the radiators from space

[wicklowracer]

Finest moment in Irish contemporary music. Gets better and better... Not if you lived until you were a thousand Bono...

[ravelgp]

very good! fantastic band! very thanks!!!

[eugosull]

Simply one of the best songs written about what it was like to be Irish at the end of the 20th century. Inspired. Classic. Take a bow.

[listenshh]

A former student of Pete "the fucking legend" Holidai. Loved your lectures dude

[cozener1]

The song sucks big time. No offence!

[theradiatorsfromspac]

No offence taken

You are entitled to your opinion

[bluepowder2008]

i saw these supporting thin lizzy in 1978 my first ever gig in newcastle uk......

[neonwind]

Brilliant! this band was one of the 1st! Thanks for putting this up!

[jeremyshambles]

utterly brilliant, legends, thanks for sharing these videos, cheers from san diego

[juiceterry67]

What fucken great song

[TheKenney81]

philip chevron, LEGEND

[VICTOR28CHARLIE]

it was all about the nrg not the fucking money it was a different time, also they never spat at there fans.

[dazzlingdublinblue]

Ghostown

Best Irish album ever?

[Spiritoftheseventies]

Brother was big into them. This I think a serious contender for best Irish song ever. Why dont we hear songs like this anymore. Has gone very safe now.

[VL1302]

I remember being frustrated back in '78 as a 13 year old kid into Punk I couldn't find any records from Radiators from Space, Subway Sect or Eater etc in my tiny hometown in Flanders. I was grateful for finding Ramones, Damned, Pistols etc but the less promoted bands where difficult/impossible to find. The world seemed larger back then and I was stuck here, old enough to "live" it but too young/isolated to really participate :-) Thanks for posting.

[redtony62]

these saps got a beatin from Belfast proper punks The Outcasts for turning up at a gig in flares and changing into drainpipes just befire they got on stage!!

[theradiatorsfromspac]

Would it not be better to put a positive comment on a Outcasts video than a negative one on this page. As for the comment, who really cares if we changed our trousers before a gig or not. The Radiators were never stereotypical or 'proper' punks who wore a uniform designed in London.

We sang and performed what was true to US!

[redtony62]

and just like you did then you still take yourselves way too seriusly, my comment was in jest

sense of humor anyone?

[theradiatorsfromspac]

Fair enough redtony, point taken

Just sticking up for ourselves!

Regards and thanks for looking

Pete

[redtony62]

fair play to ye

remebering back to those days there was a lot of frustrated youthful testosterone flying about and a lot of need to pose and belong to tribes

but hey, all in the name of fun till the 80's

"too much fighting on the dancefloor"

[Beelzebubbbbles]

Jebus, but The Outcasts were easily offended! Who gives a flying what kind of shaggin' trousers they wore? The Radiators were a lot more than a "punk" band, which is probably why so many are still interested in their music years later. Who were the Outcasts again? An SLF cover band?

[bilko1234]

The original and the best.

Nobody ever wrote songs like Philip Chevron in Ireland and probably never will.

You guys should be playing world stadium tours, not U2!

A great shame the Radiators never reached a wider audience!

[theradiatorsfromspac]

World stadium tours uggh! perish the thought :)

[RedwoodUnion]

@bilko1234 lol U2 is so much better than this

[mrdogwalker2009]

loaded with quotes,titles,references to past irish poets&playwriters.check o casey,joyce,behan,wb yeats,.2 deep 2 recite.excellent ....and whiskey in the jar

[gadhaffi]

the clash and the jam i presume...ai?

[susannah66]

Wasn't that SBB in the opening?

[theradiatorsfromspac]

It sure was

[Papdog1]

LOL good ole SBB ina Shui or something like that.God, the eighties are so long ago now...

[U2rock55]

i saw the radiators at a u2 concert a few years ago.

i remember my clapping echoeing in the stadium.

my god,the stuiped bastard fans only were enthuasiastic about fucking snow patrol.

stuiped modern trendy shit all over the radio with plastic 'music fans'.

again,it WAS a u2 concert,but still.

the radiators OWN snow patrol and the teenage d4s and btw this song is great!

sorry,is just what is wrong with this world?

[daveqc1986]

the christy moore version of this is good aswell

[auralconcepts]

Great to see these guys. Until today, the only version of this song I had heard was by Seven Nations.  Awesome to hear the original. Got a little bit of Boomtown Rats sound to them, eh? Listen to "Rat Trap" by those boys.

[totalstranga]

Loved these guys. Undertones too. Irish punk!

[Wehategod]

Dose anyone having them doing Television Screen or Love Detecive ?

[j9lyons]

Big influence by early 20th century irish literature on this song, hard to know what its about exactly, good song tho!!

[hibernia1]

Ghost town

[schwinglow]

@sonoferin Ghosttown

[irishcircusgirl]

i love this song!

[snotser]

'There's nothing too sick that it can't be eased

By the Devil's holy water and a rosary beads'

Phil Chevron, poet.

[hibernia1]

hey, i think the opening to this is a take on Amhrán na bhFiann

[hibernia1]

This is pretty good, different from moving hearts. Like new wave.

[cogtowers]

Wonderful to see the great Philip Chevron performing his classic song with the Radiators. Unsung heroes!

[theradiatorsfromspac]

Just to remind viewers, this is the ORIGINAL version

[hibernia1]

Good point

[tonybrowne39]

bualadh bos?

[eiresoccer]

Bula Bas = Clap your hands.!

[thespectrums]

What the fuck does bula basl mean? Another day of made to measure history?

[piwiputt]

is this the same band that opened for thin lizzy in the late 70's? and got booed off stage at bournemouth?

[80sIrishmusic]

Bula Bás!

[mishkaoutofcontrol]

Cool. Saw them open for U2 at Croke Park in Dublin in June of 2005. This vintage footage rocks, thanks.

[creaghp]

Always one of my favourite bands and the most underrated Irish band of that era. Remember seeing you live in the project on the tour after the release of the second album. Great concert. Saw you again a couple of days later in the Buttery Bar trininy. Only about 20 people there but a great concert, standing about 4 feet from the band. You made a jibe about Christy Moore when you introduced Faithful Departed in the Buttery Bar.