Teenage Kicks - Muziek
Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
The Undertones
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The Undertones Are A Northern Irish Punk Band Formed In Derry Northern Ireland In 1975. The Original Band Consisted Of * Feargal Sharkey Lead Vocals * John O'Neill Guitar * Damian O'Neill Guitar Keyboards And Vocals * Michael Bradley Bass And Vocals And * Billy Doherty Drums . John O'Neill Was The Original Main Song Writer With His Brother Damian And Mickey Bradley Writing In Various Solo & Combined Variations For Most Of The Remainder. Sharkey's Power Pop Tenor Was Distinctive And The Band Regarded A Tight Ensemble. By 1977 They Were Performing Their Own Three-Chord Pop Punk Material Influenced By Nuggets-Type Material And Ramones And In 1978 Released Their Debut Four-Song EP Teenage Kicks On Good Vibrations. It Became A Hit With Support From DJ John Peel Who Considered That EP's Title Song Teenage Kicks His All-Time Favourite. The Song Has Been Covered By Many Including Boyband Busted At The 2003 Brit Awards American Group The Raconteurs Swedish Band Aritst Sahara Hotnights And French Band Nouvelle Vague. The Original Band Released Four Studio Albums * The Undertones 1979 * Hypnotised 1980 * Positive Touch 1981 * The Sin Of Pride 1983 . Falling Sales Linked To Their Changing Musical Direction And Tensions Within The Band Leading To Their Split In 1983. A Compilation Album Titled All Wrapped Up Featured A Woman Dressed In Lunch Meats Wrapped In Clear Plastic On The Non Band Approved Cover. Several Other Compilations Including The Superb BBC Sessions CD Listening In Named After A Song On Their First Album 2004 Exist. The O'Neill Brothers Went On To Form That Petrol Emotion. The Undertones Reconvened In 1999 Initially To Play A Few Shows In Their Hometown Of Londonderry Replacing Singer Feargal Sharkey With A Similarly Warbling New Recruit Paul McLoone. Since This Time The Band Has Continued To Play A Small Number Of Gigs Each Year In Various Places Around The World. The Band Have Also Released Two Further Studio Albums * Get What You Need 2003 * Dig Yourself Deep 2007 NOTE There Is Another Band With This Name - The Undertones A Subset Of The University Of Notre Dame Glee Club Who Sing A Capella Arrangements Of Popular Songs. For More Information On These Guys Check Out Www.Nd.Edu/~Utones.
Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Teenage Kicks
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"Teenage Kicks" Is The Debut Single By Irish Punk Rock/new Wave Band The Undertones. Written In The Summer Of 1977 By The Band's Principal Songwriter John O'Neill The Song Was Recorded On 16 June 1978 And Initially Released That September Upon Independent Belfast Record Label Good Vibrations Before The Band—at The Time Unobligated To Any Record Label—signed To Sire Records On 2 October 1978. Sire Records Subsequently Obtained All Copyrights To The Material Released Upon The Teenage Kicks EP And The Song Was Re-Released As A Standard Vinyl Single Upon Sire's Own Label On 14 October That Year Reaching Number 31 In The UK Singles Chart.
The Single Was Not Included Upon The Original May 1979 Release Of The Band's Debut Album The Undertones However The October 1979 Re-Release Of This Debut Album Included Both "Teenage Kicks" And The Undertones' Second Single "Get Over You". Influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel Is Known To Have Opined "Teenage Kicks" To Be His All-Time Favourite Song From 1978 Until His Death In 2004. "Teenage Kicks" Was Acoustically Covered By Snow Patrol In Tribute To John Peel And Was Played At His Funeral. Bands That Have Performed This Song Also Include Razorlight Ash Skunk Anansie The Pink Spiders Busted Groovie Ghoulies Sahara Hotnights The Saw Doctors Therapy? Buzzcocks Nouvelle Vague Green Day Boom Boom Kid Thee Headcoatees Franz Ferdinand Supergrass The Young Fresh Fellows Snow Patrol KT Tunstall The Coral The Raconteurs Violent Delight Criminal Mischief The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain Beatsteaks Seabear Maroon Every Dirty Street And Pelucas Rosas.
The Riff For "Teenage Kicks" Is Almost Identical To The Riff For "Some Kinda Hate" By The Misfits. Both Songs Were Recorded In The Same Year 1978. In 1978 John Peel Played The Song Twice In A Row On His Radio 1 Show. Peel Often Rated New Bands' Songs With 1 To 5 Stars. He Liked "Teenage Kicks" So Much He Awarded 28 Stars. In 2001 Peel Had Written In The Guardian That Apart From His Name All He Wanted On His Gravestone Were The Words "Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat" From The Lyrics Of "Teenage Kicks". In February 2008 A Headstone Engraved With The Line Was Placed On His Grave In Great Finborough Suffolk. In May And June 2007 Irish Radio Station Today FM Acknowledging The Undertones Original As The Best Version Held A Competition To Find "the Second Best Version." The Winner Was The Band Prison Love Who Won With A Bluegrass Version. In December 2008 Radio2XS Listeners Voted The Song The Best All-Time Rock Single. The Station Allowed Votes For Any Rock Track From 1956 To 2008 Except Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' DJ Jeff Cooper Claiming That "no-One In Their Right Mind Would Ever Want To Hear That Pretentious Twaddle Again"!
Fans Of Derry City F.C. Regularly Sing The Song During The Team's Games. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones Is A 2001 Documentary Film Directed By Tom Collins.
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The Undertones Are A Northern Irish Punk Band Formed In Derry Northern Ireland In 1975. The Original Band Consisted Of * Feargal Sharkey Lead Vocals * John O'Neill Guitar * Damian O'Neill Guitar Keyboards And Vocals * Michael Bradley Bass And Vocals And * Billy Doherty Drums . John O'Neill Was The Original Main Song Writer With His Brother Damian And Mickey Bradley Writing In Various Solo & Combined Variations For Most Of The Remainder. Sharkey's Power Pop Tenor Was Distinctive And The Band Regarded A Tight Ensemble. By 1977 They Were Performing Their Own Three-Chord Pop Punk Material Influenced By Nuggets-Type Material And Ramones And In 1978 Released Their Debut Four-Song EP Teenage Kicks On Good Vibrations. It Became A Hit With Support From DJ John Peel Who Considered That EP's Title Song Teenage Kicks His All-Time Favourite. The Song Has Been Covered By Many Including Boyband Busted At The 2003 Brit Awards American Group The Raconteurs Swedish Band Aritst Sahara Hotnights And French Band Nouvelle Vague. The Original Band Released Four Studio Albums * The Undertones 1979 * Hypnotised 1980 * Positive Touch 1981 * The Sin Of Pride 1983 . Falling Sales Linked To Their Changing Musical Direction And Tensions Within The Band Leading To Their Split In 1983. A Compilation Album Titled All Wrapped Up Featured A Woman Dressed In Lunch Meats Wrapped In Clear Plastic On The Non Band Approved Cover. Several Other Compilations Including The Superb BBC Sessions CD Listening In Named After A Song On Their First Album 2004 Exist. The O'Neill Brothers Went On To Form That Petrol Emotion. The Undertones Reconvened In 1999 Initially To Play A Few Shows In Their Hometown Of Londonderry Replacing Singer Feargal Sharkey With A Similarly Warbling New Recruit Paul McLoone. Since This Time The Band Has Continued To Play A Small Number Of Gigs Each Year In Various Places Around The World. The Band Have Also Released Two Further Studio Albums * Get What You Need 2003 * Dig Yourself Deep 2007 NOTE There Is Another Band With This Name - The Undertones A Subset Of The University Of Notre Dame Glee Club Who Sing A Capella Arrangements Of Popular Songs. For More Information On These Guys Check Out Www.Nd.Edu/~Utones.
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"Teenage Kicks" is the debut single by Irish punk rock/new wave band The Undertones. Written in the summer of 1977 by the band's principal songwriter, John O'Neill, the song was recorded on 16 June 1978 and initially released that September upon independent Belfast record label Good Vibrations, before the band—at the time unobligated to any record label—signed to Sire Records on 2 October 1978. Sire Records subsequently obtained all copyrights to the material released upon the Teenage Kicks EP and the song was re-released as a standard vinyl single upon Sire's own label on 14 October that year, reaching number 31 in the UK Singles Chart.
The single was not included upon the original May 1979 release of the band's debut album The Undertones; however, the October 1979 re-release of this debut album included both "Teenage Kicks" and the Undertones' second single, "Get Over You".
Influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is known to have opined "Teenage Kicks" to be his all-time favourite song from 1978 until his death in 2004.
"Teenage Kicks" was acoustically covered by Snow Patrol in tribute to John Peel, and was played at his funeral. Bands that have performed this song also include Razorlight, Ash, Skunk Anansie, The Pink Spiders, Busted, Groovie Ghoulies, Sahara Hotnights, The Saw Doctors, Therapy?, Buzzcocks, Nouvelle Vague, Green Day, Boom Boom Kid, Thee Headcoatees, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass, The Young Fresh Fellows, Snow Patrol, KT Tunstall, The Coral, The Raconteurs, Violent Delight, Criminal Mischief, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Beatsteaks, Seabear, Maroon, Every Dirty Street and Pelucas Rosas.
The riff for "Teenage Kicks" is almost identical to the riff for "Some Kinda Hate" by The Misfits. Both songs were recorded in the same year, 1978.
In 1978, John Peel played the song twice in a row on his Radio 1 show. Peel often rated new bands' songs with 1 to 5 stars. He liked "Teenage Kicks" so much he awarded 28 stars.
In 2001 Peel had written in The Guardian that apart from his name all he wanted on his gravestone were the words, "Teenage dreams, so hard to beat", from the lyrics of "Teenage Kicks". In February 2008, a headstone engraved with the line was placed on his grave in Great Finborough, Suffolk.
In May and June 2007, Irish radio station Today FM, acknowledging the Undertones original as the best version, held a competition to find "the second best version." The winner was the band Prison Love, who won with a bluegrass version.
In December 2008, radio2XS listeners voted the song the best all-time rock single. The station allowed votes for any rock track from 1956 to 2008, except Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', DJ Jeff Cooper claiming that "no-one in their right mind would ever want to hear that pretentious twaddle again"!
Fans of Derry City F.C. regularly sing the song during the team's games.
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones is a 2001 documentary film directed by Tom Collins. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.