Who is the most embarassing Irish musician/band around at the moment?

KatCookie

Yes.. thats the one..
i'm embarrassed to see him on TV..

nc13

I must agree with Lordgoat, rebel songs are a bit out dated in time when we are trying to bring all cultures that live in Ireland closer together. I dont get embarrassed by singers or bands but they dont reppresent me.Sorry about the spelling!!

fitz0

nc13 wrote: »

I must agree with Lordgoat, rebel songs are a bit out dated in time when we are trying to bring all cultures that live in Ireland closer together. I dont get embarrassed by singers or bands but they dont reppresent me.

I dont agree with this. Rebel songs are very much a part of our history. While most of the fools singing them on the street after a few pints don't have the first clue about their meaning or their content, it doesn't mean the songs should be disregarded. I don't like this attitude that Ive been encountering lately where people are of the opinion that we should hide our past and our musical heritage for the sake of "unity." These are our songs and we should continue to sing them(and learn a bit more about whats behind them.)

Nightwish

I cant help but feel embarrassed at our "singer songwriter" music scene - Damien Rice, Paddy Casey etc. Its incredibly generic and bland and mind numbingly boring.

Heisenberg.

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dr.bollocko

Republic of loose are SH1T!

KatCookie

at least they are semi-famous.. ie making it outside of ireland

red_ice

ZakAttak wrote: »

I would have to go for Fionn Regan- Ireland's answer to James Blunt.

I was holding off posting because i didnt have enough hatred for any names being posted, then i saw that utter fu<king arsebag. What a loser.

Blub Blub wrote: »

Samantha Mumba...

Seriously.. wtf did she get anywhere? I love the story of her meeting cisco or what ever, going to marry him, moving to america to 'make it big', and the americans going "eh, wtf are you? Go home!"

SEPT 23 1989

Republic of Loose UTTER GARBAGE that sweaty,rudolf nose morrisson wannabe lead singer really makes me want to take a sledgehammer to the tv or radio when a "song" of theirs comes on.:mad::mad:

fitz0

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Republic of Loose UTTER GARBAGE that sweaty,rudolf nose morrisson wannabe lead singer really makes me want to take a sledgehammer to the tv or radio when a "song" of theirs comes on.:mad::mad:

You haven't seen them live have you? I don't think there is anyone that could see them live and not like them.

SEPT 23 1989

that aint going to happen mate:)

lordgoat

fitz0 wrote: »

I dont agree with this. Rebel songs are very much a part of our history. While most of the fools singing them on the street after a few pints don't have the first clue about their meaning or their content, it doesn't mean the songs should be disregarded. I don't like this attitude that Ive been encountering lately where people are of the opinion that we should hide our past and our musical heritage for the sake of "unity." These are our songs and we should continue to sing them(and learn a bit more about whats behind them.)

You see it is the fools singing it on the street after the pub that csaue me to be embarrassed, or the celtic jersey brigade that sang to a family from england on holidays with young children. I have never said forget about history or the past but to use these particular songs to foster serves no purpose. For examples James Conolloy is a meaning fulsong. Go on home british soldiers is not.

And in this day and age i think unity is far more important than songs. Would i gladly trade one of these songs for no more violence? Yes i certainly would.

HalloweenJack

U2
Wolfetones
Sinead O'Connor (Primarily for butchering that Prince song)
Westlife
Boyzone
JJ72
Bell X1
The Frames/Glen Hansard
Duke Special
The guy who sings "Galway Girl" (Mundy?)
All these crappy indie/emo bands

Oh, special mention goes for one band I saw in town a while ago called Lines Drawing Circles. They are brutal.

fitz0

HalloweenJack wrote: »

U2
Wolfetones
Sinead O'Connor (Primarily for butchering that Prince song)
Westlife
Boyzone
JJ72
Bell X1
The Frames/Glen Hansard
Duke Special
The guy who sings "Galway Girl" (Mundy?)
All these crappy indie/emo bands

Oh, special mention goes for one band I saw in town a while ago called Lines Drawing Circles. They are brutal.

What DO you like?:pac:

@ lordgoat. You make a good point and we all know that only very few want to see violence again but I think these songs are an integral part of our culture and history and some of them should even get airplay on the radio imo. (mainly older ones, the newer ones tend not to be as well composed)

HalloweenJack

fitz0 wrote: »

What DO you like?:pac:

Well, not all music comes from Ireland.

Also, Republic of Loose and The Sensors are two Irish bands I like a lot.

fitz0

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Well, not all music comes from Ireland.

:eek: Lies! Lies and misconceptions!

marzic

Kila... pots and pans music!

LithiumKid1976

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Damien Dempsey. Hands down. I think he writes his songs in crayon.

Was in HMV the other day and they had his new CD on and it was just cringeworthy.

damien dempsey, easily thee most annoying of all the singer songwriters
any one who has heard the lyrics.... "rolling down to dub-a-lin town, Comin' from the Northside, headin' Southbound The glare of the city, you can see it in the sky " woeful. Himself and George murphy!

they seem to pop up in the most unlikely places, was watching a dvd about luke kelly, and someone had the cheek to let theses two clowns comment on the great man! grrr

you could also add westlife and the frames, but damien dempsey is the most annoying for me!

sunnyside

Declan Nerney, nobody's mentioned him yet.

suckslikeafox

Paddy Casey makes me cringe

aidan24326

Dudess wrote: »

Because I think The Cranberries are one of the worst bands of all time

Fair enough, but you're hardly embarassed by them, which was the point of the thread. And btw, I know The Cranberries made some sh1t music in their later years but 'Everybody Else Is Doing It...' is one of the best albums made by any Irish band imo.

The biggest embarassment to the country is that absolute knobend Ronan 'Thanks be to god' Keating, and his talentless bandmates. Once around was enough lads, we really didn't need take two.

*adele*

I like Glen Hansard/The Frames
I think Westlife are pretty embarrassing,and Paddy Casey...that man's ego could fill the grand canyon.

fitz0

LithiumKid1976 wrote: »

damien dempsey, easily thee most annoying of all the singer songwriters
any one who has heard the lyrics.... "rolling down to dub-a-lin town, Comin' from the Northside, headin' Southbound The glare of the city, you can see it in the sky " woeful. Himself and George murphy!

they seem to pop up in the most unlikely places, was watching a dvd about luke kelly, and someone had the cheek to let theses two clowns comment on the great man! grrr

you could also add westlife and the frames, but damien dempsey is the most annoying for me!

Ah now George never did anyone any harm. He even did a decent cover of some of Luke's songs. Dempsey on the other hand shouldn't even be allowed buy a DVD about Luke Kelly.

humberklog

PUGWASH. Absolute SH!T. Awfully twaddling half knowing pap played by people with shockingly misjudged thoughts on the quality of their own sense of humor. And they get played! On the box?! Which means other people can see it!? Which means that somewhere down the line someone thinks that this is good/representative of me?! How? Why? I don't know...that's how embarrassment works aAAAGH.

Dudess

aidan24326 wrote: »

Fair enough, but you're hardly embarassed by them, which was the point of the thread. And btw, I know The Cranberries made some sh1t music in their later years but 'Everybody Else Is Doing It...' is one of the best albums made by any Irish band imo.

No, I'm not embarrassed by anything or anyone Irish just because I share their nationality, but I'm still gonna say what Irish acts I consider to be ****, and you sir, have just identified the winner:

that absolute knobend Ronan 'Thanks be to god' Keating

Spot on, Aidan. Can't believe I didn't think of him. If you haven't heard his version of Fairytale of New York, you're lucky.

I have

Stompbox

ZakAttak wrote: »

I would have to go for Fionn Regan- Ireland's answer to James Blunt.

Hah! Wait...seriously?

JerryHandbag

The Thrills...actually they seem to have fallen off the planet of late, result!
HAL...see The Thrills
Tommy Flemming....a singing carrot
Aslan....its time to give up the ghost lads
WasteLife/Boyzone...their very existance grossly offends me

Thankfully there seems to be a lot better Irish artists than there are bad

stovelid

aidan24326 wrote: »

Fair enough, but you're hardly embarassed by them, which was the point of the thread. And btw, I know The Cranberries made some sh1t music in their later years but 'Everybody Else Is Doing It...' is one of the best albums made by any Irish band imo.

Might I add that I was profoundly embarrassed by the tinkerberries - even at the time.

LithiumKid1976

fitz0 wrote: »

Ah now George never did anyone any harm. He even did a decent cover of some of Luke's songs. Dempsey on the other hand shouldn't even be allowed buy a DVD about Luke Kelly.

true enough, i suppose that the only damage young georgie is doing to people now, is to folks in chippers, ....... "Musically" he seems to have gone the way of all other irish "talent" show contestants......Mercifully.

same cannot be said for dempsey, who seems to be everywhere these days..

insinkerator

I think the Blizzards are quite embarassing. Utter rubbish in my opinion