Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!
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This comes straight from the Patreon vaults, I sang te chorus for alex and he didn’t recognize it so had to show it to him! Enjoy!
nice choice! I was 13 when this song was released...what a great flash back to my early teens.
It is Irish you are hearing!! Great song
Tura Luray means "goodbye, I will be seeing you" in Irish music
@janetroberts3202 Thank you❤always wondered what that means.😊
Alex has always looked a bit like a rebel but Andy seemed like such a nice clean-cut young man. Now he looks like someone who needs to keep 500 feet away from schools. So sad...
You haven't lived until you are in a bar at 1:00am and the whole place is singing and dancing to this.
Don't listen to these fools in the comments questioning your judgement on reacting to this song. Granted, it's not for everyone but this song was a huge hit in the UK back in 82' and it was the bands second #1 single and it was the biggest selling song of 82 in the UK. It deserved a listen.
It was also #1 in the US if I'm remembering properly. It was a long time ago now.
Yeah, #1 in Canada too. This song was big & it was EVERYWHERE, especially considering it was by group that was very much not in the mainstream. Similar to the infamous CHUMBAWUMBA.
Yes, this was a big hit in the US too, I remember it fondly. One of my best memories from college is going out drinking with my friends at school, and dancing to this song. Those were fun years.
@@josephbrowning4220 It indeed hit #1 in the US in April 83. Upon some research I was surprised to see this song prevented Michael Jackson from having back to back #1 singles with Billie Jean and Beat It as it landed right in between those to take that spot.
Tommy Boy??
Anyone who doesn’t love this song is just dead inside.
I am not dead inside
@@laurabailey2092 Would a person know if they were?
I feel personally attacked
Agree
Sorry, I'm only dead on the outside, but I'm working on it.
Let's face it the only people who think this song is bad are the hair metal people from that generation who actually think hair metal was really great
For a very similar experience, “In a Big Country” by the similarly named band called “Big Country” is a must. A top tier 80’s One-hit wonder!
100%
Great song
I second that suggestion. I love that song! (and this one too)
I totally agree!
Absolutely NOT a one hit wonder. I was there saw them and lived it.
This is played at every British party 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Certainly is!
The band who did our wedding played this song at our reception many years ago and I'll never forget how beautiful my new wife Eileen looked as she twirled around on the dance floor holding her wedding gown up off the floor with one hand. Eileen's no longer with me, but she was an Irish beauty.
😇 She's with you, always. 😇
What happened to Eileen, Gerry?
Irish beauties live in your heart❣☘
Awwww, sweet story.
I’m sorry for your loss, but I’m so glad you have this beautiful memory
There are music snobs that will hate this song purely because it's pop, those people are not musicians because this is an amazing arrangement with many movements and dynamics but has a great popular hook and an irresistible singalong vibe. Not many are able to pull this off.
I had this song because my name is Eileen and I'm sure my sister Caroline hates Sweet Caroline for the same reason.
If we take pop out of our rock, we’re left with pop containing no rock.
Rockers need to write pop songs again to inspire new musicians.
@@Uatu-the-Watcher Good point. Btw all the figures indicate that Rock and Country are on the way back in after 20 years of Hip-Hop ruling the industry. It's finally getting it's turn as dad's music.
@@direnova6284 That’s kinda my point. It’s called classic rock, or yacht rock, or dad rock, but it’s all pop music. Great pop music.
@@eileendobbs8009At least Caroline was sweet! 😊
It’s a masterpiece of pop music. Anyone who hates it has zero joy in their lives.
500 miles by the PROCLAIMERS,!!!
Definitely!
"Letter from America " the vocal call and response from the boys are amazing
I would love them to react to 500 Miles!!
Yeahhhhh
My mum's favourite song. Bless she's passed now
"Too Ra Loo" comes from "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra (Irish Lullaby)", a song that goes back to 1913 and yes, it was popular in bars and pubs! Bing Crosby and other singers made it big hits!
Wasn’t that the name of the album that the song was on?
@@scottNNJ I looked it up, the album is 'Too-Rye-Ay'
And Van Morrison
I remember Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin doing that, and they nailed it!
My mom used to sing Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra to us before bed when we were little ❤
Hahaha!! I know some people will HATE this, but this is so Pure 80's!!! Love it!! It filled many a dance floor for years, being high energy fun!!
It's actually the better part of the 80's sound, and one of the few that still stands up today
And who cares what other people think? Honestly, just be secure in your own taste and ignore the haters.
I think it still would
For real. This is a classic! I suspect all the angry commenters are just named Eileen and had to endure a lifetime of references to this.
This is one of those songs where the first few notes create a rush to the dance floor. Pure joy.
Something about this song that just makes you feel good!
In a Big Country - Big Country
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Hold Me - Thompson Twins
That's "Hold Me Now", and an excellent choice!
Thompson Twins were great.
Life in a Northern Town has been a touchstone of my life since it came out.
@@TeflonBilly73 Yep, way more than a one hit wonder though. Doctor Doctor, King For a Day, Lay Your Hands on Me as well as "Hold Me Now".
@@corbinhbucknerjr558 Not to mention "Love On Your Side" and "Lies."
This was huge when it came out, if you were in a bar and this song came on, everyone sang along.
This song stood out at the time. Stands up still.
One hit wonder is 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone. Great song for a road trip!
Indeed.
And hell for every woman who happens to have that phone number. It is a great song, none the less.
Lyrics from that song are ALL over my senior yearbook! I had to explain to my dad why someone would write “For a good time call…” 😂
Glad you enjoyed this. This song is usually played at the end of a wedding party disco when all the family are drunk on the dancefloor and just want one last song to sing along to with their shirts hanging out and wishing were young and carefree again lol
This song was EVERYTHING back in the day.
Still is
@@SherryAnnOfTheWestexactly lol it still gets everyone in the local clubs up singing and chanting along 😁
Johnny Ray was a popular American singer, songwriter, and pianist in the 1950's... hence the lyrics "Poor old Johnny Ray... Sounded sad upon the radio, moved a million hearts in mono. Our mothers cried..."
He was very popular in the UK. That's why the song Come Dancing by the Kinks also name drops him.
...and he had a severe hearing problem.
His nickname was the Nabob of Sob due to his emotive delivery.
He was the prototype of a crooner.
my dads johhny ray record he or friends drew teardrops under his eyes om the cover photo
“IN A BIG COUNTRY” - Next 80s song from across the pond to review.
One of the greatest Pop songs ever written ❤
Nothing screams 80's like this song.
Always imagine a pub full of people all singing this together, with their pint mugs held high. Love it!
The dj played this song at my friend's wedding reception...and the dance floor erupted in joy . Such great memories. Good choice!!! Live it up!!
Then he played a Riverdance tune and everyone started putting their foot up each others you know what.
Out of nowhere, that's where this song came from. It's so refreshing , upbeat.
Stunned (happily) that you guys enjoyed this. This song really owns me, like psychically & almost physically transports me back to the first time I danced in public with my first crush to this song. ❤
Main man Kevin Rowland was born in Wolverhampton, England but has Irish roots - "being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse". Be ready for every Brit to point out that they weren't one hit wonders over here as they had two number ones and seven singles in the top 20. Their three studio albums in the 80s are all excellent.
Being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse? Ha ha, careful.
Geno👍
Soooooooo many self righteous people rag on this song looking for something deeper like in a driven bass line or a drum solo. It’s a neat little ditty that has a hook and fits quite nicely into the early 80s.
Self righteous because we think it's the most annoying song ever played? Truth hurts.
@@bellabunnell3174 "Annoying" is a very subjective truth.
@@bellabunnell3174I agree. I can't stand it.
@@LyndaHillSo what? You dont count
@@bellabunnell3174Your opinion. You can skip it if you don't like it.
Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck. You would never think a song with a marimba solo could be a banger.
The video made this song even more fun. These were the days of MTV all day on the television. I think this was the time before cable vision. We had a big huge satellite dish. The kind that people ended up using for goldfish ponds.
Safety Dance by Men without Hats!!!!
Yes-S-S-S!
Even though I was a metal head/hair band fanatic in the 80's, this song is a perfect example of what made the 80's such a great decade for music. I mean, when else would a banjo, fiddle, and tin whistle come together on smash global #1 hit? Even us metal heads loved it.
This song is super fun, and catchy as hell. Every time I hear it, I sing along.
EVERY SINGLE UK WEDDING. total tune tho.
Definitely S tier. I'd listen to this a hundred times before I'd listen to 80s hair bands.
A sign of good taste.
Or sadly most 80s R&B.
I like it more also. I do not hate the hair bands in totality. Of course, as all trends go by the end there were so many bands that were a fraction as good as some of the pioneers. Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Van Halen (I will get hate for this one), are all so very talented. Not like some of the later ones.
There’s early 1980’s and late 1980’s music. This song is so early 1980’s … my college years.
The band is from Birmingham though vocalist Kevin Rowland's parents came from Ireland.
It has kind of an old-fashioned British rural barn dance feel behind it.
Brum water must contain something that turns out mint musicians.
Kevin Rowland is a LEGEND.. Dexy's have been around for decades in one form or another but always with Kevin and Jim Paterson. Several studio albums and they are still recording today. The album "The Feminine Divine" was released only last year (2023) and the song 'My Submission' from it is amazing. I saw them in concert about 10 years ago and Kevin Rowland is still as mad as a bag of badgers! My sister introduced me to them in the early eighties. On the album 'Too-Rye-Ay' take a few minutes and listen to 'Plan B' going into 'I'll Show You', with the words and you'll see what a great songwriter Kevin Rowland is.
Long time watcher, first time commenter
Thank you for the entertainment.
Jon
"You Get What You Give" - New Radicals. Didn't deserve only one hit, but that's how it went.
I thought of this one recently. One of the best of the 90s.
The whole album is quality.
Automatic crank it up song!!
Most definitely
@@spicy321 In that case it was because Gregg Alexander quit the business.
You cannot imagine how fun this was to dance to back in the 80s . So refreshing after all the disco!
I met these guys at a Denny's in Syracuse New York just before this song became a hit. I was a bus boy and they came in late one evening, tour bus parked outside. They were traveling south from Montreal. I went to school the next day, and no one recognized the name. Two weeks later, Come On Eileen launched up to the top of the MTV and billboard charts. I told other kids and they said, "They wouldn't eat at Denny's." I laughed at them saying, "Even stars on tour love pancakes."
"a beer they shouldn't be having with a friend they shouldn't be seeing on a night they shouldn't be out". The most brilliant comment I've heard in a long time.
Iconic MTV song
Gotta do “Safety Dance” you can’t hold still to this tune by Men Without 🎩 Hats.
Yeah, but they have to watch the video.
The number of transitions and bridges in this song is insane. There's like three transitions just in the first 20 seconds. And the song barely settles on having just a single bass line and single arrangement at any part.
When ever I hear this song I'm transported back to the 80's, one of my favorites long live new wave. You should watch the video it's great I love them in bib overalls, the group is from Birmingham, England. 😊Peace ✌️ ☮️ Gary 😊
Same! weird how some songs can just... transport you, I couldn't put it better 😊 This song really owns me, like psychically & almost physically brain-shifts me back to the first time I danced in public with my first crush to this song.
Always, the video
I have this on a 45. I loved this song when I was a kid! SO 80'S!! Fun!!
My nephew, now 33, when he was a toddler, had a baggy pair of toddler denim overalls. I referred to them as his “Dexy’s” because of what they wore in this video.
Dexys was slang for Dexadrine ie Speed they took in the clubs.!
Chris Farley and David Spade sang to this song driving in the car in Tommy Boy. Great track!
Don’t think I’ve ever been to a wedding in the last 30 years that this hasn’t been played. And packed out the dance floor. 😋
Their song "Geno" was also somewhat of a hit, at least in the UK. Worth a listen, it has a similar style. Reminds me of the band Madness.
Yeah Geno got to number 1 as well.
I prefer Geno
Massive hit and childhood favourite. They hit no. 1 with Geno too. A band that went through various incarnations.
Always preferred "Geno" by Dexys. A timeless classic, just stunning.
So many happy childhood memories. Close my eyes and I can picture long passed aunts, uncles and grandparents going crazy to this in smoke filled bars and dusty village halls. ❤️
The entire album is phenomenal.
One of my favorites. Jackie Wilson said it should've had more hits!
Back in the day you couldn’t pass a pub without this blasting out. It’s summer on a plate.
Great song…can’t help but feel like dancing and moving to it…good choice
As infectious today as it was back in the early 80s. Such a brilliant song. Perhaps the greatest one hit wonder of the 1980s.
They were a one-hit wonder in the U.S. They had several big hit songs in their native U.K.
You got just as excited as I did when he switched it to an 'S'😅 You 2 are still at the top of this whole game. Thanx much.
Reminds me of being young and we all would stamp our feet to the chorus… (80’s)still no clue what they were saying
This was huge in the 80’s. An English band that had a ton of instrumentalists. Violin, Banjo, and so much more. I met them when they toured the states for the first time, just nice guys that were so excited to see the US.
Man!! This song and Rock me Amadeus by Falco packed the dance floor back in the day (still do actually) definitely quintessential!
Rock Me Amadeus is a banger. I love that song!
friend dj played the club version was much better than the radio single 12 inch single had like 2 vetsions and a bside probably collectors now the 80s singles ive deen indie store were pretty big prices
Great Summertime Song!
1982 was one of the BEST years in my life!
Great tune!
😊🕊️💃♥️🇺🇸🎶
Brings back MTV memories. They must’ve shown this vid 100 times a day. Even now all these years later when ever I wear overalls my boyfriend says “come on Eileen”. 😂
UK Weddings. The end speed up part and everyone stanped their feet. This is what this song was.
If your were called Eileen, you were good.
Poor old Johnny Ray.. he was an american singer who sang the little cloud that cried...( sounded sad upon the radio)
I love Johnny Rays song “cry”
was telling other viewer dads cry record they drew teardrops under his eyes on thecover photo
Always loved this one. Brit Celtic pop? Unique sound and irresistible.
The anthem of every wedding reception ever since.
Us 80's teens were so lucky to live in the peak of MTV ! so many great tunes !
This is an S-tier reaction from the boys.
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral, "It's an Irish Lullaby" written in 1913. according to Wiki. In the article it mentions "Come On Eileen" and Dexys Midnight Runners. Tor ra loo ra lay
One of those quirky songs that is really catchy, and you can't help but like it. People find themselves singing to the chorus (like me). Thank you!
This. Is. The. Ultimate. Feel-good. Song.
Check their previous biggest UK hit ‘Geno’ (about soul legend Geno Washington) and their cover of Van Morrison’s “Jackie Wilson Said”
Seems like people either love this (me) or hate this (my wife). To me, it's timeless musical fun!
This song lives in a Bizarro world where it sounds 100% like the 80s yet nothing in the 80s sounded like this at the time. There is a lot going on in this song...like it more now than I did then.
One of the best singles to come out of the 80s❣️ So much fun at school dances.
This is perhaps the one-hit-wonderest of all the one-hit-wonder songs.
This song was popular during a road trip to Florida as a child, I shall forever associate the two. (and that car)
woah... I'm the only person of the four that still alive today.
In the US charts... however this was their second no1 hit in the UK
@@dcanmore and one of four top 10 songs... US had quite some one hit wonders that were much more succesful in the UK and anywhere else in the world... like a-ha, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello and many others
@@dcanmore Four top 10 hits in UK, and another five Top 40.
One hit wonder for Dexy's AND Save Ferris in 1997
Love this - I was a teenager in Boston (heavily Irish area) in the early 80s and this song STILL gets everyone to the dance floor up here.
A new wave classic, the high school years. Great times.
I hear this song and a lifetime of wedding receptions and church hall parties flash through my head. Nobody really knows all the words but when the chorus hits the dancefloor goes nuts. Its classic 80s cheese and its a wonderful thing. 1 of about 20 songs i can't not dance to😅
If you haven't yet, check out Men Without Hats - Safety Dance. You'll love it.
One of the best one hit wonders you would love in Spirit in the Sky. Def. listen to this one!!!!
I think they did that one.
Dexy's are anything but one hit wonders.
This is the king of the one hit wonders.
I hope you guys can imagine how fresh and new this music sounded as part of New Wave and what I felt to be the 2nd British invasion. It exploded along with MTV which played this and other new wave tunes. This song still sounds fresh to me and evokes a feeling of that time A lot of music from the early 80s not so much, they are more music of their time. but this song is still excellent.... probably because of its obvious British folk influence...something that never goes out of style!
Huge mtv song and video. Another would be Safety Dance by Men Without Hats also from 1982
"Dexys" was Dexedrine, an amphetamine that was very popular in the U.S. and Britain in the 80s. It was sold as a diet drug, so it was everywhere.
This is yet another quintessential 80’s one hit wonder that makes me SO thankful to have been a teen throughout the 80’s. The music was absolutely fantastic…from Dexy’s Midnight Runner to Iron Maiden to Men Without Hats to U2. The mix of the 80’s was iconic…and once in a generation.
In the uk they had lot more than one hit , 2 number ones .
This is simply an amazing song, this coming from a hard rocker.
One of the greatest songs of the 1980's (10 Ten of All Time) - Pure 80's "The Decade of Excess" ....
Have always loved this tune.
The only song guaranteed to get the blokes on the dance floor at a wedding. Glad you did song not video.
Makes my 80s teen heart happy!
A great one hit wonder from the 90s is You Get What You Give by New Radicals. I'd love to see you react to that one.
They were not one hit wonders, they had a long career
G Jarr2, they only released one album as the New Radicals. Though the two main members have been active as songwriters since the group split up.
@@GJarr2 A band can have a long career with just one hit.
@@jmvioli they had at least 4 top 10 hits in the UK with 2 no1s. They may be one hit in USA but not their home market or Europe.
I think this song was voted number 1 of 1 hit wonders of the 80's
Reached #1 in 1983, between Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Beat It. During The Golden Age Of MTV and VH1, Unforgettable! :)
This song was on MTV and the radio every ten minutes.
A monster track - that still has bars full of people singing loudly with it today - 40 years later.
An don't get me started on the dance floor going completely OFF.