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Dexys Midnight Runners
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Birmingham (UK) (1978 – present)
Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - were a British post-punk and northern soul band who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. The word “Dexys” in this case, comes from a colloquialism of “dextroamphetamine” or “purple hearts,” a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular “upper” drug with England’s Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.
Founded by former singer of The Killjoys, Kevin Rowland and guitarist Kevin “Al” Archer, in Birmingham (UK) 1978. The band name was taken from a colloquialism for dextroamphetamine (ie, “dexies” or “dexys”), a drug commonly abused by the UK’s Mod/Northern Soul scenes of the 1960s.
The band, especially at its beginnings, was unique in that musically, they seemed best suited to the budding mod/Skinhead Revival scene in the United Kingdom, but in many ways, especially fashion, they came off as rather hard to “sell” to any particular scene. Musically, they’ve always been a sort of “soul-fusion.”
An early single, “
Geno” (written as an ode to American Northern Soul singer, Geno Washington), was immensely popular, despite being repeatedly bad-mouthed by the NME. In fact, “Geno” remains their biggest-selling single in the UK, thanks in part to at least one re-issue.
Founded by former singer of The Killjoys, Kevin Rowland and guitarist Kevin “Al” Archer, in Birmingham (UK) 1978. The band name was taken from a colloquialism for dextroamphetamine (ie, “dexies” or “dexys”), a drug commonly abused by the UK’s Mod/Northern Soul scenes of the 1960s.
The band, especially at its beginnings, was unique in that musically, they seemed best suited to the budding mod/Skinhead Revival scene in the United Kingdom, but in many ways, especially fashion, they came off as rather hard to “sell” to any particular scene. Musically, they’ve always been a sort of “soul-fusion.”
An early single, “
Geno” (written as an ode to American Northern Soul singer, Geno Washington), was immensely popular, despite being repeatedly bad-mouthed by the NME. In fact, “Geno” remains their biggest-selling single in the UK, thanks in part to at least one re-issue.
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Come On Eileen
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Geno
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Seven Days Too Long
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Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
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There There My Dear
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Let's Make This Precious
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Keep It
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I'm Just Looking
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Shoutbox
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Dexys Midnight Runners is my favorite.
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TheTateShelton wrote:
I love Tell Me When My Light Turns Green. The horn section in the song is just amazing.
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revolving_doors wrote:
i agree with jason
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DaveMcP wrote:
last fm newby here! A band I have recently discovered who come from North staffs the same as me are This is Seb Clarke.. you should check them out, similar sound etc. I bought their album 'Rover' the other day and have literally worn it out! check em out!
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Metalbeast7 wrote:
That first album of theirs is superb!
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TheFeldster wrote:
Haven't heard any of their stuff apart from Eileen, but it's on my to-do list.
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jason_ug8 wrote:
come on eileen=best drunk song ever
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SonOfBelushi wrote:
Best band ever. 1982, my first concert ever: Dexys in Cologne, Germany. Unforgettable.
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AntonFjordson wrote:
post-punk wtf?!
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YesMother wrote:
Awesome.
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tobi116 wrote:
Whooooaaa Geeenooo
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viragom wrote:
I always thought they were cool but it wasn't until I watched the episode of the Young Ones where they perform "Jackie Wilson..." that I thought "Ya know what? I might just love these guys."
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James_Murton wrote:
Let's Make This Precious isn't in the top 15? Oh dear...
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YogurtJalla wrote:
So much more than one hit-wonders. Really high quality british soul...
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Anonymous2258 wrote:
i love that song!!
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Scouse Mouse wrote:
@raydl - agreed, I much prefer nothing to it
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raydl wrote:
nothing is better than come on eileen
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vote4_pedro_85 wrote:
come on eileen!
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lmaochelsea wrote:
ringtone, basically.
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cborden1989 wrote:
Because their music is highly reminiscent of folk and soul? Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out.
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Kevin On The Unofficial Dexys Book
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Kevin - on the unofficial Dexys book.I really enjoyed doing a 3 night stint at BB6Music a few weeks ago. Great radio station and people, totally music driven. …
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- Pete Saunders
- Billy Adams
- Paul Speare
- Robert Noble
- Jimmy Paterson
- Seb Shelton
- Al Archer
- Roger MacDuff
- Kevin Rowland
- Andy Growcott
- John Edwards
- Tommy Evans
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