“A teenage dream’s so hard to beat" …”

Lyrics from “Teenage Kicks”, the punk anthem from Derry’s own The Undertones. 45 years after the release of the song, the band has been immortalised on a wall overlooking THE historic City walls. Who better to create the new artwork than the man behind the Derry Girls mural, Karl Porter from UV Arts?

The Talking Derry Girls caught up with Karl beside the new mural.

He explains how the artwork was created and tells the girls that they really need to talk to the solicitors who commissioned the tribute. Greg McCartney explains his thinking and how the mural has been dedicated to well known local punk Micky Griffiths.

45 years may be a long time to wait for the Derry Boys’ tribute but maybe the band’s sell out gigs in Derry, Belfast and Dublin this weekend could explain why they are worthy subjects.

What do bemused international tourists make of it all …?

Notes 

Series 3 - Derry Girls nominated for an International Emmy Award - 

https://northernirelandscreen.co.uk/news/lisa-mcgees-derry-girls-nominated-for-international-emmy-award/.  

(Spoiler They won! As you’ll hear in Ep92) 

Undertones - 

https://www.theundertones.com/

https://www.last.fm/music/The+Undertones/+wiki

John Peel - 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/oct/26/artsnewstemporary.media

John Peel’s grave

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Peel%27s_grave,_Great_Finborough,_Suffolk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1162596.jpg

Larry Doherty Journal Derry -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-31725059

Micky Griffiths - 

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/mickey-griffiths-a-life-less-ordinary-1326596

Karl Porter UV arts - 

https://www.facebook.com/uvartscic who created the Undertones Mural as well as the now world famous Derry Girls Mural. 

Derry based Photographer, James Whorriskey - 

https://www.facebook.com/JWPics/

Storyteller of the street - 

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=storytellerofthestreet 

(and great friend of the TDGs podcast).