The Dossing Times

One of the great untapped resources of this blog is Simons knowledge of music. The tunes below are a snap shot soundtrack to the 90s and when Simon suggested the list he described them as ’songs you forgot’. Turns out he was right, these tunes are from a time when I hadn’t begun drinking, I [...]

Scary ass thought as I launch into my 3rd summer ‘dwelling’ in Dublin. This day last year I posted Joe Cockers ‘Summer in the City’ and do so again below. Added to it is ‘Gold’ from Spandau Ballet which some of the boys I was with on a stag last year began singing on a [...]

Number 6. Anastacia and Celine Dion do You shook me all night long.
Number 5 Fergie doing live and let die.

Number 4 the Metallica Whiskey in the Jar
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Number 3. Ok technically a remix. But Axel F was cool

Number 2 Getto Superstar
Yes this is a cover. Ok maybe a re-imaging or what every they say now. If you [...]

For those of you who do’t know, the new U2 single, the first from their upcoming album, recieved its world premiere this morning introduced by Dave Fanning (as is tradition) on the 2fm breakfast show.
You can listen to it here
I must say, and it pains me to say it, but my initial reaction is I don’t like it at [...]

‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is equal parts extraordinary and so very ordinary. It encompasses the first and last breaths of a man and much of what passes in between, where aside from his condition he lives a life of questioning, struggle, joy and comfort that could characterise any life, [...]

1. Sunday morning and I found this movie score popping into my head as an appropriate piece to ease me into the day. ‘A Beautiful Mind’ is considered one of those movies undeserving of its best picture award, the opening riffs to this segment of the score and the brass throughout though make it a [...]

First up, we have 3 Bond movie themes as selected by us Dossing Times boys, then John Barrys classic James Bond theme, followed by Mobys remix, released with ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’
Simon’s choice, ‘All the Time in the World’, from ‘On Her Majestys Secret Service’

I think the OHMSS opening titles deserve a look, watch them here
Tuathals’ [...]

The new Bond theme. Best way to describe it – an absolute mess but it begins to appeal on repeated listens. Decide for yourselves.

Did anyone else know ‘The Script’ were Irish? Their polished look had me presuming they were American. Their Dublin accents put an end to that last night while being interviewed on the [...]

So the song used in the ad for the launch of the new series of ‘Prison Break’ on RTE 2, tormented me nightly for a fortnight. Annoying and infuriatingly catchy, I have to thank Tuathal for finding the song so that at least I now know the title and can listen to the song through [...]