Marty in the Morning Lyric FM

Ruby Ring

Hi,
Marty is with me every morning on the drive to work. It's a short commute and I know his playlist is on the Lyric FM website but I would love to hear songs, stories, competitions etc. that feature on the show that you liked.
Today, he played the theme from Schindler's List (very appropriate this week).

Ruby Ring

I was transported back to my childhood with the Emmerdale soundtrack this morning. Simon Delaney joined the Emmerdale cast recently. I used do my homework with Emmerdale (Farm) on in the background. Showing my age! Great days!

Trebor176

Musically Speaking will usually have a TV theme or a movie theme, or perhap a short bit of dialogue from a film. It's getting great mileage. Plenty of films and TV shows from the past to choose from.

Mad_maxx

marty is a joy to listen to in the morning

Ruby Ring

Mad_maxx wrote: »

marty is a joy to listen to in the morning

Phew!
I thought I was going to be talking to myself with daily posts!

beggars_bush

I like the deadpan jokes

RINO87

beggars_bush wrote: »

I like the deadpan jokes

Yep, love them! I used to be a news junkie in the mornings and had dismissed Marty really, but newstalk breakfast got so so bad, and morning Ireland is just so dull that I made the change - It has genuinely made me a happier person in the mornings

Expunge

Here's a not to be missed offer for you fanboys and girls this summer....

https://www.traveldepartment.co.uk/verona-opera-with-marty-whelan?dp=aaa,abz,edi,brs,gla,lhr

Pay 1300 quid to be in the same room as your hero as he stumbles his way through hilarious eye-talian words to give you an "introduction" to Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci.
He may have to use two paragraphs from two Wikipedia pages for his "introduction", before taking the cheque.

I once noticed the great man sleep his way through a production at the Wexford Festival, so he sure knows his stuff!

EmmetSpiceland

RINO87 wrote: »

Yep, love them! I used to be a news junkie in the mornings and had dismissed Marty really, but newstalk breakfast got so so bad, and morning Ireland is just so dull that I made the change - It has genuinely made me a happier person in the mornings

Where else would you hear John Martyn or Rod McKuen alongside Rachmaninov?!

Yeah, I love Marty..he just comes across as so nice..the jokes are quality..

Ruby Ring

While "The Arrival of the Birds" from the Theory of Everything is a beautiful piece, I'm convinced that Marty plays it regularly around 8 o'clock so he can take a mini break.

is_that_so

Music is not bad from the bits I've listened to but can't face him that early in the morning. Apparently he's a lovely man but no fan of his constant wittering I'm afraid.

Ruby Ring

Will have earworm all day as "All I Have To Do Is Dream" was playing on my way to work. Not a song I'd ever think to choose to listen to but very appropriate for a Ruby Ring who is pining atm.

HeidiHeidi

I wish there was a +1 channel for Lyric.


I generally only switch on around 9am, and this morning all I've heard is bloody Neven and some arty girl promoting her arty music which is of zero interest to me.



9-10 always seems to be chatty hour, I want music!!

EmmetSpiceland

Ruby Ring wrote: »

Will have earworm all day as "All I Have To Do Is Dream" was playing on my way to work. Not a song I'd ever think to choose to listen to but very appropriate for a Ruby Ring who is pining atm.

Not an Everly Brothers fan?! You should rectify that immediately. They have some great tunes.

Ruby Ring

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Not an Everly Brothers fan?! You should rectify that immediately. They have some great tunes.

Emmet, it's very rare for me to able to say this, but ... the EB are ahead of my time!

Ruby Ring

Wonder will Marty be back this morning. Matthew presented the show yesterday and played this beautiful piece among others: “I had a farm in Africa” from “Out of Africa“.

Gynoid

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I wish there was a +1 channel for Lyric.


I generally only switch on around 9am, and this morning all I've heard is bloody Neven and some arty girl promoting her arty music which is of zero interest to me.

9-10 always seems to be chatty hour, I want music!!

7 to 8 is the best hour. Marty is still a bit sleepy and he lets the music do the work.

Ruby Ring

Matthew still on duty. Can't complain about him playing "Vois Sur Ton Chemin"!

Gynoid

Ruby Ring wrote: »

Matthew still on duty. Can't complain about him playing "Vois Sur Ton Chemin"!

I really liked No Crows interpretation of Pachelbel's Canon, called Packie Bell. Twas brilliant.

Ruby Ring

I'm still missing Marty but Matthew played "Coffee Time" this morning just as I was having a coffee

Ruby Ring

Looking at today's playlist, I see that I missed one of my favourite pieces, The John Dunbar Theme (from Dances With Wolves)

Ruby Ring

Marty back today. Lovely playlist. On the drive to work I caught "Song to the Moon" by Leontyne Price who is 93 today!

Ruby Ring

Ruby Ring wrote: »

While "The Arrival of the Birds" from the Theory of Everything is a beautiful piece, I'm convinced that Marty plays it regularly around 8 o'clock so he can take a mini break.

Talking to myself again.

Marty played "The Arrival of the Birds" at 8:04 this morning. (cue 7 minute deserved break for Marty)

Ruby Ring

Just been treated to "Adagio For Strings".

Ruby Ring

"The Place Where Lost Things Go" is on now. Beautiful

Ruby Ring

This morning's journey was made sweeter by Nina Simone singing "My Baby Just Cares For Me".

The Rape of Lucretia

He is the standard bearer for all then went wrong in Lyric FM about 10 years ago, when RTE decided Lyric would no longer play good music, but churn out drivel for the uneducated masses. Whelan wasnt responsible, but cannot claim he is only following orders either.
Mart is guilty of cultural genocide everytime he takes to the Lyric wavelength. A national embarrassement. A national shame.

HeidiHeidi

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He is the standard bearer for all then went wrong in Lyric FM about 10 years ago, when RTE decided Lyric would no longer play good music, but churn out drivel for the uneducated masses. Whelan wasnt responsible, but cannot claim he is only following orders either.
Mart is guilty of cultural genocide everytime he takes to the Lyric wavelength. A national embarrassement. A national shame.

I'm not sure I'd go quite as far as cultural genocide or national embarrassment!!

But there's definitely an audible sigh of relief in my house when Marty takes a day off, and there's a morning of actual classical music played, with no Neven or bloody Daphne etc.

Bliss, it do be.

EmmetSpiceland

Marty is the best thing on Lyric FM. His morning show is the best show on Irish radio. Nothing else comes close.

deise man

Marty appears to have the most popular show on lyric but his music seems more like rte gold choices than like the rest of the lyric schedule. Would rte gold get a bigger audience than lyric if it replaced it on fm. I know morning radio gets more listeners in general. Just a thought!

Ruby Ring

"In The Arms Of An Angel" was playing as I drove into work this morning. Hadn't heard it in a while. Think it was Fridays show that Marty played requests from different family members for children and a father who "were in heaven". I know Marty isn't everyone's cup of tea but his lighthearted show suits me as I prepare for a busy day.

The Rape of Lucretia

Ruby Ring wrote: »

"In The Arms Of An Angel" was playing as I drove into work this morning. Hadn't heard it in a while. Think it was Fridays show that Marty played requests from different family members for children and a father who "were in heaven". I know Marty isn't everyone's cup of tea but his lighthearted show suits me as I prepare for a busy day.

It may do. But being at the expense of the national classical music station was the price to pay, and that is unforgivable. May the RTE management responsible - you know who you are - rot in hell. With a Marty show on perpetual loop.

Expunge

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

It may do. But being at the expense of the national classical music station was the price to pay, and that is unforgivable. May the RTE management responsible - you know who you are - rot in hell. With a Marty show on perpetual loop.

Don't worry, Lucretia. The signs for an end to the torture are looking good in the medium term.
RTE management nearly axed the whole thing but lost their bottle, with apparently "Riverdance Moya" saving it at the last minute (and, of course, some fine can-kicking by the Taoiseach).
A new DG and management with a bit more steel in the backbone (and a disinterested govt.) will either see it through or make it something totally different - automated classics mostly.

Other good news? According to Wiki, Mr. Whelan will turn sixty four in June and then hopefully the wind down will begin - assuming there are no changes to RTE policy of kicking staff people out on their 65th birthday e.g. Mary Kennedy, Brendan Balfe, Michael Murphy.

The only dark clouds on the horizon? Will Leahy (arguably worse than Whelan) and Rick O'Shea roaming the countryside looking for gigs if/when Gold closes.

As for Ruby Ring talking to him/herself on this thread, well we had this before with an entity called "Hugo" I wouldn't worry about it!

Cheer up.... they'll probably shut the whole thing in a couple of years and it'll be Whelan's fault, enabled by infantile production and hopeless management!

The Rape of Lucretia

Expunge wrote: »

As for Ruby Ring talking to him/herself on this thread, well we had this before with an entity called "Hugo" I wouldn't worry about it!

"Hugo" was a hard takedown alright, but I got there in the end.
Defending the indefensible is never a long term thing.

Ruby Ring

Patsy Cline "Crazy" was played this morning ... hadn't heard it in a while. Lovely

The Rape of Lucretia

Family Guy vomit meme.

Entonces

Ruby Ring wrote: »

Patsy Cline "Crazy" was played this morning ... hadn't heard it in a while. Lovely

What about Clar De Lune this morning. I was late for work because of it

Ruby Ring

Entonces wrote: »

What about Clar De Lune this morning. I was late for work because of it

Missed it (I've a short commute). Lovely piece

Ruby Ring

"Bluebird" was played on yesterday's show. Think it's one of those pieces I don't hear often enough.

pinkypinky

Expunge wrote: »

Other good news? According to Wiki, Mr. Whelan will turn sixty four in June and then hopefully the wind down will begin - assuming there are no changes to RTE policy of kicking staff people out on their 65th birthday e.g. Mary Kennedy, Brendan Balfe, Michael Murphy.

If he's a contractor, rather than an employee, I don't think those rules apply. I'll always remember Carl Corcoran being "allowed" to broadcast the last hour of his last show on his 65th birthday before retirement.

Other RTÉ personalities all work through companies and got around the 65 barriers.

Ruby Ring

Theme from Bridesmaid Revisited played on my journey into work this morning. Short but sweet.

Red Fred

Marty had an obviously prerecorded interview with Leo Sayer this morning. The audio was horribly distorted and the fact that Marty played One Man Band twice during it didn't help.

Ruby Ring

One of my many favourites ("All I Ask Of You") was played this morning.

HeidiHeidi

Was it? How interesting.


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Entonces

Pink Floyd - us and them at 8 am. Such a breath of fresh air on a busy morning

dolly darling

It's Charlie Parker's anniversary today and Mathieu Norry played I'm in the Mood for Love. Gorgeous

Ruby Ring

Cinema Paradiso (Se), Fantasia on Greensleeves & Gabriel's Oboe all played in close proximity this morning.

Ruby Ring

Sweet Baby James joined me on my run this morning.

Ruby Ring

Unsurprisingly, there were a lot of Irish themed pieces this morning. Late Afternoon by Colm Mac Con Iomaire was beautiful.

Ruby Ring

Must admit that I wasn't mad about the music on Marty's show this morning. One of the exceptions was Il Postino (The Postman).