[Rant-ish] DJ's on music stations

r3nu4l

Okay, I was replying to another thread when I thought about this but why can't we have music DJ's who actually comment sensibly on the music tracks they play, provide some background to the artist, their next album, collaborations, producers etc.

I'm sick of hearing DJ;s who play tracks as some sort of break between their own prattlings about what they did at the weekend or what they are buying their girlfriends/boyfriends for Christmas. Also tired of DJ's who think they are 'so zany/wacky/funny' You know stuff like this...

"I was queuing at the ATM last week when I thought to myself, hey why can't we all just keep our cash in our houses in wall safes? You know, like the bad guys in films who have a safe hidden behind a picture and inside there's wads of cash and a pistol! Wouldn't that be cool folks...here's Britney's latest, I bet she has a wall safe..."

There are some DJ's out there who are really good and have interesting facts about the music they are playing rather than drivel but they tend to be on in the late evenings. Anyone with me, anyone else feel my pain?

DMC

I agree, its the celebrity lifestyle shyte thats found in womens magazines, the disease of talking about "Big Brother" or "I'm a nobody, I want to be famous again", and the soaps, that annoys the hell out of me with popular music stations.

Thank God for Phantom.

cashback

There's so many things I hate about daytime djs.
One thing that annoys me about Tony Fenton in particular is the way he has the Arcade Fire song on in the background when he's talking. Not sure which song, Rebellion(lies) maybe, can't rem. But do you think he would ever actually play anything as decent as that?
In fairness I shouldn't be getting on to Tony too much. As regards choice of music, his show is not the worst. Always a few classics by Bowie or Rolling Stones, and some motown. Still, i couldn't endure listening to him for two hours.

projectmayhem

most of the time the music they play is drivel, so there's nothing to say about it. phantom is the only station where Dj after Dj actually talks about the music/band, mentions gigs and stuff... because there's stuff to talk about.

but that's not really my gripe, it's the generic "tony fenton" voice that we get all across the airwaves in the daytime. 2fm and fm104 are the worst culprits.

Sponge Bob

projectmayhem wrote:

most of the time the music they play is drivel, so there's nothing to say about it.

and a computer tells them what to play and when, they then prattle thru the gaps. and Such has it always been since that flute Fab Vinnie appeared on day one of Radio 2 almost 30 years back . I never listen to them during the day (before 7pm) as its all top 40 computer programmed shyte.

but that's not really my gripe, it's the generic "tony fenton" voice that we get all across the airwaves in the daytime. 2fm and fm104 are the worst culprits.

again there is a name for that specific accent its " Presentation English" and it dates back to the 1970s when DJs in clubs 'talked' . Godawful gob****ery but there you is.

Stargal

cashback wrote:

There's so many things I hate about daytime djs.
One thing that annoys me about Tony Fenton in particular is the way he has the Arcade Fire song on in the background when he's talking. Not sure which song, Rebellion(lies) maybe, can't rem. But do you think he would ever actually play anything as decent as that?

That really gets to me too - the first time I heard it I thought he was actually going to play it and got really (well, a little bit) excited

Totally agree with r3nu4l though. The cheesy links can be really headwrecking. Although still don't think they're as bad as Derek Mooney's stream-of-consciousness crap that he opens every show with: "So I was in a café today, listening in on all the conversations, as you do, you know yourself, hoho, so I heard this woman say something to her friend, and it was hilarious! So thought I'd share it with you! Even though it's pointless, there's no punchline and it doesn't really have to do with anything. Wow, listen to my jazzy music!"

Or something like that.

DMC

Sponge Bob wrote:

again there is a name for that specific accent its " Presentation English" and it dates back to the 1970s when DJs in clubs 'talked' . Godawful gob****ery but there you is.

er, I think you mean "mid-Atlantic accent", such as introducing Big Tom and the Mainliners, followed by The Jam on RTÉ Radio 2 in the early 80's. This was a time when all radio DJ's sounded like they were broadcasting "Radio Downtown ****ing Burbank" rather than to Ireland. The likes of Tony Fenton were purveyors and masters of this accent.

Presentation English, or "received pronunciation" is what the old BBC announcers sounded like.

MarkN

projectmayhem wrote:

2fm and fm104 are the worst culprits.

Who on either of the above sounds lilke Tony Fenton??!! I think you're having a stab in the dark there now...

projectmayhem

MarkN wrote:

Who on either of the above sounds lilke Tony Fenton??!! I think you're having a stab in the dark there now...

didn't say anyone sounded like tony fenton, i said they use that "tony fenton" voice. the "i'm on the radio" voice that pierces through my skull like a piece of untalented shrapnel

Owen

I would dare anyone to sink lower than 96FM down here in Cork. From 7-9 we have a very effeminate upper class british male - Nick Richards, and then from 12-4 we have Ken Tobin who goes about 3 words before throwing in an 'am', or an 'um'. Every jingle has a cheesy dance beat behind it, and the nerdiest of voiceovers with an American accent. And of course, all the competitions are either based on rhyme, or allieterations - "Weekly Whack Questions", "Cash Calls", "Street Fleet" - there's only so much cheese you can handle, and 96FM have Dairylea pouring out their windows ...

MarkN

projectmayhem wrote:

didn't say anyone sounded like tony fenton, i said they use that "tony fenton" voice. the "i'm on the radio" voice

Same thing really.. like I said, don't know anyone on either station who sounds like Tony. Tony sounds like himself and I don't know anyone (no offence to Tony) who would base their style on him..

If you can name somebody, again, feel free.. but I can't think of anyone.

Drag00n79

Ocean FM in Sligo/Donegal/Leitrim has to be the worst. It's the same 'oldies' playlist day-in day-out. Not only do the DJs rarely give info or their opinion on the music they play, but they say after every track: "Ocean FM - The Perfect Music Mix". I mean after EVERY track. What's that all about?