RAG Week Predictions/Info/Hopes

allandanyways

I couldn't even be arsed. Same Wednesday as usual for me, lectures and study, absolutely shíte line-up and the thoughts of paying 35euros to listen to that fcuking Riverside and Galway Girl crap...

Give me grammar conjugations anyday.


/nerd rant.

In all seriousness though, if I do go out during "Charity Week", it'll be to the pub.

Effluo

Madworld wrote: »

Do 90% of people like house or rave? No! And the popstars arent that well known with people who like rave/house. They are well known within Ireland. Outside of it they are unknown.

lol
90%? didn't realise there was a quota
There are a load of very popular house bands inc Daft Punk, Booka Shade & Justice to name a few. It's become very popular recently and although i'm really not sure if 90% of the student body would appreciate house music:P, but certainly a lot would!

Seriously though, they have some very good toonz, their only starting out and i kinda figure they may be ones for the future.
I'm glad they're there anywho adds variety.

I wouldn't be suprised if a good few more acts were to be put up closer to the date. As others were saying there's a lot of time to fill.

Mr sinister

Norrdeth wrote: »

C'mon just because you haven't seen or heard of a band on TV/Radio doesn't mean they're not good, open your mind a little!

No, but you don't want to pay €35 to go see a load of bands you've never heard off

And when is 90% of the student body gonna fit in the SU!!!!

Wiggles~

My 5th and final year in Maynooth and another pathetic RAG week line up. Messiah J and the Expert have been the best act i've seen in the SU and i'm not even mad about hip-hop.

Is there anyone in the know with the SU that knows how they pick the acts because it really can't be the Ents officer that organises RAG week. I mean it's the same ****e every single year, surely one of the new Ents officers over the years would have tried something new. It's a shame really as there's a lot of very very good alternative Irish acts around that could be booked for really cheap.

useded

I was trying to get a fairly big Irish act for this year for the alt music concert but we were told next year instead due to them touring. A shame really, could have brought back a bit of dignity to to the SU!

LeixlipRed

I stopped reading when someone mentioned The Script :eek:

K4t

LeixlipRed wrote: »

I stopped reading when someone mentioned The Script :eek:

They're a decent group with a few good tunes.

Thwip!

K4t wrote: »

They're a decent group with a few good tunes.

but there is zero chance of the S.U gettin them

LeixlipRed

They're equivalent to Westlife in my mind. Pretty boys singing about crushes and pre-angst rubbish.

Thwip!

LeixlipRed wrote: »

They're equivalent to Westlife in my mind. Pretty boys singing about crushes and pre-angst rubbish.

i can see where that view would come from (especially from their song "i'm yours") but i think overall there something mainly different from westlife

LeixlipRed

A guitar holding version of Westlife then. They're still embarrassingly bad.

K4t

jpcarlow wrote: »

but there is zero chance of the S.U gettin them

Ya I thought that alright.

LeixlipRed wrote: »

They're equivalent to Westlife in my mind. Pretty boys singing about crushes and pre-angst rubbish.

Very uninformed comment. The Script incorporate instruments into their songs, they write their own songs afaik and the lead singer has a very good voice. They're certainly in a different league than Westlife.

LeixlipRed

Sorry, I'm a complete music snob and I think they're utterly terrible. Maybe comparing them to Westlife is a bit much but in my mind I'd be as likely to go see them in concert as I would Westlife.

K4t

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Sorry, I'm a complete music snob and I think they're utterly terrible. Maybe comparing them to Westlife is a bit much but in my mind I'd be as likely to go see them in concert as I would Westlife.

That's understandable. I wouldn't go see them in concert either, I just thought they'd be a decent band to get for rag week but as JP said, we probably couldn't get them to come here.

LeixlipRed

They're based in the US aren't they anyway?

allandanyways

I just don't think the SU get acts that people really want to see for RAG Week. I'm not going to pay to listen to Mundy or any of the other acts that are on. Let's face it, RAG week in most colleges is just a venue for acts that are either homegrown and not doing amazingly well, or bits of old 90's bands etc.

Final year in Maynooth and I still don't get the big whoop-de-doo about RAG week. You can go out on the piss all week any week of the year. Lectures are still on like.

On the plus side, the library is guaranteed to be free of the wee bastárds and their headphones and incessant talking so it'll be a rant-free week for me :cool:

/rant. Honestly, I'm not a sour bitch, I just hate people.

Duddy

allandanyways wrote: »

Final year in Maynooth and I still don't get the big whoop-de-doo about RAG week. You can go out on the piss all week any week of the year. Lectures are still on like.

Couldn't agree more, every year it's

Girl: "OMG ARE YOU NOT GOING OUT??!?!?!?!!!!WUN"

Me: "No."

Girl: "OMG OMG BUT ITS RAAAAAG WEEK!!!!"


I don't give a s**t. Go make up some other week and leave me the f**k alone.

(I haven't slept in a while:()

Holsten

Cannot wait for this.

I'm one of those annyoing "IT'S RAG WEEK! YOU HAVE TO GO OUT" people.

Fun times ahead!

tim_the_conman

Cannot wait for this.

I'm one of those annyoing "IT'S RAG WEEK! YOU HAVE TO GO OUT" people.

Fun times ahead!

Same here, gonna be epic!

Duddy

Holsten wrote: »

Cannot wait for this.

I'm one of those annyoing "IT'S RAG WEEK! YOU HAVE TO GO OUT" people.

Fun times ahead!

*boils*


:P

Effluo

Did anyone else hear that rag week this year is just gonna be officially "rag day" and it's only gonna be one day :eek:

Am I misinformed?

Rozabeez

RAG week just doesn't appeal to me this year. I'd rather get my sleep than get hammered, fall in mud and continue drinking.

cian1500ww

Effluo wrote: »

Did anyone else hear that rag week this year is just gonna be officially "rag day" and it's only gonna be one day :eek:

Am I misinformed?

Certainly looks like it

LeixlipRed

Rozabeez wrote: »

RAG week just doesn't appeal to me this year. I'd rather get my sleep than get hammered, fall in mud and continue drinking.

I'm going to bring this post back up when I see you in the mud :P

cian1500ww

cian1500ww wrote: »

Certainly looks like it

False alarm, from the facebook page:

Maynooth's First Music FESTIVAL 'THE GATHERING' Mar 3rd: Sidney Samson, The Coronas, Mundy, The Japanese Popstars, Duke Special, The Chapters, Mick Flannery and More Acts to be announced - Funfair/ Oxygen Bar/ Food Stalls/ Silent Olympic Disco/ Wii Tent and all this right on your doorstep! Get your wellies on!!!

More great acts announced: Saccade, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Saving J and Futures Apart!!!


In Association with CHARITY WEEK 2010:

RAG Week stands for Raise And Give Week and the purpose of the week has always been to run events and fundraise for a chosen charity.

Over the years, the charity part of the week and the message has been lost, so this year, RAG Week is becoming CHARITY WEEK with 'The Gathering' being the highlight of the week, a huge first for Maynooth Students' Union, NUI Maynooth and the town of Maynooth.

There will be alot of the features - day-time and evening events - students will have come to expect from previous years, but the real focus of CHARITY WEEK 2010 is to raise money for The Little Way, Cancer Support Charity in Clane.

Rozabeez

LeixlipRed wrote: »

I'm going to bring this post back up when I see you in the mud :P

It's usually the green across from my house that gets me. Or the grass outside the SU. Two RAG weeks in a row, I fell in the mud then nagged them into letting me back into the SU.