^ From one Northern Irish act to another and from Laughing to Comedy…
Tag Archives: The Divine Comedy
6800. The Divine Comedy – Our Mutual Friend
^ Gin Soaked Boy was also a song by The Divine Comedy…
6763. The Divine Comedy – Catherine The Great
^ Virginia Astley’s dad was a composer called Ted, so to Father Ted, the theme of which was written by The Divine Comedy…
4851. The Divine Comedy – Bad Ambassador
^ From The National to the song National Express, which we’ve had so to another one by Divine Comedy…
4560. The Divine Comedy – Charmed Life
From the Kings of Leon to the spurious notion of the divine right of kings, so to The Divine Comedy…
4301. The Divine Comedy – The Pop Singer’s Fear Of The Pollen Count
A divine link…
4220. The Divine Comedy – The Frog Princess
Jim James took the name of his album, Regions of Light and Sound of God, from God’s Man, a novel by Lynd Ward. Similarly, The Divine Comedy is named after a work of literature…
3560. The Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly
From tomorrow to tonight…
3362. The Divine Comedy – Generation Sex
A libertine is someone who is raunchy and could be said to be keen on sex, so…
2503. The Divine Comedy – At The Indie Disco
The Cure are one of the bands mentioned in the lyrics of the next track…
2301. The Divine Comedy – Come Home Billy Bird
From one home to another…
2283. The Divine Comedy – Something For The Weekend
The last track was used in an episode of Father Ted, the theme tune was composed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy…
2179. The Divine Comedy – Bernice Bobs Her Hair
A hair link…
1799. The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends
The French for butterfly is ‘Papillon’. Steve McQueen starred in the film of the same name, and is given a namecheck in the lyrics of the following song…
1494. The Divine Comedy – Everybody Knows (except You)
From no-one knowing, to everyone…
1009. The Divine Comedy – Becoming More Like Alfie
Madness did a song called ‘Michael Caine’, who starred in…
968. The Divine Comedy – Gin-soaked Boy
You might put lemon in your gin and tonic….
548. The Divine Comedy – Songs Of Love
Ah, finally a meatier link. Dylan was a rabbit in The Magic Roundabout, and another character in that was Dougal the dog. Father Dougal was a character in Father Ted, and the theme to that programme was…
249. The Divine Comedy – National Express
From one type of bus to another…
113. The Divine Comedy – A Lady Of A Certain Age
Feargal Sharkey is from Derry, as is Neil Hannon…