Dexys Midnight Runners

[ads1980]

Any chance of them playing? Come on Eileen would go down a treat in the afternoon sun shine!!

[random_man]

Did you not see Kevin Rowland at Reading/Leeds a few years back? It was an odd experience to say the least

[jamesrfisher]

Would be great, saw them at Latitude last year and they were very good

[Vieuphoria]

I really thought they'd be announced. But it seems not, I'm still hopeful but it's not that likely anymore I fear.

[ads1980]

I saw them on Jools Holland at New Year. They would be brilliant for Glastonbury!!

[matthewsdad1968]

They were really good at the green man last year as well. I would see them again but they didn't play geno!

[abdoujaparov]

They were really good at the green man last year as well. I would see them again but they didn't play geno!

[dondo]

I saw them in Manchester last year and they were superb

[1waveydavey]

I saw them in Oxford last year and thought they were completely brilliant.

The new album is a masterpiece.

[ads1980]

This still has to be one of the best songs around!

[Mardy]

Saw them last night at Duke of Yorks' in London. Magnificent. One of the best gigs I've ever seen. All the new album, in sequence, then a few old hits. The new album is as good as anything they've done.

[ninetyeightytwo]

Seeing them on Saturday in Liverpool Cathedral - it's the start of my summer of musical adventure!

[jeffie]

Come on Eileen is truly awful......

[theboytaff]

Their new album is superb, they'd be a must see for me if they manage to bag a spot.

[redmosquito]

I once knew a girl called Eileen. Lets just say she was definitely NOT game for acting out that song title.

[stanners33]

Come On Eileen may well be the worst song ever written.

[ninetyeightytwo]

I love how people have come into a thread entitled "Dexy's Midnight Runners" just to let us all know how little they think of their most popular song. That's time well spent, isn't it? Still. Those post counts won't raise themselves.

For what it's worth, Come On Eileen is a four and a half minute cut from a truly glittering career. It's not quite unrepresentative of the rest of their material, but to write-off the music of Kevin Rowlands based on but one single would be to deny yourself the considerable pleasure of enjoying one of the most consistently brilliant songwriters to have ever songwritten.

[abdoujaparov]

Come On Eileen may well be the worst song ever written.

[ads1980]

I love Too RYe Ay and I still think Eileen would be a brilliant song to play in the glorious afternoon sunshine (fingers cross on the sunshine) just because of how popular it is. I love the rest of their stuff too but I only picked that one song because I think it would go down well.

[abdoujaparov]

I love Too RYe Ay and I still think Eileen would be a brilliant song to play in the glorious afternoon sunshine (fingers cross on the sunshine) just because of how popular it is. I love the rest of their stuff too but I only picked that one song because I think it would go down well.

[stanners33]

I love how people have come into a thread entitled "Dexy's Midnight Runners" just to let us all know how little they think of their most popular song. That's time well spent, isn't it? Still. Those post counts won't raise themselves.

[random_man]

What I love about Come on Eileen is that its played at every party/wedding/funeral you go too and when ever its on everyone will dance and sing along! But apart from the chorus, nobody knows the words after the first line!

[abdoujaparov]

Giving an opinion about what is by far and away most famous song from the thread title's back catalogue.. what's wrong with that exactly? Not sure what point you're making about post counts..

Didn't describe it as 'badly written' exactly, I wrote that it may be the worst song ever written. There are plenty of well written god awful songs, why do you think One Direction etc are so popular?

I refuse to believe that there is anyone that hears that song at a wedding and doesn't think 'Oh Christ, not that one', but dances and sings along to it like a mentalist anyway cos they're too pissed.

In which case of course they are perfect for Glastonbury. (But still dire)

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

Would love to see them at Glastonbury soon, would go down a storm on any stage.

(so if anyone does read these forums from bookings...Get on it for next year eh)

[ninetyeightytwo]

Not sure what point you're making about post counts..