Dexys Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen
VH1
Song released 25 June 1982
Music Video
VHS
B

It may seem odd that I'm giving the video itself a lower grade than the live performance on SNL.  But it is kind of odd, all those overalls and possible stalking.  Still a lovely song though.

The Young Ones: Dexys Midnight Runners, Jackie Wilson Said

The Young Ones: Dexys Midnight Runners, Jackie Wilson Said

BBC2

30 November 1982

Variety

VHS

C+

This clip has DMR playing in a small room, with lots of close-ups, giving a claustrophobic feel that doesn't suit the band.  (It might've worked for Madness or Squeeze.)  Still a nice song though.  And, yes, the ex was taping a lot of DMR for me, bless him.

Saturday Night Live: Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come On, Eileen"

Saturday Night Live: Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come On, Eileen"

NBC

May 14, 1983

Variety

VHS
B+

This is also on a WLIIA tape the ex made for me the late summer going into early fall of '94.  Anyway, again there's nothing visually dazzling here, but I love this song and I still got chills.  The host, Mayor Ed Koch, introduces this segment.

Saturday Night Live: Dexys Midnight Runners, "Celtic Soul Brothers"

Saturday Night Live: Dexys Midnight Runners, "Celtic Soul Brothers"
NBC
May 14, 1983
Variety
VHS
B

Wow, I'm not even sure I knew this was tucked away on a tape my by-then ex-husband made for me of 1994 Whose Line Is It Anyway? episodes, the summer after our divorce.  In any case, there's nothing visually dazzling here, just a plain, hard-rocking bunch of "Celtic Soul Brothers" doing one of their best songs.  ("Come On Eileen" being the main fave, and we'll get to that later.)  It looks like the ex taped it during an Eddie Murphy marathon on Comedy Central and it was a delight to watch it again, probably for the first time in over twenty years.