tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post6077221967063501418..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Celtic soul botherTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-79360393025826915172010-12-08T17:10:36.756+00:002010-12-08T17:10:36.756+00:00Hey everyone i am pleased to be a very good friend...Hey everyone i am pleased to be a very good friend of Muriels and her manager, she has just released a brand new orginal christmas song "merry christmas", shes a fantastci lady and if anyone would like to get in contact to book her etc, she would be delighted.Malcolm 07747083906<br />xUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195312012556955431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-65772596881145337602010-09-16T16:30:35.507+01:002010-09-16T16:30:35.507+01:00Yeah - bit weird that video. And by weird I mean u...Yeah - bit weird that video. And by weird I mean unspeakably awful. Can it really be the same bunch, in whatever incarnation?<br /><br />Rory might have been literally from the South, but in some other way - nominally, in spirit, seemingly, in my imagination - he was of the North. Donegal in particular.<br /><br />And he was great - if, like Pele, a little tubbier in the flesh than I expected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-55619766840887306492010-09-16T08:22:21.747+01:002010-09-16T08:22:21.747+01:00Did enjoy Breakfast on Pluto, BWT. But one thing t...Did enjoy Breakfast on Pluto, BWT. But one thing that intrigues me about the Miami is the way the brand outlives the individual membership, and that they plough on with the aura of tragedy about them, but are still very much 'alive'. (Cf Thin Lizzy still going on without Lynott, etc.) That said, if the incarnation in the YouTube clip is anything to go by, I'm not sure how they came by their reputation.<br /><br />Didn't Gallagher come from Cork, Garfer?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-37121098476501427302010-09-15T21:14:30.638+01:002010-09-15T21:14:30.638+01:00There were loads of show bands in Ireland during t...There were loads of show bands in Ireland during the 70's moatly, but not exclusively, from the Republic.<br /><br />The North had its own 60's blues boom producing the likes of Van Morrison and Rory Gallagher.<br /><br />Led Zeppelin first aired Stairway to Heaven at the Ulster Hall in 1971 while the streets were exploding in bloody mayhem.<br /><br />That's enough triv.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-40555488602899943092010-09-15T10:09:48.982+01:002010-09-15T10:09:48.982+01:00Yes, it is The "Amazing" Darts & the...Yes, it is The "Amazing" Darts & the peerless Sesame Street combined.<br /><br />But hey, Muriel Day, Anita O'Day, Daniel Day Lewis, er, er, Daley Thompson - are we not exotic enough for you?<br /><br />It was, and to some extent is, the curse of Ireland that bands were and are still pretending to be American. Some would say it's a blessing I suppose.<br /><br />The Miami Showband were hugely popular at the time. The killings had a chilling effect on touring for a while.<br /><br />The UVF guys who were dressed as soldiers included some who were in fact British soldiers too - members of the UDR - the locally raised and based Ulster Defence Regiment (since scrapped).<br /><br />There's a tenuous link to Breakfast on Pluto, the lovely film based on the Patrick McCabe book.<br /><br />The lead singer in the real life Miami Showband, Fran O'Toole (who was killed in the massacre) wrote a couple of songs for another Irish band The Indians. In the film a glam rock band called the Mohawks who perform in American Indian outfits and play stuff like Running Bear are stopped, but not massacred at all, by a British army checkpoint. Unlike the real life Miami Showband, the lead singer (Gavin Friday) is storing guns for the IRA.<br /><br />That's enough trivia for now. Off you go now and watch Breakfast on Pluto, it may even rehabilitate Sugar baby Love by the Rubettes for you. It did it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com