No Disco - reminiscing

estariol

Normally "What's that song?" threads get closed and the OP pointed in the direction of the "What's that song?" sticky in Music, but since this has become a chat about No Disco, I'm leaving it - Dudess

Tried all the usual lyrics search engines to no avail, remember then video was black and white, quite a slow soulful track circa 1995. The only lyric i can remember is 'just another one night stand.......makes me feel like a real man' or something really close to that.

Would appreciate any suggestions from someone of the right vintage.
thanks

Ryaller

"One Night Stand" - The Aloof.

The Hustler

Jaysus, just realised it's nearly 8 years since Uaneen Fitzsimmons died

Captain Darling

estariol wrote: »

Tried all the usual lyrics search engines to no avail, remember then video was black and white, quite a slow soulful track circa 1995. The only lyric i can remember is 'just another one night stand.......makes me feel like a real man' or something really close to that.

Would appreciate any suggestions from someone of the right vintage.
thanks

Jesus, i remember that song as well. I think the poster above ^^^ got it right (cant be sure-i probably have it on VHS at home-i taped No Disco religiously), it was a real catchy song though.

kerash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VktWNq2ver8

A fellow boardsie made me aware of this only recently, it is excellent.

AnonoBoy

kerash wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VktWNq2ver8

A fellow boardsie made me aware of this only recently, it is excellent.

I didn't know what song you were talking about until I listened. I remember that well - can even picture the video.

Yusuf Mirza

Ahh I remember No Disco well. Twas back in the day when we had only RTE 1, RTE 2, TnaG and of course the new kid on the block TV3 which promised so much and delivered so little. Remember the Pepsi chart show that was on TV3? It was like Top of the Pops but crapier, and thats saying a lot coz TOTP was S%*t.

No Dosco was the first time I was exposed to "left of field" indi music. Wish they did maby a tribute to Uaneen Fitzsimmons and release a compelation. I remember the first time I say Beck "devils haircut in my mind" man that song blew my mind.

rovert

Fond memories

estariol

Thanks its exactly the one! wonder if RTE would ever consider a box set or even stream them a la other voices. Now to track down a cd for mates dj set.

homerun_homer

Great song, the band fell off the face of the planet seemingly.

No Disco was great, truly missed - though not the Leagues years. Pity Channel 6/TV3 shafted Night Shift.

jossnjuice

homerun_homer wrote: »

Great song, the band fell off the face of the planet seemingly.

No Disco was great, truly missed - though not the Leagues years. Pity Channel 6/TV3 shafted Night Shift.

+1. no more underground bands going to get their airtime chance and no more michelle doherty!!!BOOOOOOO!:mad:

Dudess

The Hustler wrote: »

Jaysus, just realised it's nearly 8 years since Uaneen Fitzsimmons died

It's actually over eight years - November 2000.

The Hustler

Leagues was up his own arse, played alot of b*llocks....... Uaneen was a legend

homerun_homer

jossnjuice wrote: »

+1. no more underground bands going to get their airtime chance and no more michelle doherty!!!BOOOOOOO!:mad:

Aw Michelle:( How I love Thee..

Dudess wrote: »

It's actually over eight years - November 2000.

I won some CDs while she presented No Disco, just for voting on best videos of the year. XO by Elliott Smith was one of them and it's one of my favourite albums. Tragic what happened her.

Did anyone see her interview with Ian Brown at the Big Day Out in Galway?? He was one ignoratn B*llocks. She gave him a wee gift and all.

Fanny Cradock

The Hustler wrote: »

Jaysus, just realised it's nearly 8 years since Uaneen Fitzsimmons died

Car crash, wasn't it? She had a nice way about her.

Ant

No Disco was a great programme alright. I didn't have a TV when Uaneen or Leagues presented the show but Donal Dineen introduced me to some great bands such as Orbital, Hyper[borea] and Palace Brothers.

Thanks for reminding me of The Aloof. "Sinking" was one of my favourite albums from 1996 but I had completely forgotten about its existence in the intervening years.

legologic

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Car crash, wasn't it? She had a nice way about her.

T'was and t'was a sad sad day...

I did enjoy the leagues era though, maybe it was the era I was brought up in. he introduced me to a lot. No Disco was an introduction so much as an awakeining. What a show regardless of presenter.

The Hustler

Anyone remember 'The Sound Room' on TV3 with Darragh Purcell?? Tosser

homerun_homer

The Hustler wrote: »

Anyone remember 'The Sound Room' on TV3 with Darragh Purcell?? Tosser

Agreed, met him once and he didn't disappoint in his t0sserness.

The Hustler

homerun_homer wrote: »

Agreed, met him once and he didn't disappoint in his t0sserness.

Yup, similar experience myself, met him backstage at a Sigur Ros gig and he was in love with himself

sweetie

The Hustler wrote: »

Anyone remember 'The Sound Room' on TV3 with Darragh Purcell?? Tosser

met him before too when he was doing the tv3 stuff. If he was an ice cream he would have licked himself. He did play loads of mercury rev around the time of deserter's song and introduced me to a great tun called 'Causing a commotion' by the wiseguys.

Won a copy of 'blur' from no disco circa Uaneen and met her at an embrace gig years ago too. She was really nice (especially to a gangly student like me)

97i9y3941

homerun_homer wrote: »

Did anyone see her interview with Ian Brown at the Big Day Out in Galway?? He was one ignoratn B*llocks. She gave him a wee gift and all.

i remember that,he lost it all together,i remember no disco aswell,first time i saw stone roses love spreads video on it

30txsbzmcu2k9w

Yep first introduced to The Aloof on this show as well, great band

Fred83 wrote: »

i remember that,he lost it all together,i remember no disco aswell,first time i saw stone roses love spreads video on it

Wasn't he chomping his way through an apple for the duration of the interview? I think i remember that now haha. Donal and Uaneen were great, best thing rte ever produced.

Doctor J

Nobody disappoints quite as consistantly as Ian Brown.

No Disco was a great show in the Dineen/Uaneen eras, turned into ****e once Leagues took over, what a dreadfully boring presenter.

Giblet

Poor Uaneen

Corholio

legologic wrote: »

T'was and t'was a sad sad day...

I did enjoy the leagues era though, maybe it was the era I was brought up in. he introduced me to a lot. No Disco was an introduction so much as an awakeining. What a show regardless of presenter.

Cant believe it's been that long. She was driving to a Bell X1 gig when she got killed. She was going out with Paul Noonan at the time.

The Bell X1 song "In Every Sunflower" is written about her. It makes the song even more amazing when you find out it was about her. As far as i know they've only played the song once ever live, at the Hot Press awards a few years ago.

JLemmon

No Disco Best Alternative\indie Music show RTE ever put out.

There was one called the eclectic ballroom as well, can't remember much maybe it was a dream, can anybody remember it? Must not have been great, seem to remember the Pale on it and Cathal Coughlan circa fatima mansions period. And one on Fridays at 6 on RTE2 called Plastic Orange???

On the pop side, What about The Beatbox with Simon Young and Peter Collins and Ian Dempsey preceeding them? Competitions were impossible to get into, pre text phone in days. Oul Smiley Bolger was on there with the New bands Challange, bands like LIR, Grin and Watercress.

97i9y3941

beatbox was good,just turned to s#it when dave fanning took over,smiley always looked worse for wear

Dudess

JLemmon wrote: »

And one on Fridays at 6 on RTE2 called Plastic Orange???

Yeah, I remember seeing Scheer http://www.4ad.com/scheer/profile/ on that in 1992/93 - they rocked. Shame they didn't last long.

On the pop side, What about The Beatbox with Simon Young and Peter Collins and Ian Dempsey preceeding them? Competitions were impossible to get into, pre text phone in days. Oul Smiley Bolger was on there with the New bands Challange, bands like LIR, Grin and Watercress.

Fred83 wrote: »

beatbox was good,just turned to s#it when dave fanning took over,smiley always looked worse for wear

Good topic of discussion but please start a thread on it in the general Music forum - here is only for Alt/Indie. Thanks.

Oh wow, LIR. They were great.

tech77

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, I remember seeing Scheer http://www.4ad.com/scheer/profile/ on that in 1992/93 - they rocked. Shame they didn't last long.

Talk about a blast from the past- whatever happened to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cARgfGOYSMM

For some reason they kinda remind me of a cross between Therapy and Elastica. :P

FWIW, another track i'm reminded of from that era:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJSYzBqA9RA

Cainer

Corholio wrote: »

Cant believe it's been that long. She was driving to a Bell X1 gig when she got killed. She was going out with Paul Noonan at the time.

The Bell X1 song "In Every Sunflower" is written about her. It makes the song even more amazing when you find out it was about her. As far as i know they've only played the song once ever live, at the Hot Press awards a few years ago.

I've heard this before rumour alright but how true is it really that she was driving to a Bell X1 gig as the accident happened in the afternoon?

I wonder is it just one of those urban legands?

R.I.P. Uaneen.

seachto7

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Car crash, wasn't it? She had a nice way about her.

I know the lad who was in the car with her..:(

NapoleonInRags

Just thought I'd give a mention to the legend that is Donal Dineen - the original presenter of No Disco and currently chief late night groovemesiter on Today FM

The Wild Bunch

Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?

trashcan

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?

Leagues O'Toole wrote a book about Planxty about 3/4 years back I thiink. Don't know what else he's been up to.

Anyway, No Disco introduced me to this:

And I was instantly a fan (as you can guess by the username). went out and bought the album Cake that very afternoon. (It was when No Disco used to be on a Saturday morning. Donal Dineen days.

Also introduced me to Freedy Johnson - Donal Dineen used to play this;

Nice.

Corholio

My strongest memory of No Disco was seeing 'World is Dead' by Juniper on there and doing everything I could to hear it again (pre internet days), ended up buying it on cassette tape.

I also have a bizarre strong memory of hearing songs from the band 'Gorky's Zygotic Mynci' on there too.

A type of show that is severely missed these days. I hate that Kodaline are probably Ireland's most well known band at the moment, makes me wish for No Disco again.

roll

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Whatever happened to Leagues O'Toole and Darragh Purcell?

Isn't Leagues running the Harmonic operation? Didn't like him on No Disco but he did introduce me to Arcade Fire and the Harmonic promotion outfit is v good....

incidentally, Donal Dineen was still playing football with Rathmore when presenting ND - I remember giving him sh1t after a game one day for constantly playing 'Shakermaker' (The song that made me realise Oasis were muck) - he apologised and said he had no choice!

Uaneen had one of the best smiles......

Birneybau

Yeah, Leagues is running Harmonic and doing a splendid job altogther.

The Wild Bunch

Has he had a personality transplant yet?

More wooden than my floorboards

BPKS

I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.

Corholio

BPKS wrote: »

I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.

If you do get out those video's, if you ever come across the video for 'World Is Dead' by Juniper, I would be more than happy to pay for a copy of it.

The Wild Bunch

BPKS wrote: »

I used to record it every Thursday night. Imagine a show on RTE today showing videos of the Beastie Boys followed by Suede followed by Kristen Hersh/Michael Stype followed by the Boo Radleys followed by Massive Attack followed by the video with the plasticine figures (which I cant for the life of me remember who the band were).

It was fanstastic, I must get out the old videos from the attic and watch a few of them again!

And about Donal Dinneen and his "wooden" personality - I played football against him (he won a county senior championship in Kerry) and he was well able to move and shout then! Maybe the persona on air and on TV was a lot to do with the hip, chilled out presenter he felt he needed to be to stand out from the crowd at the time.

I was actually referring to Leagues O'Toole with my 'wooden' comment

super_furry

Still love this song and first heard it on No Disco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAhjmrAsSc

loyatemu

we need a "No Disco classics" Spotify playlist

(actually could be tricky, just checked Spotify and there is no Palace Music/Will Oldham there at all...)

Tree Scape

This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzewgVLmp8

loyatemu

Tree Scape wrote: »

This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzewgVLmp8

I was looking for that video, but was searching for "Palace Brothers" (as that was his stage name at the time).

Another oft-played tune was Luke Vibert's "Sharp A2" which Dineen commissioned a video for because there was no actual video available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLczxR0nFew

WingnutRecords

Hey!

I used to produce a podcast for Curious Broadcast called 'An Ciaróg Eile', for the very first one I interviewed No Disco producer, Rory Cobbe.

Just search 'curious broadcast wingnut an ciarog eile 1'

The interview was great and he went through the entire history of the show.

One for the NERDS!

In the same series I went on to interview Dave Fanning, Dan Hegarty, Donnacha O Dualaing, Cian O Cíobháin, Stevie G and loads more....