Can you name the musical acts from Ireland (or Northern Ireland) based on the titles of two of their best-known songs? by rockgolf

Songs	Artist
Zombie / Ode To My Family
The Boys Are Back in Town / Jailbreak
Breakeven / The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Alone Again (Naturally) / Clair
Chasing Cars / Run
A Life Less Ordinary / Oh Yeah
Big Sur / One Horse Town
Moondance / Brown Eyed Girl
Nothing Compares 2 U / Troy
Don't Go / Give It Up
Only Time / Orinoco Flow
I Don't Like Mondays / Rat Trap
Breathless / Runaway
Teenage Kicks / Wednesday Week
A Good Heart / You Little Thief
C'Est La Vie / Rollercoaster
The Blower's Daughter / Cannonball
Flying Without Wings / Queen of My Heart
With or Without You / Beautiful Day
No Matter What / A Different Beat

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♧ Musical Acts from Ireland ♧ Quiz

by rockgolf

Created Mar 17, 2011 in Music
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	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 19:44 GMT		7 points
	I can't believe a similar list hasn't already been produced, but I can't find any example of one. (And for those wondering, The Pogues are primarily English, Dexy's Midnight Runners are definitely English, and The Irish Rovers are Canadian.)

	BombaySapphire:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 21:17 GMT		2 points
	Clever how, amongst the sea of emerald green, you managed to slip a red herring into the url. :)

	popkiller:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 21:37 GMT		2 points
	ASH! ASH ARE IN A QUIZ! YES! This is one of the many reasons rockgolf is the best quizmaster.

	Tahnan:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 21:42 GMT		1 point
	If you're going to somehow require the definite article--and I don't even know how you did that--you should tell us. I got incredibly frustrated when neither "Cranberries" nor "Corrs" was accepted.

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 23:18 GMT		0 points
	@Tahnan: I hadn't noticed until your comment but there's a new checkbox in the Game Info page. It won't "filter default words (a, and, the)" unless you explicitly set it. Which I now have.

	Alex951998:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 03:23 GMT		3 points
	Admittedly nitpicking, but it's "Nothing Compares 2 U".

	strags11:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 03:45 GMT		3 points
	@rockgolf: I actually did a clips quiz on Irish bands a few months back, including some of the ones here, but part of the quiz was guessing the country that all the bands were from (as if that was any huge challenge.) Anyway it was never showing up on any search for Irish bands, but if anyone would like to give it a post-St. Patty's Day go, it's at http://www.sporcle.com/games/strags11/georockraphy102 (BTW, I extended the definition to include Celtic rock bands formed by Irish expatriates, which brings a few more well-known bands into play.)

	rockgolf:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 10:56 GMT		3 points
	@Alex; If nobody nit-picked, we'd all have lice, so thanks. Fixed.

	Legavrik:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 12:50 GMT		1 point
	Dexys Midnight Runners has no apostrophe

	TristanDM:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 15:42 GMT		1 point
	The greatest Irish band of all has been left off this game: My Bloody Valentine.

	shelbywoot:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 17:10 GMT		-1 points
	...where is flogging molly?

	rockgolf:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 17:16 GMT		0 points
	@Tristan & Shelby: I considered both acts, but as with Aslan and That Petrol Emotion and many others, I couldn't find even one song North Americans might be familiar with. Sorry.

	RCHPfan96:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 17:57 GMT		3 points
	@shelby/rockgolf; Flogging Molly are actually from Los Angeles, but they do play Celtic Rock.

	ras0723:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 19:37 GMT		5 points
	Did anyone else try Carbon Leaf for the last one? I must have typed it like six times wondering if I misspelled it - their big hit was "Life Less Ordinary" and they've definitely got a Celtic style, but a quick Wikipedia search just informed me that they're actually from the US. Oops.

	AceInTheHole:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 06:13 GMT		-2 points
	Snow Patrol is from Scotland, not Ireland.

	Nassim:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 16:23 GMT		2 points
	It's Damien Rice not Damian

	rockgolf:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 16:53 GMT		1 point
	@Ace: No, Snow Patrol were formed in Northern Ireland, but now live in Glasgow. @Nassim: Good spotting. I'll fix.

	amwoods13:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 23:24 GMT		2 points
	In terms of Irish musical acts that have songs that North Americans may have heard of, I'd suggest Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, and Luka Bloom (and maybe even his brother Christy Moore).

	rockgolf:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 15:27 GMT		1 point
	I'd have included Clannad, but I'd already had Enya who was a member and certainly better known.

	amwoods13:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 02:02 GMT		0 points
	While Enya was a member of Clannad (which consists of her siblings) for a few years in the early 1980's, the band has been recording since 1973 and she was not with the band for any of their biggest hits (Theme From Harry's Game, Closer to Your Heart, In a Lifetime). In any event, those were just some suggestions of Irish musical acts that did get some airplay across the pond and seem (to me) to be at least as well known as a few that you included.

	djkparry:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 22:42 GMT		1 point
	you could add God is an Astronaut

	Ireland:	Mar 25th, 2011 at 01:59 GMT		1 point
	Feargal Sharkey is a bit of a strange inclusion. Some of the song choices as well, A Different Beat & Ode to my family are not as well know as Words & Linger. Otherwise good quiz, little bit annoyed I didn't make it myself!

	Ireland:	Mar 25th, 2011 at 02:18 GMT		1 point
	You should have put in Imelda May, she sang at the Grammies last year! I knew I would think of someone good that you left out!

	Roodle_Faux:	Mar 29th, 2011 at 20:28 GMT		3 points
	Divine Comedy would be a nice inclusion.

	dyster:	Apr 4th, 2011 at 14:53 GMT		1 point
	Where are the Dubliners?!?

	LB1973:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 08:46 GMT		-2 points
	Snow Patrol were formed at the University of Dundee NOT Northern Ireland. 2/5 are Scottish not Irish.

	grainuaile:	Apr 12th, 2011 at 14:31 GMT		1 point
	agh sickened i hadn't seen Feargal spelt like that before. good quiz

	polopolopolo2:	May 18th, 2011 at 18:33 GMT		1 point
	great quiz, but christy moore??

	Alstair:	Feb 24th, 2013 at 00:58 GMT		1 point
	No Gary Moore? He was a phenomenal guitarist if ever there was one.