I’m really enjoying this playlist. Thanks @Lemonhope

I found this so much more difficult than the previous polls which confirms my suspicion that I’m very 80s biased. I love lots of stuff from the last 20 years just rarely in the album format. These are the ones […]

He wasn’t always a massive arsehole. I spent an evening in his company when he was back living in Dublin in the early 00s. We were both recently returned after living in London for years and we both had plenty of […]

Thanks for this @Kaisfatdad I’m a big Silver Seas fan and I didn’t know this existed. Initial feedback from my 5, 3 and 1 year old was very positive.

The otherwise brilliant Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe is probably Lloyd Cole’s finest solo album but the opening track Butterfly is an appalling misstep. I usually play albums on shuffle but this one always starts […]

The worst… and the best. I wasn’t convinced by Malcolm McDowell in the role. There was some talk of a film revamp a few years ago with Ridley Scott linked. What a wonderful prospect!

Can’t see it happening […]

That’s it @pawsforthought Great work figuring that out. I may have misremebered the outcome but my friend has confirmed that this was the track he was looking for.

I love this website!

That’s brilliant but unfortunately not the track I’m looking for. Nor is the track posted above by @ArthurCowslip the one I’m looking for. It’s very close in sound and subject matter but it’s not it.

No, sadly. After nearly 24 hours without a reply, my hopes were high. I’m sure someone knows it.

Back to the drawing board @Billybob Dylan Abbatoir Blues was released in 2004.

Any excuse to post this possibly offensive but absolute gem of a song sung, for some reason, by Gabriel Byrne in puppet form.

Yes. Sorry too late to edit.

Rockin’ and Romance – Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
High Land Hard Rain – Aztec Camera
New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) – Simple Minds
Remain in Light – Talking Heads
Rattlesnakes – Lloyd Cole and the […]

The Wanker Brothers
Simple Winds
Josh Rotter
Josh Louse
Spanks

Finglas was also home to the Mini Driver driving school.

The most famous example in Dublin is “Lino Richie”, carpet outlet in Finglas. Alas the urban myth that they answer the phone with “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?” is apparently untrue.

It also featured my favourite ever B-side, their take on Ben E. King’s “Supernatural Thing”. The drumbeat intro itself is a wonderful thing. It’s on Spotify. Gothfunk!

Arguably the most famous ex pupil of Ballymun Comp (now Trinity Comprehensive Ballymun), here’s Glen Hansard, who turned 50 yesterday, singing his Oscar winning song to the President of Ireland in the Albert Hall […]

I started a similar thread back in May 2013, the evening before I got married, with this lesser known Roddy Frame/Aztec Camera track. It’s lesser known because the album version is terrible, ruined by a wine bar […]