Best Irish musician(s)?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

U2, Enya, Rory Gallagher, Two Door Cinema Club, Wolfetones, Mick Flannery, Thin Lizzy, Christy Moore, Snow Patrol, The Dubliners, Ash, Mundy, The Corrs, Van Morrison, The Cranberries...

I'm going with The Pogues.

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Who is it for you?

Mince Pie

Might not be popular but its gotta be Glen Hansard for me. His gig at Vicar street was superb! Love the fact that he loves being on stage and gives such a great performance.
Little Green Cars are up there for me as well.

Vincent Vega

My Bloody Valentine

biko

Youtube list thread starts in 3.2.1...

brummytom

Musicianship, probably Rory Gallagher. Singing, Luke Kelly

fruvai

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

U2, Enya, Rory Gallagher, Two Door Cinema Club, Wolfetones, Mick Flannery, Thin Lizzy, Christy Moore, Snow Patrol, The Dubliners, Ash, Mundy, The Corrs, Van Morrison...

I'm going with The Cranberries.

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Who is it for you?

The Cranberries? Seriously? :pac:

dobman88

Divine Comedy

wazky

Sinead O Connor or Luke Kelly

kneemos

The Pogues.

Herb Powell

And So I Watch You From Afar

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Lucifer MorningStar

Richie Kavanagh, Conal Gannon and Mike Denver

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

fruvai wrote: »

The Cranberries? Seriously? :pac:

kneemos wrote: »

The Pogues.

I've changed my answer to The Pogues now.

GLaDOS

God is an Astronaut

Hotfail.com

It just has to be Rory.

osarusan

Juliet Turner is the best Irish musician you have never heard of.

TheBegotten

Rory Gallagher, without a doubt. Gary Moore takes second place, with Phil Lynott close in third.

FatherTed

Van Morrison all the way...

Deranged96

Hozier hasn't been mentioned, sin!
saw him live a couple of weeks ago..... perfect

kneemos

Were U2 supposed to have a new album release a few months ago or has it been and gone?

Micky Dolenz

I'm pretty handy on the spoons.

alleystar

Planxty

sabat

All told a pretty mediocre selection. David Holmes "better" than any of those mentioned

Micky Dolenz

sabat wrote: »

All told a pretty mediocre selection. David Holmes "better" than any of those mentioned

Mediocre me hole.

Yamanoto

sabat wrote: »

All told a pretty mediocre selection. David Holmes "better" than any of those mentioned

Yeah, him & Tony Fenton are the real talent.

sabat

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Mediocre me hole.

Imagine a party where just those bands were playing-it'd be fookin sh1t

Mince Pie

sabat wrote: »

Imagine a party where just those bands were playing-it'd be fookin sh1t

At least they'd fookin turn up!

sabat

Yamanoto wrote: »

Yeah, him & Tony Fenton are the real talent.

Let me guess; you didn't know who David Holmes was, checked Wikipedia, saw the word DJ then ran back here to get your 'smart' reply in before reading the rest of the article.

Xenji

Darkest Era.

LiamKK1982

Enya - Amazing musician & Irelands second highest selling artist worldwide after U2.

Yamanoto

sabat wrote: »

Let me guess; you didn't know who David Holmes was, checked Wikipedia, saw the word DJ then ran back here to get your 'smart' reply in before reading the rest of the article.

How very dare you.

I hung with Holmesie way back in the days of The Kitchen I'll have you know.

Fenton, not so much.

kryogen

Any love for Wee Daniel?

Mince Pie

Yamanoto wrote: »

How very dare you.

I hung with Holmesie way back in the days of The Kitchen I'll have you know.

Fenton, not so much.

Aaawww, Tuesday nights at the Kitchen. Good times.

Micky Dolenz

sabat wrote: »

Imagine a party where just those bands were playing-it'd be fookin sh1t

This line up kicks the arse off any major festival held in the last long while.

I've crossed out the ones I'm not mad about but would still draw an international crowd.

U2,
Enya,
Rory Gallagher,
Two Door Cinema Club,
Wolfetones,
Mick Flannery,
Thin Lizzy,
Christy Moore,
Snow Patrol,
The Dubliners,
Ash,
Mundy,
The Corrs,
Van Morrison,
The Cranberries.

That would be a cracking weekend.

Xenji

The most unfortunate thing about the Irish music scene is that people champion bands just because they are Irish and completely ignore the fact that more times than not their sound is two years in the past or are ripping off the current fads, while the innovative bands get overlooked.

Mince Pie

Xenji wrote: »

The most unfortunate thing about the Irish music scene is that people champion bands just because they are Irish and completely ignore the fact that more times than not their sound is two years in the past or are ripping off the current fads, while the innovative bands get overlooked.

Examples?

kneemos

kryogen wrote: »

Any love for Wee Daniel?

Don't know if he writes anything but definitely can't sing I'm afraid,kinda monotone with slightly varying pitch.

takamichinoku

Well, I'm going to be a total wanker and say Aphex Twin cos he was born here.

Xenji

Mince Pie wrote: »

Examples?

For which statement?

Hotfail.com

Xenji wrote: »

The most unfortunate thing about the Irish music scene is that people champion bands just because they are Irish and completely ignore the fact that more times than not their sound is two years in the past or are ripping off the current fads, while the innovative bands get overlooked.

That happens everywhere.

Mince Pie

Xenji wrote: »

For which statement?

Both, curious about innovative bands who have been overlooked and who you think is two years behind.

Xenji

Hotfail.com wrote: »

That happens everywhere.

Not from my experience, we are notorious for it and that is why we have not produced a mega act since U2, boy bands do not count.

Choodefat

There is no 'best'...it's a living thing beyond catagorization - that's the beauty of music...x

takamichinoku

Xenji wrote: »

Not from my experience, we are notorious for it and that is why we have not produced a mega act since U2, boy bands do not count.

The Corrs were pretty big, Damien Rice was pretty huge for a while there (at least in terms of getting money for his songs being in films and television shows! ). You're not going to get very many U2s from a country of 5 million or whatever it is. Mega acts in general have been becoming pretty hard to find in recent years too.

I'm notoriously out of touch with the Irish music scene so I can't really comment on the quality of whoever's about now though. RTE used to always give of a vibe of what you're on about but I assume the actual music scenes around the place are a bit more interesting?

Micky Dolenz

Xenji wrote: »

Not from my experience, we are notorious for it and that is why we have not produced a mega act since U2, boy bands do not count.

The Script are world wide so too are BellX1. That's just off the top of my head.

I am fond of Delorentos.

Rip tide movement are one to watch.

Mince Pie

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Script are world wide so too are BellX1. That's just off the top of my head.

I am fond of Delorentos.

Rip tide movement are one to watch.

No love for The Frames/Glen Hansard? (Oscars and all)

Going to Tara Rocks, Riptide Movement playing as well as Hot House Flowers. Can't wait to see both but probably showing my age now.
Saw The Stunning there last year and they were pretty damn good as well.

Micky Dolenz

Mince Pie wrote: »

No love for The Frames/Glen Hansard?

Going Tara Rocks, Riptide Movement playing as well as Hot House Flowers. Can't wait to see both but probably showing my age now.
Saw The Stunning there last year and they were pretty damn good as well.

Revelate is one of my most favourite songs of al time. I was responding to a poster who thinks Ireland hasn't produced some big acts in the last while.

Oh, and Ryan Sheridan is massive in Germany and other parts of Europe.

Macavity.

Luke Kelly probably.

I know the Cranberries have already got some stick in this thread but I'd rank them highly. Thin Lizzy and Van as well.

Big Shoegaze fan, but never took to MBV.

Mince Pie

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Revelate is one of my most favourite songs of al time. I was responding to a poster who thinks Ireland hasn't produced some big acts in the last while.

Oh, and Ryan Sheridan is massive in Germany and other parts of Europe.

Revelate gives me goosebumps!

Choodefat

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Script are world wide so too are BellX1. That's just off the top of my head.

I am fond of Delorentos.

Rip tide movement are one to watch.

A tidal movement could rip a guy or gal while playing a grass reed but nobody notices...you're just here - play now not later x There's no competition. Just do your thing....Night

Vincent Vega

Vincent Vega wrote: »

My Bloody Valentine

Yeah Kevin Shields is definitely one of the best. He's a wonderful composer and innovator.

Vocally Sinéad O'Connor is one of the best, it's a shame that her personal life has often overshadowed her talent.

U2 would have to be up there too; they're not always consistent and their best days are behind them (and yeah, Bono's a bit of a prat at times) but they have recorded some true gems over the years.

More recent Irish musicians I really like include Cathy Davey, Young Wonder and [url=]Sleep Thieves[/url].

kbell

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

U2, Enya, Rory Gallagher, Two Door Cinema Club, Wolfetones, Mick Flannery, Thin Lizzy, Christy Moore, Snow Patrol, The Dubliners, Ash, Mundy, The Corrs, Van Morrison, The Cranberries...

I'm going with The Pogues.

Poll not to follow.

Who is it for you?

Thats a list of popular, doesn't make them any good.