THE MOONDOGS - Who's Gonna Tell Mary from Granada TV's Moondogs Matinee

[Exempttt]

glad i found this... im 44 now and played this song in my first band at school....great days and better memories. thanks for the upload.

[ianmc42]

There wasn't a great deal going on in Derry at the time (entertainment wise), but this lot where great. Thirty odd years since the Bull park gig and I awoke this morning with this tune in my head. I hope your proud of yourselves boys.

[ASnowMcG]

yes found it, i love that song.

[promisedeyes]

Awesome! Someday some great pop-rock group is going to dust this off, and if they covered it they'd have a huge hit!

[CatapultYourMom]

A friend of mine got the lyrics wrong. He thought they were singing, "Hey, Mary is screwin'."

[gregorypope23]

@CatapultYourMom - There's no answer to that!

[FergR]

@CraigClashBrown ...and The Golden Horde?

[johnbarry1965]

Damien O'Neill doppelganger!

[lcwell]

In answer to rdt0710 . . the tracks used for this tv series were specially recorded at the famous Rockfield studios

[ruthd2]

OMG! I didn't even know these exisited! Gerry is my brother in law and he didn't even tell these were here! Thanks for posting them!

[rdt0710]

OK, so they're obviously lipsyncing, but is it the single or album version of "Who's Gonna Tell Mary" that we're hearing? I looked for a download of the song online and the version I found sounds different. And it's nowhere near as good.

[gregorypope23]

@rdt0710 I don't think it's either, the album version is very different and almost completely leaves out the hook. It was probably pre-recorded, along with the rest of the songs on the series, at sessions especially for it (just like TOTP).

[rdt0710]

@gregorypope23 Interesting! Thanks very much for the info and for posting this beauty of a song. I have heard repeatedly that the band were better live than on record. Wish the sessions you speak of would come out officially (or un-officially for that matter) so we could all enjoy them. Cheers!

[gregorypope23]

@rdt0710 Their Peel Sessions were released on cd several years ago. Worth saving a search on eBay, as they do come up from time to time: )

[LouRoff1]

fabuloussooo!!!

[eveofdestruction115]

I've got a 7" acetate of this record!!

[dohz13]

undertones wee brothers

[1965stevieb]

fantastic song

[1965stevieb]

fantastic song

[mal2pool]

made some great pop singles. dunno why they werent hits. the busted of their day!!

[youthgoes]

GREAT Irish Powerpop band. Thanks for posting this...I haven't heard this song in years. Cheers from PA, USA!

[paulmccann45]

Used to go see them in St Pats Hall Limavady many moons ago. Great band.

[stiffysteve1]

Saw these guys support the Undertones way back when .....what a superb night we had....

awesome memories

[unclemort1960]

the undertones without sharkeys lilt .was`nt one of `em related to mickey bradley?

[biddymagee]

great band for a 3 piece

[shonuffido]

Had the pleasure of seeing em support The Undertones. Moondog Matinee was a great show. Love to get it on DVD! Thanks for posting.

[harveyuk82]

@shonuffido GREAT THEY WERE THE UNDERTONES AND THE MOONDOGS AT FREE TRADE HALL IN MANCHESTER

[inshreds66]

and Mike Read.

[inshreds66]

Fantastic. I remember watching this. A great band. Would this ever happen again, a whole programme for this kind of band? TV gold.

[MattAyroli]

great tune!!! Hadnt heard this in years!!!

[juiceterry67]

Man I fookin love this tune

[Dublindarren]

Never saw this before. Great stuff.

[DanAgger5]

Brillant

[settingson4]

was "overcaring parents" the b side?

[unclemort1960]

@settingson4 dunno but its a great title

[gykoftl]

brilliant wee pop rock song