The Smashing Tunes Thread (Part 1)

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The Dubliners - Octopus Jig. Legends. Well worth watching and only 50 seconds long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcA3MmV6Ymk

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Big in France is Perry Blake, Farmer. Good call.

Speed to My Side is also probably my favourite Irish song ever. One of my favourite anything songs ever in fact. Heart-breakingly brilliant middle-8 to it.

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bit o big audio dynamite

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjbGncGg4gI[/ame]

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Ah, I love that song Art.

Mick Jones would never have gotten on MTV with teeth like that these days, mind you.

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[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-wPXTkkNI[/ame]

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Depeche Mode - Walking in my Shoes

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGs6rkKf-lk[/ame]

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My call for the greatest Irish song of all time - well one of them at least.

Sometimes by My Bloody Valentine

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1gOxmdBOMI[/ame]

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And fuck it - for the time of year.

Walking in the Air - from The Snowman. Peter Auty is the guys name that sings it here.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1Ln-ctn5E[/ame]

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Good auld Daniel :)ha

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfbvo3GMuQs[/ame]

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Quickly back on topic and away from that guff.

A song very similar to Walking in the Air and indeed one of the great Irish songs from the best Irish album ever.

The Divine Comedy - Tonight We Fly.

[ame]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnY9ea_q3nI
eature=related[/ame]

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Back to the 80ā€™s

Talk Talk - Lifeā€™s What You Make It
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMoRVrqx_I[/ame]

Soul II Soul - Back to Life
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvC1ijiyv1c[/ame]

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZONBKy7qNw[/ame]

The Chameleons - Swamp Thing
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuelAz0_Y9I[/ame]

The Cure - Disintegration
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLGYSydUgE[/ame]

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I know itā€™s sooooo last year but Iā€™m liking MGMT lately:

[ame]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWPK52Si3iI
eature=related[/ame]

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Excellent shout Farmer. Neil Hannon has a cracking voice and the Divine Comedy a great sound

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Belle & Sebastian - Is it wicked not to care

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGtJs3PngtI[/ame]

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Decent first album. Fantastic second album called Promenade where Tonight We Fly comes from. A few decent songs on Casanova and a lot of shite. Then he completely sold out with rubbish like the National Express etc.

Lost interest then but have been meaning to give some of his recent stuff a listen.

Undoubtedly a talented bloke though.

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[quote=ā€œfarmerinthecityā€]Decent first album. Fantastic second album called Promenade where Tonight We Fly comes from. A few decent songs on Casanova and a lot of shite. Then he completely sold out with rubbish like the National Express etc.

Lost interest then but have been meaning to give some of his recent stuff a listen.

Undoubtedly a talented bloke though.[/quote]

Casanova and Promenade would be my favourites alright and a few decent songs off Liberation.

Singles likes of Generation Sex and the National Express would be the ones that they made a few bob off.

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[quote=ā€œFranā€]Casanova and Promenade would be my favourites alright and a few decent songs off Liberation.

Singles likes of Generation Sex and the National Express would be the ones that they made a few bob off.[/quote]

I think Casanova is a brilliant album. Heā€™s done some very very odd songs. Have you heard ā€œBeen to a marvellous Partyā€? I canā€™t remember which album it was on.

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Canā€™t agree with that.

Becoming More Like Alfie, Songs of Love (even though it slightly rips off Golden Brown by The Stranglers) and Woman of the World are three top songs. Iā€™d leave the rest though.

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That oneā€™s a bit mad alright. I wouldnā€™t be a big fan of it but Iā€™m not surprised that heā€™d come out with something like that. Hannon is a very talented and a bit touched

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Hereā€™s him with my favourite French man Yann Tiersen.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgbWwa-E1WA[/ame]

Hang aboutā€¦this is a version with Tiersen singing. Very odd.