RTE ringing in the 2014 effort.

Western Pomise

Don't know what others felt but I couldn't believe how pathetic dull and cheapskate RTES offerings to ring in New Year were...
For gods sake 'Madness' as the main musical highlight.....that said it all.

wazky

What's wrong with Madness?

LOSTfan57

That ****ing Callan twat was a gob****e started it off worryingly. Where was Auld Lang Syne aswell???

wiz569

I suppose it depends on your age and musical taste

I grew up listening Madness,The Specials,Bad Manners and Ska music in general and I thought it was great,obviously they dont sound like they used to,but hey we all get old eventually

LiamKK1982

I think Laura Whitmore had a little trouble counting backwards from 10 -1, poor dear.

krudler

Why are people always surprised when the RTE New Years show is awful, when has it ever been good? Jools Holland or Graham Norton are the way to go.

wretcheddomain

wazky wrote: »

What's wrong with Madness?

The reason reflects their name.

wazky

wretcheddomain wrote: »

The reason reflects their name.

Its RTE?, better then Crystal Shwing.

Pumpkinseeds

I didn't even consider watching it. I very very rarely watch RTE and I resent the fact that I have to pay a license fee.

Miss Lockhart

Graham Norton wasn't even on at midnight.

I'm not part of the demographic RTE New Years is aimed at. My parents enjoyed it. But Madness was a bit of fun.

awec

Jools Holland was good.

My name is URL

Western Pomise wrote: »

For gods sake 'Madness' as the main musical highlight.....that said it all.

Who usually highlights those things.. Jedward or the likes?

Having Madness perform was a step up from the usual shite

wretcheddomain

wazky wrote: »

Its RTE?, better then Crystal Shwing.

RTE stands for Rubbish Transmitted-as Entertainment

wazky

wretcheddomain wrote: »

RTE stands for Rubbish Transmitted-as Entertainment

People know this yet they still complain about their programming?, why watch it?

Shout Dust

I only saw the bit around midnight, they cut from Dublin, which actually looked good tbf, after a few seconds, going back to the studio which looked like an awkward dinner party before showing pre-recorded clips from a few random places around the world, and they couldn't even get the names of those places right, confusing Moscow with Singapore and getting more confused when it switched again

Mint Sauce

awec wrote: »

Jools Holland was good.

Jools Holland was Brilliant, even if it was pre recorded.

Nearly 2 1/2 hrs of Rock, Pop, RnB, Dance, Reggie, Ska, and Auld Lang Syne.

BBC2 was the way to go last night, BBC2 England more so if you could get it.

dmc17

Madness have played at Jools' New Years Eve show before. Who would people have preferred to play?

DEFTLEFTHAND

In the process of taking down the tree and decs, this Christ and news years has felt Too long.

Shout Dust

dmc17 wrote: »

Madness have played at Jools' New Years Eve show before. Who would people have preferred to play?

Well I couldn't care less and like Madness but I thought they'd have an Irish band seeing as they were making a big deal about the Gathering

Me?

John Newman on Jools Holland was terrific. I also had the cringe inducing few minutes of Neil Delamere on RTE, trully awful uncomfortable viewing.

ballsymchugh

RTE broadcast it but how much of a hand did they have in the concert organising?

PTH2009

yer wan that plays trish in love/hate is some bit of stuff.

Saw madness in play in Waterford last june and it was a good gig

LOSTfan57

PTH2009 wrote: »

yer wan that plays trish in love/hate is some bit of stuff.

Saw madness in play in Waterford last june and it was a good gig

Love her accent

0ph0rce0

LOSTfan57 wrote: »

Love her accent

Cant say the same for the other two bogger fools presenting, couldn't understand a word coming from their mucker mouths

cailinardthair

Jools Holland now was the way to go...watch it every year and never fails....i switch over to sky or bbc scotland to watch the fireworks at 12 and the back to bbc 2

Gael23

Daithi o Se is painful to listen to so I didn't watch it.

Witchie

LOSTfan57 wrote: »

Love her accent

How you doin?...... *purred in a beautiful Monaghan accent........

wretcheddomain

wazky wrote: »

People know this yet they still complain about their programming?, why watch it?

Because when there's little else on TV, it's a good excuse to find more reasons to dislike RTÉ.

wretcheddomain

ryanf1 wrote: »

Daithi o Se is painful to listen to so I didn't watch it.

That's not English he speaks, it's some dialect belonging to the Orangutan family.

One of the few voices on TV where you're left putting the TV in slow motion just to hear him properly. Damien English is another that springs to mind...

Marcus Halberstram

They did the countdown at the concert in Limerick after midnight

sanna

If you can, next time you should watch either BBC1 Scotland or STV, been living here 8years and for first 3 I missed my Hogmanay fix.

Even got my Irish Fiance now watching it, struggles with the accent but its miles better than watching either RTE or even Jools Holland.

sanna

If you can, next time you should watch either BBC1 Scotland or STV, been living here 8years and for first 3 I missed my Hogmanay fix.

Even got my Irish Fiance now watching it, struggles with the accent but its miles better than watching either RTE or even Jools Holland.

Arrow.

It was crap. Forced, cheap looking, not much atmosphere.

Just what you expect from the incestuous RTE.

sanna

If you can, next time you should watch either BBC1 Scotland or STV, been living here 8years and for first 3 I missed my Hogmanay fix.

Even got my Irish Fiance now watching it, struggles with the accent but its miles better than watching either RTE or even Jools Holland.

Tommy Dillon

RTE is pure gank....... what did you expect, it was the end of the gathering also so it was bound to be sh1t...

PizzamanIRL

Jaysus, that's mad Ted.

kkhornet

My name is URL wrote: »

Who usually highlights those things.. Jedward or the likes?

Having Madness perform was a step up from the usual shite

You could say they went "one step beyond"

Hilly Bill

It was all about the presenters and Joe Duffy going on about the TD's pensions. It was New Year's eve for feck sake not the Late Late. It was cringe pure and simple.

darkpagandeath

Glad to see their spending their massive budget on other things than big wages........ you know like quality programs and such like ... oh wait...

Los Lobos

kkhornet wrote: »

You could say they went "one step beyond"

Damnit i wanted to make that joke!

Birneybau

Daithi O Se, professional bogger.

Also, he's not even 40, must have had a hard life.

LiamKK1982

Birneybau wrote: »

Daithi O Se, professional bogger.

Also, he's not even 40, must have had a hard life.

Jesus Christ, I just looked it up, he was born in 1976. I was convinced he was 50. I am truly shocked.

Mammanabammana

If you can, next time you should watch either BBC1 Scotland or STV, been living here 8years and for first 3 I missed my Hogmanay fix.

Even got my Irish Fiance now watching it, struggles with the accent but its miles better than watching either RTE or even Jools Holland.

The HorsesMouth

Joe Duffys presence at it just sums up RTE's approach to everything. No imagionation, stale and riding on the back of complacency.

This outdoor concert concept needs to change... No atmosphere or intimacy. They need to take a leaf out of Jool Hollands book except do it live.

LordSutch

Will switch between these three next year . . . .

BBC1 London/NI for the London fireworks.
BBC1 Scotland for Hogmanay/Edinburgh fireworks.
BBC2 for Jools Holland's Hootenanny.

My thoughts on RTEs offering, from another thread > http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88242180&postcount=266

Legs.Eleven

Was at that concert last night and it was brilliantly organised and Madness (who I've been a fan of since I was a child) were brilliant. Didn't see the whole thing on RTE but I thought the whole thing in real life looked really impressive and did Ireland proud. Imo.

Technoprisoner

i cringed when joe duffy started talking about the recession minutes before midnight. rte have no idea how to create a bit of atmosphere....maybe next year they should bring in some outsiders that have experience of putting on a good show...and as was said before madness was a step up from the usual tripe they have on nye

Shout Dust

Technoprisoner wrote: »

i cringed when joe duffy started talking about the recession minutes before midnight. rte have no idea how to create a bit of atmosphere....maybe next year they should bring in some outsiders that have experience of putting on a good show...and as was said before madness was a step up from the usual tripe they have on nye

Didn't see it but would well believe it, remember one year they had the entire NYE show dedicated to negativity. The lad who does drivetime on the radio couldn't even wish people a happy new year, said something like 'we wish you, well not too optimistically, a happy new year'

StewartGriffin

Looked at BBC's schedule for the Xmas - 2 Ronny's, Morcambe and Wise - followed by - more 2 Ronny's and a bit more of - Morcambe and Wise.

Drag yourself out of the 1970's BBC. They're are all dead and gone.

grenache

wretcheddomain wrote: »

That's not English he speaks, it's some dialect belonging to the Orangutan family.

One of the few voices on TV where you're left putting the TV in slow motion just to hear him properly. Damien English is another that springs to mind...

That's the beauty of regional accents and diversity. Give me a West Kerry brogue over a fake mid Atlantic D4 drawl any day!

It would be a boring world if we all spoke Queens English.

FanadMan

Had RTEs new year prog recorded just to see Madness (and nothing else!) and it was brilliant! Loved the energy and the nostalgia. I really hate this time of year but at least they brightened it up for me.

Shame though having to even see Dathi and Joe being televised. Why the hell are RTE still wasting good airwaves on those two?