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Post by sostie on May 17, 2019 15:51:49 GMT
Nah! But it is a shame that they are known worldwide mainly for that one song. It's a good song, sure, but the album they released before it is an a corker.
Cool! I guess they were more prominently known in their home land.
Remember the show "The Young Ones"? It made its way over to Canada. Even though it aired very late at night, they still edited the crap out of it to air here.
They would have a musical guest. In one of the episodes, Dexy's Midnight Runners played. And, the song they played was not Come On Eileen.
As well, a friend of mine told me about this.
Back on a Saturday night, one of the local radio stations would have a segment called "The Milk Crate 80s" - likely because an album could fit into a milk crate with ease.
One night, the DJ came on, and said, "Here's a song by Dexy's Midnight Runners - and it's NOT Come On Eileen!" 
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I think your memory may be failing you. On the Young Ones they sang "Jackie Wilson Said". A song which caused one infamous moment on TV. During their performance on Top Of The Pops the producers decided to project the subject of the song in the background. Instead of a picture of the legendary Jackie Wilson  They projected a picture of the then popular Scottish darts player Jocky Wilson  This is the moment here
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on May 17, 2019 16:47:20 GMT
You missed one important word in my post.
"And, the song they played was not Come On Eileen."
Funny thing about the video:
When the song comes to the final time thru the chorus, you may/may not notice that there is no drummer.
Kevin fired the drummer half way thru the video shoot.
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Post by DrKrippen on May 17, 2019 18:27:28 GMT
Never knew Dexy's did this. Nice.
Another guy did a version of it too. You may have heard of him.
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Post by sostie on May 17, 2019 19:29:07 GMT
You missed one important word in my post.
"And, the song they played was not Come On Eileen."
Yeah, I missed the "not"...glad someone is paying attention
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 21:47:48 GMT
nope...i'll listen when i get home from work. Thanks! You're welcome. Please post your thoughts on this cover. you know, I think that could grow on me...it's not bad 
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Post by alpha128 on May 18, 2019 0:31:11 GMT
You're welcome. Please post your thoughts on this cover. you know, I think that could grow on me...it's not bad Thanks for listening, and for sharing your thoughts. 
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