The Medusa Fora

Hey Mr C, can you give us any info on any other songs which were suggested for the collaboration and who suggested the two you recorded for the single?

Many many thanks.

Guest wrote:Hey Mr C, can you give us any info on any other songs which were suggested for the collaboration and who suggested the two you recorded for the single?

Many many thanks.

'Fraid not. My best recollection is that our getting together for the Dubs' 25th Anniversary album was the idea of either Deirdre, Ronnie's wife, or a relative of Eamonn Campbell's, but these things tend to be a bit more organic than that. I'd say that from the moment we set eyes on each other (at a festival in Vienna in 1985) we were destined to work together whenever a suitable opportunity arose. Everyone lays claim to the choice of material, a sure sign no one knows anymore.

philipchevron wrote:I'd say that from the moment we set eyes on each other (at a festival in Vienna in 1985).

Please tell me that was across a crowded, smokey room.

Seeing as the Dubs helped to reinvent and revive Irish folk in the 60s and The Pogues did so in the 80s can anyone see a band doing this again sometime soon?

Guest wrote:Seeing as the Dubs helped to reinvent and revive Irish folk in the 60s and The Pogues did so in the 80s can anyone see a band doing this again sometime soon?

Surely that would be Michael Flatley followed by The Irish Tenors and then Celtic Woman!

Yep. I'm a funny guy.

DzM wrote:

Guest wrote:Seeing as the Dubs helped to reinvent and revive Irish folk in the 60s and The Pogues did so in the 80s can anyone see a band doing this again sometime soon?

Surely that would be Michael Flatley followed by The Irish Tenors and then Celtic Woman!

Yep. I'm a funny guy.

Maybe Daniel O'Donnell paired with Green Day?

Low D wrote:Maybe Daniel O'Donnell paired with Green Day?

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territa wrote:"This video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

Sorry about that, territa. I feared it might not be viewable outside these shores.
Strange thing is, it said that to me the first time I clicked on it. Later on it changed its mind. I don't think I'd changed country in the meantime, though it's always hard to tell.

Oh, and (in entirely the wrong thread) belated birthday wishes, territa.

We performed "Mountain Dew" on at least two TV shows - Sunday Night At The Gaiety and The Tom O'Connor Show. Only "Jack's Heroes" had a formal video promo. There was none for "The Irish Rover" though the version from The Late Late Show Tribute To The Dubliners was widely circulated with RTE's permission.

That's a great clip. I love the visual contrast between Shane and Ronnie.

http://www.buy4now.ie/rte/aspx/productd ... &catid=7.4

Just saw the Dubliners Tribute show for sale on DVD at RTE on line shop.Has this just be re issued or has it been out for a while on DVD.Was aware of a VHS tape but not a DVD.

RoddyRuddy wrote:

We performed "Mountain Dew" on at least two TV shows - Sunday Night At The Gaiety and The Tom O'Connor Show. Only "Jack's Heroes" had a formal video promo. There was none for "The Irish Rover" though the version from The Late Late Show Tribute To The Dubliners was widely circulated with RTE's permission.

That's a great clip. I love the visual contrast between Shane and Ronnie.

http://www.buy4now.ie/rte/aspx/productd ... &catid=7.4

Just saw the Dubliners Tribute show for sale on DVD at RTE on line shop.Has this just be re issued or has it been out for a while on DVD.Was aware of a VHS tape but not a DVD.

I think the DVD has been available for a year or two now. Incidentally, a commercially released CD of the show also exists, but what I don't know is whether it's off the DVD soundtrack or whether they just use studio versions. Obviously, in the case of the le tout ensemble "Auld Triangle", they will have had to use the live take, but in the case of, say "The Irish Rover", nothing is to be gained as we were all just miming to the record anyway. Which explains why you can't hear Christy Moore's bowrawn (new spelling courtesy of Christy Moore).

philipchevron wrote:

RoddyRuddy wrote:

We performed "Mountain Dew" on at least two TV shows - Sunday Night At The Gaiety and The Tom O'Connor Show. Only "Jack's Heroes" had a formal video promo. There was none for "The Irish Rover" though the version from The Late Late Show Tribute To The Dubliners was widely circulated with RTE's permission.

That's a great clip. I love the visual contrast between Shane and Ronnie.

http://www.buy4now.ie/rte/aspx/productd ... &catid=7.4

Just saw the Dubliners Tribute show for sale on DVD at RTE on line shop.Has this just be re issued or has it been out for a while on DVD.Was aware of a VHS tape but not a DVD.

I think the DVD has been available for a year or two now. Incidentally, a commercially released CD of the show also exists, but what I don't know is whether it's off the DVD soundtrack or whether they just use studio versions. Obviously, in the case of the le tout ensemble "Auld Triangle", they will have had to use the live take, but in the case of, say "The Irish Rover", nothing is to be gained as we were all just miming to the record anyway. Which explains why you can't hear Christy Moore's bowrawn (new spelling courtesy of Christy Moore).

I'm confused now. I never really paid attention to the fact that all the musicians were miming and so never noticed. i always focused on how good Ronnie and Shane sang together that night. They must be singing live over an instrumental backing track!!! They are both DEFINATELY singing LIVE (Shane could never mime that well and he's slightly out of time at the beginning of "turned 9 times around" and then joins in with Ronnie again).

You must have been the only musicians who mimed that night

Yes, you're correct on both counts, now that I think about it. So Christy's bowrawn, if heard at all, would only have been picked up on the vocal mikes. The Late Late Show insisted on having live vocals always. Caused us a problem with "Sick Bed of Cuchulainn" in 1985, as there's no real timing cues for the vocal in the slow bits. The Radiators were unaware of the "live vocal" rule when we did "The Dancing Years", our then current single, on the show in 1980 and had not brought a backing-track-only tape. They made me sing live on top of my quite audible recorded vocal. Bizarre.

philipchevron wrote:Yes, you're correct on both counts, now that I think about it. So Christy's bowrawn, if heard at all, would only have been picked up on the vocal mikes. The Late Late Show insisted on having live vocals always. Caused us a problem with "Sick Bed of Cuchulainn" in 1985, as there's no real timing cues for the vocal in the slow bits. The Radiators were unaware of the "live vocal" rule when we did "The Dancing Years", our then current single, on the show in 1980 and had not brought a backing-track-only tape. They made me sing live on top of my quite audible recorded vocal. Bizarre.

Ah, that explains why Sickbed fades out just like the studio version At least Shane sings live, he comes in a bit late at one time during the song. What I always find a bit confusing is the fact that you can't hear the unplugged instruments. I mean, you are playing them, probably not the original song but you somehow push accordion buttons or strumm your guitar, but why can't you hear any of that? Is the playbacked instrumental track that loud? I find miming quite stupid because it's usually very easy to find out when a band does so...a great thing was on a Frensh Show where the whole band including Shane mimed to Sally MacLenanne in a pub...well Shane obviously didn't even try to make it look "real" and just didn't give a fuck, but Mr. Chevron was jumping around with his usual energy and vitality, which was really funny and gave the overall very boring-looking band a certain excitement.

i remember the appearance on the LLS with the Dubs
terry woods pressed some keys on james fearnleys accordion as he was playing and they both pissed themselves laughing !!!!!
and andrew ranken was a bit out of time with his shouts of two,,,, three !!!!
great show tho