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Which character in "The Commitments" said...

So you think you are a fan of "The Commitments." Let's see how well you know it. Match the following lines with the characters that spoke them. Can you get them all right?

  1. I'd like to introduce you to the hardest-workin' band in the world. On bass, Derek "Meatman" Scully. On piano, Steven "Soul Surgeon" Clifford. Dean "Mr Nipple" Fay on sax. Joey "The Lips" Fagan on trumpet. Our gorgeous chanteuses are Bernie, Imelda, and Natalie. Deco "Deep Throat" Cuffe on vocals. On lead guitar, Outspan "Fender bender" Foster. Finally, on drums, Mickah "Don't Fuck With Me" Wallace. Ladies and gentlemen, The Commitments.

  2. [to Dean] Are you doing what I told you? Are you thinking of that reed as a woman's nipple?

  3. That's fuckin' blasphemy. Elvis wasn't a Cajun.

  4. [In the confessional] And there's these three girls with the band, I've had lustful thoughts about all of them.

  5. Say it once and say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.

  6. The Irish are the blacks of Europe. Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. The Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin.

  7. Soul is the music people understand. Sure it's basic and it's simple. But it's something else 'cause, 'cause, 'cause it's honest, that's it. Its honest. There's no fuckin' bullshit. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there's a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.

  8. What do you think, Jimmy, they'll be eatin' chips out of our knickers?

  9. Is this the band then? Betcha U2 are shittin' themselves.