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The Ray D'Arcy Show Thread - Mod note Post # 1 Updated

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    #3452
    maxfresh
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭maxfresh


    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    Bring back Ray.

    This guy has got a voice like the old man who bores be to sleep with readings at mass.

    yes, but no talk of babies/kids or 50 shades of grey this week :D


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    #3453
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Even McCloone slags Ray for being obvious when he's reading from a mail or text and that he doesn't sound natural. He's infinitely better than Darcy, and plays good music.


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    #3454
    fifi234ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭fifi234ie


    I hope Mairead gets stranded in London


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    #3455
    DuckStab
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭DuckStab


    fifi234ie wrote: »
    I hope Mairead gets stranded in London

    Cue Ray cutting his holiday short in order to start a new feature;
    "Enlisting 20-stone truckers in touch with their feminine side to help Des Bishop and Neil Delamare hitch-hike to London to rescue Mairéad whilst looking for a date and simultaneously reducing housewives affected by suicide and road death and single parents with autistic children to tears with terrible acoustic out of tune songs inspired by 50 Shades of Grey, *siiiiigh*"
    Just rolls off the tongue.


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    #3456
    gally87
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭gally87


    DuckStab wrote: »
    Cue Ray cutting his holiday short in order to start a new feature;
    "Enlisting 20-stone truckers in touch with their feminine side to help Des Bishop and Neil Delamare hitch-hike to London to rescue Mairéad whilst looking for a date and simultaneously reducing housewives affected by suicide and road death and single parents with autistic children to tears with terrible acoustic out of tune songs inspired by 50 Shades of Grey, *siiiiigh*"
    Just rolls off the tongue.


    Making little of suicide and children with autism, how is that even remotely funny. Don't give u the day job to become a comedian any time soon.

    You sir are an idiot.


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    #3457
    Splinter
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Splinter


    gally87 wrote: »
    Making little of suicide and children with autism, how is that even remotely funny. Don't give u the day job to become a comedian any time soon.

    You sir are an idiot.

    Attack the post not the poster, regardless of wether or not you agree with their posts, you cannot refer to them like this.

    back on topic folks

    Splinter


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    #3458
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    gally87 wrote: »
    Making little of suicide and children with autism, how is that even remotely funny. Don't give u the day job to become a comedian any time soon.

    You sir are an idiot.
    I'm getting really tired of posts like this...a real comedian would say worse you know...


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    #3459
    ziggyman17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭ziggyman17


    music has been great all week.. Can't understand why darcy's choice of music of music is so bad compared to most people that fill in for him.


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    #3460
    maxfresh
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭maxfresh


    ziggyman17 wrote: »
    music has been great all week.. Can't understand why darcy's choice of music of music is so bad compared to most people that fill in for him.

    this ,ray has the choice of whatever music he wants ,yet i feel his choices are very repetitive and a bit dull


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    #3461
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    maxfresh wrote: »
    this ,ray has the choice of whatever music he wants ,yet i feel his choices are very repetitive and a bit dull

    He bangs on about spending evenings planning his music for the next day. Really ? He latches onto a band or a song and flogs it to death. Every ****ing day. Mumford and sons, Noah and the whale ad nauseum. Songs I liked on first hearing I now hate because of his constant repetition.

    Thank god for Paul Mcaloon (sp?) the last week. At least he has a good/diverse taste in music.


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    #3462
    Michael Weston
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭Michael Weston


    Heckler wrote: »
    He bangs on about spending evenings planning his music for the next day. Really ? He latches onto a band or a song and flogs it to death. Every ****ing day. Mumford and sons, Noah and the whale ad nauseum. Songs I liked on first hearing I now hate because of his constant repetition.

    Thank god for Paul Mcaloon (sp?) the last week. At least he has a good/diverse taste in music.

    Ya left out Paulo Nutini it went on for almost a year, I swear his ego is so huge he believes he is giving us a treat by educating us with good music !!!

    Its always sh!t then Mairead starts to say he has no taste in music but two minutes later she tells us how she is going to see Jedward or Westlife that night.

    It would be better if they let the postman pick the music.

    In my opinion Ray has completely turned into Victor Mildrew, he is very depressing and has no place at a national station .


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    #3463
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,443 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Mairead next week should be...something, what I don't know.


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    #3464
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    There are so many good hosts out there, why the hell are they giving Mairead the show for a week?

    I can understand why McLoone isn't doing it, he's been covering for Dempsey and D'Arcy for two (three?) weeks now, so probably needs to get back to his own show.

    But why not let Phil Cawley cover? Or Anton Savage? Or do what they did before and get Dempsey to stay on until 11 and then bring Foley on?

    I've nothing personal against the woman, but I seriously don't believe she has what it takes to host a show in such a prime time slot.

    What's even worse is I'll have to listen in to her because they've got the first play of the new Damien Dempsey single next week.


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    #3465
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    There are so many good hosts out there, why the hell are they giving Mairead the show for a week?

    I can understand why McLoone isn't doing it, he's been covering for Dempsey and D'Arcy for two (three?) weeks now, so probably needs to get back to his own show.

    But why not let Phil Cawley cover? Or Anton Savage? Or do what they did before and get Dempsey to stay on until 11 and then bring Foley on?

    I've nothing personal against the woman, but I seriously don't believe she has what it takes to host a show in such a prime time slot.

    What's even worse is I'll have to listen in to her because they've got the first play of the new Damien Dempsey single next week.

    I've nothing against her personally because I don't know her. What I do know is that on the show she's annoying, has a **** taste in music and from the few ballcrunching times i've had to sit through the panel she has no sense of humour or comedy. Next week is going to be a disaster of crap music and cringy radio. I'm kinda looking forward to see how bad it can get.


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    #3466
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,290 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Why not try out a new host completely in this spot? As far as I can tell, Today FM have been pretty stagnant when it comes to their hosts, so could it not be an opportunity for different hosts to get a shot? Maybe one person each day. Sure it would be disjointed, but would be good learning experience for the hosts and the change would be interesting


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    #3467
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    dulpit wrote: »
    Why not try out a new host completely in this spot? As far as I can tell, Today FM have been pretty stagnant when it comes to their hosts, so could it not be an opportunity for different hosts to get a shot? Maybe one person each day. Sure it would be disjointed, but would be good learning experience for the hosts and the change would be interesting

    I'd like to see Louise Duffy get a chance at that slot. And I'm pretty sure they have a few other female hosts on their books that don't really get much of a run out, (I think I heard a presenter from Spin on one bank holiday).

    Would be great if they blooded some female talent, seeing as it's really lacking on their current schedule.


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    #3468
    el diablo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,745 ✭✭✭el diablo


    wnolan1992 wrote: »

    Would be great if they blooded some female talent, seeing as it's really lacking on their current schedule.


    Mairead Farrell?

    We're all in this psy-op together.🤨



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    #3469
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    el diablo wrote: »
    Mairead Farrell?

    I said...
    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Would be great if they blooded some female talent, seeing as it's really lacking on their current schedule.



    :pac:


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    #3470
    Neeson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Louise Duffy might be busy with Paul Galvin seeing as Kerry are out of the championship!


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    #3471
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    pwurple wrote: »
    Lelantos wrote: »
    He said it was in the car, he was driving, its neither pointless nor lazy, read the post next time.

    "She" was in the car, but not driving, strapping a child in. Read the post next time.
    No mention of you being female in the post or that you were strapping a child in. Better read your own posts once in a while.


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    #3472
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Lelantos wrote: »
    No mention of you being female in the post or that you were strapping a child in. Better read your own posts once in a while.

    Did I say I was driving? You can't make a bunch of wrong assumptions and then tell someone else to read the post.


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    #3473
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    pwurple wrote: »
    Lelantos wrote: »
    No mention of you being female in the post or that you were strapping a child in. Better read your own posts once in a while.

    Did I say I was driving? You can't make a bunch of wrong assumptions and then tell someone else to read the post.
    I never said you were driving, I made no assumptions, but it seems you want to complain, perhaps ring Ray, he may give you a hearing.


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    #3474
    Lippy C
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭Lippy C


    I can't belive I have few days off work and its Mairead in the seat. I don't actually know which is worse her or Darcy. I have switched stations in mornings as everything he does seems to annoy me as stated in previous hundred pages. I love it when Anton Savage is standing in for people.


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    #3475
    fifi234ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭fifi234ie


    I enjoyed that show it was nice and relaxed and yay Will is back :)


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    #3476
    Max_Charger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Max_Charger


    Have to say, I thought she did pretty well.


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    #3477
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Lelantos wrote: »
    I never said you were driving, I made no assumptions, but it seems you want to complain, perhaps ring Ray, he may give you a hearing.

    Um.... yes you did.
    Lelantos wrote: »
    He said it was in the car, he was driving, its neither pointless nor lazy, read the post next time.


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    #3478
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    From the snippets I heard this morning, Mairead did a lot better than I expected.


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    #3479
    el diablo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,745 ✭✭✭el diablo


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    From the snippets I heard this morning, Mairead did a lot better than I expected.

    I only heard bits of it myself but she was certainly better (and more professional) than D'arcy.

    We're all in this psy-op together.🤨



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    #3480
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    pwurple wrote: »
    Lelantos wrote: »
    I never said you were driving, I made no assumptions, but it seems you want to complain, perhaps ring Ray, he may give you a hearing.

    Um.... yes you did.
    Lelantos wrote: »
    He said it was in the car, he was driving, its neither pointless nor lazy, read the post next time.
    That was in reply to someone else, my original post didnt mention anything about driving.
    Instead of arguing the toss, did you follow my suggestion about the complaint?


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    #3481
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Yes, it was to someone else, but it was about me. :rolleyes:

    Anyway, to set your worried mind at ease, yes I complained, weeks ago, the day I heard it. To the broadcasting authority as suggested here, and an email to the darcy show and the station manager.


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