| Author | Message | ||
     Niall W Unregistered guest |
Why oh why are the GBs not gigging in Ireland this time around. They always gig in Ireland, why not this time. Can anyone enlighten us/me? | ||
| Jo Bjelke-Petersen Unregistered guest |
It's a punishment for Ireland moving away from Catholic devotion to a Godless, secular society where the only thing worshipped is mammon. | ||
| Bob Marley Unregistered guest |
Its hard to score puff there maybe ? | ||
| Aleister Crowley Unregistered guest |
Can't find any virgins there? Hi Joh, be seeing you soon? Hey Bob, tried the bucket yet? | ||
| TROU Unregistered guest |
And in Belgium ? Don't say there is not a single gig in Belgium... | ||
| Not Robert Forster Unregistered guest |
We're not playing Ireland cos of all the moaning you all did about us not bringing the string section and playing a shorter set than in London last year. user name edited for clarity - admin | ||
| Not pretending to be anybody in particular Unregistered guest |
Last year's Dublin gig was outstanding (perhaps even better than the real thing the next day at the Barbican, as the band were relaxed) but it wasn't particularly well attended. Some ejjit was roaring "go on ya good thing" and I think that threw RF a little. Maybe, no one wants to promote a GB's gig in Dublin this year. | ||
| Randy Caller Unregistered guest |
Maybe it was Dustin himself. The sight of that turkey would obviously explain RF being thrown a bit. | ||
| jkgp Unregistered guest |
I don't know where people are coming from claiming the last GBs gig in Dublin wasn't well attended. I arrived early for that night's performance and had a hard task finding a seat. | ||
| niall w Unregistered guest |
I am the one who said "go on ya good thing", whats wrong with that? Actually, the gig was seated and not as well attended as previous gigs, one reason I think is because very few people knew it was on! | ||
| Bod Unregistered guest |
If you don't know what was wrong with your behaviour that night there's really no point in trying to explain it to you now. | ||
| Daniel Unregistered guest |
Niall, I bet you also 'humourously' requested that the band play Smoke On The Water, didn't you? The only acceptable cry of encouragement in Ireland is "Now you're suckin' diesel" when the band builds up a head of steam (especially if on that specific track). | ||
| Paddy O'Murphy Unregistered guest |
If the location of posters on this site is anything to go by, Ireland must be one of the GBs strongest territories. So, c'mon get yer asses back over here. And maybe this time the promoters might even advertise the gig. | ||
| Dustin Unregistered guest |
Nay, I didn't make da Dubelin gig. I was out in my Hiace dat nite collectin a bit of 4' by 4' for an extension I was doing for one of da neighbours.....ahem, I mean meself. Hope nobody woking for da Revenue reads this. | ||
| niall w Unregistered guest |
I lied in jest by the way about saying "go ya good thing" as I was not too happy with the exclusivity in the tone of the sayer, and I want GBs fans to be inclusive and not wear them as a symbol of artifice! Rant over. But is it that no promoter took them on this time or were sales bad? A little bit of promotion would, with Album release, surely garner a crowd as GBs are name checked also by new wave of guitar bands. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Unregistered guest |
"symbol of artifice" eh? You'll like the new album, with Robert's line about how "People who read Dostoyevsky look like ... Dostoyevsky". | ||
| Niall W Unregistered guest |
How did you get to hear the album, Padraig? | ||
| dajana Unregistered guest |
at least a dozen users are offering it on soulseek for example. god bless'em. | ||
| Joe Deegan Member Username: Gundog Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2004 |
Just wondering how many Paddy posters we have here. Also, nobody has mentioned the exorbitant ticket price the last time they played Dublin. At the time I thought that had something to do with empty seats at the gig. | ||
| niall w Unregistered guest |
Joe, I'm a paddy poster! | ||
| Graham Twyford Unregistered guest |
Me too - guilty. | ||
| Pat Boland Unregistered guest |
Mise freisin. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Unregistered guest |
I'm a Pádraig poster. Don't call me Paddy though, I don't like it. I'm a Sydney-based Pádraig, but I will be home in June/July for 18 days. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 58 Registered: 08-2004 |
I've been known to have th occasional paddy, but I am in fact English. | ||
| Joe Deegan Member Username: Gundog Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2004 |
What is about the GOBs that attracts them to the Irish psyche ? Lots of friends of mine are well into them. Is it the dark undercurrent in some the music, the melancholy of some of the lyrics, the fact that they've always been underdogs ? I can't honestly remember how I first came to hear them but I think it might have been at a free lunch time concert in Trinty during rag week around the time that Liberty Bell was released - can anyone confirm that this gig happened ? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Unregistered guest |
Joe, that gig did take place. What follows is part of an interview I did with Robert and Grant for The Irish Times three years ago. Irish people took to The Go-Betweens more than most, right from their earliest days. McLennan knew I was going to ask about that; Irish journalists always do. "To me, it's that Irish people have a great love of their own voice. If you look at the literature and the musical and political side, it's a very strong, original way of doing things. "Irish people love to sing and love music. That can come with [The Go-Betweens] playing at the RDS with REM, or club gigs or that beautiful show we played at the Olympia." "Dublin has produced five Nobel prize winning authors," says Forster. "It's a literate town. I'm trying to be modest here . . . It appreciates a language gift married to a melodic gift, and that is The Go-Betweens." He's looking forward to playing Ireland again, which should be early next year. "We are going to Cork this time. I've been pushing to get out of Dublin. I want to drive out of Dublin, not to the ferry. I've never driven west of Dublin. It will be lovely to drive that road." McLennan has set his sights further afield: "I've always wanted to go to the Aran Islands, so you never know." | ||
| fsh Unregistered guest |
I remember that Trinity gig - it was in May 1986. They played a lunchtime gig and then played at the Trinity Ball that night. I remember because I got my dates mixed up and arrived to see the GB's on the wrong day. Grant did an interview on Dave Fanning's Show that time that I found fascinating. They ran out of time to play Kate Bush (requested by Grant), so Grant suggested they could over run into the next programme (Gerry Ryan) at the time. Then Gerry Ryan came into the studio and all hell broke loose.... | ||
| Pat Boland Unregistered guest |
That was a really good interview Padraig. It's good to know that they appreciate the devotion of their Irish fans. To be honest, I'll be extremely surprised if an Irish show doesn't materialise. Late summer would be nice - who knows, they might do a bit of an Irish tour! I could think of worse ways to spend a week than following my favourite band around the country. By the way, didn't they also do the Trinity Ball in 1986? | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 44 Registered: 08-2004 |
I recall that interview on the Dave Fanning show! The band were in top form. He had been trumpeting it for a week beforehand. Very naive young man that I was, I sent Fanning the cover of my 'Liberty Belle' cassette for the band to sign. The bugger never sent it back despite a few follow up letters. In fact, one of his researchers must have thought I was deluded fan because a few weeks later I got a signed photograph of Dave Fanning through the post. The disappointment was massive. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 59 Registered: 08-2004 |
Is that the same Gerry Ryan who used to play for Brighton and Hove Albion in the 80's? I'm probably wrong. | ||
| Joe Deegan Member Username: Gundog Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2004 |
No. It's Gery Ryan who plays for Housewives United every weekday morning 9-12. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 60 Registered: 08-2004 |
That must be tiring... But is it him or not? | ||
| Niall W Unregistered guest |
No, its definitely not him. Its a megalomaniac talk show host from Ireland who loves the sound of his own voice. He used to do 10-midnight in the 80s and just play music. That followed Fanning's show. Actually from Fanning is how I first got into the GBs circa 86 and Liberty Belle. He also played some of the early solo stuff but I haven't heard him play any GBs in the last decade. But then again, I dont listen to him too much anymore. | ||
| psycho Unregistered guest |
Not much of worth on the radio anymore I reckon..although I am partial to (listening to)Tom Dunne betimes. Sincerely hope the GBs will do an Ireland gig (got my ticket for Shepherds Bush anyway, just in case they dont)....as Cork is the 2005 European Capital of Culture, maybe they'll show up in the Marquee??? | ||
| Tubby Unregistered guest |
Tom Dunne is as much a megalomaniac as Gerry Ryan. Remember he asked listeners to vote for the Top 50 Irish Albums, and then ignored their votes and based the chart on his own preferences. Plus, using his name to brand compilations is a bit close to that whole Gerry Ryan Hitlist series. | ||
| tired'n'emotional Unregistered guest |
I'm not a big Tom Dunne fan, Tubby, but maybe he just didn't want 10 out of the 50 albums to be U2 albums. I detest music polls in Ireland because it shows how friggin' brain washed people are by The Hype. | ||
| Niall W Unregistered guest |
Unfortunately, a good load of the top 50 Irish Albums could also be Westlife, Boyzone, Samantha Mumba et al. I don't know really! | ||
| Tubby Unregistered guest |
As far as i can recall he did have about ten U2 albums in his Top 50. He even had the neck to put a Something Happens! album at about No 20. The big controversy, as I recall, was that he had Van Morrison's Astral Weeks barely inside the 50. Due to all the flak he received he eventually had to compile the listeners votes and broadcast their Top 10 (maybe 20). This was, however, very low key, and his own list was presented as a definitive chart. Oh, and Astral Weeks was No 2 in the listeners chart. My Bloody Valentine also jumped several places. | ||
| gareth Unregistered guest |
I think i'd struggle to name 50 albums by Irish artists. I'll never understand how people praise Van Morrisson in the way they do, especially 'Astral Weeks'. Just never got into it at all. And that record he made with Cliff...a shocker. In the Van stakes i always preferred Halen to Morrison...  | ||
| jkgp Unregistered guest |
Astral Weeks is a masterpiece. One of the best albums ever, not just from Ireland. | ||
| Pierre Littbarski Unregistered guest |
Top 10 Irish albums ever 1 Boyzone - By Request 2 Westlife - Unbreakable 3 Ronan Keating - Destination 4 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You 5 Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train And Other Stories 6 Ronan Keating - Ronan 7 Westlife - Westlife 8 Boyzone - A Different Beat 9 Chris De Burgh - Spark To A Flame 10 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2005 |
Personally, I don't have much time for Van Morrison after he left Them. But, to give him a slight excuse, he is a creature of the era he comes from. His solo records suffer from a good deal of the hipper-than-thou navel-gazing disease that renders so many records cut between 1967 and 1976 unlistenable. It's people like Van Morrison who make The Velvet Underground, Stooges and New York Dolls stand out so much. Which would you rather hear today: Lou Reed's "Oh Sweet Nuthin" or John Lennon's "Imagine?" | ||
| niall w Unregistered guest |
Pierre Littbarski, mmmm, thats a guy who used to play for the West German "national" team in the 1980s. Is this him, or someone pretending, he certainly knows his Irish cheese music. The inclusion of Loveless however is an indication of something different. That would be, in my opinion, the best if not just the most important Irish album ever. One more thing, was a u2 fan in the early 80s, national pride thing for a Banana Republic like Ireland back then, Unforgettable Fire was a great record but then they went all bland and got blander and blander, with some exceptions, Achtung Baby, I cant listen to there stuff anymore. There last two records sound the same. Is this just me? | ||
| Pierre Littbarski Unregistered guest |
Yes, it is I, and I am now managing Sydney FC http://www.sydneyfc.com I forgot B*witched. They rock. I met the dark haired one last year. She was working at the deli counter in Tesco's Stoneybatter premises. She said "It's slightly over the quarter, is that OK?" I was not so pleased and asked her to take one slice back out. But she did it with a smile and a twinkle in her eye. | ||
| Rob Member Username: Rob Post Number: 22 Registered: 12-2004 |
Good to see some GBs knowledge at the core of the new A-League, Pierre. [For those not in Aust, there is a new football (i.e. soccer) league starting in Australia in a few months... Pierre L, or someone else called that, has been recruited from Japan to be the manager of Sydney FC, said by the press to be the glamour team of the comp. Niall W has identifed him correctly. Sydney have been chasing Dwight Yorke, once of Manchester United (#%@@*@!?!) as their star recruit] Although with your deep understanding of Irish haircut music, I begin to see why Sydney FC will be the glamour team. | ||
| Pierre Unregistered guest |
Thanks Rob. We will give your Adelaide boys a good kicking! | ||
| The original Michael Unregistered guest |
An Irish tour. Now that is an idea! With Belfast, of course, to be included.. | ||
| Cap'n Runt Unregistered guest |
C'mon, we're still waiting... | ||
| Chris McKenna Unregistered guest |
Getting a bit off topic here guys. Me and the missus have been to the last 3 Go B gigs in Dublin. When i get home tonight and tell her they wont be playing Dublin this time around she will be very disapointed. me too. The last one wasnt sold out but it wasnt empty either! It was pretty near capacity. We would love it if they played an all ages afternoon gig. Our girls (5 and 9yo) both love the Go Bees. It would be great to bring them to a show. Probably never happen though... Come on. Anounce a Dublin date. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase | ||
| Brook Crowley Member Username: 1_fan Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2005 |
Pierre, looking at your list of your ten favourite Irish albums, is that album by Chris de Burgh, "Spark to a Flame", the one that contains his Christmas Carol, "A Spaceman Came Travelling"? That's a real Yuletide classic! |