Considering this is the same band that recorded the completely up-front Fab Four pastiche 'Beatles Come Back', I'm not sure why people are getting wound up about the 'imitation' thing. They were a brilliant band *and* they were having a lark. Nothing wrong with that...
I can assure you they won't be "miming" as you put it in the O2 on the 4th Dec. As for being naive as you state I used to work in this field and all soundtracks are normally laid after the video is shot and this is no different. However Horslips did play this song "live" even though it would have sounded somewhat different to what you hear. I have a friend who was a sound engineer when they played and he told me.
@enyrb -What the man is referring to is that The Beatles recorded a video of their song "Get Back" while on the rooftop of the Apple HQ building. Then later, Horslips recorded a video of their song "King of the Fairies" while on the rooftop of the Bank of Ireland. That's what he means by imitating them. I don't think its a big deal just because two separate bands played on rooftops in two different countries. Who came up with that title "imitates the Beatles" anyway? Cool video.
These guys are brilliant musicians and I have been to enough of their gigs both in the '70s and in the O2 last weekend to know that they never mime. Johnny Fean or Charles O'Connor would rather die than do so. The Beatles were good but couldn't ever play like Horslips!
I didn't want to compare them, I just said the Horslips beat the socks off anything that came later. That Cock Smoker "SexyBuilder1888" brought the Dubliners into this. I think the fucker has a thing not for the Dubliners music but for the Dubliners the sick bastard likes beardy old men. I know for a fact Ronnie Drew didn't roll that way.
They are the best Irish Band...........everything else that came after was great but nothing compared to these guys! Sorry Bono and Sorry Phil and even sorry Jonny (logan)
As a straight woman I can recommend the delectable Mr Carr...... a celtic God if ever there was one and one of the world's very few literary drummers. Having said that, anyone in a velour catsuit and a pair of bugger grips usually does it for me.....XX
With regards to Horslips in America...they were the first Irish band to successfully invade and impact the nation in the 1970's...they billboarded a number of times and were probably the first ever truly independant rock band - who have become the tenplate for every successfull Irish band since.They toured the East and West coasts extensively andeverywhere in between and beyond -their road crew were also legends in the rock industry- 'the fastest crew in the west'many US guitarists idolise them
Hey peeps -Eamon Carr used to run the Tara telephone -Dublin beat poets who actualy inspired the Beatles during the sixties John Lennon even sent poems to Eamon and Peter Falon for their beat poet magazine which was at the cutting edge of the Liverpool and Dublin beat scene - So less of the 'imatation' and more of the shared inspiration...when did the Beatles do a gig on a Dublin rooftop anyway...? The Tara Telephone was a tale of two cities and musical aspects that literally changed the world
Horslips were: Johnny Fean (Guitars), Charles 'Charlie' O Connor (violin), Eamon Carr (Drums), Jim Lockhart (tinwhistle, piano, organ), Barry Devlin - Bass.
Blurfist, If you were old enough or lived near the east coast, you might have been exposed to them. I lived in chicagoland and had access to a great radio station in Elgin that played all types of music; imports, new artists, etc. For fun at lunchtime they played recordings of radio comedy from the 40's , 50's and 60's.
In my previous incanation I was banned due to the uploading of TG4 video footage that they objected to. After the third strike I was out and all the videos I uploaded were removed. Same could happen anytime soon.
I hope not. In 2006 I stumbled across the Peatbog Faeries. Thought that they were original, and, indeed they are still going, finding their way, and developing after 10 or more years. But finding and hearing this is like discovering a pure, gushing, leaping spring near the top of a mountain. Thanks. This is absolutely brilliant.
I'm sorry they are miming, I heard the cymbal at 1:20 but he didn't hit it.
JazzmastersFTW 2 days ago
NO BETTER IRISH BAND EVER
LarryFogarty 3 months ago in playlist Horslips
Considering this is the same band that recorded the completely up-front Fab Four pastiche 'Beatles Come Back', I'm not sure why people are getting wound up about the 'imitation' thing. They were a brilliant band *and* they were having a lark. Nothing wrong with that...
fatfox57 1 year ago
why are the beatles treated so tenderly? sorry to offend everyone-but perhaps THEY are over rated,
pellmj1 1 year ago
guy at the start is a twat,hes talking about the best irish band ever and hes more concerned about the municipal gasometer
liamc98 1 year ago
@enyrb
I can assure you they won't be "miming" as you put it in the O2 on the 4th Dec. As for being naive as you state I used to work in this field and all soundtracks are normally laid after the video is shot and this is no different. However Horslips did play this song "live" even though it would have sounded somewhat different to what you hear. I have a friend who was a sound engineer when they played and he told me.
sting2009 1 year ago
@enyrb -What the man is referring to is that The Beatles recorded a video of their song "Get Back" while on the rooftop of the Apple HQ building. Then later, Horslips recorded a video of their song "King of the Fairies" while on the rooftop of the Bank of Ireland. That's what he means by imitating them. I don't think its a big deal just because two separate bands played on rooftops in two different countries. Who came up with that title "imitates the Beatles" anyway? Cool video.
4fergr8ful 1 year ago
he's boring at the end ttoo
marcwhelehan 1 year ago
People had a thing wid rooftops in those days ?
Hemulen40 2 years ago
...and to think all these years later Horslips are still going strong and the Bank Of Ireland is sadly no more...well only the bit we own....
TheMushroomRepublic 2 years ago
These guys are brilliant musicians and I have been to enough of their gigs both in the '70s and in the O2 last weekend to know that they never mime. Johnny Fean or Charles O'Connor would rather die than do so. The Beatles were good but couldn't ever play like Horslips!
sting2009 2 years ago
I don't really mind...
I understand the logistics and difficulty of playing live outdoors in extreme circumstances
but they're miming this...
1. not a cable in sight...
2. the fiddle doesn't have a pick-up on it...
3. The tin whistle would never have been heard without a mic and...
4. A banjo? Hello?
What made The Beatle thing so great was they played live in the January '69 cold, were ropey as fuck...
but brilliant, too...
Hanksalot 2 years ago
sounds nothing like the beatles
Pierce1978 2 years ago
Horslips.Mmmmmm yeah.
sanebok 2 years ago
ah why is there a boring old man talkin about horslips at the start yawn
deirdreofthesorrows 2 years ago
That "boring" old man trawled through miles and miles of VT archive to find gems like this. His program on RTÉ of a Friday evening was brilliant.
jarsonist 2 years ago
I didn't want to compare them, I just said the Horslips beat the socks off anything that came later. That Cock Smoker "SexyBuilder1888" brought the Dubliners into this. I think the fucker has a thing not for the Dubliners music but for the Dubliners the sick bastard likes beardy old men. I know for a fact Ronnie Drew didn't roll that way.
EmilioSanchez1980 2 years ago
They are the best Irish Band...........everything else that came after was great but nothing compared to these guys! Sorry Bono and Sorry Phil and even sorry Jonny (logan)
EmilioSanchez1980 3 years ago
sorry, you're wrong. The Dubliners are the greatest irish band of all time
SexyBuilder1888 2 years ago
who the fuck are the Dubliner's? You are talking through your beardy hole.
EmilioSanchez1980 2 years ago
you fag, you obviously know nothing
SexyBuilder1888 2 years ago
know more than you ya dog fuck. go fuck your self and your beardy band.
EmilioSanchez1980 2 years ago
Both the Dubliners and Horslips are amazing, but completely different and cant be compared, so dont try.
EFK1990 2 years ago
As a straight woman I can recommend the delectable Mr Carr...... a celtic God if ever there was one and one of the world's very few literary drummers. Having said that, anyone in a velour catsuit and a pair of bugger grips usually does it for me.....XX
6856victoria 3 years ago
As a straight man I think I can say this; Lockhart and O'Conner are both sexy bastards!
malismad 3 years ago
HUP! ;-)
youamwho 3 years ago
love the shamrock bass! éire!
clashboy1977 3 years ago
With regards to Horslips in America...they were the first Irish band to successfully invade and impact the nation in the 1970's...they billboarded a number of times and were probably the first ever truly independant rock band - who have become the tenplate for every successfull Irish band since.They toured the East and West coasts extensively andeverywhere in between and beyond -their road crew were also legends in the rock industry- 'the fastest crew in the west'many US guitarists idolise them
TheRyanORiain22 3 years ago
Hey peeps -Eamon Carr used to run the Tara telephone -Dublin beat poets who actualy inspired the Beatles during the sixties John Lennon even sent poems to Eamon and Peter Falon for their beat poet magazine which was at the cutting edge of the Liverpool and Dublin beat scene - So less of the 'imatation' and more of the shared inspiration...when did the Beatles do a gig on a Dublin rooftop anyway...? The Tara Telephone was a tale of two cities and musical aspects that literally changed the world
TheRyanORiain22 3 years ago
The word "hero" ain't a word to be bandied about, willy nilly.
This band, this performance, is of such brilliant stature that they are indeed up there, with the angels.
Live forever!
orkneyfellow 3 years ago
Horslips have been the best thing that has come out of Ireland! Long live the Horslips!
PeterPumpkinhead1 3 years ago
Excellent... though is it mimed? Didn't notice any leads...
maganjo 4 years ago
Horslips were: Johnny Fean (Guitars), Charles 'Charlie' O Connor (violin), Eamon Carr (Drums), Jim Lockhart (tinwhistle, piano, organ), Barry Devlin - Bass.
27106204 4 years ago
the fathers of irish rock
tandinos 3 years ago
Awesome band and tune! Just found out about it. Sad we never heard of them in the states. The net is a great invention.
blurfist 4 years ago 2
Blurfist, If you were old enough or lived near the east coast, you might have been exposed to them. I lived in chicagoland and had access to a great radio station in Elgin that played all types of music; imports, new artists, etc. For fun at lunchtime they played recordings of radio comedy from the 40's , 50's and 60's.
Lynnsays73 3 years ago
Hehe, I think it's a toupée
TwilightFalls 4 years ago
I love it! <3
Sylphia 4 years ago
I think he is :D
Sylphia 4 years ago
The shamrock guitar!
dullsville 4 years ago
The Best
Boggarty 4 years ago
Hope Charles drank deep of the very very dodgy UTV performance of Guests of the Nation. He was pulling some strange shapes......
longfordman 4 years ago
It's wonderful to see this stuff back on again - what happened? Why did it disappear?
Bless you for bringing it back!
ranghamandkelter 4 years ago
In my previous incanation I was banned due to the uploading of TG4 video footage that they objected to. After the third strike I was out and all the videos I uploaded were removed. Same could happen anytime soon.
longfordman 4 years ago
Then I'll drink as deep as I can, and keep my fingers crossed.
I'd asked Charles, and he knew nothing about it, seemed happy it was on here, and surprised it had gone.
ranghamandkelter 4 years ago
I hope not. In 2006 I stumbled across the Peatbog Faeries. Thought that they were original, and, indeed they are still going, finding their way, and developing after 10 or more years. But finding and hearing this is like discovering a pure, gushing, leaping spring near the top of a mountain. Thanks. This is absolutely brilliant.
orkneyfellow 4 years ago
Oh joy magic,real music.U2 shame on you,Brits money grabbers.
Class act ,should all be made Honary World Citizens.
Cheers Rev Tony Turner & the animal hoardes.
revttcoco 4 years ago