The Irish Rock of the 70's & 80's - A clip from "Out of Ireland"

Bono, Edge, Gavin Friday, Bob Geldof and others talk about rock music in Ireland - 1970's & 1980's

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If you are a serious student of rock, and seek understanding of Irish Rock's unique importance, this DVD is indeed for you.

This is from a program called "Out of Ireland - The Hit Songs & Artists of Irish Music (From a Whisper to a Scream) (2003)"

It runs 158 minutes and looks at the hstory of Irish Rock through the year 2000

Here is the Amazon page on the DVD


http://www.amazon.com/Out-Ireland-Artists-Whisper-Scream/dp/B0000E2W0T

Amazon.com
The history of rock & roll in Ireland is presented in suitably lively fashion in a series produced by RTÉ, Ireland's national television network. In these first three installments from the series (each an hour long), the story advances from the 1950s to the early 1980s, with archival footage providing a glimpse of what all the excitement was about. The first stirrings of rock music in Ireland took the form of "show bands," hugely popular ensembles that gave many young musicians their start. Fascinating clips of concert film chronicle the development of two artists who helped define rock in Ireland: blues guitarist Rory Gallagher and Phil Lynott, a black Dubliner who formed the hard-rocking band Thin Lizzy. The seldom-interviewed Van Morrison reminisces a bit about his own formative years and influences, Bob Geldof talks about his career in the Boomtown Rats, and Bono, the Edge, and others comment on U2's earliest stirrings. Folk bands like Planxty are seen briefly in clips, as are primal Celtic rockers Horslips and punk pioneers the Virgin Prunes. The bits of concert footage, especially scenes of guitar hero Gallagher blazing away, would alone make these programs worth watching, but interviews with Irish music writers and intelligent observers such as film director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) make the programs informative as well as extremely entertaining. -- Robert J. McNamara

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[gmill87]

if this documentary has nothing to say about thin lizzy then its rubbish

[murphicus]

Thin Lizzy & Phil are a big part of it - this is just a 10 min segment - it's nearly 3 hours long

[RecessMonkeys]

Must confess, I hadn't heard of The Blades until this. They were fantastic. I only wish I could find some of their recordings other than their myspace page or on YouTube. Oh well, I need a new quest.

[murphicus]

Cool!

For other - The Blades segment begins @ 8:15

[Paint4U2]

U2!

[zooperson]

Yeah he lived down the street from a load of smack heads and boot boys and nearly got his head smashed in with a trash can...

[4cClubT]

I heard bono is for oboma ..............I think Phil woulda bin for the people ?????

[TheCannibalrose]

My beloved Virgin Prunes *swoon*

[ThePookie27]

well i cant fight you on that bro you are right.

[Nautilus1972]

@ThePookie27 I don't agree that those bands like the prunes, the blades etc. contributed to anything. They were shite. The Rats were shite, The Hype were shite. All shite. In the beginning there was Philo. And God saw that it was good ....

[Nautilus1972]

"You pretend you're better {than the arseholes you grew up with}"

Nice observation there Mr. Hewson. Very true.

[xxleandraxx1]

Im so lucky to be part irish ^^ st patricks day! :) Galway baby <3

U2, The Dublineers, Pogues, Thin Lizzy!

Happy st.patricks day!

[abbesieyes]

Who the fuck put that dog-collared buggerer on at the end of this vid?

Shut the fuk up, and go kiss you Pope's 'brown ring'...ya fukin' slave.