The Long Lost EIGHTIES Irish Pop Thread

trashcan · 02-07-2020 2:54pm

gammygils wrote: »

Microdisney - Birthday Girl (1985) Loved this at the time. Still do

A class act. Their reunion/farewell gigs in 2018/19 were both superb. Cathal Coughlan one of the great Irish voices.

4Ad · 03-07-2020 12:59am

Truthvader wrote: »

Great thread. Just found it now. And Princess Bride is one of my top films.

Still know nearly all the guys in the Dublin bands here plus so many more who never got noticed.

Harvest Ministers. - Will Merriman could have been Van Morrison - certainly contrary enough.

Revenants. Horse of a different colour. Great album from Stars of Heavan Refugees. Some of it is on youtube though not "Speak Slowly" one of the best songs ever written. If you ever break up with someone you love; play it

"Jump Iceland" anyone there?

Would bes ????

Housebroken?? Great band before Robert Arkins got sucked into Hollywood

Good times, Baggot Inn, Sportsmans Inn, Underground

I was in the Underground only once,(country lad) to see the Would Be's..
Frank from The Slowest Clock arrived...in good form...ha !

4Ad · 03-07-2020 1:12am

vriesmays wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NScDvGNxekg

Just thought of their song Closer..
Brilliant, and a savage bass line.
1986 ish ....

BOSTIK · 07-07-2020 12:55pm

Great 1987 single from Prince's protogées. Got plenty of airplay but nobody bought it.

Truthvader · 07-07-2020 1:24pm

BOSTIK wrote: »

Great 1987 single from Prince's protogées. Got plenty of airplay but nobody bought it.

Long lost "Irish" Pop thread............

Don't remember the girls from the Baggot back in the day but think I borrowed bus fare from their sister Dierdre

BOSTIK · 07-07-2020 2:17pm

I was wondering where that post got to. No point in deleting it now I suppose.

Truthvader · 07-07-2020 2:27pm

BOSTIK wrote: »

I was wondering where that post got to. No point in deleting it now I suppose.

All good clean fun

The Princess Bride · 07-07-2020 2:59pm

And sure, wasn't their great great grandfather one of the Ryans from down the road*, so Irish blood after all!

*or up the road, I keep forgetting.

jacool · 07-07-2020 6:16pm

The Princess Bride wrote: »

And sure, wasn't their great great grandfather one of the Ryans from down the road*, so Irish blood after all!

*or up the road, I keep forgetting.

Up the road, but it never stopped him getting down.
And the rest is genetics.

BOSTIK · 08-07-2020 9:25am

Well sure, Ireland is full of Colemans, and those Melvoins get everywhere you know.

Anyway, this lady and her gang defintely warrant a mention.

Truthvader · 08-07-2020 11:20am

BOSTIK wrote: »

Well sure, Ireland is full of Colemans, and those Melvoins get everywhere you know.

Anyway, this lady and her gang defintely warrant a mention.

Ah the lovely Aingeala

its_steve116 · 09-07-2020 1:58pm

Just posted a new thread for the 2010s Irish songs, but a moderator closed the thread and said there were other threads for it.

BOSTIK · 30-07-2020 12:28pm

Great song from the "39 Minutes" album, wonder what the subject Boy George makes of it

NewbridgeIR · 30-07-2020 6:56pm

My favourite Microdisney album

BOSTIK · 22-02-2021 3:10pm

From 1984 I think, some contemporary U2 influences in the guitar work.

VanHalen · 27-02-2021 12:43pm

Can’t believe no one has mentioned these guys. Derek Herbert was lead singer and Ronan O’Hanlon on lead guitar couldn’t agree on who was in charge so they fizzled out. Can’t do links but “les enfants dreaming of you” has them on The Tube back in 1985

NewbridgeIR · 27-02-2021 1:47pm

VanHalen wrote: »

Can’t believe no one has mentioned these guys. Derek Herbert was lead singer and Ronan O’Hanlon on lead guitar couldn’t agree on who was in charge so they fizzled out. Can’t do links but “les enfants dreaming of you” has them on The Tube back in 1985

Another Irish band with zero presence on Spotify. There are so many others. Not sure if it's necessarily down to the Big Bad Record Labels either.

I bought Slipaway on 7" back in 1985. Nice tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZVUkj2_gIE

trashcan · 27-02-2021 4:49pm

Truthvader wrote: »

Revenants. Horse of a different colour. Great album from Stars of Heavan Refugees. Some of it is on youtube though not "Speak Slowly" one of the best songs ever written. If you ever break up with someone you love; play it

Yep, Speak Slowly is an absolute gem, just learned it on guitar

. For me Stephen Ryan’s crowning glory is on the second Revenants album, with Scott Millar Said. A thing of wonderous beauty.

YoshiSays · 28-02-2021 11:24pm

There was a really good compilation album called the a z of Irish rock, from solid records ... Had a ton of classics on it , and a lot from the 80s. Really, a lot of variety, creativity and dare I say melody on here ..

https://www.irishrock.org/comps/atoz.html

Will paste in a track listing when I get back to a desktop.

NewbridgeIR · 01-03-2021 1:13am

YoshiSays wrote: »

There was a really good compilation album called the a z of Irish rock, from solid records ... Had a ton of classics on it , and a lot from the 80s. Really, a lot of variety, creativity and dare I say melody on here ..

https://www.irishrock.org/comps/atoz.html

Will paste in a track listing when I get back to a desktop.

In 2020, I wrote a long review of The A To Z Of Irish Rock. The only place to find the superior single version of the Hothouse Flowers' Love Don't Work This Way on CD.

Declan A Walsh · 01-03-2021 10:11am

YoshiSays wrote: »

There was a really good compilation album called the a z of Irish rock, from solid records ... Had a ton of classics on it , and a lot from the 80s. Really, a lot of variety, creativity and dare I say melody on here ..

https://www.irishrock.org/comps/atoz.html

Will paste in a track listing when I get back to a desktop.

I have a cassette version of that very album!

Joe_ Public · 01-03-2021 10:46am

YoshiSays wrote: »

There was a really good compilation album called the a z of Irish rock, from solid records ... Had a ton of classics on it , and a lot from the 80s. Really, a lot of variety, creativity and dare I say melody on here ..

https://www.irishrock.org/comps/atoz.html

Will paste in a track listing when I get back to a desktop.

Good stuff. The Would Bes - theres a blast from the past! I wonder why Horslips arent included in that compilation, though. Seems an omission to me anyway.

YoshiSays · 01-03-2021 12:26pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

In 2020, I wrote a long review of The A To Z Of Irish Rock. The only place to find the superior single version of the Hothouse Flowers' Love Don't Work This Way on CD.

Wow - nice!

Executioner511 · 02-03-2021 12:51am

OK not strictly 80s 1990 however probably recorded or written in the 80s ,Swim a band from Crumlin who should have been a lot bigger so many Irish bands crashed and burned in the 80s and 90s but left a lot of great music behind.
https://youtu.be/dZOMyVtAB3M

Declan A Walsh · 02-03-2021 10:17am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I have a cassette version of that very album!

Further to the discussion on The A to Z of Irish Rock, I was confusing it with another Solid Records compilation called Solid Citizens from the 1980s! I have the A to Z etc. on CD. It's Solid Citizens that I have on cassette. Here it is:

Solid Citizens (Compilation)
Various – Solid Citizens
Label: Solid Records (4) – ROCC 1
Format: Cassette, Compilation
Released:1988
Genre:Rock Style- Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Tracklist
A1 Aslan– Loving Me Lately
A2 Blue In Heaven– When Will You Be Mine
A3 Missing Link – Home
A4 The Stunning– Half-Past Two
A5 Rex And Dino– Someone To Love
A6 Burning Embers– Sweet Young Lady
A7 Ghost Of An American Airman– She's The One
B1 Killer Watt– Pretty Vacant
B2 Predator – Missing In Action
B3 Blue In Heaven– Nothing Left In Life
B4 Aidan Walsh– Rock My Brainy Head
B5 Cypress Mine– Sugar Beet God
B6 The Stunning– Got To Get Away
B7 Missing Link – Shake It Up
B8 Guernica– Deep Sea Diving

NewbridgeIR · 02-03-2021 10:35am

Solid Citizens is a great compilation & snapshot of the time - PAY NO MORE THAN £5.99

Would have been great if it got a CD release as I have a good few of the tracks on vinyl.

BOSTIK · 15-07-2021 2:23pm

I like this one, especially with its nod to Waterloo Sunset.

"Love Like A Rocket", unfortunately for Bob it didn't propel him too far up the charts though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRNz4e989Q

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