Mundy
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Mundy (born Edmund Enright in Birr, County Offaly in 1976) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He released his debut album Jellylegs in 1996 on the Epic Records label. The album included the song "To You I Bestow", which was featured on the bestselling soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
In 2000, Mundy was dropped by Epic while working on his second album, The Moon is a Bullethole, which was about to be recorded. Although a four-track EP of that title was released, much of the material for the cancelled album was eventually incorporated into 24 Star Hotel, Mundy's 2002 album.
24 Star Hotel was released on Camcor Records - a label Mundy himself set up, primarily funded by his royalties from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack. Camcor Records is named for the Camcor River, a popular fishing spot, which runs through the town of Birr. The album contained the song "July", an ode to the joys of the Irish summer, which gained heavy airplay throughout the summer months, and is, for Irish audiences at least, Mundy's signature tune.
In 2003 Mundy also contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's album Seed.
In May 2004, Mundy released his third album, Raining Down Arrows, which entered the Irish album chart at number 1. The album has since gone platinum.
Mundy is the cousin of Fine Gael TD Olwyn Enright and the nephew of long-standing former TD and Senator Tom Enright.
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The Mundy Test
In January 2007 Irish satirical website The Spanner ran an article called "The Mundy Test", in which a test is proposed claiming to identify an Irish person's county of origin based on how much they like Mundy.[1] It runs as follows:
The tester (let's say, "you") asks the person to be tested the following question: "what do you think of Mundy?"
If the response is:
"Mundy is shite" = Dublin (North or South)
"Ah, Mundy is grand" = Kildare, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow.
"His albums are grand, but he's deadly live" = Tipperary, Westmeath, Cork,
"I really like Mundy" = Laois, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Louth, Monaghan
"Mundy is fantastic" = Mayo, Donegal, Cavan,
"Mundy is brilliant. He's the new Brendan Shine" = Kerry, Leitrim, Clare, Waterford
"I really enjoy Mundy, although I should admit that I am unfamiliar with other musicians" = Offaly
"Who's Mundy?" = old person, or person from outside Ireland
"Don't miss Mundy's forthcoming gig in Whelans!" = Mundy
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[edit] References
- ^ New Mundy Test Determines County of Origin Rachel Mangan, The Spanner, January 2007.
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