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The Script

tvandmusicblog ♦ April 8, 2012 ♦ 1 Comment

(OK, this is an old article, from the early days of The Script. I wrote it not long after they started to become famous, for TunesOnTheTube.tv.)

Sticking To the Script?

One of the best of the new breed of up and coming bands of late are the Irish trio “The Script.” They first came to my attention through my habit of listening to British radio on the Internet. I find the range of music played on most U.K. stations so much wider than that of the Top 40 format radio stations here in the U.S.A.

They have had several big chart hits in Great Britain and are apparently a very good touring band, although I have yet to see them play live myself. It then occurred to me that the song being played at the start of most recent episodes of “Ghost Whisperer” was “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by The Script. The words seemed to fit the particular arc of episodes pretty well, and as the song was not written for the show, this was a good and fortunate turn of events for the group who got their song featured on a hit show!

I am hoping this will lead to chart success for the group in the States. The song already mentioned went to number two in the U.K. charts and my personal favorite track of theirs, “Breakeven”, reached number 21. So far the USA charts have remained a blank page for them although I have heard their songs getting some airplay on U.S. stations, and their recent status of opening act for Sir Paul McCartney in New York and Atlanata will surely help them in that aim

Their one, self-titled, album has yielded 5 hits in the U.K. and went to number one in their native Ireland. They have been opening act for “Take That” the hugely successful British group, and have had more of their songs played on episodes of other American TV shows.

The Script are: Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and, on drums, Glen Power. The band are from Dublin and were influenced early in their careers by soul and R’n’B artists. Danny recalls as a young boy hearing Stevie Wonder singing and the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. Danny and Mark gained a reputation as writers and producers and even got the chance to do some sessions in Los Angeles where they met some of their childhood heroes. They were joined by Glen, a renowned drummer in the Dublin area and the three of them gelled and The Script was born, with their first single “We Cry” reaching number 13 in the UK charts in 2008.

Let’s hope that The Script go from strength to strength and make it big in the U.S.A.

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And these shows “Gone, But Not Forgotten”

The 4400 – The Bionic Woman – Cashmere Mafia – Crossing Jordan – Jericho – Journeyman – K-Ville – Men In Trees – Moonlight – New Amsterdam – October Road – The Sopranos – Veronica Mars – What About Brian? Plus check out  Music Played on British UK TV shows – Missed an episode of your favorite show? Click here!