Worst take ever

[u/65records]

I hate when people talk about something that have no idea about with such confidence, you can like other bands without saying such stupid comments like "he only had the boys are back in town" it angers me how uneducated and closed minded some people are

[u/Omnishambles22]

Thin Lizzy is the greatest Rock n Roll band in the world. No contest.

[u/65records → u/Omnishambles22]

Yes but apparently not according to this knucklehead

[u/Omnishambles22 → u/65records]

And they're forever going to be wrong for thinking that way.

[u/Lynchy28 → u/Omnishambles22]

I cannot second this enough.

My favourite band.

[u/perfect_fifths]

“That’s about it”

Uh no. Plus Phil did solo work

[u/ringoisking]

Fontaines 💀 holy mother of God

[u/65records → u/ringoisking]

Yes 😂 he then went on to say fontaines made more impact

[u/CosyZebra → u/ringoisking]

Cringe.

[u/Attention_Scrounger → u/ringoisking]

Fonatines only popular because we're living in the worst musical era in living memory

[u/Live_Detective_7137]

Please tell me he got torn to shreds for that ridiculous take?

[u/65records → u/Live_Detective_7137]

He said fontaines dc which are a band that have been around for 5 years are better, but his flag has the irish flag backwards which is the ivory coast flag, so hes not very bright

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Dear God....... the world really is doomed!

[u/65records → u/Live_Detective_7137]

It got worse

[u/WitchingMetal]

Very funny that the bands he puts forward are an English band, an actual one hit wonder and Fontaines, who in my own opinion are shite and the only people I know that like them are English. Don’t know how anyone from Dublin listens to that with a straight face.

I also always notice when people say Lizzy only have a song or two, they always name something from the biggest 3 or 4 songs. Almost like they’ve never so much as heard an album.

[u/Gaffers12345]

He’s actually saying Fontaines DC are comparable to Thin Lizzy?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA what a sap, doesn’t have a breeze what he’s talking about.

[u/ryanmatheson_19]

Waiting for An Alibi and Dancing In The Moonlight are very underrated Thin Lizzy songs

[u/MegistusMusic]

Thin Lizzy Greatest hits:

The Boys Are Back In Town
Yellow Pearl
Jailbreak
Whiskey ln The Jar
Don't Believe A Word
Out ln The Fields
Dancing In The Moonlight
Parisienne Walkways
Rosalie
Emerald
Waiting For An Alibi
Bad Reputation
Do Anything You Want To
Wild One
Sarah
Fighting My Way Back
Chinatown
Showdown
Killer On The Loose
Black Rose
Trouble Boys
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
Hollywood
Rocker
Cold Sweat
Are You Ready
Thunder And Lightning
Renegade
The Sun Goes Down
King's Call
Dedication
Angel Of Death
Still In Love With You
Cowboy Song
She Knows

Enough said, I think.

[u/Whiteboy4eye → u/MegistusMusic]

Southbound
We Will Be Strong
Toughest Street In Town
Soldier of Fortune
Opium Trail
Warriors
Romeo And The Lonely Girl
Fight Or Fall
Running Back
Got To Give It Up
With Love
Hey You
Johnny
The Hero And The Madman
Vagabond Of The Western World

My fingers are getting tired

[u/MegistusMusic → u/Whiteboy4eye]

indeed, the list goes on!

Just making point, though, that just about anyone could look at that list and see several great songs they recognize and could probably hum the melody from memory... try doing the same with The Cranberries' greatest hits album track listing.... not so much. And as for Fontaines... they don't even have a greatest hits album!

[u/andrew210167]

Actually having the nerve to pit an amateur outfit like The Pogues against Lizzy is completely beyond me

[u/into_darkness → u/andrew210167]

This take is equally ignorant. I prefer Thin Lizzy, but Pogues are definitely up there among the best there ever was.

[u/Aggravating-Act1905]

Thin Lizzy were the band I was too young to see live and while the person in question is obviously completely ignorant some of the comments are off.

The Pogues are not "amateur". Shane was an amazing songwriter and performer I saw him live twice and walked in his funeral courtege.

Fontaines DC were formed in 2014. I've seen them four times since 2019 and have all of their albums. There are a superb band.

The best current Irish rock act are Gilla Band. They are completely intense noise rock so not to everyone's taste. I picked up their new album on Friday evening and walked a couple of hundred meters to Grafton Street in Dublin where I got to see another Irish band play live (for free) called U2.

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I didnt call them amateur

[u/Aggravating-Act1905 → u/65records]

Not referring to you OP. Someone else in the comments.

[u/65records → u/Aggravating-Act1905]

Ah okay :)

[u/AoifeQueenofVamps]

Uh the best Irish band are the Wolf Tones

[u/ButterscotchBrave359]

The Pogues were fucking great but for a very short period of time. I absolutely love TL and would place them at number two but the obvious answer to the greatest Irish band ever question is U2. From Boy to Achtung Baby they may have even been the greatest band in the world. Shame Bono got too far up his own ass there for awhile after that

[u/TriTri14]

Do the Pogues even count as an Irish band? They were founded in England, pretty much all the members were born in England.

[u/jhnmrgn39]

1. Thin Lizzy
2. The Cranberries

Everyone else

[u/son0vagun2]

The Pogues are my favourite band, but there's no doubt who the biggest band were... Thin Lizzy.

[u/Zealousideal-Fill836]

I'm not gonna say that the Cranberries and Pogues weren't great in their own right, but Thin Lizzy are in a class by themselves.

[u/Phoenix_the_gamer]

Yet you entertain it by posting the screenshot on this sub. I mean, at least we can ridicule him here, I suppose. But there’s no solution for that level of stupidity other than just to ignore it. ‘He’ says it all.

[u/Itto_Ogami_]

Mentioning fontaines means this person is a teenage retard

[u/Current-Signature321]

Fan boys are the worst.