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The late and great Vincent Crane had a spell with Dexys Totalshyte Runners Sadly even his skills could not raise them above total shyte
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I can agree that, as a pop song, it's very catchy and so very successful.
In fact, after reading this post I couldn't get the damned thing out of my head for the rest of the day - tu ri lu ri lu ri yay! But it ain't prog, which was the posters original assertion, and so it doesn't deserve attention on a prog forum. |
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That's what the op wrote and I can easily hear why.
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If "Come on Eileen" is prog then we may as well go the whole hog and include Aga Do and The Birdie Song as well
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Intellectually, I hate the song. But psychically I love it. How's that for crazy!
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I always thought Come On Eileen was a porn film.
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I'm not "aggressively hostile" towards it. In fact I think I've danced to it a few times after one too many glasses of pop, so I agree it's a good catchy pop song. I'm just hostile to any suggestion that it might be prog |
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Is that the one where he has a big chopper? |
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Ya had to go there , Chopper!
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I think it's a fun goofy little song. I would personally list it as a guilty pleasure, but not prog.
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I don't think anyone was suggesting the band be included, just talked about and made fun of. |
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Ok I guess I can live with that |
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Thanks for all the replies. The consensus is that it is not Prog.
I wasn't asking about the band or the video, but just this song. I actually don't even know any of DMR's other songs. When it came out I was kind of against it just for being a pop hit. It wasn't until after really getting into Prog and many years had gone by, that I gave it some attention and heard some of the aspects of the song that would be described as having counter-melody, tempo changes, key/tone changes, which gave it some Prog qualities to my ears. Another aspect noted in the video of the link for "One hit wonderland" is that this was not like anything else coming out at the time. Somebody here suggested I'm a "troll". Well, no, my question was sincere and I do hear those aspects that I mentioned in the song. I've been a member of this forum for a long time and check it quite often, mostly for reviews, not for forum commentary, which is why you haven't seen me on here often. Thanks again for the discussion. |
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I have to say for you that this song is not typical eighties pop song IMO. Most eighties pop songs have 4/4 beat whole through. But is it prog or not, I am just so bored about the whole question is something prog or not. I am interesting is something great music or not and I think this is not, mostly the reason I heard it too much in the eighties. Now if I hear it I just become irritated. Anyway I can understand this song could have been gateway to prog to somebody.
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Next up: "Take On Me" by A-ha! Prog or Jazz Fusion?
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Of course Jazz Fusion!
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