The Smashing Tunes Thread (Part 1)

Fagan_ODowd April 17, 2014, 10:48pm 4922

The band the Pogues could have been if they had stuck to their punk roots and stopped trying to write the perfect Irish folk song.

The Dropkick Murphys. Shipping out to Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw

Fagan_ODowd April 17, 2014, 11:21pm 4923

The other great album intro. Dexys Burn it Down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OgTNCeW3sU

farmerinthecity April 18, 2014, 12:48am 4924

[QUOTE=“Fagan ODowd, post: 933103, member: 706”]The band the Pogues could have been if they had stuck to their punk roots and stopped trying to write the perfect Irish folk song.

The Dropkick Murphys. Shipping out to Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw
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Controversial.

farmerinthecity April 18, 2014, 12:49am 4925

[QUOTE=“Fagan ODowd, post: 933094, member: 706”]Highwayman The Highwaymen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFkcAH-m9W0
[/QUOTE]

I posted that on here a couple of months back.

Jimmy Webb again.

His_Holiness_Da_Dala April 18, 2014, 2:27am 4926

[QUOTE=“Fagan ODowd, post: 933103, member: 706”]The band the Pogues could have been if they had stuck to their punk roots and stopped trying to write the perfect Irish folk song.

[/QUOTE]

This is a pisstake, surely?

Little_Lord_Fauntleroy April 21, 2014, 12:42pm 4927

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Lqnesf-CY

farmerinthecity April 22, 2014, 4:42pm 4928

New Zealand’s finest

The Mutton Birds - She’s Been Talking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX-eBX9U6H0

farmerinthecity April 22, 2014, 4:43pm 4929

This band is the definition of an enigma.

Yo La Tengo - Griselda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt5GrQfVlbU

Mark_Renton April 22, 2014, 4:48pm 4930

Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7E1D_3Na4

KinvarasPassion April 24, 2014, 7:56am 4931

Steely Dan - Rikki Dont Lose That Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZWp-hGCdA

TheUlteriorMotive April 24, 2014, 6:29pm 4932

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0AF0g08aU

TheUlteriorMotive April 24, 2014, 6:31pm 4933

Kirsty MacColl - They don’t know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIsyQ2qCDQ8

Fagan_ODowd April 25, 2014, 10:31pm 4934

James Last Orange Blossom Special.

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

Fagan_ODowd April 25, 2014, 10:34pm 4935

Neil Diamond America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTSLRbm8L9E

balbec April 25, 2014, 11:19pm 4936

Frank Sinatra - It was a very good year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emAe6IClGys

balbec April 25, 2014, 11:25pm 4937

Steely Dan - Don’t take me alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7yVGvJMQ04

Il_Bomber_Destro April 26, 2014, 7:53pm 4938

WAR - Why Can’t We Be Friends?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGd0gD0QNE

Il_Bomber_Destro April 26, 2014, 10:10pm 4939

John Lennon - Sunday Bloody Sunday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0uLfO2ksQQ

Fuck Bono.

Thrawneen April 26, 2014, 10:58pm 4940

This is the tune of 2014. Just an incredible song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Ae-LhMIG0

Thrawneen April 26, 2014, 11:00pm 4941

[QUOTE=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 936159, member: 686”]Steely Dan - Rikki Dont Lose That Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZWp-hGCdA
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Probably my all time favourite guitar solo, if I have one. Rest of the LP is brilliant too.