Reeling In The Years

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breezy1985 wrote: »

Never knew Big Tom or Something Happens were an international hit. All that rock music in the 60s and 70s shows wasnt actually popular back then either

Do you understand what the word 'majority' means?

druss

breezy1985 wrote: »

Never knew Big Tom or Something Happens were an international hit. All that rock music in the 60s and 70s shows wasnt actually popular back then either

Both were far, far (and in Big Tom terms, add a few more "fars"!) more popular in the respective timeframes than Damian Dempsey. And that's allowing for the fact that the Damian Dempsey song selected wasn't a hit at all.

thesandeman

breezy1985 wrote: »

I'm thinking of making a RITY bingo. Every week it's the same stuff and "they didn't play the popular song" is top of the lisr

At least we won't have the Conor McGregor fans moaning this week.

druss

thesandeman wrote: »

At least we won't have the Conor McGregor fans moaning this week.

Ha! I'm not a McGregor fan, but I thought the editing stitched him up nicely enough.

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druss wrote: »

Ha! I'm not a McGregor fan, but I thought the editing stitched him up nicely enough.

I'm not a McGregor fan either but his first mention of the decade is a loss. Like him or loathe him he was huge internationally in the 2010s.

A clip from the Toy Show of a UN dad coming home for Christmas is the dumbing down of a year's highlights to RTE canteen selected clips of their shows.

breezy1985

thesandeman wrote: »

At least we won't have the Conor McGregor fans moaning this week.

Now he has been on I hope we can see the bus assault at UFC and also his day in a court in Dublin

breezy1985

druss wrote: »

Both were far, far (and in Big Tom terms, add a few more "fars"!) more popular in the respective timeframes than Damian Dempsey. And that's allowing for the fact that the Damian Dempsey song selected wasn't a hit at all.

Big Tom was popular but the other Tom is a nobody as a musician for anyone wasnt around for the exact few years his band was

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breezy1985 wrote: »

Big Tom was popular but the other Tom is a nobody as a musician for anyone wasnt around for the exact few years his band was

Tom Dunne of Something Happens will be know long after Lyra and yer wan who's name began with S that was on last week will ever be spoken of.

I take it you were 5 around 1990 when Something Happens were very big here. You may not have been aware.

timeToLive

reeling is a bit ****e now isn't it? seems like they changed the formula quite a bit for the worse..

breezy1985

External Association wrote: »

Tom Dunne of Something Happens will be know long after Lyra and yer wan who's name began with S that was on last week will ever be spoken of.

I take it you were 5 around 1990 when Something Happens were very big here. You may not have been aware.

I wouldnt be defending Lyra or any of the rest but its not as new a thing as people make out in this show. And Something Happens have already been well forgotten be everyone except some rock fans of a very specific age. Thats the problem here really is that some people who have grown up with RITY think it is made just for them

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breezy1985 wrote: »

I wouldnt be defending Lyra or any of the rest but its not as new a thing as people make out in this show. And Something Happens have already been well forgotten be everyone except some rock fans of a very specific age. Thats the problem here really is that some people who have grown up with RITY think it is made just for them

But at least Something Happens were bigger than Lyra etc in their era.

A majority of people are finding the material for this decade sub standard. You can see by the number of posts.

I’ve been liking it for the most part and you can’t please everyone with selections, but 2017 and all just seem too recent to be doing.

Glaceon

I’ll have to go back to 1991 and see if they left out Bryan Adams. Because that’s the equivalent of leaving Despacito out of 2017 (I don’t even like it btw but it’s a glaring omission). I wonder is it down to RTE being broke so they’re focusing on their own material and/or getting stuff on the cheap?

druss

breezy1985 wrote: »

I wouldnt be defending Lyra or any of the rest but its not as new a thing as people make out in this show. And Something Happens have already been well forgotten be everyone except some rock fans of a very specific age. Thats the problem here really is that some people who have grown up with RITY think it is made just for them

Maybe, but seeing as we are sticking with Something Happens, "Hello, Hello" was no 2 in the charts for a good few weeks. "Parachute" was top 10. Shout out to Larry for confirming.

You could make more of a case for having a go at Microdisney, who had a great song in 1987 show, but one which wouldn't have been a big hit. Still charted though.


I'd agree with External Associations general point. Previous series made more of an attempt to capture the general sound of the year, mainly international, some Irish stuff that was topical or became important afterwards.

Say Your Number

Next week I'll guess:

Snow storm in March
Belfast rape trial
Derry Girls
Ireland Grand Slam
Dolores O'Riordan's death
More Trump buffoonery
Presidential election

breezy1985

External Association wrote: »

But at least Something Happens were bigger than Lyra etc in their era.

A majority of people are finding the material for this decade sub standard. You can see by the number of posts.

I think that is massively down to the age of the people watching and posting.


I could not tell you who was bigger as they are both nobodies as far as Im concerned

breezy1985

druss wrote: »

Maybe, but seeing as we are sticking with Something Happens, "Hello, Hello" was no 2 in the charts for a good few weeks. "Parachute" was top 10. Shout out to Larry for confirming.

You could make more of a case for having a go at Microdisney, who had a great song in 1987 show, but one which wouldn't have been a big hit. Still charted though.


I'd agree with External Associations general point. Previous series made more of an attempt to capture the general sound of the year, mainly international, some Irish stuff that was topical or became important afterwards.

Just referencing the charts kind of makes me feel I am right about the age profile of the viewer. Kids who are listening to most of the 10s music especially the later years dont buy music and could not give a toss about the charts so we dont really know how popular the new stuff is unless you can somehow match 80/90s charts to Youtube views and Spotify.


The general sound of the year that RITY showed back in the day is a rosey myth. A lot of those good songs that they play were looked at by your parents generation as crap and probably got nowhere near a radio show at the time

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Say Your Number wrote: »

Next week I'll guess:

Snow storm in March
Belfast rape trial
Derry Girls
Ireland Grand Slam
Dolores O'Riordan's death
More Trump buffoonery
Presidential election

They'll probably add the early summer heatwave to the 'weather extremes' of 2018.

And maybe Ireland beating the all blacks again.

Pope's visit.

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breezy1985 wrote: »

Just referencing the charts kind of makes me feel I am right about the age profile of the viewer. Kids who are listening to most of the 10s music especially the later years dont buy music and could not give a toss about the charts so we dont really know how popular the new stuff is unless you can somehow match 80/90s charts to Youtube views and Spotify.


The general sound of the year that RITY showed back in the day is a rosey myth. A lot of those good songs that they play were looked at by your parents generation as crap and probably got nowhere near a radio show at the time

Anyone who wants a look can see the international and classic hit elements in previous years.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PJSd5ZMwOwIEyp7UAENqS

This decade has had garbage music. It's not an age question. They are sacrificing major international hits at the expense of native dross in this series. They might aswell play every year's Eurovision entry that failed to get out of the semi finals.

breezy1985

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They'll probably add the early summer heatwave to the 'weather extremes' of 2018.

And maybe Ireland beating the all blacks again.

Pope's visit.

Been waiting about 4 seasons now but will finally get to see Limerick win an All Ireland for only the 2nd time in the show


Looking back on the last few weeks the Dubs 6 in a row was a lot closer to being stopped and less inevitable than it feels now

druss

breezy1985 wrote: »

Just referencing the charts kind of makes me feel I am right about the age profile of the viewer. Kids who are listening to most of the 10s music especially the later years dont buy music and could not give a toss about the charts so we dont really know how popular the new stuff is unless you can somehow match 80/90s charts to Youtube views and Spotify.


The general sound of the year that RITY showed back in the day is a rosey myth. A lot of those good songs that they play were looked at by your parents generation as crap and probably got nowhere near a radio show at the time

I mainly referenced the charts for an act in the early 90's series.

I think the artists we are arguing about in the current series wouldn't be knocking it out of the park in terms of Youtube/Spotify streaming either.

I think the problem might be more related to the age profile of the producers. There is an attempt at capturing stuff which they think might be important/relevant and where RTE has ownershop of footage. I don't think it's hitting the mark, but thats a personal view.

And mainly because it is too early to make that call.

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breezy1985 wrote: »

Been waiting about 4 seasons now but will finally get to see Limerick win an All Ireland for only the 2nd time in the show


Looking back on the last few weeks the Dubs 6 in a row was a lot closer to being stopped and less inevitable than it feels now

Mayo are probably the second best Gaelic football team of all time. Terrible the way they'll be painted as bottlers.

freshpopcorn

You'll also have the 8th Amendment!

coinop

Tommy Tiernan...ugh. Why does RTE insist on forcing him onto our TV screens at every possible opportunity. If the majority of people liked him and thought he was funny, I'd understand. But I don't think they do. Just another example of how out-of-touch RTE is.

coinop

coinop wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan...ugh. Why does RTE insist on forcing him onto our TV screens at every possible opportunity. If the majority of people liked him and thought he was funny, I'd understand. But I don't think they do. Just another example of how out-of-touch RTE is.

I believe his TV show has recently taken over from the late late show in terms of viewership so I think it might be you who is out of touch

Declan A Walsh

coinop wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan...ugh. Why does RTE insist on forcing him onto our TV screens at every possible opportunity. If the majority of people liked him and thought he was funny, I'd understand. But I don't think they do. Just another example of how out-of-touch RTE is.

You are the same poster who could not understand why (or even what!) was the Garth Brooks story being covered in an earlier year!

Some Reeling in The Years episodes show people because of how significant or popular they became later, such as Tommy's current chat show.

breezy1985

coinop wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan...ugh. Why does RTE insist on forcing him onto our TV screens at every possible opportunity. If the majority of people liked him and thought he was funny, I'd understand. But I don't think they do. Just another example of how out-of-touch RTE is.

I'm actually really surprised how he has managed to reinvent himself as a chat show host. I like him as an actor but have always been surprised by his success as a comedian or host.

I haven't seen much of the show but it looks like he is getting more interesting guests than the Late Late which is now an incredibly safe Graham Norton knock off

coinop

Deleted User wrote: »

I believe his TV show has recently taken over from the late late show in terms of viewership so I think it might be you who is out of touch

It's quite possible that it's me who is out of touch. After all, I don't even watch RTE as I mentioned previously. However, I'd like to think the Irish set a higher bar for comedy than shouting in an accent and making fun of ethnic minorities and people with Down's Syndrome. If that's your sense of humour, ok, but others will silently judge you for it.

breezy1985

coinop wrote: »

It's quite possible that it's me who is out of touch. After all, I don't even watch RTE as I mentioned previously. However, I'd like to think the Irish set a higher bar for comedy than shouting in an accent and making fun of ethnic minorities and people with Down's Syndrome. If that's your sense of humour, ok, but others will silently judge you for it.

As I said I am surprised he has transformed himself to chat show host successfully. Down Syndrome is unacceptable in most people's eyes but you wouldn't have to look far in public or on Boards to find that most people would get a kick out of traveller jokes.

Hang on if you don't watch RTE how do you know they push the likes of Tiernan so much. You can't know something you don't watch is out of touch

gmisk

Enjoyed this weeks episode.
Some odd song choices, liked hearing Lyra, but must admit never heard the Damien Dempsey one.

The site of that Halawa chancer makes me want to vomit....

Plus McGregor was in it so some of you can stop giving out about him not being covered!

freshpopcorn

breezy1985 wrote: »

I'm actually really surprised how he has managed to reinvent himself as a chat show host. I like him as an actor but have always been surprised by his success as a comedian or host.

I haven't seen much of the show but it looks like he is getting more interesting guests than the Late Late which is now an incredibly safe Graham Norton knock off

One of the main thing Tommy has going for him over Tubridy is he doesn't but in with stupid questions and he let's people talk.

crooked cockney villain

Is it just me or are they retroactively highlighting women's sports results that achieved little to no attention back when they occurred, but would get it nowadays? Were the camogie results last night really more prominent in 2017's national psyche than when we pulled off an improbable away 1-0 against a fine Wales team only to throw it away in a, what was it, 5-2 mauling to Denmark at home? Course they weren't.

One episode, 2014 or so, had an Ireland women's rugby result. I honestly can't recall the women's rugby team getting any shade of media coverage until the last two or so years. Same with the women's football team, prior to Stephanie Roche I don't think it got two paragraphs per qualifying match. If even that.

Nowadays sites like 42.ie actively clickbait it by disguising it in a manner suggesting the article is about the men's team.


2017 episode was a bit meh, but RTE can't be blamed for the absolute glut of souless, charmless, forgotten next week pop available this decade.

I agree though, too much music videos and obscure artists on the LLS.

Muahahaha

breezy1985 wrote: »

Looking back on the last few weeks the Dubs 6 in a row was a lot closer to being stopped and less inevitable than it feels now

Up until last nights show I had actually forgotten that before Dean Rocks much replayed free kick to win that All Ireland Cian oConnor had a free at the other end and struck the post with it. It would have put Mayo in the lead with just a couple of minutes to go, that final really was fine margins.

Man Vs ManUre

Muahahaha wrote: »

Up until last nights show I had actually forgotten that before Dean Rocks much replayed free kick to win that All Ireland Cian oConnor had a free at the other end and struck the post with it. It would have put Mayo in the lead with just a couple of minutes to go, that final really was fine margins.

Not just that final, every final vs Mayo during 2010’s has been a classic. Only last year was not competitive.
The Mayo team of 2010s was also a best in lifetime era team, just unfortunate for them to coincide with same from Dublin. Mayo won’t get back to that but scary thing is it can and probably will continue for Dublin, only Kerry can stop them.

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crooked cockney villain wrote: »

Is it just me or are they retroactively highlighting women's sports results that achieved little to no attention back when they occurred, but would get it nowadays? Were the camogie results last night really more prominent in 2017's national psyche than when we pulled off an improbable away 1-0 against a fine Wales team only to throw it away in a, what was it, 5-2 mauling to Denmark at home? Course they weren't.

One episode, 2014 or so, had an Ireland women's rugby result. I honestly can't recall the women's rugby team getting any shade of media coverage until the last two or so years. Same with the women's football team, prior to Stephanie Roche I don't think it got two paragraphs per qualifying match. If even that.

Nowadays sites like 42.ie actively clickbait it by disguising it in a manner suggesting the article is about the men's team.


2017 episode was a bit meh, but RTE can't be blamed for the absolute glut of souless, charmless, forgotten next week pop available this decade.

I agree though, too much music videos and obscure artists on the LLS.

The women winning the 6 nations Grand Slam was big news in 2013. Most games live. 2014 Ireland women beating the All blacks was big news too.

The camogie shouldn't have been ahead of the Welsh football game etc. Having said that in the last 20 years there have been some classic camogie finals, 2017 wasn't one.

Tony EH

Interesting just how flat out bloody awful the music has been in the latest series.

deisedude

Tony EH wrote: »

Interesting just how flat out bloody awful the music has been in the latest series.

The music picks have been questionable particularly the Irish artists.

Fair enough if you want to pick some Irish music but some of the bands/singers they have picked are not recognisable and there was definitely Irish acts in those years that had a lot of radio play they could have picked instead.

The show is supposed to capture the zeitgeist of the past 10 years and picking songs that were never popular really takes away from the show.

breezy1985

deisedude wrote: »

The music picks have been questionable particularly the Irish artists.

Fair enough if you want to pick some Irish music but some of the bands/singers they have picked are not recognisable and there was definitely Irish acts in those years that had a lot of radio play they could have picked instead.

The show is supposed to capture the zeitgeist of the past 10 years and picking songs that were never popular really takes away from the show.

It always picked songs that were not popular. Rock music was never popular.

The international acts this decade have all been big hits or stars. Some of the Irish ones went over my head a bit but I wouldn't really know any Irish acts these day popular or not

nullObjects

Is there a different team producing the show or something?
It's not up to the same standard at all

Tony EH

deisedude wrote: »

The music picks have been questionable particularly the Irish artists.

Fair enough if you want to pick some Irish music but some of the bands/singers they have picked are not recognisable and there was definitely Irish acts in those years that had a lot of radio play they could have picked instead.

The show is supposed to capture the zeitgeist of the past 10 years and picking songs that were never popular really takes away from the show.

I think a lot of it comes down to money. RTE were hit badly with copyright issues on past 'Reeling in the Years' series, I believe. Some of the DVD's of the show ended up not being able to use some of the music that was in the original broadcast.

Tony EH

nullObjects wrote: »

Is there a different team producing the show or something?
It's not up to the same standard at all

That might be just perception at play.

This series of 'Reeling in the Years' probably seems "lesser" because all of it only happened over the last decade.

Personally, it's been like looking at something that only happened last month because it's so easy to recall.

The show was at it's best when it was focused on earlier decades. The 60's to the 90's was where the show reached it's full potential.

Pussyhands

PTH2009 wrote: »

An All Island approach I presume

Enjoyable episode this week, jesus still get goosebumps seeing that Robbie Brady goal

I find it cringe tbh.

We finished 3rd in the group...out of 4 yet we qualified. it's so stupid.

We beat a 2nd string Italy team that already qualified.

Sayings like "this generations Italia 90". No it wasn't.

Pussyhands

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

And it featured Ellie Kisyombe, another verified spoofer, straight after Erica. Found it particularly ironic that they showed a direct provision sob story directly after a housing crisis piece, given the link between the two.

Does it mean 2016 is when RTE started giving platforms to shysters? It's looking like so.

Pussyhands

Glaceon wrote: »

What do you mean? It wasn’t always a show of obscure Irish music.

Yes exactly. Enough with the substandard Irish ****e music and actually play the songs people will go "oh yeah, that song was everywhere that year".

Despacito was probably the biggest song across a number of years yet didn't get played.

Pussyhands

External Association wrote: »

A clip of the Toy show with kids' dad coming back from soldiering with the UN means nothing to anyone bar those involved.

Once RITY had events of national and international prominence now it's RTE back slapping and self propaganda.

Since that Tubridy stick insect took over the LLS in 2009 we're inflicted with the Toy Show, with no toys, every month of the year. The greatest load of hyped up nonsense, a filler for the lack of any real entertainment.

The copying of American/British rituals with the "returning of our soldiers" needs to stop.

I know lads who go abroad to work in construction for longer than these lads go abroad on UN duty.

There's lads split up from their mrs that don't see their kid for longer periods than these soldiers do.

Pussyhands

DrSerious3 wrote: »

In all fairness, it's all well and good to showcase Irish music but some of it is unbelievably obscure. What was that Damien Dempsey song? Never heard it in my life.

RITY is not the place to be "showcasing" Irish music.

It's a look back at the past...not an advertising platform.

Kunta Kinte

Tony EH wrote: »

That might be just perception at play.

This series of 'Reeling in the Years' probably seems "lesser" because all of it only happened over the last decade.

Personally, it's been like looking at something that only happened last month because it's so easy to recall.

The show was at it's best when it was focused on earlier decades. The 60's to the 90's was where the show reached it's full potential.

The 1990s series was originally shown on RTE in 2000 so the same isues applied then too especially to the later years of that decade.

Pussyhands

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

Is it just me or are they retroactively highlighting women's sports results that achieved little to no attention back when they occurred, but would get it nowadays? Were the camogie results last night really more prominent in 2017's national psyche than when we pulled off an improbable away 1-0 against a fine Wales team only to throw it away in a, what was it, 5-2 mauling to Denmark at home? Course they weren't.

One episode, 2014 or so, had an Ireland women's rugby result. I honestly can't recall the women's rugby team getting any shade of media coverage until the last two or so years. Same with the women's football team, prior to Stephanie Roche I don't think it got two paragraphs per qualifying match. If even that.

Nowadays sites like 42.ie actively clickbait it by disguising it in a manner suggesting the article is about the men's team.


2017 episode was a bit meh, but RTE can't be blamed for the absolute glut of souless, charmless, forgotten next week pop available this decade.

I agree though, too much music videos and obscure artists on the LLS.

RITY has changed from showing the main events everyone cared about and will remember, into showing things people never cared about.

Does anyone really care about seeing who won the womens football in 2015? The stadium is empty...no one cared about it at the time so **** knows who would care about it years later. It's all about "diversity" now.

breezy1985

Pussyhands wrote: »

I find it cringe tbh.

We finished 3rd in the group...out of 4 yet we qualified. it's so stupid.

We beat a 2nd string Italy team that already qualified.

Sayings like "this generations Italia 90". No it wasn't.

Did someone actually call it "this generations Italia 90".

breezy1985

Pussyhands wrote: »

Does anyone really care about seeing who won the womens football in 2015? The stadium is empty...no one cared about it at the time so **** knows who would care about it years later. It's all about "diversity" now.

I do.