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Rory Gallagher - Shinkicker. One of the best blues/boogie guitarists that ever lived

https://youtu.be/GazzTFxXGeE

Gary Moore - Out in the fields. Another brilliant guitarist and a nice anti war song

https://youtu.be/Nt06PFWkJ1I

Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town. Even Metallica covered them

https://youtu.be/quyB8PMTD3o

Therapy? - Nowhere. Punk/metal crossover. Became famous for being mixed religion which was taboo at the time. Also opened for Metallica

https://youtu.be/5Bcpj-q0Snc

Cranberries - Zombie. Deep lyrics you can only understand if you grew up in the occupied part of Ireland. 

https://youtu.be/6Ejga4kJUts

U2 - I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Song about trying to find god. I don’t get all the hate bono receives. 

https://youtu.be/e3-5YC_oHjE

In the more folk side we have,

The Pogues - Dirty old town

https://youtu.be/s11BuatTuXk

Christy Moore - Ride On

https://youtu.be/8J-X0TBZ0sM

The Dubliners - Rocky road to dublin

https://youtu.be/C1W8KKPmlm4

Then there’s a whole other subset of traditional folk music where they praise the IRA

The Wolfe Tones - Come out you Black and Tans. This was a huge meme in Ireland last year

https://youtu.be/ORifieiZiP4

Barleycorn - The men behind the wire

https://youtu.be/CmpTVe1DrsI

 

Im lucky. I came from a country with a lot of diverse musical history. If I wasn’t fixing cars for a living, I’d probably be sitting in a bar somewhere tonight playing guitar. Music is life. 

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51 minutes ago, Barry said:

Rory Gallagher - Shinkicker. One of the best blues/boogie guitarists that ever lived

https://youtu.be/GazzTFxXGeE

Gary Moore - Out in the fields. Another brilliant guitarist and a nice anti war song

https://youtu.be/Nt06PFWkJ1I

Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town. Even Metallica covered them

https://youtu.be/quyB8PMTD3o

Therapy? - Nowhere. Punk/metal crossover. Became famous for being mixed religion which was taboo at the time. Also opened for Metallica

https://youtu.be/5Bcpj-q0Snc

Cranberries - Zombie. Deep lyrics you can only understand if you grew up in the occupied part of Ireland. 

https://youtu.be/6Ejga4kJUts

U2 - I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Song about trying to find god. I don’t get all the hate bono receives. 

https://youtu.be/e3-5YC_oHjE

In the more folk side we have,

The Pogues - Dirty old town

https://youtu.be/s11BuatTuXk

Christy Moore - Ride On

https://youtu.be/8J-X0TBZ0sM

The Dubliners - Rocky road to dublin

https://youtu.be/C1W8KKPmlm4

Then there’s a whole other subset of traditional folk music where they praise the IRA

The Wolfe Tones - Come out you Black and Tans. This was a huge meme in Ireland last year

https://youtu.be/ORifieiZiP4

Barleycorn - The men behind the wire

https://youtu.be/CmpTVe1DrsI

 

Im lucky. I came from a country with a lot of diverse musical history. If I wasn’t fixing cars for a living, I’d probably be sitting in a bar somewhere tonight playing guitar. Music is life. 

Fantastic stuff @Barry !

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Apart from some world-class opera singers, this country has never produced music or musicians that are worth a damn. 

Now If I were British, it would be a different matter...   

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14 minutes ago, treks said:

Apart from some world-class opera singers, this country has never produced music or musicians that are worth a damn. 

Now If I were British, it would be a different matter...   

Die Antwoord ?

South African township music ? 

The Graceland album by Paul Simon ?

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4 hours ago, treks said:

Apart from some world-class opera singers, this country has never produced music or musicians that are worth a damn. 

Now If I were British, it would be a different matter...   

What about Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuka, Mahotella Queens... ???

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On 4/4/2019 at 7:09 PM, Per A said:

OH MY! Swedish.....

ABBA - all the songs!

Roxette - alot of songs

Ace of base - all that she wants, happy nation ect...

Europe - Final countdown 

A LOT of metal bands

I can go on :D 

 

 

Backyard Babies. I followed them on tour one summer when I was 18-19. 

Hellacopters. 

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Love threads like this there is so much good music out there that you have listened to and forgot and so much new music that you find. 

 

Thank you all! 

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On 4/4/2019 at 2:34 PM, Frederic said:

Since living in the UAE and meeting so many people from different nationalities i have been on a quest to find out which music, band, or songs from your home-country you'd love to introduce to people that live here that don't know much about your country. I always believed music is a bridge to connect people and i regularly talk to my colleagues at work to try to find out what they were listening too when they were young and how this affected them. For example i was recently introduced to Aamir Zaki and i love it :) 

So in short; which bands or songs from your home-country would you like to introduce to us ?

For me being Belgian:

* TechnoTronic: Pump Up The Jam. Became a worldwide hit in 1988

* Two Man Sound: Disco Samba. Impossible to believe this was made by a Belgian. @Javier M you might know this song...

* Confetti's : The Sound of C. During the New Beat period of 1988 (remember the smiley's) these guys made it big.

* Deus: Suds and Soda: Best Belgian Alternative Band.

* Toots Thielemans: Bluesette: Legendary Harmonica player. 

 

you cant forget the biggest band of Belgium that filled my youth Front 242!!! 

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1 hour ago, Per A said:

you cant forget the biggest band of Belgium that filled my youth Front 242!!! 

Omg 😮 really ? I didn’t know 😂😂 yes front 242 was fantastic! Good to know there is a new wave / ebm lover on the forum 😉

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