Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen [totp]

[SuperGov07]

Bloody 'ell JR - may you be forgiven. Gawd bless ya. You were better than ever at the O2 last year.

[asheratex]

willbuckley 54 complete shite ??????? get a fukin life the best years of pop 70s and80s

[willbuckley54]

bunch of complete shite

[pangloss4ever]

worst dubbing ever seen...

[TheRanhyn]

"Of all the images that they could have chosen for themselves, they choose the dirty scruffy tinker look" I know, but the look is what set them apart and that great music!! eh?

[AnAutumnsDay]

@TheRanhyn I think DMR made brilliant music and this was one of their very best ( I love this song) However, (rightly or wrongly) a bands stage image is also very very important and in my personal opinion, they blew it completely with the stage image they chose to adopt for this song . In later songs this stage image was dropped !

[AnAutumnsDay]

Of all the images that they could have chosen for themselves, they choose the dirty scruffy tinker look - unbelievable !!!

[llabergon]

me facinan recuerdo mis tiemposv dev novia

[celticlofts]

All 53 members of the band would like to thank you for watching this video !!

[cvaldary123]

@celticlofts hahahahahhahahahahha

[ieyedmonster]

this is what ya call music gud feelin not talking about drugs in there songs like that hip hop music and does other shit should b banned

[Asian4Lyfe734]

Put your arms down bro...

[robradharc]

Lahardane

[cazzy1123]

LOVE THE 80S WISH I COULD GO BACK

[CasperLuvLyn]

The Sing Off Brought me here.. I love Street Corner Symphony

[j0llygr33n]

Best banjo player ever, and i mean that. I dont know any other song that i like that has a freaken banjo in it.

[SonarStarsofLight]

@51emcee, our shows are energetic . . . the cameras are just never there to film them because everyone's always super drunk!

[SonarStarsofLight]

Or anybody, I don't really mind . . . ah Europeans. 

[richwicz]

@SonarStarsofLight What do you mean "ah Europeans", you're talking about the late great John Peel, a champion of independant music and one of the best DJ's in the world ever! You obviously haven't got a clue.

[SonarStarsofLight]

@richwicz Dude, you don't understand the joke me and my friend have when we say stuff like that. It's not meant to be offensive, it's our own version of "That's what she said." Just chill, and listen to the song instead of blindly commenting on things that you don't know about.

[51emcee]

4 times the energy of any american show!!

[jimbang]

kickass fun song

[TheAn1115]

This is the only song where it was cool to use a banjo LOL

[fachonistika]

1:23 banjo time!!!

[xpeppsx]

i wish i was around to witness this, im 14 and have defiantly been born in the wrong generation ... love the 80's

[1997merebear]

@xpeppsx same. its not right to be in this generation for me

[DeliberateDwight]

@nachovx

Wrong person duder.

[sinzofthesic]

i think they were lip-syncing

[InfernoRed08]

one hit wonder?

[UncleFooFoo68]

I came here thinking that the name of the song was, "Come on Irene" because of the Hurricane. I guess it's Eileen.

[SilverFox466]

@lucas070798 Interesting - I did not know that.

[mabbsb]

He's got some pipes. Sounds perfect and he doesn't even have a microphone.

[angrydwarfofdoom]

@mabbsb He sounds great because he's singing over a pre-recorded track :)

[SilverFox466]

One hit wonders hall of fame

[Holycleo]

that banjo player is awesome! reminds me of the sax player in Doing the Strand by Roxy music! Nothing like putting everything you got into playing!

[kuriokurio]

80's are so colorful.

[The1stangdog]

yhea right you dont eatier

[The1stangdog]

sounds like Indian music to me

[Chriskkboongg]

@The1stangdog You have no clue about what Indian music is.

[stephenwardlaw1]

the singer of this song makes me feel sick looks like he needs a good wash lol

[stephenwardlaw1]

this was on top of the pops and totp had a rule that they HAD TO MIME incase they swore .

[KidR34p3r]

I fell in love with this song and I was born in 2002....yes I was! (I heard someone play this song in Mel's Diner's Juk box)

[FanOfMelBrooks]

like if you cant stop tapping your foot to this song.

[FanOfMelBrooks]

what the heck is everyone doing in suspenders XD and what is the poor old johnny ray part about?

[roadhouse67]

@FanOfMelBrooks He was a singer songwriter in the early 50's that was caught propositioning men for sex.

[FanOfMelBrooks]

@roadhouse67 oh..... thats weird



[blooroo22]

what is this the white version of soul train?

[TheWyldwolf]

8 people didnt get eileen to come on...

[9w2xyz]

@TheWyldwolf you mean the didnt get to come on Eileen?

[carol18902]

come on boby

[jhniscolV2]

the way it is performed is way too similar to the recorded version.

there is usually a slight difference between those two, whether it is timing, or improvisation.

i might be wrong, but i suspect this is lip synched

[votran333]

@jhniscolV2 He has no mic. So yeah, it's lip synced. 

[TheIrwinf145]

@jhniscolV2 NO SHIT SHERLOCK more or less everything on top of the pops was just ask the drummer from culture club

[jhniscolV2]

@TheIrwinf145

wow, what a rude asshole you are

[blooroo22]

@jhniscolV2 lol i hope this was meant as a joke....

[stephenwardlaw1]

@jhniscolV2 everything on top of the pops was mimed , it was a regulation incase anyone swore

[mattkilla83]

im rated ----» ®

[imagos]

this will be played at my great great great grandson's wedding ;-)

[OtomoTenzi]

Oh my fucking god, what a goddamn bullshit generation of retarded shitheads and talentless fucks... : P

THIS here is a fine example of what REALLY GOOD music should sound like, and it shows us how it's done to perfection!

[justcruzzinn]

@OtomoTenzi  i agree with you man...really I do...but please.......PLEASE, can we not use the Lord Gods name in VAIN? thats blasphemy...I did say "please"... thanks

[OtomoTenzi]

@justcruzzinn

You can't fool me, becuase I know EXACTLY how you feel right now... : P

If you're gonna say something, say it OUT LOUD so it can be heard; LIKE THIS!!!

I mean, look at all the technology that we had back in the 80's and 90's.

WTF is wrong with the people these days, they're so fulla SHIT!!!

Can't even make a halfway-decent car, much less drive one.

FUCK the millenium!!! >: (

[MrVICTORYANNIE]

-----------HOLA  A TODO EL PERU---- AQUI SE ESCUCHO BASTANTE ESTA CANCION- MUY BUENA---VICTOR DE SAN JUAN DE MIRAFLORES P E R U----

[okigil]

um...i guess i'm confused by his dancing. he looks so bored.

[RussianAssassin21]

@okigil He's probably just pissed that Eileen is giving him so much trouble.

[grovesterful]

Anyone who is Irish and went to Catholic schools should be really rocked and twisted by this song.



[916009]

the air banjo ...

[ThePrinceDhani]

Best intro by David Peel

[AvidAngels]

ohhh yeahh...80's disco balls.........

[CanTake8]

What a hard-working gang: This looks like a perfect match, even though nobody's instruments have cords and there are no microphones. I love them!

[jemsmom04]

When this song comes on the radio when I'm driving I can't help to sing along to it reguardless of who's watching! LOVE THIS SONG!

[puertorican12344]

so this is when music artists sounded just as good live as in their recordings and didn't need auto-tune

[ascii7085]

@puertorican12344 Maybe.

This is also back when they lip synced on TV 'performances'.

[Treardet]

@puertorican12344 you don't need autotune when you're liip-syncing on a dance show

[MrSvR07]

Yea this song makes me happy is like a stimulation kinda like an orgasm and i always picture this girl in my mind with a happy face....

hmm.. wonder why?

[emmaqueen9]

takes me back to when i  was19 years old great times

[lividmonky]

The guy at the beginning says "...with Come on Eileen. Or anyone. I don't really mind."

[missmarisalu]

Holy lip syncing Batman!

I mean, just not even close.

Good song though.

[emmaqueen9]

brings back memories to when i was 20 years old

[TheTrolliosis]

love this song... but is the lead singer even singing.. cuz i dont see a mic

[kemmererkid]

The lead singer for this group was so strange but it was a great song.

[TheFadingrose]

Never get tired of listening to this song :)



[lilabarrett]

eileen dident come with 6 people

[LootCorpse]

Has he got a bad back?

[Pyskaty92]

1:31 czy ten facet ma chorobę sierocą?:D

[mattkilla83]

This is 1 of those kick ass songs that dont die even in 3 billion years this will still be playing just to good to stop thumbs up if u agree with me.

[OtomoTenzi]

@mattkilla83

HELL-YEARGH, I AGREE 100% : D

[BClemensMusic]

@mattkilla83 and even 3 billion years from now people still won't understand what the hell he's saying in the lyrics

[rosiebeh7]

Love it!

[mclovin0071]

He's like a cooler version of Mr.Bean

[emmaqueen9]

takes me back to when i was 20 years old

[beggar247]

eileen would not come on for 6 people

[MrEmmaDoll]

I can't even explain how happy this song makes me feel:)) Golly If I could marry this I would:P

[margaret72721]

There are 6 dead people !!! 

[caveman1180]

there are 6 people that are guy why cause they dislike this song..lol

[amedelrey]

honestly speaking i can't understand every single word they sing. though i like how they sound hehehehehe funny, they sound like somebody who just ate and can't digest what they ate.

[jailbrake666]

All artists at this point had to lip sync on TOTP. It was compulsary.

[jailbrake666]

Id just like to say that at this point in time, artists were told to lip sinc or pack up and leave in the TTP situation.

Check out Nirvanas Smells like tee spirit on TOTP.

[RockWillNeverDie95]

@jailbrake666 Queen didnt lip sync on TOTP.

[jailbrake666]

@RockWillNeverDie95 Really ? Many artists were made to lip sync :\

[RockWillNeverDie95]

@jailbrake666 Search 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy' on TOTP. I can assure you that it is very dfferent from the album version. And that was 1977.

[jcat719]

I absolutely love this song but is he lip syncing?

[RancidElf32]

This is the only song that has: Violins, a banjo, an accordion, no guitars and that thing in the far left, that sounds as good as this hahaha

[musicskies]

god i miss this music we need it back and forget this rap crap!!!!!

[DeliberateDwight]

lol @2:12 epic ballon pop by banjo player.

[nachovx]

@DeliberateDwight Apart from 7 grammatical errors, maybe more, in your post, I suppose you're correct to an extent --- but 3 billion is stretching it a bit!

[TheNeeny1]

Rhino!!!!!!!! hahahhaa. Love this track...

[veronique7546]

J'adore. Toujours un plaisir de l'écouter et de la danser.

[Randomchikin]

lol this looks like it was lipped 

[Fultonfalcons86]

awesome song damn to bad music of today just hasnt got the feel of the great 80's tunes.

[mkl62]

To all you Memphis Tigers fans and Carolina Panthers fans (like myself): This was the #1 song in the USA when DeAngelo Williams came into the world (April 25, 1983). Coincidentally, my cousin and her husband welcomed their second child, a son, into the world on the very same day. Small world, isn't it?

[keithX72]

I don't get it... where are the vocal mics??? Are they faking it?

If so, they should of put up some dummy mics!

I now this band has the sh!t but come on, um Dexys

[Shaysailor]

@keithX72 They didn't have the technology (mobile cordless mics, etc) then that we have now, everybody lip-synced on TV

[solomonsworld]

Before Crack music was great.

[Jwhite4321]

lip sync much?

[neus2]

my girlfriends name is ylene :)

[wadothepimp]

the guy on the banjo is really rocking out

[williamED15]

awww yea BBC four

[macrod100]

HE LOOKS LIKE AL BUNdy'S NEIHBOR STEVE! (before jefferson)

[mikeycbd]

i have to like this... i was at TOTP when it was being sung but i didn't see me... not in this clip anyway. also in the same week Donna Summer was in the chart, little scottish woman... what's her name.

[Shaysailor]

@mikeycbd Sheena Easton? My Baby Takes the Morning Train! loved it!

[mikeycbd]

@Shaysailor Too True!

[loveismore3]

This is real music, because people actually play, and sing it. I love it! <3

[EdinSumar]

@loveismore3 But this is almost laughingly obvious in being lipsynced, as well as generally pre-recorded.

[randomdart123]

there are like 8 disco balls hanging from the roof! thats a solid effort!

[proulx420]

1:29 your telling me the guy in the blue isisnt retarded ? im glad i didnt grow up listeneing to this crap

[williamED15]

@proulx420 yea cuzz today music is so much better *sike*

[NightStalker818]

This song kicks ass!

[proulx420]

fuck this is a terrible song.....long at the singer he looks like hes retarded

[thomasinastoybox]

@proulx420 .....why watch it then - twit!! lol!!

[thomasinastoybox]

@proulx420 .....oh, dear - why watch it then? twit!!!

[proulx420]

@thomasinastoybox i wouldent of watched it if i knew how gay this was gonna be

[loveismore3]

like this if you love 80's music like me!! <3

[MaitreEauEau123]

Lol at 2:11, the guitarist explode the balloon

[angey8]

he ;looks like my exxx....hahahaa no really no joke

[Portis1Luv]

What a great song.

[NiGHTSFangirl]

Why do people think it's an Irish song? The band comes from the West Midlands! Birmingham, to be precise, and the drummer comes from my village.

[neile2001]

This poxy song is a travesty compared to the first album, Long live Geno!

[Hunkola]

Awesome song.....just hate the fact they lip-synched......watch the live version of this tune and you will see this band could play great live

[SeventhDoctor7]

@Hunkola Yep - that was definitely lip synching - sounds EXACTLY the same as the recorded version - I came to the comments to see if anyone else had noticed!

[SeventhDoctor7]

@Hunkola Yep - that was definitely lip synching - sounds EXACTLY the same as the recorded version - I came to the comments to see if anyone else had noticed!

Bloody great song though - and good to see the band putting on a good show anyway :)

[buckyew2]

I hate lipsyncing.

[patroni19]

The 80s brought us great songs like this.

[TheAnneLeveridge]

Im 14 and i love this song.

[wastedmunky22]

@TheAnneLeveridge

i'm 2 and a half ..and i love this song more than u ....

[w119bjk]

Why can't it be the 80s forever?!

[Lassiephantie]

¡ Like This :)

[fcaceres06]

great song ¡¡¡¡¡



[Super7317]

its like the satart from some kind of commersial hmm...

[Shaunis56]

whoohooo haha awesome



[Shaunis56]

whoohooo

[SheenaStarling85]

the dancing maybe crazy but the song is good

[lovetohatehero]

lip sinc *cough*

[festivalleeds]

hes so cool

[shacait88]

THIS SONG IS AN ORIGINAL THE BEST.

[jimmeni]

New Wave is badass!! haha

[Gipoyz]

wtf his dance moves are... disturbing o_O

[killerninjadesire]

Agreed...definitely agreed

[marcmgm]

The lead singer looks like Kramers brother from Seinfeld ha ha

[rentankonko]

This is why drugs are good.

[ddrum1305]

This is the best song in the history of man kind!!!

[peeweebiker7]

@ddrum1305 thats right =)

[themagicschoolbusxD]

@ddrum1305  i agree!

[jhfoverkleeft]

@ddrum1305 

[thrashbassist1341]

Boooo this song! We want new songs or else

[bango313]

my fav song ever

[jamesrobbison]

Check out the episode of That 80's Show called "Cory's Remix". This song is immortalized in it! LOL

[storyteller108]

what a good song!

(PART)

[storyteller108]

the 2:13 prat is lol time!

[Dragonforce96]

2:13 the guitarist pops a balloon with his guitar!!!

lols

[johnnyboy3215]

thats a banjo lmao wow ur a dumb ass

[iguameh]

no armpit hair!!!

[iguameh]

i already like the show host..... he is british! XD

[garyalbanyki]

Good song, I wish it wasn't lip sync, live sound has good energy to it.

[chubbyboi333]

if you love this song you should watch Eileen gets scared!! its my friend and its soo hilarious

[edwardisonlymine]

1/4 Irish and lovin' it! My mom is part Irish! When this song comes on the radio I have to sing it just my Irish instincts! Come check out my channel and get info on other weird (pretty much my ethnics) stuff about me!