The Sultans of Ping are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. [1] The band's name is a play on the 1978 Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits".[2]
It's 2:20am here and I needed a pick me up and this is one of the songs on that playlist.
Sultans of Ping
I'm only familiar with this song because it was used as the theme for the (very funny) Chris O'Dowd show Moone Boy.
I saw them playing in the Mandela Hall in Belfast in 92. Their live show had a really energetic chaotic irreverence. Jumper was not lost.