Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1, 1263, 1610**

sligojoek

Ray's daughter won't have to do a paper round any time soon.

Odyssey 2005

I had to tune out of ll earlier. Turned up the radio to get the 3 pm news and now I've turned it off. This dope is as inviting to listen to as tRump. Em'in and aw'in and sucking his teeth. Absolutely ****in useless broadcaster. Should be up on charges.

horseburger

Oasis1974 wrote: »

He never reached any heights in the first place. His music is ear cancer he plays in venues that theirs no way in hell he could sell out. Saying that hes just downgrading from the stadiums he was playing in his early career is stupid...

Westlife have played Croke Park on a few different occasions, along with many other large indoor and outdoor venues, on different tours, for example in 2008 and 2012. In 2008 they played Wembley Arena London and the NEC in Birmingham. In 2008, they played Croke Park, as well as Pearse Stadium in Galway, and Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_Tour#Tour_dates

You might not like their music, but they had to have had a height of popularity, success and demand, in terms of ticket sales, at a certain stage, to be able to play big indoor and outdoor venues, like those played on their 2008 tour.

The point I was making is that there are lots of bands who are able to sustain a music career, who play venues like the Olympia and The Waterfront Hall.

Numerous bands have played both of those venues regularly, on different tours, so I don't think that one can argue that Shane Filan's "'star' is in distinct decline" - as contended by Brendan Bendar - considering he will tour next month, playing shows in venues like the Olympia and the Waterfront Hall, and numerous other similar sized venues.

I have asked why Brendan Bendar felt the need to ponder whether or not Shane Filan is "hardly in the full limelight now surely", and I have not received a response.

What was the point of questioning Shane Filan's current popularity or "limelight" status? What was the point of saying that his "'star' is in distinct decline".

It had no relevance to the original point made by Brendan Bendar, which was yet another criticism of Ray D'Arcy, where he exaggeratedly criticized Ray D'Arcy's introduction of Shane Filan.

All Ray D'Arcy did was introduce Shane Filan, on the programme, in a light hearted upbeat manner.

https://rte.ie/r.html?rii=b9_21224021_19148_24-08-2017_

If Ray D'Arcy introduced Shane Filan in a dour, subdued manner, he'd still receive criticism.

Is Brendan Bendar arguing that if Shane Filan's "'star'" was not "in distinct decline", or that he had a full to capacity level of limelight status, that he would have deemed Ray D'Arcy's introduction acceptable?

Or, is Brendan Bendar just trying to think of as many ways as possible, to exaggeratedly criticise Ray D'Arcy?

glenfieldman

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I had to tune out of ll earlier. Turned up the radio to get the 3 pm news and now I've turned it off. This dope is as inviting to listen to as tRump. Em'in and aw'in and sucking his teeth. Absolutely ****in useless broadcaster. Should be up on charges.

Be careful, you might get an infraction

BarryD2

horseburger wrote: »

... to exaggeratedly criticise Ray D'Arcy?

Par for the course here, as you may know. Sin é.

PeterTheNinth

I still find it hugely frustrating to hear D'Arcy on the radio with his inane rambling... "You hear of people called May.... Some people are called June... Not so many people named July... *stupid laugh*..." Absolute horsesh1te. Have the nation been THAT dumbed down that this is considered entertaining??

All Mooney needed was a kick up the ar$e. He has been on the last few Saturdays and he's still a very good broadcaster. All they needed was to give him a few months off, and give him the same promotion that they are now giving D'Arcy. And don't talk to me about the TV show. The TV in the corner is just a giant plant holder at this stage. When they gave that Saturday show to D'Arcy and fired Brendan O'Connor, I just gave up on the TV altogether.

Brendan Bendar

horseburger wrote: »

Westlife have played Croke Park on a few different occasions, along with many other large indoor and outdoor venues, on different tours, for example in 2008 and 2012. In 2008 they played Wembley Arena London and the NEC in Birmingham. In 2008, they played Croke Park, as well as Pearse Stadium in Galway, and Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_Tour#Tour_dates

You might not like their music, but they had to have had a height of popularity, success and demand, in terms of ticket sales, at a certain stage, to be able to play big indoor and outdoor venues, like those played on their 2008 tour.

The point I was making is that there are lots of bands who are able to sustain a music career, who play venues like the Olympia and The Waterfront Hall.

Numerous bands have played both of those venues regularly, on different tours, so I don't think that one can argue that Shane Filan's "'star' is in distinct decline" - as contended by Brendan Bendar - considering he will tour next month, playing shows in venues like the Olympia and the Waterfront Hall, and numerous other similar sized venues.

I have asked why Brendan Bendar felt the need to ponder whether or not Shane Filan is "hardly in the full limelight now surely", and I have not received a response.

What was the point of questioning Shane Filan's current popularity or "limelight" status? What was the point of saying that his "'star' is in distinct decline".

It had no relevance to the original point made by Brendan Bendar, which was yet another criticism of Ray D'Arcy, where he exaggeratedly criticized Ray D'Arcy's introduction of Shane Filan.

All Ray D'Arcy did was introduce Shane Filan, on the programme, in a light hearted upbeat manner.

https://rte.ie/r.html?rii=b9_21224021_19148_24-08-2017_

If Ray D'Arcy introduced Shane Filan in a dour, subdued manner, he'd still receive criticism.

Is Brendan Bendar arguing that if Shane Filan's "'star'" was not "in distinct decline", or that he had a full to capacity level of limelight status, that he would have deemed Ray D'Arcy's introduction acceptable?

Or, is Brendan Bendar just trying to think of as many ways as possible, to exaggeratedly criticise Ray D'Arcy?

I was going to leave that discussion alone,but you seem extraordinarily keen to prolong it,by name checking me and implying that have something against Mr D'Arcy personally?

I have addressed that last accusation several times so no need to rebut it yet again.

That fact that Shane Filan's 'star' is in decline is irrefutable, that not like saying he is a bad performer, far from it, just that his popularity has significantly declined from what it was.

I have not criticised Mr D'Arcy personally in any of these exchanges, I based my criticism on professional presentation and ability to gauge the level of 'enthusiasm' to the core audience and people involved, both presenter and guest.

On both counts I feel that Mr. D'Arcy was well over the top and as another poster remarked more suitable to a Kermit the Frog intro in a children's programme.

I hope that that answers all your questions and implications and that this series of exchanges can be put to bed before the mods get involved.

somesoldiers

Jebus are ye still on this argument?

jelutong

Horseburger must have a dog in the fight so to speak.

horseburger

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

I was going to leave that discussion alone,but you seem extraordinarily keen to prolong it,by name checking me and implying that have something against Mr D'Arcy personally?

I have addressed that last accusation several times so no need to rebut it yet again.

That fact that Shane Filan's 'star' is in decline is irrefutable, that not like saying he is a bad performer, far from it, just that his popularity has significantly declined from what it was.

I have not criticised Mr D'Arcy personally in any of these exchanges, I based my criticism on professional presentation and ability to gauge the level of 'enthusiasm' to the core audience and people involved, both presenter and guest.

On both counts I feel that Mr. D'Arcy was well over the top and as another poster remarked more suitable to a Kermit the Frog intro in a children's programme.

I hope that that answers all your questions and implications and that this series of exchanges can be put to bed before the mods get involved.

You have now, on two occasions, implied that I said, that you criticised Ray D'Arcy personally.

I did not state that you crticised him personally.

I suggested that you are thinking of any reason possible, to criticise him, in terms of his presenting of the radio show.

As an example of this, I gave the issue of your pondering of whether or not Shane Filan has some particular level of "limelight" status, something which has nothing to do with Ray D'Arcy. Ray D'Arcy was interviewing Shane Filan, in advance of a live performance on the show. Shane Filan wasn't being interviewed with regard to his level of popularity.

This seems to be your round about way of criticising Ray D'Arcy, because you haven't answered my question, as to why you even thought it necessary to question Shane Filan's current popularity, and "limelight" status, compared to when he was in Westlife.

Why does it concern you that he might not be as popular as a solo artist, compared to when he was in Westlife? It has no relevance to your original criticism of Ray D'Arcy, which was about his introduction of Shane Filan.

If Shane Filan's "'star'" was not "in distinct decline", and he had a capacity level of "limelight", would you have deemed Ray D'Arcy's introduction as acceptable?

horseburger

jelutong wrote: »

Horseburger must have a dog in the fight so to speak.

No, I do not. You might equally argue that, about people who are constantly criticising Ray D'Arcy's programme and his presenting style.

PeterTheNinth

somesoldiers wrote: »

Jebus are ye still on this argument?

I think this argument deserves a thread of it's own :pac:

neris

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I think this argument deserves a thread of it's own :pac:

I think this argument needs to be knocked on the head preferably by a mod with a banning hammer or cards

horseburger

neris wrote: »

I think this argument needs to be knocked on the head preferably by a mod with a banning hammer or cards

In fairness, what I am asking, is, why the issue of Shane Filan's popularity and "limelight" status, was brought into a criticism of Ray D'Arcy's presenting style.

What relevance is it?

Why did the person, to whom I replied with the question, feel the need to make a comment pondering Shane Filan's "limelight" status?

What was the point of saying that Shane Filan's "'star' is "in distinct decline", when it has no relevance to the original criticism, made by the person, about Ray D'Arcy's presenting style?

I have not received an answer.

What was the point - of the person to whom I posed the question - saying that Shane Filan is not as big a draw, as he was with Westlife, other than to suggest that he should not have been interviewed at all, on the Ray D'Arcy show. It was either that, or just another excuse to criticise the presenter's interviewing style, and the show?

horseburger

Ten Pin wrote: »

Are equine quarter pounders not banned already...

It is stated, in the first four items below, that in Slovenia, horsemeat is utlised in burgers. It isn't specified, whether or not horsemeat is specifically banned in quarter pounders.

http://www.local-life.com/ljubljana/restaurants/96-Hot_Horse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#Slovenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#/media/File:Horse_meat_hamburger_at_restaurant_Hot%27_Horse,_Ljubljana,_Slovenia.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9804632/Tesco-beef-burgers-found-to-contain-29-horse-meat.html

http://www.snopes.com/burger-king-admits-burgers-contain-horsemeat/

sligojoek

Straight in with death And misery and poignancy

SEPT 23 1989

sligojoek wrote: »

Straight in with death And misery and poignancy

he needs help

constitutionus

WTF is this metrosexual loon doing talking about masculinity?

half his deluded mates dont belive in it.

castor 1

Four times he mentioned the word "bedwinner" in a relationship ðŸ˜
Does he not know the word "breadwinner"

Mena Mitty

castor 1 wrote: »

Four times he mentioned the word "bedwinner" in a relationship ðŸ˜
Does he not know the word "breadwinner"

He managed Master baker no problem, just about.

PeterTheNinth

Ray, the man who gives out about absolutely EVERYTHING that is run by the state from Politics to Council to HSE, is calling on everybody to trust the state. And it's not like he is the most credible or trustworthy of people in his own right. Remember he used to give out about the high wages in RTE?

jelutong

castor 1 wrote: »

Four times he mentioned the word "bedwinner" in a relationship ðŸ˜
Does he not know the word "breadwinner"

I thought I was hearing things.

neris

sligojoek wrote: »

Straight in with death And misery and poignancy

PeterTheNinth

^ Hey. That was my entry in the Ray D'Arcy design a mug competition.

God it seems like 5 years ago.

BarryD2

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Ray, the man who gives out about absolutely EVERYTHING that is run by the state from Politics to Council to HSE, is calling on everybody to trust the state. And it's not like he is the most credible or trustworthy of people in his own right. Remember he used to give out about the high wages in RTE?

In fairness, he did make an effort to outline the objections of the anti vacc groups. Presume that was why he was on mums.ie or whatever and spotted that speel about the woman concerned over her boyfriends income..

statto25

Gaggin in Bangkok....Sounds like a cheap porno

bobbyss

Jesuees I have heard better singing from a three year old. Who the hell was that? Don't they vet participants before they air? Good God.

sligojoek

Some fodder for Ray's show today.


http://www.broadsheet.ie/2017/09/01/tick-tick-tick-3/

PeterTheNinth

Still hasn't done the CPR thing he promised to do last year. Could you imagine if it was a Government Minister that had promised to do something and didn't, he be on giving out yards.

sligojoek

Did he ever learn to play the piano in 6 weeks like he was supposed to do?