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I might have posted on this at some point in the past, but in light of the recent Simple Minds thread, I thought I would mention the seemingly forgotten Hothouse Flowers.

They were brilliant, and I loved watching the singer play the piano at the same time.


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 8:21 pm
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Blimmin fab! Only got to see them play live once at Summer Xs, Wembley in '91...Still play their material every now and then and it always puts a smile on my face. Timeless! 8)


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 8:43 pm
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Hot House Flowers? Not forgotten in my house,unfortunately I never got to see them live 😐


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 8:47 pm
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I loved their great live cover of 'C-line woman' - anybody got a copy/source I've lost mine 🙁

I'm now sing along to " love don't work this way" 🙂


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 8:47 pm
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Saw them at Feilie Festival 1990 in Tipperary


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 9:03 pm
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Saw them live at Glastonbury - amazing live performance. Remember my late mate Jim having a few tears in his eyes during the gig, so always have very fond memories of them. At the time I was working for Oxfam on a campaigns stall right by the Pyramid Stage and the lead singer and his gorgeous Latin American girlfriend stopped by the stall a couple of hour after the gig and chatted about the work that Oxfam was doing in Latin America. A very genuine and humble guy, not a self-obsessed ego-centric pop star.


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 9:18 pm
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Can't believe no one has posted this one yet!


 
Posted : 21/07/2015 11:07 pm
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Wow, not heard "Amazing" before.
I'm now working my way through their stuff on you tube, thank you!


 
Posted : 22/07/2015 8:43 am
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Blimey, had forgotten about them. Like that tune.


 
Posted : 22/07/2015 8:25 pm
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Thanks for the reminder, they'd rather dropped off my radar. Always liked [i]Dont Go[/i], but I've never heard [i]Amazing[/i] before, like a particularly epic Waterboys. Love the sax!
Shazamed for future reference, thank you! 😀


 
Posted : 22/07/2015 10:42 pm
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Saw the hothouse flowers quite a few times in the 90s, great band live!! Got tickets to see them in Glasgow in November, wondering if they will still be as good 20 years on?


 
Posted : 22/07/2015 10:49 pm
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They do a great cover of'i can see clearly now' I think jimmy cliff did the original. It was on an old 12" of dont go.


 
Posted : 23/07/2015 12:20 am
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They do a great cover of'i can see clearly now'

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Fond memories of the late eighties/early nineties at Uni in Ireland. You were never far from a HHF track playing somewhere. For those who can't figure out the lead singer's surname is pronounced, it's [i]O MwainLEE[/i], which of course, being Gaelic is entirely obvious from "Ó Maonlaí". 😀 AFAIK, they're all fluent Gaelic speakers and have done a number of tracks in Gaelic over the years.


 
Posted : 23/07/2015 7:47 am

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