Timedance (1981) - Riverdance Prequel

In 1981, RTE commissioned Donal Lunny and Bill Whelan to write a piece of music which would be used as the centrepiece for their presentation of Eurovision in that year. 'Timedance' was performed by Planxty and subsequently released as a single. See: http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=241975
The slides are from from: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1087117201
because I thought it deserved more than a still picure. Check out the original slideshow with different music.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Timedance
• Planxty
• Riverdance
• Eurovision
• Irish
• Music

[Pierce1978]

Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

[mighty890]

Agus tusa freisin. Is rud iontach é, daoine ag baint usáid as ar teanga féin :)

[WildDancer101]

Wait a minute, doesn't the last few seconds of timedance have a melody similar to Butterfly from the Celtic Woman soundtrack?

[djdaraghBCN]

This music blows that of Riverdance out of the water. 

[frankysandwich]

I remember hearing this during the Eurovision interval in 1981 in our home in Cordoba. We turned the tv up and danced in the garden with the neighbours.....

i made that up, but it could have happened to someone that year!

[lik2godown11]

Timedance when performed during the Eurovision had the same impact on me as the later Riverdance did on a younger generation. Stunning...

[MelekBetul]

Absolutely amazing! Ireland is one to places i would like the travel most.

[fulcrum100]

Best ever.

[croathunk]

I bought this on a 12 inch single in Dublin in 1983, and still adore it!

[1966cal]

BRILLIANT....!!....the original and not the 90's remake...... many thanks