So far all answers are CORRECT! I’m highly impressed by tonyola’s ID of Gilbert O’Sullivan’s eyes and Van Morrison’s mouth. I figured they be among the tougher ones. I guess I wasn’t the only one who was alone again (naturally) as a young boy.
Thanks. I just want to state for the record that I’ve always hated that Alone Again, Naturally song, but it was all over the radio and therefore unavoidably burned into my brain.
I’m guessing the top set of eyes belong to one of the Undertones and the chick’s mouth on the top right is the source of the egregious yodeling-style vocals heard in the Cranberries.
The mouth with the mic is someone else. The eyes below that mouth, however, are from a band that has been guess incorrectly!
I had a LOVELY photo of a member of Horslips lined up for this, but thought it would be too difficult for anyone to get. Plus it looks so good in context – I hope to use it one of these days.
I once rewrote the lyrics for that one with Gilbert despairing over how flatulent he was since someone was suggesting covers in a band Mr Bakshi and I were trying to start a while back, and even I though singing about suicide with that lugubrious tone was a bit much.
So the eyes about Rory’s mouth and the guy with the dangling lock of hair are all that are left to identify? Oh, and the mouth with the microphone! I thought for sure the Oats or ladymiss would have gotten Mr. Dangling Lock. I thought one of our Class of ’77 Punk Rockers, like bobbybittman, would have gotten the eyes. I’m shocked – and stunned – however that no one’s gotten the mouth at the mic!
I was thinking Geldof for that one, too. That ever so slight hint at a wisp of a smile is surely the expression that might cross his face if he allowed himself – just for a second – to imagine a world where the power of rock had eliminated hunger everywhere, for all times. Surely it was only momentary, quickly shaken off as Geldof returned to the harsh realities of the world where work still needs to be sung.
It can’t be Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy because his hair doesn’t do that. At first, I thought it was Kevin Rowland in one of his post-“Come On Eileen” guises, but he’s not Irish.
No, but you may be on the right track with the Divine Comedy guy. This guy is the leader of a band I have read way more about and heard/understood less than maybe any band of the last 30 years.
andyr and chickenfrank, you of all Townspeople should know the mouth at the mic. I can’t take the site down, but I can put an end to our friendship. Come on, brothers, this is one of our heroes.
Well, there’s Shane….
And is that Sinead’s eye in the upper left?
And Van Morrison’s mouth second from the top in the middle?
Is that Phil Lynott’s eye above Shane’s gaping maw?
The pair of eyes second from bottom – Gilbert O’Sullivan?
So far all answers are CORRECT! I’m highly impressed by tonyola’s ID of Gilbert O’Sullivan’s eyes and Van Morrison’s mouth. I figured they be among the tougher ones. I guess I wasn’t the only one who was alone again (naturally) as a young boy.
Thanks. I just want to state for the record that I’ve always hated that Alone Again, Naturally song, but it was all over the radio and therefore unavoidably burned into my brain.
I’m guessing the top set of eyes belong to one of the Undertones and the chick’s mouth on the top right is the source of the egregious yodeling-style vocals heard in the Cranberries.
But which one is Rory Gallagher? The eyes that are two above Shane?
And who is that mouth below Sidead? It looks like Ian Dury or John Cale or the Frankenstein monster but none of them are Irish.
Bono between Delores and Shane.
Correct – those Undertones’ eyes belong to John O’Neill, later to spell his name in some fancy Gaelic way that I cannot begin to retain.
Rory’s in there, but you have not yet identified him.
It’s about time!
That Frankenstein mouth, by the way, might be tough, but you’ll kick yourself when it’s identified.
Paddy O’Furniture
Final guesses because I can’t bear to look at Shane’s teeth any more.
Rory is the mouth above Shane
The Frankenstein mouth is Adam Clayton
The mouth with the mic is one of the guys from Stiff Little Fingers
And the eyes below him is the bass player from Horselips.
You’ve got Rory and Clayton!
The mouth with the mic is someone else. The eyes below that mouth, however, are from a band that has been guess incorrectly!
I had a LOVELY photo of a member of Horslips lined up for this, but thought it would be too difficult for anyone to get. Plus it looks so good in context – I hope to use it one of these days.
Is the bottom mouth Sir Bob Geldof?
Yes!
I once rewrote the lyrics for that one with Gilbert despairing over how flatulent he was since someone was suggesting covers in a band Mr Bakshi and I were trying to start a while back, and even I though singing about suicide with that lugubrious tone was a bit much.
Don’t fix it if it ain’t brogue.
Spooky Tooth?
So the eyes about Rory’s mouth and the guy with the dangling lock of hair are all that are left to identify? Oh, and the mouth with the microphone! I thought for sure the Oats or ladymiss would have gotten Mr. Dangling Lock. I thought one of our Class of ’77 Punk Rockers, like bobbybittman, would have gotten the eyes. I’m shocked – and stunned – however that no one’s gotten the mouth at the mic!
I was thinking Geldof for that one, too. That ever so slight hint at a wisp of a smile is surely the expression that might cross his face if he allowed himself – just for a second – to imagine a world where the power of rock had eliminated hunger everywhere, for all times. Surely it was only momentary, quickly shaken off as Geldof returned to the harsh realities of the world where work still needs to be sung.
It can’t be Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy because his hair doesn’t do that. At first, I thought it was Kevin Rowland in one of his post-“Come On Eileen” guises, but he’s not Irish.
No, but you may be on the right track with the Divine Comedy guy. This guy is the leader of a band I have read way more about and heard/understood less than maybe any band of the last 30 years.
My Bloody Valentine – the eye with the hair
Indeed!
The eyes above Rory’s smile belong to a Stiff Little Finger.
I got nothing on the microphone mouth.
Correct.
If sammy could help me tonight I’d seriously consider taking down the entire site as punishment for no one yet getting the mouth at the mic. But alas…
andyr and chickenfrank, you of all Townspeople should know the mouth at the mic. I can’t take the site down, but I can put an end to our friendship. Come on, brothers, this is one of our heroes.
Before this slips off The Main Stage, it’s Feargal Sharkey’s mouth that is obscured by the microphone!