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The Music Quiz: ‘Teenage dreams so hard to beat’ is inscribed on whose gravestone?
Plus: Which legendary rock’n’roller is the subject of a new film by Ethan Coen?
Derry band The Undertones, who gave us Teenage Kicks with its opening lyrics ‘Teenage dreams so hard to beat’
Tony Clayton-Lea
Wed May 18 2022 - 06:00
Tony Clayton-Lea
Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture
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Gerald Barry: ‘I’ve had an energy in me that has not had an outlet’
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