Comments on: Overnight Somehow, R.E.M. Are Now Irish

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:40:20 +0000

Hey Ireland! On behalf of Canada, I’d like to offer you Nickelback in return for The Pogues.

By: Lax Danja House

Lax Danja House — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:11:49 +0000

While I’m very proud of our ability to claim any successful Northern Irish act as “Irish” and disown the rest as “British,” claiming once-legendary-but-now-kind-of-crap Athenians is just kind of weird. Although I think we still own the rights to David Gray, embarrassingly enough.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:49:06 +0000

@brasstax: I dunno -- the buzz on Accelerate is good, but if Around the Sun had been the Dublin album? That'd be a close call.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:33:53 +0000

@Al Shipley: I demand a do-over.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:54:16 +0000

We traded them for Carly Smithson.