"Feargal Sharkey" -- Classic or Dud?

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Minimal chart impact here, but "A Good Heart" and "You Little Thief" were huge UK hits in late 1985 and early '86. I've always had a weakness for the latter: a rewrite of Eurythmics' "Would I Lie To You?" with well-deployed soul horns and one of the oddest vocals ever recorded on a Top Five hit.

Is the rest of the album any good? I'm sure it sounds nothing like the Undertones.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 00:14 (seventeen years ago)

I love the Undertones' last two records -- the much-maligned The Sin of Pride included.

― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:43 (seventeen years ago)

He's had such an odd career. "Never Never" might actually be his high point.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)

(Actually is there an Assembly compilation out there? Really should be, especially after the Yaz box.)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:46 (seventeen years ago)

The video is some kind of eighties Busby Berkeley extravaganza.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:51 (seventeen years ago)

Rendered the Undertones all-but-unlistenable, thanks.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 03:39 (seventeen years ago)

He's now CEO of songwriting advocacy organisation, British Music Rights, and recently wrote this article for The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/feargal-sharkey-noises-off-878273.html

― moley, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 03:48 (seventeen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Post-Punk Legend Leads Fight for Clean Water as Britain’s ‘Sewage Czar’

Mr. Sharkey, 65, seems to be getting some adult kicks from being the scourge of the water firms, harrying their bosses on social media and reminding Britons of the dividends given to their shareholders.

― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 20 October 2023 14:14 (one year ago)

He's arguably more well known for that now than being in the Undertones.

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Friday, 20 October 2023 14:37 (one year ago)

one year passes...

He's on Sky News right now excoriating water companies.

― Blake the Messenger (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 June 2025 06:49 (four months ago)

Good! (posted completely without irony)

― Etherwave, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 07:00 (four months ago)

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