To be thoroughly bewildered by the success of Chris De Burgh?

[LeaveMyWingsBehindMe]

Just watching him being interviewed by Aled on Weekend and now performing live.

I have always found him to be thoroughly unattractive in a slimy creepy kind of way, he has zero charisma, his voice is weak and warbly and really not pleasant to listen to and his song writing is beyond dull.

Yet he's unbelievably rich and successful and on his 21st album.

Who buys his stuff? who goes to his concerts? Someone must! I just don't get it. It's making me irrationally irritated to think that there are people out there who actually like him and love his work. It's just not right. IANBU. You know it.

God, that was really garbled. Sorry.

Bruce Springsteen doesnt belong in that list. Neither does Billy Joel, but definitely not Bruce Springsteen.

Incredibly talented and comes across as a genuinely nice and principles man (and he's hot and puts on a fantastic show).

Bruce? BRUCE? On the same list as CDB? Shocking.Blasphemous and this on the Lord's day
Badlands - now there's a tune.

I agree on CDB - not my cup of tea. I love Billy Joel though.

His autobiography comes out soon, user

Can't wait especially for the photos

That's DHs birthday present sorted - DH has a big man crush!

Saw CDB live twice in the 80s. Everyone in school was obsessed with playing In a country churchyard on their new guitars. I think it was even a wedding favourite for a while.Then he shagged the nanny while his wife was recovering from a riding accident and lost a load of fans.

Have seen Bruce 5 times. They are in a different league. Yvaine....I may have been at the concert as you

C de B's daughter won Miss World a few years ago, I don't know where she got the DNA for her height as she's about 7 feet tall and he's only about 5! (Slight exageration )

I think I must have different musical tastes to most of mumsnet
Here are some more singers I don't like
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Meatloaf
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Robbie Williams
Freddie Mercury
Roman keating
Lady gaga

I've never bought any record or chosen to listen to anything by any of them

"Working in the fields
til you get your back burned
working neath the wheels
til you get your facts learned
Honey I got my facts
Learned real good right now"

Why do I find those lyrics so bloody sexy??

Leeds, Darwin?

user so has DP - but it's more of a deep, abiding lifelong love than a crush.

It's my dream to somehow co-ordinate a meeting between the pair of them. It'd just be amazing of course I'd need to be there to support DP

No Dublin Yvaine.
We got local boy Bono rock up on stage too.
At least it wasn't CDB.

Got Bruce on a youtube loop now. Oh my fans self with hand

You can all stop it! Chris de burgh is the soundtrack to my sex life! It's what we used to play so the kids wouldnt hear us shagging! I luff him I do! and I adore James blunt too so ner ner!

I heard that autograph story a while back too.

There was an authorised Bruce Biography released a couple of years ago. I got about half way through, An autobiography would be much more interesting.

CdB was the soundtrack to your sex-life?
That's just wrong, you filthy perverts.

Yvaine that Bono Springsteen story is an urban myth. I've heard so many people who swear it happened to their cousins mother in laws mate!

Chris de Burgh as a soundtrack would certainly ensure the kids couldn't hear us shagging.

Because we wouldn't be

I guess I should never believe Ken Bruce, nellyphants

I thought it sounded a bit like the James Dean motorbike story, but on the other hand also sounds like something he would do.

Oh well.

Him and his music were of their time and obviously don't stack up to current preferences, but they were what many people liked back then.

It's not fair to compare, music tastes have changed so much over the past couple of decades. I don't hate his songs, just like I don't hate the songs of Manilow or Neil Diamond. They all wrote songs for the conventional listener. Other singers were edgier and they are remembered for their originality rather than a string of mainstream hits. The music industry needed both.

Perhaps stuffing their heads under the pillows to drown out the droning is what floats their boat?
Sort of asphyxia du Burgh?
Like I said, perverts

I realised I was officially getting on in years when I turned into my DM through liking 'a spaceman came travelling' at Christmas. And Boney Ms song I have no idea what CDBs appeal is but at least it's not Joe Dolan!

I agree with the OP and with the 2 lists that have been added by previous posters, except from the bit where Bruce Springsteen has been included. That's just so wrong. Born in the USA and Dancing in the dark are really naff songs in my opinion, but listen to 'Paradise' and the story behind it, or simply watch him life. He's larger than life that man.

What's wrong with A bit of Joe, Rugger? He did a great version of oh Holy Night!