In honor of the day, here's Derry's finest The Undertones on Top of the Pops in 1980.
Sláinte!
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4 comments:
Feargal, we hardly knew ye!
:-)
Seriously-- great band, great song.
There were giants in the earth in those days...
Wait, wait, what was the story behind "A Good Heart"? Who took the stage next?
Probably Maria McKee of Lone Justice, who wrote "A Good Heart."
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