Michael O'Doherty vs Bressie

girl in the striped socks

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/am-i-the-only-one-to-see-through-saint-bressie-and-the-guff-he-spouts-about-staying-real-3097727.html


I don't know whether to shake Michaels hand or just chalk it down to his usual 'pick on someone famous & slate them' style of writing.

I have to admit I did have a giggle.

So who's team are you on, Michael or Bressie?

smash

Bressie does my head in. Heard a clip from the voice where he's telling someone "I'm going to take you world wide"... Here Bressie, why didn't you take yourself or your band world wide?

My name is URL

Never heard of either of them

prinz

I think he got Breslin or whoever the hell he is pretty spot on there... but he's also a mansize cocktail sausage with the intellect to match. No winners here kids.

Edit: My bad, mixing him up with that other literary genius Ian O'Doherty. Carry on.

im invisible

My name is URL wrote: »

Never heard of either of them

there is a link up there^, if you want to learn more

DEFTLEFTHAND

Lol I had a good chuckle at that. I enjoy the scathing attacks MOD makes on the Irish Z list.

120_Minutes

Hmmm he was in an indie band that turned pop and realised that he could be more famous and rich if he was on his own without having to split up those damn royalties, that about covers it yeah?


I met him once, nice enough chap, but that was during the blizzards days. He's sold out, he knows it, and everyone else knows it but he wont admit it.

Ash.J.Williams

I have very little real interest in Michaels subject matter and area of expertise, but i do find him entertaining and he he does hit the nail often.

abouttobebanned

Article is on the money.

My name is URL

im invisible wrote: »

there is a link up there^, if you want to learn more

It's to the Herald.ie though.. I think I'll continue on in blissful ignorance =p

Big Nasty

I actually have no idea who Bressie is. I've heard people talking about him and I know he was on one of the music reality shows but that's about it - therefore I can't and won't judge. O' Doherty on the other hand is a cock. I met him in person few years back and he was a cock then too. I didn't actually know who he was - it had to be explained to me but if I met him again now I would gladly tell him that he's a cock.

That is all.

Ladjacket

typical Ireland really. Nobody slams other nobody who is having 15 minutes of fame.

Sold out? Please. I would happily sell out if someone offered me the gig that Bressie is getting. No real opinion on the guy but I know that he was in a band, in an industry that is quite tough to get a break in for that type of act, and probably put the hard yards in. So if someone offered him a quicker way to a few euro, then what odds.

Soon there will be another person for everyone to criticise, probably someone who misses a penalty or gets sent off in Euro 2012.

Dostoevsky

Is there not an 'Entertainment' section on Boards for this muck?

I honestly never heard of any of these two individuals on the 'Entertainment' pages of one of Tony O'Reilly's official tabloids (as opposed to the Sunday Independent which is tabloid in its quality rather than size). Checked the article and saw somebody named "Bressie" without seeing a full name and came to the conclusion that the author is an idiot with no desire to inform a general readership and appealing solely to a readership which has so much to do in life that it knows "entertainment" figures by nicknames and finds all that dross about "celebrities" interesting.

As a general rule, anything in a media outlet owned by O'Reilly or O'Brien is complete muck. I'm trying hard to think of an exception, and there really isn't one. Alas for Ireland.

ibarelycare

He's shit without The Blizzards and seems to gotten a bit big for his boots.

Ash.J.Williams

120_Minutes wrote: »

Hmmm he was in an indie band that turned pop and realised that he could be more famous and rich if he was on his own without having to split up those damn royalties, that about covers it yeah?


I met him once, nice enough chap, but that was during the blizzards days. He's sold out, he knows it, and everyone else knows it but he wont admit it.

I'd say it was more pop then indie, and in fairness as much as i despise the term "sell out" ..."bressie" did not sell out ...as one would need a certain amount of crediblity in the first place.
THe chap likes music, he's got looks....he's mixing the two and good luck to him...

prinz

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Checked the article and saw somebody named "Bressie" without seeing a full name and came to the conclusion that the author is an idiot with no desire to inform a general readership and appealing solely to a readership which has so much to do in life that it knows "entertainment" figures by nicknames and finds all that dross about "celebrities" interesting..

What brand of monocle do you wear good Sir?

Ash.J.Williams

prinz wrote: »

What brand of monocle do you wear good Sir?

I'm not aware of this "bressie" from mulingar at all who was in the blizzards and now works for a production company in London and works on a show that I know nothing about called the voice on RTE1

girl in the striped socks

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Is there not an 'Entertainment' section on Boards for this muck?

I honestly never heard of any of these two individuals on the 'Entertainment' pages of one of Tony O'Reilly's official tabloids (as opposed to the Sunday Independent which is tabloid in its quality rather than size). Checked the article and saw somebody named "Bressie" without seeing a full name and came to the conclusion that the author is an idiot with no desire to inform a general readership and appealing solely to a readership which has so much to do in life that it knows "entertainment" figures by nicknames and finds all that dross about "celebrities" interesting.

As a general rule, anything in a media outlet owned by O'Reilly or O'Brien is complete muck. I'm trying hard to think of an exception, and there really isn't one. Alas for Ireland.

Relax mate.
It's an article to have a giggle at. No need to go listing who owns it.

My name is URL

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I actually have no idea who Bressie is. I've heard people talking about him and I know he was on one of the music reality shows but that's about it - therefore I can't and won't judge. O' Doherty on the other hand is a cock. I met him in person few years back and he was a cock then too. I didn't actually know who he was - it had to be explained to me but if I met him again now I would gladly tell him that he's a cock.

That is all.

It's easy to say all that on an anonymous blog while sat in front of your one-bar heater. He's the fifth biggest gobshite in Ireland.. which is more than any of you bedsit dwelling nerds have achieved!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055722370

I guess I had heard of him after all.. didn't know who he was back then either :pac:

FergusODowd

"Bressie" is so far up his own rear end it's unreal.

prinz

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I'm not aware of this "bressie" from mulingar at all who was in the blizzards and now works for a production company in London and works on a show that I know nothing about called the voice on RTE1

I was more referring to the insinuation that knowing celebrities by nickname is for uneducated tabloid reading plebs........ I think we all know who Bono is.

krudler

If someone mentions Bressie in my office you can feel the air go moist.

Dostoevsky

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Relax mate.
It's an article to have a giggle at. No need to go listing who owns it.

Ahem

smash

krudler wrote: »

If someone mentions Bressie in my office you can feel the air go moist.

Is there an accompanying odour?

biko

From After Hours

girl in the striped socks

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Ahem

Well i thought it sounded a bit better than d!ckhead.
I'll know better in future

Dostoevsky

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Well i thought it sounded a bit better than d!ckhead.
I'll know better in future

But not as nice as ignorant tabloid-reading pleb. I'll know better in future.

girl in the striped socks

Dostoevsky wrote: »

But not as nice as ignorant tabloid-reading pleb. I'll know better in future.

Careful you don't fall over. That chip in your shoulder seems to be getting worse.

And I'd rather be considered an ignorant tabloid-reading pleb than a know it all dry arse who takes even the most lighthearted threads far too seriously.

Duggys Housemate

My name is URL wrote: »

Never heard of either of them

nice of you to pop into a thread about these two unknowns though. All the same.

darkdubh

Is MOD any relation to Ian O Doherty?IOD is a [EMAIL="tw@t"]tw@t[/EMAIL] of the highest order.

ViveLaVie

krudler wrote: »

If someone mentions Bressie in my office you can feel the air go moist.

As a woman, I agree wholeheartedly. Bressie is an absolute roide of the highest order, no doubt about it! That said, before I knew what he or any of the Blizzards band members looked like, I did like their music. I also liked the Good Intentions song before I knew it was Bressie's.

The man is good looking and knows it. He takes absolute advantage of that, but a lot of people would do the same. He wants to make it and always has, and unfortunately the only way to do that is to 'sell out' and go down the commercial route. He capitalised on the fact that The Voice, as cheesy and manufactured as it is, would cater to a large audience and now he's reaping the reward - he is a household name in Ireland.

I think he's got more artistic merit than say...that guy from Westlife who's also on the panel as he writes his own music as well as performing it. Yes, Westlife were a huge band with worldwide success and millions in the bank, but let's be real - they mostly sang covers and were nothing more than manufactured puppets who could sing. Bressie isn't exactly what I'd call a true artist or musician but he's got more talent IMO than a lot of other commercialised acts. That said, since he's left the Blizzards and gone it on his own, his music has become more and more manufactured and cheesy, but the reality is he'll have more success that way.

Other than fancying the literal pants off of him, I wouldn't be too bowled over with his artistic profile we'll say.

FergusODowd

ViveLaVie wrote: »

As a woman, I agree wholeheartedly. Bressie is an absolute roide of the highest order, no doubt about it!

Other than fancying the literal pants off of him, I wouldn't be too bowled over with his artistic profile we'll say.

The lad should enjoy it while it lasts, and why not, he'll be yesterday's news and out of fashion in a few years. The band is already peaked and bressie is going to try and stretch another couple of years out of it, and sure why not.

Duggys Housemate

FergusODowd wrote: »

ViveLaVie wrote: »

As a woman, I agree wholeheartedly. Bressie is an absolute roide of the highest order, no doubt about it!

Other than fancying the literal pants off of him, I wouldn't be too bowled over with his artistic profile we'll say.

The lad should enjoy it while it lasts, and why not, he'll be yesterday's news and out of fashion in a few years. The band is already peaked and bressie is going to try and stretch another couple of years out of it, and sure why not.

I see him being the next late late host. Bressie will go on and on.

FergusODowd

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

I see him being the next late late host. Bressie will go on and on.

As bad and all as tubs is, bressie is not a viable replacement.

Let's not get carried away, he's a one trick pony, he's almost out of his depth on the voice as it is.
(Then again so are some of the other presenters on the voice.)

JP Liz V1

MOD was a complete tool on CDWM played up for the cameras he is hypocrite

unreggd

MOD is such a sap. An old, arrogant creep. He's just jealous that he has to pay his groupies to follow him around