[Postcard2] Ireland and Galway Girl
Andy Benham
A.S.Benham at Bham.ac.uk
Mon Jun 8 03:11:24 PDT 2009
Dave Purcell wrote:
> One of the singers clued me in -- Steve's version with Sharon Shannon
> was a hit. Then some guy named Mundy covered it with Shannon last year
> -- it was at the top of the charts for five weeks and was the most
> downloaded song in the country. It was also used in an ad for
> Magner's/Bulmer's cider, check it out below. I just thought it was
> interesting that Steve has probably made a lot of money from one of his
> more average songs (great melody, dumb lyrics).
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I wonder if he's ever tried the cider. It's bloody hideous stuff. And Magners are also responsible for this ridiculous trend going around of serving cider with ice. The marketing man who thought that up should be shot
Andy
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