Imela May Does My Head In

ClovenHoof

Alright she can sing. The band is good and I am sure she is a nice lady.

But I can't stand her. The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia, but if I never heard her ever again I wouldn't give a toss.

In fact, I'd love it.

Kevin McCloud

She has a fine pair of lungs.

bjork

Ye whÃ? Ah jaysis, I love me mammy

>>The content of every interview I´ve ever seen with her

weldoninhio

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Alright she can sing. The band is good and I am sure she is a nice lady.

But I can't stand her. The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia, but if I never heard her ever again I wouldn't give a toss.

In fact, I'd love it.

But she's from the liberties so she is salt of the Earth and not bland at all.

conorh91

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia

Because an inner city/ Liberties lass is exclusively the darling of Suburbia, or something

I think she's great, suburbia or not. Best female singer-songwriter out of Ireland in years.

anncoates

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia,

Are you not mortified to even think this kind of stuff, let alone type it?

4zn76tysfajdxp

anncoates wrote: »

Are you not mortified to even think this kind of stuff, let alone type it?

Probably listens to really provocative stuff instead like Rage Against The Machine or The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

dpofloinn

Imela May would she be an Imelda May tribute act? Ive never heard her but if shes half as good as Imelda she'll do ok

Ol' Donie

Ha, love Imelda May. Hope she has a long and successful career.

henryporter

She's up there with Hozier in terms of mediocre masquerading as talent

Karl Stein

It's horrible the way you're victimised by being forced to listen to her music and watch her on TV.

punisher5112

Who is she. Does she work in the credit union or something.

Imela may sounds good though.

God her hair looks like a rat curled up and died.

conorh91

conorh91 wrote: »

I think she's great, suburbia or not. Best female singer-songwriter out of Ireland in years.

Cathy Davey and Lisa Hannigan may have a thing or two to say about that....

Anyway I like Imelda. She seems like a lovely, down-to-earth lady and she's got a fantastic voice. My only qualm is that she's a bit of a one trick pony; I'd love to see her stretch herself a little more musically rather than do the whole rockabilly thing (which she undoubtedly does very well) all the time.

Then again, if it ain't broke I suppose...

HamsterFace

I like her. Nice easy upbeat music and she seems sound as a pound.

Hope she continues to do well

TheBeardedLady

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Alright she can sing. The band is good and I am sure she is a nice lady.

But I can't stand her. The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia, but if I never heard her ever again I wouldn't give a toss.

In fact, I'd love it.

Hahaha. :pac::pac:

lubie76

I agree with Homer, great voice and loads of promise but needs to extend her repotoire, that rockabilly stuff has a short shelf life and looks wise she is stunning but she ain't getting any younger so that cool hair and red lips won't be as flattering in her 40's.

Tsipras

Imelda May is brilliant I saw her support Bruce, never heard her before she blew me away!

qt3.14

bjork wrote: »

Ye whÃ? Ah jaysis, I love me mammy

>>The content of every interview I´ve ever seen with her

She's like some strange Dublin version of Daniel O Donnell for the 21st century.

eternal

lubie76 wrote: »

I agree with Homer, great voice and loads of promise but needs to extend her repotoire, that rockabilly stuff has a short shelf life and looks wise she is stunning but she ain't getting any younger so that cool hair and red lips won't be as flattering in her 40's.

She's already in her 40s.

endacl

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Alright she can sing. The band is good and I am sure she is a nice lady.

But I can't stand her. The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia, but if I never heard her ever again I wouldn't give a toss.

In fact, I'd love it.

What did I miss? Is Imelda May compulsory now? I didn't get the memo!!

I don't really like Ed Sheeran. Should I start a thread or something?!?

qt3.14

endacl wrote: »

What did I miss? Is Imelda May compulsory now? I didn't get the memo!!

I don't really like Ed Sheeran. Should I start a thread or something?!?

We've had a few of them in fairness.

blinding

THe Imelda May "Shtick" does wear a bit thin after a while and she could do with more variety to her stuff.

Otherwise live and let live !

vienne86

Love her - delighted she is having such a great career, and hope she keeps going for ages.

Boskowski

While I can't see whats so terribly great about her she wouldn't annoy me either. Voice and looks aren't half as fantastic as people make them out to be but tastes are different I suppose. Anyway not sure what your problem is, part from the odd bit of exposure on daytime radio I haven't heard anything from her in ages. What I'm trying to say is maybe you're listening to/watching the wrong programs?

Wang King

Tsipras wrote: »

Imelda May is brilliant I saw her support Bruce, never heard her before she blew me away!

She had to make money some way before her music career kicked on

jimgoose

Aside from the occasional tedious bout of "ah me granny was mad so she was" (hmm - Bill Cullen mentoring, perchance?) I like her music and her look, and I would consider her a roy-yadd.

jimgoose

eternal wrote: »

She's already in her 40s.

She's 40. And I happen to like Rockabilly.

Lakefrio

Can't stand her.

mylefttesticle

I have great admiration for her, I know one of her songs only but I think she was in her 30's before she became known to a larger audience which means she spent nearly the guts of 18 years sticking to something that she loved doing and probably making f**k all from it, its called dedication and believing in yourself and now she is probably living her dream, how many people can say that?

Duck's hoop

lubie76 wrote: »

that rockabilly stuff has a short shelf life

It's been on the go the best part of 70 years so far.

But it does seem Ed Sheeran is the new Imelda May.

SimonTemplar

She is a very talented singer and clearly has loads of passion for it.

Not sure about her TV hosting job though. To me, it smells of RTE desperation giving her a show. I doubt it was her idea initially.

Rabo Karabekian

Deleted User wrote: »

Cathy Davey and Lisa Hannigan may have a thing or two to say about that....

Anyway I like Imelda. She seems like a lovely, down-to-earth lady and she's got a fantastic voice. My only qualm is that she's a bit of a one trick pony; I'd love to see her stretch herself a little more musically rather than do the whole rockabilly thing (which she undoubtedly does very well) all the time.

Then again, if it ain't broke I suppose...

I would put Lisa Hannigan in the 'one trick pony' category as well.

fryup

my nightmare....

being stuck in a lift with imelda may and katie taylor aaaaaaaaaahhh!!


2 howiya's who's voices do my nut in

farmerjj

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Alright she can sing. The band is good and I am sure she is a nice lady.

But I can't stand her. The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

Sorry, I know this is considered blasphemy in suburbia, but if I never heard her ever again I wouldn't give a toss.

In fact, I'd love it.

Thanks for sharing!

demanufactured

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Wacker The Attacker

fryup wrote: »

my nightmare....

being stuck in a lift with imelda may and katie taylor aaaaaaaaaahhh!!


2 howiya's who's voices do my nut in

Katie Taylor isnt from Dublin

drugstore cowboy

Rabo Karabekian wrote: »

I would put Lisa Hannigan in the 'one trick pony' category as well.

Woolly jumper and a sensitive song about a kitten. Or something.

fryup

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Katie Taylor isnt from Dublin

so............

todders

ClovenHoof wrote: »

The music is so annoyingly self-conscious RTE-level 'cool'.

What does that even mean?

DeadHand

Don't really understand the hate.

She's unpretentious, writes her own songs and refrains from making a fool of herself.

Best of luck to her I say.

Ranchu

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Katie Taylor isnt from Dublin

She's from the Dublin side of Bray.

fryup

and she's still a howiya

Eugene Norman

Alanna Thoughtless Roadside wrote: »

Probably listens to really provocative stuff instead like Rage Against The Machine or The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rage against the machine have been going for decades now. Result? Machine still there. Useless tossers.

Lakefrio

todders wrote: »

What does that even mean?

It means trying too hard to be cool and therefore failing.

Eugene Norman

The strange use of "suburbia" in Ops post is strange. Most people in dublin live in Suburbia, some occasionally rent in the inner city for a while but that's often just transient ( and I fail to see why it's hipster to live in the IFSC).

Imelda actually belongs to a community which lives in the inner city for generations.

steamengine

So, there's a question mark hanging over her
?

peckerhead

Can we get back to this mental picture of being stuck in a lift with Imelda & Katie at the same time?

Jaysis, it'd be some workout...

Mesrine65

She's a lovely down to earth Dublin lass.

I remember when she was only a kid, hanging out at Advance records opposite the Gaiety with the Punks when the Dandelion Market was there...damn I feel old

Too Tough To Die

I'd like to see her form a supergroup with the camembert quartet.

P. Breathnach

peckerhead wrote: »

Can we get back to this mental picture of being stuck in a lift with Imelda & Katie at the same time?...

Two women who seem to me to be pleasant enough, and are successful in what they do. I can easily imagine worse company.

There is something very mean-spirited about creating a thread to tell the world that you don't like somebody.

beertons

She tries too hard. And needs a haircut.