What are some good Irish bands and songs?

Question

What are some good Irish bands and songs?

Answer 1

I know some of these have been mentioned already but...

Thin Lizzy - Boys are Back in Town, Whiskey in the Jar

Whipping Boy - We don't Need Nobody Else

Ash - Girl From Mars

Frames - Revelate

Bell X1 - Rocky Took a Lover

Divine Comedy - Generation s*x, National Express

Duke Special - Freewheel

And at the moment I really like...

Damien Dempsey - Your Pretty Smile

And for the day that's in it, I'll leave you with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fOqihDI...

Answer 2

mexico ~ mundy

dark streets of london ~ the pogues

at the edge ~ stiff little fingers

town to town ~ microdisney

veronica ~ sultans of ping fc

after all ~ the frank & walters

friends in time ~ golden horde (feat. maria mckee)

trouble with a capital t ~ horslips

this is ~ aslan

robin (the hooded man) ~ clannad

revival ~ robin mark

las vegas in the hills of donegal ~ goats dont shave (yes, thats their name!)

teenage kicks ~ undertones

looking after number one ~ boomtown rats

brown eyed girl ~ van morrisson

Answer 3

My personal favourites are:

Ash:  Girl from Mars, Kung Fu, Burn Baby Burn, Jack Names the Planets, Angel Interceptor

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=lL-yqp3lJv...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zguGxVes6b...

Divine Comedy:  To Die a virgin, Your Daddy's Car, National Express, Tonight we fly

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=B_h37LwUNG...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=cdRLN4GChT...

Frames: Revelate

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6s87ly7h...

Juno Falls:  This Song is Your Own, Intuition

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-OpmvAIyzA...

Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdhTztUB_...

Undertones: Teenage Kicks, I just can't get over you, My Perfect Cousin

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=4yfpuF1t2e...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=wGu2lu5XWE...

Duke Special: Freewheel, Our love goes deeper than this, Salvation Tambourine

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=WuanDqXjDU...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=HWHIfRAoPf...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=PJykR_YRzH...

Saw Doctors: To win just once, N17

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=SbcEbvRk4B...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=WlRhzRsAHQ...

David Kitt: 7 steps, You Know what I want to Know

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=LOdXNGLtn-...

Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zkRUs-6szs...

Answer 4

Now you're asking my type of question!

I could say the old favourites like U2 or Van Morrison but if you are after some up and coming artists try...

Duke Special - Belfast Singer-Songwriter with a real flair

Foy Vance - another Belfast guy with real soul

Colm Lynch - a dubliner with real presence

Peter Doran - definitely one to watch... such a heart

Spooks of the thirteenth lock - dublin group with a mix of trad and rock

Blonde Majority - Dublin girl rock group

All have myspace pages so do check them out... you won't be disappointed

Answer 5

hi you

bands you have u2 hot house flowers the corrs the wolfe tones

as for songs whats an other year, new years day, come out you black and tans, a nation once again