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

Tar.Aldarion

Reading that, I think I may have banned him from somewhere.

tSubh Dearg

This thread is about Ray Darcy not Ray Foley. Let's try and keep it on topic please folks.

Dudess

Stylo wrote: »

I must admit to not having read ALL the posts on this topic, but after reading thru the first 4 or 5 pages, it seems that most agree that Ray D'Arcy has lost his touch a little, but it raises an interesting quandry - If yer not really into a morning of music, who have you got to listen to ?

Ray D'Arcy - apparently not
Gerry Ryan - definitely not
Pat Kenny - rather not
Brenda Power - hopefully not
Orla Barry - rather stick hot needles in my eyes and chew glass

Who ?

Well 98/Spin/104 offer good-quality listening fodder at that time... only messing.
My answer to your question would be: none.
Phantom on the rare occasions that I have the radio on at that time.

diego76

D'arcy was good at the beginning, was definitely better then Gerry Ryan or anything else but when he started deviating from the light hearted format and began the whole political crusade stuff the show went downhill rapidly.
What really bugs me is the crap monologues at the beginning of each show, very self indulgent and very $hite.

I agree totally with lots of other posters, Tom Dunne is far better when standing in for him.

EdgarAllenPoo

Was I the only one pleased to hear that D'Arcy wasn't there on Monday? Tom Dunne was a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately they were back to the same dreck again today.

Liam Byrne

Dudess wrote: »

Well 98/Spin/104 offer good-quality listening

So you're assuming that Stylo's from Dublin, then ?

Listening over the past few weeks, it's a tough call trying to figure out whether it's "the same show gone stale through familiarity" or whether it is actually going downhill.....

Still better than most options at that time, though, unless you want to listen to the local morning chat show......

Macca206

tSubh Dearg wrote: »

This thread is about Ray Darcy not Ray Foley. Let's try and keep it on topic please folks.

For some reason threads on Foley keep getting closed. I can only speculate that its for similar reasons as previous in that they get hijacked by his team (sad i know) using multiple log ins but the same IP address

Dudess

Liam Byrne wrote: »

So you're assuming that Stylo's from Dublin, then ?

Good point. What's on elsewhere at that time? I only know Cork where there's 96FM (the "lovely" Neil Prendeville - kind of a cross between Alan Partridge and Kent Brockman), RedFM (****e music as per usual), 103FM North (North Cork Today), 103FM West (West Cork today).
Nope... nothing there either.

Toto Wolfcastle

Dudess wrote: »

Good point. What's on elsewhere at that time? I only know Cork where there's 96FM (the "lovely" Neil Prendeville - kind of a cross between Alan Partridge and Kent Brockman), RedFM (****e music as per usual), 103FM North (North Cork Today), 103FM West (West Cork today).
Nope... nothing there either.

Oh God is Neil Prendeville still on 96fm?? Was he not supposed to retire months ago??? Actually, shouldn't really say anything about him seeing as I only ever listened to his self-indulgent commentary and his complete lack of regard for the opinions of others once. (Not by choice.)

Actually, pattern emerging. Are we to assume that spouting self-indulgent rubbish is characteristic of many DJs? (Most of whom are not DJs because pressing a button does not count!!) Ray D'Arcy does. (Again, very rarely listen but does that man ever stop talking about his child? I mean, I'm glad he's a proud parent but I really don't care what his child did yesterday!!) Gerry Ryan does. Although I still listen to him, because at least some of the guests are entertaining. Still, the majority of his show is made up of him going on about his family, or his turtles, as if he's the only man in Ireland to own turtles. Pat Kenny? Don't even get me started. That woman on Newstalk? Why does she sound like she is slurring her words? It's not attractive woman.

If they put Ray on at 12 I'd nearly tolerate him for the hour because there is nothing in the radio between 12 and 1 that is worth listening to.

Last time I listened to Ray was after a flight from New York to Shannon, we arrived in just in time to listen to the show. My Dad loves it (or at least did at that stage) and even though I was the driver (driving to Cork), I still let him listen to the show. (Jetlag I presume.) All I remember thinking is will this man ever shut up. At the time I think he was getting ready to run some marathon and the usual 'Oh Ray I love you' texters were fecking orgasming at the thought of it.

The Chessplayer

Was only going on about this the other week.

Ray D'Arcy is a total creep. He reminds me of the character that Patrick Swayze plays in Donnie Darko - I would be very suspicious of him. The whole pretense of being everyone's friend, and presenting homespun talent shows - he makes my skin crawl when I hear him on the radio.

SprostonGreen

His head is disproportinally large for his body.

tapfit2004

poor ray.
back in 1992 backstage at feile i went up to him in the bar and asked for his autograph. my mate who had had a drink or two robbed his pint while he signing his name for me. ray turned around and was going mad. he didnt get his pint back and we ran away before anyone caught us. i text him on the show a few times about it offering to give him the name of the bloke who stole his pint but he never responded.
he might be crap on the radio but have pity on him as a crime victim.

el diablo

SprostonGreen wrote: »

His head is disproportinally large for his body.

yeah, it's enormous. :eek:

listened to some of his show this morning. spent most of the time talking about his daughter and people knocking at his door for Halloween. :rolleyes:

Pigletlover

el diablo wrote: »

yeah, it's enormous. :eek:

listened to some of his show this morning. spent most of the time talking about his daughter and people knocking at his door for Halloween. :rolleyes:

Yeah, it was like him and Jenny are the only parents that are going to have a sleeping child in the house when the trick or treaters call tomorrow night. And that his listeners should care :rolleyes:

The Chessplayer

Pigletlover wrote: »

Yeah, it was like him and Jenny are the only parents that are going to have a sleeping child in the house when the trick or treaters call tomorrow night. And that his listeners should care :rolleyes:

It's really disturbing the way he keeps going on about his daughter.

Typical of D'arcy, though, to use a term like "trick or treat". It's "apples and nuts" - are you Irish or what Ray?! Mind you though, Ray does exhibit personality characteristics that are sort of American - the placid, everyone's best-friend personality, have-a-nice-day kind of attitude...just like the mormons who preach from door to door. A sort of detached creepiness.

You'd swear I was a bitter old sh!te going around the place sniping at people. Not at all - I just don't buy the well-done-sonia-o'sullivan attitude.

Give it a couple of years and D'Arcy will crack. He'll be getting himself a tall skinny latté in Blackrock or something, and the guy behind the counter will accidently use full-fat milk. D'Arcy will lose the rag completely, start over-turning tables, that sort of thing, then it will all come out.

Amz

Dude, I think you're taking it a bit too far. You're obsessed with him or something.

Did he turn you down for a date or something?

The Chessplayer

Amz wrote: »

Dude, I think you're taking it a bit too far. You're obsessed with him or something.

Did he turn you down for a date or something?

Chap you don't have to listen to his radio show every morning in the office.

Don't call me "dude" - what's the matter with you.

Amz

There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just concerned that you're taking the whole thing a bit far. Your posts on this thread are bit disturbing.

The Chessplayer

Amz wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just concerned that you're taking the whole thing a bit far. Your posts on this thread are bit disturbing.

You'd be disturbed if you were subjected to Ray Darcy's breakfast show every morning.

gerk86

whats wrong with d'arcy? It seems no matter what subject he brings up people here moan about it.

"Typical of D'arcy, though, to use a term like "trick or treat". It's "apples and nuts" - are you Irish or what Ray?!"

what are you on about? Im 21 and have never heard that "apples and nuts" expression. Kids around here (as im sure all of Ireland) have been saying "trick or treat" for years and years.

projectmayhem

The Chessplayer wrote: »

You'd be disturbed if you were subjected to Ray Darcy's breakfast show every morning.

get an iPod

The Chessplayer

gerk86 wrote: »

whats wrong with d'arcy? It seems no matter what subject he brings up people here moan about it.

"Typical of D'arcy, though, to use a term like "trick or treat". It's "apples and nuts" - are you Irish or what Ray?!"

what are you on about? Im 21 and have never heard that "apples and nuts" expression. Kids around here (as im sure all of Ireland) have been saying "trick or treat" for years and years.

Codswallop! I'm in my late twenties and we all said "apples and nuts" and my niece says the same and she's about 10.

Don't know where you're from buddy...

redfacedbear

I've never heard 'apples & nuts' either - it was 'help the halloween party' in Meath when I was growing up - and it has been supplanted by 'trick or treat' in recent years

Amz

Help the Hallowe'en Party or Trick or Treat where I was too and I'm mid twenties. Nobody wanted apples and nuts so why would you ask for them?

BaZmO*

Amz wrote: »

Help the Hallowe'en Party or Trick or Treat where I was too and I'm mid twenties. Nobody wanted apples and nuts so why would you ask for them?

I'm in my thirties and it was Help the Halloween Party when I was a kid and that has now turned to Trick or Treat.

Never heard of the Apples or Nuts one.

tSubh Dearg

Okay folks, let's tone it down a notch or three, The Chessplayer I'm looking at you in particular.

This thread is for a discussion of Ray Darcy not the origins of such phrases as "Trick or Treat" or "Apples and Nuts".

This has been a message from the Forum Moderator, normal broadcasting will now resume.

The Chessplayer

BaZmO* wrote: »

I'm in my thirties and it was Help the Halloween Party when I was a kid and that has now turned to Trick or Treat.

Never heard of the Apples or Nuts one.

That is madness. Must have been a Wicklow thing. Not sure where it comes from but I presume the apples refers to chocolate apples as we used to make them in school at Halloween.

TommyShannon

Did anybody hear the show on Friday 26/10/2007 when he had the representative from the Road Safety Authority on about the new learner driver plans on.

To the disgust of over 400,000 drivers he sucked up to the representative talking from his high horse detailing the new legislation that gave provisional drivers 72hours to make plans on how they were going to get to work, creshe etc. I haven't listened to his show for months before Friday but his one way, I'm right style of broadcasting has sickened me for the last time. Onto Orla Barry from Newstalk from now methinks.

projectmayhem

TommyShannon wrote: »

Onto Orla Barry from Newstalk from now methinks.

wouldn't exactly jump onto orla's ship if good, thought-provoking radio is what you're after. she panders to her guests as much as ray does, but at least ray is entertaining

Vegeta

TommyShannon wrote: »

Did anybody hear the show on Friday 26/10/2007 when he had the representative from the Road Safety Authority on about the new learner driver plans on.

To the disgust of over 400,000 drivers he sucked up to the representative talking from his high horse detailing the new legislation that gave provisional drivers 72hours to make plans on how they were going to get to work, creshe etc. I haven't listened to his show for months before Friday but his one way, I'm right style of broadcasting has sickened me for the last time. Onto Orla Barry from Newstalk from now methinks.

What's worse is Darcy harps on and on about road safety yet cycles to work and openly admits to breaking red lights on the bike.

Personally I hate the radio due to ads and crap music but on the days I forget a CD I cannot stand his show.

poker-jacks

I agree with the OP. D'Arcy's show has been terrible for the best part of a year now. He should never show bias towards one thing or another, but he seems to use his show as a pulpet. And, it may sound od but I wish he'd stop talking about his daughter. Great as she may be, it doesn't make for interesting radio (he comes accross as trying to appeal to grannys - an Eoin McLove type of gob****e).

His road safety bolox is getting VERY old and is clearly not working. Maybe he should switch to gun crime or something. Theres much more wrong with this country than Road Safety.


Foley's show on the other hand IS a bit of fun for your lunch time...He may talk about arse but its funny!!

TommyShannon

poker-jacks wrote: »

Foley's show on the other hand IS a bit of fun for your lunch time...He may talk about arse but its funny!!

It's nothing too serious... love the entertainment update!

If I'm not going to Orla Barry that leaves Gerry Ryan (nadda chance), Ryan Tallurdy or Pat Kenny. My God 9am to 12pm radio is actually bad!

projectmayhem

TommyShannon wrote: »

If I'm not going to Orla Barry that leaves Gerry Ryan (nadda chance), Ryan Tallurdy or Pat Kenny. My God 9am to 12pm radio is actually bad!

talk radio in ireland is dull generally. there's no station or DJ (incorrect term i know) that's willing to take a chance and be a bit "edgy" for fear of insulting some stupid protest group.

ipod ftw, i say.

BaZmO*

poker-jacks wrote: »

I agree with the OP. D'Arcy's show has been terrible for the best part of a year now. He should never show bias towards one thing or another, but he seems to use his show as a pulpet. And, it may sound od but I wish he'd stop talking about his daughter. Great as she may be, it doesn't make for interesting radio (he comes accross as trying to appeal to grannys - an Eoin McLove type of gob****e).

His road safety bolox is getting VERY old and is clearly not working. Maybe he should switch to gun crime or something. Theres much more wrong with this country than Road Safety.


Foley's show on the other hand IS a bit of fun for your lunch time...He may talk about arse but its funny!!

In fairness to him, he doesn't speak about his daughter anymore, well nowhere near as much as he did in the beginning. Think it was probably down to the amount of stick he got for constantly rabbiting on about being a new father.

Agree with you about the Road Safety thing. He really is flogging a dead horse. He was right to highlight it at first as it is a problem but at this stage it's just boring. Although maybe he feels under pressure to continue to run with it as he's committed himself to the cause.

DMC

Very hard for a public personality or publication to jump off a bandwagon because its no longer, dare I say "sexy" or grabs the publics attention, or if the campaign goes stale.

I remember when the News of the World, that fine literary oracle from the Murdoch stable*, had a campaign to get the law changed regarding the publication of the whereabouts in the local community of paedophiles, in responce to the murder of Sarah Payne, a 4 year old girl who was killed by a paedophile.

They had a banner under the masthead on page 1 each week, "For Sarah" to reinforce this campaign. After a few months, it was quietly dropped.

So at what point does D'arcy say, my words and efforts are not working, lets try something new?


*comment in jest.

BaZmO*

DMC wrote: »

So at what point does D'arcy say, my words and efforts are not working, lets try something new?[/SIZE]

I'd say after last Friday's show he's at that point now.

The Chessplayer

TommyShannon wrote: »

Did anybody hear the show on Friday 26/10/2007 when he had the representative from the Road Safety Authority on about the new learner driver plans on.

To the disgust of over 400,000 drivers he sucked up to the representative talking from his high horse detailing the new legislation that gave provisional drivers 72hours to make plans on how they were going to get to work, creshe etc. I haven't listened to his show for months before Friday but his one way, I'm right style of broadcasting has sickened me for the last time. Onto Orla Barry from Newstalk from now methinks.

Orla Barry's about a million times worse. Ray is sound compared to Orla Barry.

"Different Nation, Different Station...nobody gives a ****e!"

The Chessplayer

Vegeta wrote: »

What's worse is Darcy harps on and on about road safety yet cycles to work and openly admits to breaking red lights on the bike.

Personally I hate the radio due to ads and crap music but on the days I forget a CD I cannot stand his show.

Nothing wrong with breaking red lights on a bicycle as long as it's safe to do so.

EdgarAllenPoo

Anyone else hear Podge and Rodge on there this morning, I was listening on my earphones on the bus, people must have thought I was nuts laughing.

Firetrap

BaZmO* wrote: »

In fairness to him, he doesn't speak about his daughter anymore, well nowhere near as much as he did in the beginning. Think it was probably down to the amount of stick he got for constantly rabbiting on about being a new father.

I caught a bit of his show the other morning where he was trying to find out why some people don't want to have kids. I didn't hear the start or the end of it but I can only assume that he was yet again bowled over by the sheer wonderfulness of his daughter and that that prompted the discussion. That's why I hate parents of small kids :mad:

TommyShannon

It's nothing too serious... This thread is nothing too serious, not!!

magnumlady

TommyShannon wrote: »

It's nothing too serious... This thread is nothing too serious, not!!

Thats Ray Foleys line not D'Arcys isn't it?

Laois_Man

I think no matter what D'Arcy says/does on his show, people will complain. No show will ever appeal to 100% of listeners.

Read this and weep - he's doing something right!

"The Ray D’Arcy Show has taken a huge leap, up 23,000 listeners in its mid-morning slot, bringing the show to an all time high of 248,000 daily listeners."

That was released on 17th May 2007 and is the most recent JNLR survey result.

Amz

Well, as of last Thursday morning I will no longer be listening to his show. If there's nothing on the other staitons I'll simply turn off the radio. Some comments he made last week were highly offensive and upsetting to me and to have to listen to them from a self righteous, ignorant idiot he is just hit home how long ago I should have switched off.

He's only interested in the back slapping texts and arse licking fan mail he receives. If it keeps those 248,000 people from texting and emailing their tripe to the other shows that I listen to then I'll consider that the only positive thing about his show.

Laois_Man

Amz wrote: »

Some comments he made last week were highly offensive and upsetting to me

Which comments were they - if you don't mind me asking?

Amz

I do mind you asking. What business is it of yours?

Laois_Man

Amz wrote: »

I do mind you asking. What business is it of yours?

It's obviouisly D'arcy who is the "self righteous, ignorant idiot" indeed.

Thanks for making that bit obvious anyway!

Amz

You have six posts on this baord, I don't know you from Adam, I'm not about to publish on a public forum what I consider to be a personal issue. I have taken my issue up with Today FM, I have not chosen to do so with some randomer on the internet.

It is none of your business.

Laois_Man

Amz wrote: »

You have six posts on this baord, I don't know you from Adam, I'm not about to publish on a public forum what I consider to be a personal issue. I have taken my issue up with Today FM, I have not chosen to do so with some randomer on the internet.

It is none of your business.

You're the one who brought up the discussion about it!!!

If you don't want to discuss something, don't mention it. It's a simple concept ya know **Rolls eyes**

monkeyfudge

Laois_Man, kindly drop it.

I don't like your tone.