The Ray D'Arcy Show Thread - Mod note Post # 1 Updated

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kunst nugget wrote: »

I don't understand the popularity of that Spillane fella on Irish radio. Is it that he's a bit touched and they all feel a bit sorry for him? I must have missed that memo…

He has one good song (Cherry Blossom song), everything else is woeful and does feel like it's rhyming time in the nursery home.

Michael Weston

Jesus Christ that's the worst song I've ever heard, holy **** how did that get to a national audience seriously!!!

harney

The Ray song is actually sounding better now that I've heard this song!

heybaby

Good to hear the secondcaptains lads on with darcy. It must be especially sweet for eoin being back in Marconi house promoting his tv show in the context. I was one of many who doubted the wisdom of their decison to request a time change for Off the Ball, which preceded their Newstalk departure but in fairness to them I think they are as strong as ever. In fairness to Darcy he didnt pull any punches suggesting some called their decison foolish at the time.

padd b1975

Spillane should be clattered across the skull with his own guitar after that rubbish.

eisenberg1

padd b1975 wrote: »

Spillane should be clattered across the skull with his own guitar after that rubbish.

I didn't have the pleasure......but reading the posts, it must have been pretty crap.:cool:

Swiper the fox

Not that I'd expect any of you philistines to watch it in full but if you think John Spillane is talentless or "touched" you're well off the mark, he's one of the best live performers I've ever seen, certainly the best in that folk tradition which he comes from


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWkf3KzmQQ

edit. I didn't hear the show today so can't comment on it, can't stand idly by and hear John Spillane abused though, particularly the "touched" bit, it's an act, he's a very intelligent man, some of his lyrics are absolutely beautiful.

padd b1975

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I didn't have the pleasure......but reading the posts, it must have been pretty crap.:cool:

The closing number was probably the most shockingly bad piece of rubbish since Dan Boyle and his Casio mini organ on RTE.

harney

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Not that I'd expect any of you philistines to watch it in full but if you think John Spillane is talentless or "touched" you're well off the mark, he's one of the best live performers I've ever seen, certainly the best in that folk tradition which he comes from


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWkf3KzmQQ

edit. I didn't hear the show today so can't comment on it, can't stand idly by and hear John Spillane abused though, particularly the "touched" bit, it's an act, he's a very intelligent man, some of his lyrics are absolutely beautiful.

It's not exactly the greatest song ever, especially if it is your first introduction to the singer. I can't find a better version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nd0Yhv9Cbs

Ash.J.Williams

just checked out the spillanne song there....wasn't as bad as people are making out, i'm sure the people it relates to will lap it up.

Ash.J.Williams

heybaby wrote: »

Good to hear the secondcaptains lads on with darcy. It must be especially sweet for eoin being back in Marconi house promoting his tv show in the context. I was one of many who doubted the wisdom of their decison to request a time change for Off the Ball, which preceded their Newstalk departure but in fairness to them I think they are as strong as ever. In fairness to Darcy he didnt pull any punches suggesting some called their decison foolish at the time.

really enjoyed 2nd captains last week, i even managed to get me elderly father into it to give him a break from marty morrissey and spillanne

kunst nugget

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Not that I'd expect any of you philistines to watch it in full but if you think John Spillane is talentless or "touched" you're well off the mark, he's one of the best live performers I've ever seen, certainly the best in that folk tradition which he comes from


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWkf3KzmQQ

edit. I didn't hear the show today so can't comment on it, can't stand idly by and hear John Spillane abused though, particularly the "touched" bit, it's an act, he's a very intelligent man, some of his lyrics are absolutely beautiful.

I made it as far as 'The trees are so very green, the deepest green you've ever seen' and gave up. If that fella is one of the best live performers you've ever seen you need to get out a bit more.

eisenberg1

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Not that I'd expect any of you philistines to watch it in full but if you think John Spillane is talentless or "touched" you're well off the mark, he's one of the best live performers I've ever seen, certainly the best in that folk tradition which he comes from


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWkf3KzmQQ

edit. I didn't hear the show today so can't comment on it, can't stand idly by and hear John Spillane abused though, particularly the "touched" bit, it's an act, he's a very intelligent man, some of his lyrics are absolutely beautiful.

Watched the clip.....one mans meat and all that. Lyrics from the cat sat on the mat school. Deplorable.

Swiper the fox

Fair enough, I've no interest in an argument, one mans meat is right, you can't go around calling him "touched" though.
The lyric is "To a field by a river where the trees are so green the deepest of green that you've ever seen".
If you think his lyrics are from the "cat sat on the mat" school I will respectfully disagree, I'd suggest you listen to some more of his stuff(but I know you've no interest in doing that;)).
As I said I didn't hear this mornings performance so I won't comment, haven't heard the new stuff and don't have time to right now.

kunst nugget

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Fair enough, I've no interest in an argument, one mans meat is right, you can't go around calling him "touched" though.
The lyric is "To a field by a river where the trees are so green the deepest of green that you've ever seen".

Adding 'To field by a river' to the beginning of that lyric doesn't make it any better.

And why can't I call him touched? You'd have to have something wrong with you to sing that muck…

It was muck, a lucky muck that had a duck that snuck into a nook to read a book… wow, I've just written a John Spillane song!

Swiper the fox

Good man.

eisenberg1

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Fair enough, I've no interest in an argument, one mans meat is right, you can't go around calling him "touched" though.
The lyric is "To a field by a river where the trees are so green the deepest of green that you've ever seen".
If you think his lyrics are from the "cat sat on the mat" school I will respectfully disagree, I'd suggest you listen to some more of his stuff(but I know you've no interest in doing that;)).
As I said I didn't hear this mornings performance so I won't comment, haven't heard the new stuff and don't have time to right now.

No argument from me, Its all to do with taste, I would regard myself as having very wide range in my music tastes, and will listen to pretty much anything....but this aint for me. A niche market at best, not fodder for national airwaves IMO. Very boring world if we all liked the same thing. Imagine the (bigger)crowds going Daniel O'Donnell concerts:D

Neeson

Songs we learned at school indeed.

BPKS

John Spillane is the Hector of Irish singer song-writers.


Woooo-hoo, look at me, I'm the wacky singer who can rhyme Kelly, Belly and Telly into a song that makes the national airwaves. Woooo-hoo. Fair play to me.

Ash.J.Williams

i went down to Clonakilty to see Bob Log III at the guitar fest. Spillanne was playing later on in the same venue and i went up to the bar and got chatting to a tourist at the bar....ha that annoyed all the spillanne fans no end!!!
"shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh do you mind our god spilanne is on"

swiftman

first time in 7weeks i turned this on. **** me this is depressing talking about car crashes and what people went through

NIMAN

Listened to him for 5min while doing the school run, jez he is as dull as dishwater. Manages to pick the most boring topics to talk about.

I miss Anton!

shuffles88

swiftman wrote: »

first time in 7weeks i turned this on. **** me this is depressing talking about car crashes and what people went through

I'd agree it was a strange topic to pick on. I did however sit and listen to the whole segment and I suppose for me its highlighted yet again the futility of the Irish "justice system".

I didn't hear the first mans story, but of the two I did hear the people who caused the crashes through incompetence and unbelievable stupidity got off with a slap on the wrist. One man was drunk at 8.30 in the morning and fell asleep at the wheel. Having already been handed down a 20 year driving ban he went out and bought a junk car for a couple of hundred euro. For causing this crash all he was given was a €500 fine and 5 penalty points. Nothing to stop him buying another car and doing the same thing again.

The other story involved a man who bought a car at auction and towed it home with a rope and no one in the tow car to steer/control it. He caused an horrific accident that left one of his victims with brain damage. Her life and her partners life will never be the same. He again got off scot free in my opinion with a 5 year driving ban.

People who are stupid enough to put themselves in the position to kill or seriously harm others with their bad decisions don't have to face consequences so why wouldn't they do it again? You can't afford a T.V licence and they put you in jail, you cause an accident that leaves someone brain damaged you're free to live your life. Makes sense doesn't it?

neris

is ray waiting for joe duffy to vacate the liveline seat so he can be the king of misery porn?

padd b1975

BPKS wrote: »

John Spillane is the Hector of Irish singer song-writers.


Woooo-hoo, look at me, I'm the wacky singer who can rhyme Kelly, Belly and Telly into a song that makes the national airwaves. Woooo-hoo. Fair play to me.

Rhyming 'me' with 'me'......


Very Spillane like:cool:

wnolan1992

The Gift Grub from around Wimbledon got Spillane spot on tbh.

"♫♫No one could be redderer, than the face of Roger Federer, buried, in a punnet, of strawberries!♫♫

[pause]

Aren't I brrrilliant!"


I did like his "Songs We Learned at School" album though.

Gibbonw2

Ray darcy thought jason byrnes new show was funny and that due to the likes of him, 'Irish comedy is in a great era'. This obviously sums the smug knowitall up. Dont get me wrong, i think hes a good broadcaster, interviewer but unless he was just patronising Byrne re his show (which lets face it, for all intents and purposes was utter diabolical), he really is devoid of decent sense of humour.

Michael Weston

Gibbonw2 wrote: »

Ray darcy thought jason byrnes new show was funny and that due to the likes of him, 'Irish comedy is in a great era'. This obviously sums the smug knowitall up. Dont get me wrong, i think hes a good broadcaster, interviewer but unless he was just patronising Byrne re his show (which lets face it, for all intents and purposes was utter diabolical), he really is devoid of decent sense of humour.

You really think he's a great interviewer? How? How do you think that?

Gibbonw2

'great'? i said 'good'. And yes, i think hes a very rounded interviewer tbh. He can be patronising (like all light interviewers) but he does his research and has a good all round knowledge on a vast array of areas. I do see his limitations, dont get me wrong, among them his ego and his tendency to be judgemental and that constant sighing but he doesnt feign interest with the interviewee and allows them to tell their story. A lot worse out there in my opinion. Can you name a few interviewers doing a similar show to Darcy who are vastly superior?

Gibbonw2

I do think the show needs a revamp though. Its all to comfortable for the crew and theyve seriously rested on their laurels. You can listen to the whole show and nothing memorable emanates from the topics or the interviews. Darcy is no parkinson or Frost and doesnt have the flamboyancy and warmth of Norton for example but that isnt what the show is about. I think today fm are just happy his listnership is so high.