The Undertones - There Goes Norman.

[louisfriendhastaste]

I like them both - Grow up chlildren!

[potace]

Still playing , thank god.

[mickeybaumann]

best track....

[wendymaureenanne]

Get a grip, Sharkey blows McLoone out of the water. Anyway, they shouldn't be performing. They all look like pensioners - apart from Damian who obviously has a portrait in his attic!

[LonEr4evah]

they rocked! :o

[maddog20400]

File under: "Great Band, Shitty Singer." See also Smiths, Zeppelin, REM, etc.

[uncleman5]

Seriously REM? Michael Stype is an amazing vocalist?

hahahahah the best of you ran down your ma's leg

[miguelpaleta]

If you're saying Robert Plant, Morrissey, Sharkey and Stipe are shitty singers you must be a deaf, dumb and blind kid. Go and play pinball.

[whitebullterror]

i think all of the above mentioned have made major contributions to the positive progression of music.

[LonEr4evah]

on the contrary, the singer is what made this band rock!

he has a very particular way of singing, his voice is not common...

so (you) go back to sleep!

[Shlongy]

Fucking aces...saw 'em in Buffalo, NY in 1979 in a bar in front of about 100 people.

[delphicgobshite]

YAY!!!

[DanAgger5]

My dad tells me stories bout him watchin the Undertones in Derry. They like played in open air areanas ever week. Unreal band.

[innit27]

can anyone explain the meaning behind the lyrics of this one? ive always thought it was about a weirdo who stalked women at night?

[willstrong00]

saw em 5/6 times Birmingham was good..half full in derby 1981...TV 21 supporting, Loughborough Uni, Positive touch tour..brilliant, Sharkey little time for him really.

[feargal75]

...the Undertones...yes !!! but essentially

the brillant Feargal Sharkey !!!!

[JAKEDRB]

he didnt write any of the songs for the undertones according to their docu film so i wouldnt give him too much credit for how good this band was

[feargal75]

well... I know that, however even abroad we appreciate Sharkey's so special voice, essentially after the Undertones ...

thanks for your comment.

[JAKEDRB]

his voice is definitely not matched by anybody

[FergR]

I think that's a very important point which seems to be missed by the latecomers to the Undertones party.

Sharkey ciontributed little, but contributed much to the demise of the band first time around. Thank God they are back with a better singer....

[miguelpaleta]

You're talking out your arse. Sharkey was a great frontman & made the band extra special. Paul Mc Loone does a good job but the music was better first time around.

[FergR]

I like to think we're all entitled to an opinion and I certainly wouldn't accuse you of 'talking out of your arse', but 'great frontman' is something Sharkey never was. Whenever I saw them his contribution as a frontman was maybe less than Mickey's. He sang and...that's about it. Fair enough he did it at a fairly young age and all credit for that, but he was the weak link in the 'Tones, they are a better band technically now than they ever were with him.

[DanAgger5]

@FergR Dude the band isnt the same without him. Like okay he was a bit off a twat but he had an amzing voice

[FergR]

No. It's not the same, it's better.

Distinctive perhaps, but not amazing.

I'm amazed that anyone who has seen Paul with the band can think Sharkey was a better frontman.

[unclemort1960]

@JAKEDRB i think he co-wrote one or two songs but roger daltrey wrote sod all for the who and they were both vital group members

[darsie1]

I saw them at Portsmouth Guildhall (England) around May/June 1981 and the hall was only a third to half full. Shame. Fantastic performance though.

Check out their appearance on Ireland's 'Green Rock' pop show from 1979 - available on e-mule.

[iamatwat]

This was the tones at their peak with the Hypnotised album. Love all of em and thank you: Fergal, Damien, Sean, Mickey and Billy

[SpiegleinSpieglein]

Hey, thanks for uploading this vid! I've been listening to John Peels's music for years and he was very fond of The Undertones. So he played them almost as often as The Fall. And "Norman" was one of my fav songs. So 10Q!

[biddymagee]

take that blue shirt of ya Damo....

[cawright1]

I'm from Manchester - the Buzzcocks (with no 'the' actually) hometown, but this band pissed all over 'em. The 'tones were the best punky pop band ever, bar none.

[kinksboss1]

@cawright1 I love the Undertones, but nobody pisses over Buzzcocks

[cttxlv]

more songs about chocolate and girls...feargal sharkey

[velvetunderground125]

When to see The Undertones in 1980 at Hull City Hall, they where fuckin ace. Anybody else rememeber this gig?

[usedMTVpromos]

I sawr 'em in 1980 at The Stone in San Francisco and at The Keystone in Berkeley.

One of the best times of my life.

[pprcks]

good sng!

[Noluxs]

Perdón, quise decir "great". Lástima que no lo pueda corregir en el texto anterior. Qué cutre. Se me ha ido una "e". Buagh... cómo me enrollo y qué friki soy!

Viva The Undertones!!

[Noluxs]

Me encanta The Undertones. Los vi el año pasado en directo en la sala El Sol de Madrid, pero con el nuevo vocalista, que no canta mal pero me parece peor que el original. Y en unos días tendré en mi poder el disco "Hypnotised", que acabo de pedir a contrarrembolso a No Tomorrow Records, jaja. De momento tengo sólo el primer disco que sacaron y un recopilatorio. "Hypnotised" is the second album of this grat band.

[BillG82]

great song, great band. Brings back memories from my high school years. Very popular band in certain eastern Pennsylvania towns.

[existedsk8punk]

So good.

[liddav]

what a shame they never came to Australia....I had to pay a fortune for their music on import too....it was worth it.

[unclemort1960]

@liddav which `punk/new wave` bands played in Oz the clash did in `81 the stranglers a little earlier the jam never what about the damned (probably not as they broke up quickly) buzzcocks ? ramones? SLF ?siouxsie? XTC ?

[mickeybaumann]

rare stuff!! i like it !!

[biddymagee]

pure class!

[MartynWyatt]

Lordy, I reckon this is all about Norman Bates! Maybe taken me 27 years to realise this - or am I wrong!

Everything they've ever done is superb!

[lewys93]

This song is just about a pervert, is it not?

[annyloveseddy]

It would make sense, that's what I thought, but I don't know...

[theonlytruepunk]

I must be Hypnotized!!!!

[iamatwat]

shit mate its you again! That was a great album

[kishstag]

One of the best songs from The Undertones....a truly awesome band

[cawright1]

IMHO 'punk' was an attitude, not a style of dress. The 'tones had it in spades.

[VL1302]

I met the lads in Brussels back in 1980. Exchanged a few e-mails with Michael Bradley more recently. Indeed, their working class "simple" look was a part of their charm. Personally I lived Punk in studs, leather and bullet belts and spikey hair or mohawks but actually they proved it didn't matter, man they rocked the Brussels "Muntplein". Respect.

[1SHAZ1]

this would of made a great single.

[clockwork78]

bands like this prove you dont have to dress up and spike youre hair to be punk

[AlonsoLegend]

Yeah Good Charlotte do it and look how crap they are.

[FergR]

I have to agree with the above.

What a simple recipe though...two top drawer guitarists, Damian in particular, John's awesome songs, rhythm to die for.... oh, and a half decent singer. Paul McLoone is miles better though. Get out and see them live...NOW!!!!

[Eraslayer]

bloody brilliant! the Undertones were proper geniuses!

[deadkennedy1]

ooo and thanx!!!!

[deadkennedy1]

fantastic,brilliant,great,the business, yee  haaaa brill

[mrblifil]

Utterly brilliant. What a depressing shame that they weren't immortalized as stars from the get-go. Great find, great post.