Theme for Thought - Virgin Prunes, 1979

[@markofsaltburn]

Magnificent. I don’t think ‘70’s Ireland was quite ready for post-punk Weimar cabaret, however.

[@witchflowers6942]

the cut to the audience at the end is the best bit.

[@marcus8768]

If fairness this is just weird ..

[@sratus]

It's also awful.

[@TheLokiBiz]

@@sratus How did you end up here, if you're not a fan, out of curiosity?

[@sratus]

@@TheLokiBiz Curiosity.

[@farmyardflavours]

I grew up in mid America and loved them immediately. My best friend had their records, I might not had ever heard of them without. They also scared me, lol

[@MadderMel]

So creative and challenging for Ireland in those days ! Virgin Prunes were just so different than anything else at that time , and even now !

[@fabienh3943]

In an era wherein fitting in, social media control and Taylor Swift are the main drivers, they look like 10 000 light years away. If I die I die is till this day my favourite album ever.

[@tedmathews995]

Damn. Heard of these band for 35 years and just got around to hearing their records. I shouldn’t have slept on this stuff .

[@drekka]

Dave-id Busaras at the end is magnificent!

[@andrewclarke4902]

The "Simpleton" at the end handing out presents? Icing on the cake! Those girls on the front row he gave the presents to (wonder what they were?) looked like they thought he was for real.

[@sergez6172]

Sounds like a townie trying to imitate his posh pretentious buddy's accents very odd

[@josephoconnor1785]

2023 and that was class

[@glenhamorbzh1618]

Grand fan des Virgin prunes depuis très très longtemps 1984, je ne connaissais pas cette vidéo. Merci beaucoup? Dave-id à la fin est admirable. Ouaouhhh

[@croiners4166]

Fantastic, this seems to be the earliest film in existence of these guys, thanks!

[@cescorosa61]

Simply great and very serious in 1979

[@defier74]

True artists!

[@jamieocallaghan9603]

Thanks for this gem! Love this band.

[@Lainey555]

SUPERB!!!

[@hennahk74]

Was für ein herrlich ranziger Bass-Sound!

[@Banner18-h1r]

Who needs the Beatles

[@garthvenn8054]

Excellent, thanks for posting!!

[@daveated1]

Top band to be played in the hoochie edinburgh back in the day.

[@j.b.4340]

Just, Wow!

[@JohnnyCNote]

I like the table with the tablecloth and the wine. It all definitely adds an air of refined sophistication, class and a sublime je ne sais pas…

[@enricestevemir7965]

A young and wild Gavin Friday ! A very innovative and underrated band !

[@HaydnGriffin]

"U 2 can be a Virgin Prune", Robert Carlisle and Rex Cronin

[@andrew1598]

Thank you I've loved them since the time but never seen this x

[@johnmc3862]

Gavin Friday is doing a gig next Thursday in UK at the home of football club Sheffield Wednesday. He said he'd start off with the song Ruby Tuesday.

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

Virgin Prunes, the band U2 could have been.

[@walwilliams5534]

Interesting take; and I'll take-it.

[@CupidStunt0001]

Abso-Bloody-Exactly!

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

Quality thank you for sharing

[@bicyclettesblanches]

brilliant

[@trentmurphy938]

That was fantastic thank you😊🦇

[@fionaallan3204]

Best Live band I saw and I saw so many..speaks to my soul..

[@budgie463]

oml i love them so much

[@1334ryan]

fantastic 👍🏻🖤

[@Isaiah5417-t1x]

Super cool when Bono gave a shout out to Gavin at the j. Tree concert at Californias rose bowl. I was there 2 nights in a row. 8 hours in line 523rd in light.

[@a090006]

Thanks for this post! Never knew they were like this ! Love them more now

[@grahamluna6935]

A courageous expressive performance of 1979 in conservative catholic Ireland. You gotta hand it to them! Basically they didn't give a fuck. We need more of that shit today.

[@Isaiah5417-t1x]

Thanld for that bit of perspective!! Hi from L.A.

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Kudos to the presenter. Fantastic intro and outro!

[@QueenNiamh661]

This rules!

[@francisleclaire180]

Je connais le groupe depuis 1986. Je ne savais pas qu'ils avaient créé le groupe vers la fin des 70's. En tout cas, magnifique.

[@MissMiddleEarthling]

My Mother was friends with a NZ roadie who knew The Virgin Prunes and U2. Sadly the roadie died in a motorcycle accident.

[@gpz400r6]

カッコいいね！

[@walwilliams5534]

"… Why should I be like you? Nothing is ever the way you say it is, Nothing is ever the way you want it. So don't talk to me, Don't look at me, But stay with me." #TimelessPrunes

[@everythingability]

Reminds me of (and predates) Sex Gang Children (by three years). Brilliant stuff..

[@robbaker1841]

Another unsung major influential band

[@mr.schwarz569]

🖤

[@Dionp698]

The Virgin Prunes had absolutely nothing to do, musicaly, lyrically and aesthetically (in the broader sense of the term), with the goth scene, bands like Sex Gang Children, etc. . The only pale ressemblance is that of the imagery of the band. The Virgin Prunes were a post-punk experimental band. That's exactly why a song of this band was included in the quite cultish avant-garde music compilation "Perspectives And Distortion" in 1981.

[@antonhaq3503]

Does ant band admit yo being part of the Goth scene. Virgin Prunes were a part of that scene whether you like it or not.

[@dozvidoz]

vp was one of the ‘prototype’ for the goth scene, but never was part of it, it’s much bigger

[@sergez6172]

Definitely ahead of the curve in terms of the whole new romantic post punk new wave stuff from 79-84 and definitely not lacking on the artsy side, but definitely verging on the borders of pretentiousness and could of been something big.

[@damoneubanks9075]

Steve Hanley's book brought me here.

[@killgazmotron]

Only just heard of them seconds ago...... basically from a t-shirt on another music video. No idea whats happening here. But i digs it.

[@dtrellis]

This is on Irish national TV on a very long running Friday night chat show mostly watched by older people.. they had a thing for occasionally booking very edgy musical acts that were very incongruous with the majority audience

[@marymary5494]

👌💕

[@olddecimal2736]

I consider them to be in the close vicinity of The Sex Gang Children… Can’t think of anyone else similarly brutal. Such a special blend of the creepier side of glam and the less sensitive aspects of “goth”… Fucking outstanding.

[@stephenroldan5107]

Uh

[@nolarocks]

Bono's old buddies!

[@tsfurlan]

This is really more theater than music

[@brandonwhitehead6929]

Perfect embodiment of teenage angst.

[@DJOUKOFF]

Far better version than the one recorded for "if i die i die"

[@diaxgvantsa_]

იმენა სიგიჟე

[@Isaiah5417-t1x]

What was he giving out???? I must know!!

[@IlGattonero13]

Chocolate. (It’s in the notes under the video.)

[@albertgarciamtz8619]

😈😈😈😈😈🤟🤟

[@markkavanagh7377]

Like Joy Division, but without the joy!

[@JamesVibe]

Ohh my god, your comment has me cracking up….🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewferguson8032]

If Dr Frankenstein had made music, it would sound like this

[@IKONtheband]

That's the Edges brother Dick on guitar.

[@TheHouseAlwaysWins20]

So just Joy Divsion

[@MadderMel]

Plenty of humour in their music !

[@aldodiberardino1231]

Mi si drizzano i peli

[@lurleenbeckneywimple3270]

They look so normal here lol

[@olddecimal2736]

fucking vicious

[@ionsyn]

Stay with me

[@68706870]

Puts me in mind of Henry Rollins Liar.

[@roseanni693]

the intro resembles Joy Division´s song The Eternal.

[@NetanyahuWarCriminal]

Proper fucking post-punk (g*th) with hypnotic basslines.

[@Ranjeef]

Is that Poly Styrene?

[@notthebody]

No

[@bonesf200]

Jazz club

[@markofsaltburn]

Nice

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

Pure Birthday Party

[@PublicCardLtd]

it's probably '81 or '82, this guy have more gray hair then the TV appearance of U2 on the same late show.. but my think; Dik Evans is a better guitarist than his little brother (The Edge). No matter what.

[@thebikingamateur6237]

How very far away do you have to be to realise the disgusting truth is right in front of you, my distant friends?

[@andrewclavin7447]

State of them. Relatives in Rte...made a show of themselves

[@craigglennon8527]

ceàd mìle fàilte

[@kevermansdeneerste657]

Hors catégorie.

[@michaelodowd4807]

Bambi Thug … Cornflake Goth compared to the Prunes

[@cpndSimyule]

Gaybo ya dry oul shite

[@73reider]

Ahead of their time or self indulgent hogwash?

[@thehairysnot8069]

I wonder do they look back at this now and cringe

[@markofsaltburn]

Good heavens, no. Gavin Friday is still out there doing his thing and I’m sure the rest of them are immensely proud that for once an Irish group was doing something that was a good six-months-or-so ahead of what was happening in London. I love that this has very little to do with either blues-based rock or traditional Irish music, and that they’ve already moved well away from punk. This was a year before Nick Cave moved from Australia to England and I’m sure he must have seen the Prunes; you can certainly hear The Birthday Party in this.

[@TheAndy25026]

Why would they cringe at this? Super original, and honest. Stick to FM104.

[@thehairysnot8069]

@@TheAndy25026 cringing more at the fact my phone gets a notification at 1am on a Saturday night from some goon trolling videos from 2 months ago

[@TheAndy25026]

@@thehairysnot8069 haha do you believe your comments exist in a vacuum. Go back to looking at your Ed Sheeran croke park gig photos pal.

[@thehairysnot8069]

@@TheAndy25026 you're definitely the type that supports Katie Taylor

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

In the same period in which they returned to giving the word art the noble meaning it deserves, four of their fellow citizens sang rhetorical anti-war lyrics thinking only of how to make a lot of money.