^ A drink link…
^ A drink link…
^ From one Northern Irish act to another and from Laughing to Comedy…
^ Gin Soaked Boy was also a song by The Divine Comedy…
^ Virginia Astley’s dad was a composer called Ted, so to Father Ted, the theme of which was written by The Divine Comedy…
^ From The National to the song National Express, which we’ve had so to another one by Divine Comedy…
From the Kings of Leon to the spurious notion of the divine right of kings, so to The Divine Comedy…
A divine link…
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…
From tomorrow to tonight…
A libertine is someone who is raunchy and could be said to be keen on sex, so…
The Cure are one of the bands mentioned in the lyrics of the next track…
From one home to another…
The last track was used in an episode of Father Ted, the theme tune was composed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy…
A hair link…
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…
From no-one knowing, to everyone…
Madness did a song called ‘Michael Caine’, who starred in…
You might put lemon in your gin and tonic….
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…
From one type of bus to another…
Feargal Sharkey is from Derry, as is Neil Hannon…