Overhyped overrated Irish music

What on earth is an interpreter of song?

Well he has staying power and two very popular films to his name at least.

Every country has their local favourites that they plug.

Are you saying they aren't a patch on Joe Dolan and Dicky Rock these days?

Aslan.

Was at a gig of theirs once and they had so little they played Crazy World three times.

Dermot Kennedy. Is there a word to describe that style of vocals that he does? Ed Sheeran has it amongst others where they "curl" certains words in an exaggerated way.

- "Ooh darrrlin' I louuve yaaou" type of thing. It's very irritating but the kids can't get enough of it.

The coronas, bell x1 and all the other friends of RTE that Dee Forbes is tirelessly trying to elevate to superstardom

Well I'm thinking of naming Conor O'Brien of the Villagers purely on the fact I cannot stand the high-pitched 'squeaking' that he calls singing.

Record sales and net worth will tell us how they are rated everything else is just pure opinion!

You seem to have created a list of "artists" than no musical person would rate.

You are right about Thin Lizzy outside of Ireland but that is to a casual music fan. Outside of Ireland, rock fans often site Thin Lizzy as vastly underrated. A lot of rock bands point towards them as a major influence. They also had their heyday in the 1970's, well before anyone else (in Ireland).

Also, thier live album 'Live and Dangerous' is often cited as one of the best live rock albums of all time. Seriously it's a fantastic album, that should be listed to by any Irish rock fan.

I came here to do exactly that. Fontaines DC are just plain shite.

The Coronas, The Script, Dermot Kennedy, The Frames / Hansard, Mundy, Imelda May ( such a one trick Pony ), Fontaines DC.

Blandsville dot com

Except that he was.

Dermot Kennedy and his inability to write happy lyrics. Even his songs with catchy instrumentals inevitably end up píssing and moaning about a woman.

Where was he's birthplace?

I always think it a little bit odd that you can call someone who won an Oscar and a Grammy (and nominated for many more), "overrated" or "overhyped". They're pretty much the pinnacle of songwriting for movies/the stage.

no he had an Irish passport

This.

I had someone trying to convince me they were brilliant.

Music for artsy type who aren't really interested in real music.

On thin lizzy, they are so loved because they were a band of real musicians, knew what they were doing and knew how to write great rock tunes.

I was with you til you dissed Damo 😂

I'm looking forward to his show in The Abbey. I think he's close to Christy Moore in his prime these days.

Can't stand Imelda May. Or Boomtown Rats. Dreadful band.

Sorry OP but you can't call Boyzone or Westlife overrated.

You or I may not like their music or may not be in the target demographic but they have been and remain very popular in may parts of the world.

They are highly rated by their target audience.

But since I have been growing up there have been loads of bands that were way over hyped in Ireland.

Hot House Flowers were one, they had one good song, same with "Light a Big Fire", "Those Nervous Animals", "In Tua Nua" etc

All were pimped as the next U2, every Irish band in the 80s and 90s was pimped as the next U2, but it never happened.

In the last two decades you have the likes of The Frames, Mundy, Dermot Kennedy, Paddy Casey, etc etc, all being the same bang average.