Recorded #OnThisDay 46 years ago:

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Peel Session 1980

The complete session recorded by Dexy's Midnight Runners on 26 February 1980 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 13 March 1980.

Tracklist:

1. The Horse (0:09)
2. (Tell Me When My) Light Turns Green (2:34)
3. Geno (6:25)
4. Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (10:36)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014/07/dexys-midnight-runners-peel-session-1980.html

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"Dear Robin,

I'd try to explain, but you'd never see in a million years..."

from "There, There, My Dear'' on the album, "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_the_Young_Soul_Rebels

If enjoyed 'Come On, Eileen' in the 80s, but you haven't heard 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels', you should give it a listen.

I got 'Too-Rye-Ay' when it came out, based -- of course -- on the teenage radio erotica of 'Come On, Eileen' and I listened to 'Too-Rye-Ay' a lot.

When I went looking for more of the same, I found 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels'.

Which I did not like.

(As an aside, I also did not enjoy 'Don't Stand Me Down', but that's a story in itself.)

For several years, I had a tape that was 'Too-Rye-Ay' on one side, and 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels' on the other side, and sometimes I would listen to 'Searching...', but usually I would fast forward through it.

I think -- as someone who grew up surrounded by country music and bluegrass -- I had a better understanding of the banjo and fiddle music of 'Too-Rye-Ay' and the more rural feel of the album, and that the horns and the urban, pseudointellectual vibe in 'Searching...' didn't appeal to me as much.

Until, one day, I realized that I was listening to 'Searching..' a lot more than I was listening to 'Too-Rye-Ay.' (And -- also -- that I really dig rock bands with horn sections.)

So -- as it turns out -- 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels' is one of my favorite albums.

(Granted, Kevin Rowland is not nearly as smart and insightful as he thinks he is, but I think the teenage angst in 'Searching...' is sincere -- even if he was 23.)

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A filming location then and now from the classic 1982 music video of the Dexys Midnight Runners song Come On Eileen. More then and now filming locations photos at https://chrisbungostudios.com/photo-gallery-sampler

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(57 Seconds) EVERYBODY knows the song Come On Eileen, right? Here's a quick excerpt from my new then and now filming locations video for this classic song by Dexys Midnight Runners. 1982 vs today. Watch the complete filming locations video up on my website: https://chrisbungostudios.com/filming-locations-blog/f/february-2026---new-filming-location-videos-posted

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G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 1/28/26

I check out an album by Dexys Midnight Runners.

Favorite Videos include Phantom Siita on The FIrst Take, dodree on It's Live, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-1-28-26

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Tom is now listening to Come On Eileen
https://open.spotify.com/track/0lj15qHIbi7gsO6CLfWbvF

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Cum on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

#cum #lewd #CorruptedLyrics #ComeOnEileen #DexysMidnightRunners

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw

Dexys Midnight Runners:
🎵 Geno

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https://dexysmidnightrunners.bandcamp.com/track/geno

https://open.spotify.com/track/7gb626DDDHoiuVAGZEnlJk