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Music Appreciation

Pluvious

(5,241 posts) Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:52 PM Dec 21

Celebrating 40 years of this classic, they released this in 2022

Also, many of the comments for this on YouTube are endearing and cute

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Highlight:

Come On Eileen - Kevin Rowland's final mix of the song (Original Post) Pluvious Dec 21 OP

For a little background dweller Dec 21 #1

That was wonderful - Thank You !!! Inkey Dec 21 #3

That was a fascinating doc Pluvious Dec 23 #4

I know a couple of Eileens IRL progressoid Dec 21 #2

(27,844 posts)

1. For a little background

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:51 PM

Dec 21

I hark back to the movie The Commitments … not sure who here is familiar with it .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)

But for Dexy , Eileen , and the Midnight Runners , there’s this

https://m.

✌🏻

(484 posts)

3. That was wonderful - Thank You !!!

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:20 PM

Dec 21

I watched The Commitments again a few
months ago, it really holds up even now.
Dexy's Midnight Runners was always a
favorite of mine.

(5,241 posts)

4. That was a fascinating doc

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:07 PM

Dec 23

Thanks for sharing this, it really shows the depth artists will sometimes go in pursuing their vision

Quite the backstory

(52,585 posts)

2. I know a couple of Eileens IRL

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:16 PM

Dec 21

One was a co-worker who absolutely loathed that song.

The other Eileen seemed to revel in the attention.