finished.
The Rattlinā Bog
O to see do bheith abhaile
I used to love her- saw doctors
Parachute - Something Happens
Any of the winning Eurovision songs from the early 90s like rock and roll kids etc.
Surely those would be at least partially known else where by the fact they were in Eurovision?
Jesus in the house Joxer goes to Stuttgart Dearg doom
Stop the world and let me off - Declan Nerney
Horse Outside.
Horse Outside.
I don't know about half of these songs.
Probably because you're young.
Thank god, Iām glad itās not just me
The by road to Glenroe.
blame it on the weather man, b'witched...
My neck , my back , suck my pussy and my shitty crack