Articles about: music
Get Lucky and other Earworms: The Songs That Stick In Your Head
Okay, okay we KNOW that this is the second time in a week that we’ve had Get Lucky on the site. But can you blame us? It’s bloody brilliant. It’s as bad as the time Aisling had...
From boredom to Beck: were you forced to go to music lessons as a kid?
Like many kids with musical parents, I was about seven when I went to my first piano lesson. All my family went to the same teacher – Mrs Holland, who lived round the corner from us. She was...
Bruno Mars you’re a pain in the Swiss! Who makes you change the station instantly?
The first time I saw Bruno Mars on the telly I was stunned. “Why … why he’s tiny!” I stuttered “Like Thumbellina … with huge hair! And those red trousers –...
I’ve got the moves like Jagger: what gets you on the dancefloor
Yeah, a couple of drinks, a bit of fun with the mates and all of a sudden THAT song comes on. You know – the one! You’ve resisted the urge to dance until now, but as soon as you hear...
Rate it: Favorite Christmas tune!
In a taxi yesterday the driver was playing a CD of Christmas music. Every time one he particularly liked came on he raised the volume. In the time honoured tradition of Dublin taxi men, he totally...
High on emotion: Rate it – most embarassing gig you’ve ever been to
Warning: there’s a lot of shouting in this post. Possibly to cover up the shame. I know it’s there in your past. Lurking… like some terrible reminder of how UNCOOL you were. Perhaps...
The song remains the same – but you’ve got the words wrong
Sure it’s happened to us all. For years you’ve been belting out the lyrics to a song, singing along in the car and knowing that it makes no sense whatsoever but not really spending a lot...