Random Friend Selecter

About Me

Random Friend Selecter play their first headline gig at Cyprus Avenue on Wednesday September 19th. Come for songs brimming with humour and humanity, harmony and melody. Dramatic, urgent, timeless, current. Bass, drums, guitar, keys, boy/girl harmonies. Fun.
Myspacers:
http://www.myspace.com/randomfriendselecter
Support is Sea Area Forecast, Cork's newest bestest band with Galvin, Phil and Plug. They have a myspace too.
http://www.myspace.com/seaareaforecast
Doors are at 9pm and the price of admission is a measly seven euro.

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Random Friend Selecter is a brand new pop-rock outfit. Award-winning songwriter David Nelliganâ€™s songs each encapsulate some aspect of the human experience, lyrically crashing polar opposite views into each other to find some resolution, some happy medium, some emotionally satisfying experience for the audience. Immediately catchy and deceptively simple, the songs are bursting with melody and harmony, guitar hooks and dynamic shifts. Harmonies and keyboards from Katie Holly add yet another dimension to the songs, underpinned skilfully by the rhythm section, bassist Paddy Rahilly and drummer Ruth Gordon. The songs provided here are from Daveâ€™s home recordings and the band arrangements have since evolved, creating a new sound you canâ€™t find anywhere but at the live showsâ€¦ stay tuned for details.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/23/2006
Band Members: Ruth Gordon, Katie Holly, David Nelligan, Paddy Rahilly.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

lyrics

REMEMBERING NAMES (summer version)I did not expect to see you todayI could not remember your nameI hope that you didn't think it was weird.I don't want to upset you by asking aboutanything that's upse...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

...if i see one more error message...

it's a miracle this computer hasn't exploded yet. i'm a technology black spot. anything vaguely technological i've interacted with this week has exploded. ok. slight exaggeration. not worked prop...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:35:00 PST

blogarama

i like blogs. i like to read your blog. write in your blog. there's something about the unguardedness of ranting without focus that brings people as close to completely unselfconscious as th...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:49:00 PST

today's agenda.

on today's agenda: sausagefest/ladyfest... i'm in favour of it. everyone who goes will have a great time. everyone who plays will be worshipped like a god. but gordon's got family commitments and kat...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:17:00 PST

dumb old dog

by special request i've uploaded 'dumb old dog'. people just seem to like that song. i suppose anyone who ever had a dog can relate to it. i was staying at my parent's house when i wrote and recorded ...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:00:00 PST

WEDNESDAY June 13th CYPRUS AVENUE

we're supporting Stanley Super 800! we're really looking forward to it and we want everyone to come.hey, it wouldn't be the same without you.
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:08:00 PST

gigarama

random friend selecter had our debut gig a couple of weeks ago. we were supporting the magnificent painting by numbers (easy for me to say, i play guitar in that band too). open door po...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:03:00 PST

click here for spiritual enlightenment

sometimes my distortion pedal connects me to god... seems an odd thing to say, but let me explain. our practice room's across the street from a church and they have mass some evenings while we practic...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:43:00 PST

after months of debate and deliberations, the band finally has a name. we are random friend selecter. yay! we also have a gig, thursday march 15th, supporting painting by numbers in cyprus avenue. and...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:14:00 PST

last few weeks

i played my first solo gig in about a year last sunday night. it was in the tikki lounge. i was quite nervous at first but i rather enjoyed it. i've been reluctant to play solo gigs, especia...
Posted by Random Friend Selecter on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:39:00 PST