Help name an Irish band

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Art Thieme
Date: 01 Mar 98 - 11:01 AM

the PADDY-MELONS

For years I've loved Banjo Patterson's poem _Santa Claus In The Bush_. But I had no idea what a "paddy-melon" was. Now I've been told it's a smallish kangaroo. Is that true? The poem NEEDS a good tune from someone. But that'd have to be cleared with the publisher of _The Collected Verse Of A.B. Patterson_ (Angus and Robertson) Last I knew they were at 89 Castlereigh Street---Sydney Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: dwditty
Date: 01 Mar 98 - 06:57 AM

Nick Knack & The Paddywacks

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: dwditty
Date: 01 Mar 98 - 06:49 AM

The Paddywackers
Spuds & Suds
Lucky Devils
G'Day Micks
Crocodile Dubliner
Guiness Gracious
Spuds on the Barby
Blarney Blokes

DW

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From:
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 05:38 PM

I know - I'm late, but here are a few ideas more:

Outback Band The shark in the morning :-)) Crocodile Dundalk Finnegan's Snake Van O'Dieman's Whiskey & Rum Irish Skippies

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: leprechaun
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 04:17 PM

I liked the idea about tying that leprechaun down.

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Dan Mulligan
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 04:00 PM

Alison, I think "Wild Irish Wallabies" Is the best one so far. Dan

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 03:15 PM

If I ever have to name MY band, I'll know where to go......Tiger

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Jack mostly folk
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 11:11 AM

Downunder Celtic Band or Celtic Downunder

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Jaxon
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 10:05 AM

How about Aisling or The Real Sessiuns?

Jack

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alex
Date: 28 Feb 98 - 12:11 AM

McAlpine's Diggers Austral O' Pithicus Bruce, Al, O' Sis

How about a serious one - since you are from opposite ends of the planet. ANTIPODES.

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Dan Mulligan
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 11:47 PM

digeridoo-ral-loo-ral-aye (sp?)

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: BAZ
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 08:04 PM

I'm not sure about a name but you could get some tunes from AborigO'Neill's music of Australia and Ireland.

Good Luck
BAZ

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Art Thieme
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 07:28 PM

THE PADDYPUS BAND

art thieme

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: alison
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 07:04 PM

hi,

This is better than I could have hoped for. Thanks everyone, let's keep'em coming.

Joe, of course Alan is in the band, (we're in 2 bush-bands and a duo together).... the other bloke is Eric....

Alice, Yes I did live in Belfast.... loved the Wild Irish Wallabies, by the way.

Slainte

Alison

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Dan Mulligan
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 06:28 PM

Step Dancing With Matilda

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Dan Mulligan
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 06:26 PM

Tie Me Leprechaun Down

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 06:04 PM

Gee, Alan - Alison didn't mention that you were included in this band. Maybe you'd better check and see who's going to be left out....
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 05:55 PM

G'day,
Lots of good suggestions here, working out which not to use will be a problem.

We have sung as a duo: "Foster and Alison", but the bass player might feel a bit left out if we don't find a new name.

Cheers,
Alan Foster

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: dani
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 03:20 PM

Alison, I cannot for the life of me find the song I'm thinking of - neither in my head or the DT, but I'm sure I heard it on Fiona Ritchie's show. It was about the Irish going to Australia and how they pined for the home, trying to fit into a strange land. The refrain was haunting; something to do with green threads among the gold. Maybe there's an idea in it.

I have the great good fortune to be on my way to the beach - perhaps in the quiet it'll come to me!

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Jerry Friedman
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 02:09 PM

"Colleen and Bruce" (Would give you the chance to do a little comedy on stage about which of the blokes is Bruce. But this name is not suitable if you want to become famous and go solo.)

Isn't there a place called Ayer's Rock? How about "Ayer's Shamrock"?

"New South Ireland"

"St. Patrick's in Fall"

"Emerald" is easily the cleverest so far, but I needed the explanation. Maybe you could write a song--"I went from Ireland to Oz, Emerald Isle to Emerald City..."

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Paul Stamler
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 01:47 PM

Wallaby Stew

I also like "Harp and Foster", but think it works even better as "Foster and Harp".
Peace. Paul

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Whippoorwill
Date: 27 Feb 98 - 10:18 AM

What about Emerald? (As in City and Isle)

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: David
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 08:17 PM

Wild Colonial Ramblers

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 06:19 PM

alison, you did say you used to live in Belfast??

The Belfast Outback
Wild Irish Wallabies
Shamrock & Shears
Celtic Kookaburra Band

alice

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 05:06 PM

Foster Green
Harp & Foster
Celtic Dust Devils
Foster's Shamrocks
Oz 'n Green
The Penal Colony
Globespanners
From Oz to Here

......Tiger

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:54 PM

I don't know how my "Blarney From the Bush" got posted twice, but here's another one:
Colleen and the Convicts

Alison, this is all too much fun.... hard to concentrate on work when there's a thread like this going on.

alice, mt (btw, my middle name is Colleen)

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:41 PM

Nightingaels of Oz

....Tiger

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:34 PM

Irish Rose and the Dingoes

alice

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:33 PM

Blarney From the Bush

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Bruce O.
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:32 PM

Shamrock and the Eucalyptuses

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 04:19 PM

Koala Celts

alice

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: MM
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 03:34 PM

Van Demons?

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Tim O'Kane
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 02:52 PM

St. Patrick and the Snakecharmers

Be sure to let us know what the "winner" is ...

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Martin Ryan
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 01:59 PM

Celtic 'roo(t)s?

Regards

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 10:02 AM

Guinness and Foster

alice

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Bert
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 09:48 AM

AussieMurphies
HarpanRoo

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: alison
Date: 26 Feb 98 - 12:18 AM

Hi,

Yes, this is the sort of stuff I'm looking for..... Keep the suggestions coming.

If it makes a difference, I'm the Irish one and the two blokes are Aussie. Any variations on "Paddy Spade and the Diggers"??

It got my 4 year old running into the room to see what I was laughing at!!!

Slainte

Alison

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: Alice
Date: 25 Feb 98 - 08:49 PM

Gaelic Breath, or Gaelic Bread (I guess this would work better for an Italian/Irish band... 'garlic') alice

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: John Nolan
Date: 25 Feb 98 - 07:26 PM

Green Kangaroo

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From: John Nolan
Date: 25 Feb 98 - 07:22 PM

Paddy Spade and the Diggers

Subject: RE: Help name an Irish band
From:
Date: 25 Feb 98 - 07:12 PM

Aboriginal Gaels?

Subject: Help name an Irish band
From: alison
Date: 25 Feb 98 - 06:05 PM

Hi

I know this isn't a song request..... but just between us friends........ We're trying to think of a name for an Irish / Australian band. (2 fellas, 1 girl playing a mixture of Irish, Celtic and Aussie stuff.)

I can't think of anything that hasn't already been used.

Anyone got any suggestions????

Slainte

Alison