Is it time for Larry Gogan to leave 2fm?

Welsh Megaman

Listened to Larry's show today.

Never has a dj sounded so out of place, having to adhere to 2fm's 'yoof' playlist.

I can imagine poor Larry leaving the studio while Calvin Harris and Pitbull work their magic.

Larry of course, has been at 2fm 'since the beginning', but now surely must be the time for him to move on.

RTE Gold, perhaps? John Clarke's 'Ireland's Biggest Jukebox' has moved there.

Opinions?

Five Lamps

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Listened to Larry's show today.

Never has a dj sounded so out of place, having to adhere to 2fm's 'yoof' playlist.

I can imagine poor Larry leaving the studio while Calvin Harris and Pitbull work their magic.

Larry of course, has been at 2fm 'since the beginning', but now surely must be the time for him to move on.

RTE Gold, perhaps? John Clarke's 'Ireland's Biggest Jukebox' has moved there.

Opinions?

Personally, I think he's a good DJ. Sure he's getting on a bit but he's been well able to present the hits decade after decade. So on that basis this decade shouldn't be much bother to him. The problem there are few good radio DJ's about - most are bland yellow pack DJ's - and he stands out.

That_Guy

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I can imagine poor Larry leaving the studio while Calvin Harris and Pitbull work their magic.

In fairness, I'd leave the studio too...

SEPT 23 1989

name another DJ who would play this at 1.30pm on a Tuesday afternoon?

leave Larry alone

bbability

Tell me when did LG play that song? I don't think even Spin would do such a thing

fred funk }{

The monthly Larry slating thread.

mike65

He'll be carried out in a box and no sooner I'd say.

Uepped

Larry was out of touch with the youth 35 years ago let alone now.

Welsh Megaman

I'm not saying he should retire (far from it), he just seems out of place on 2fm.

Better suited to RTE Gold IMO.

john_parrott

larry hasnt uttered a spontaneous or independant thought in decades so its not like he is going to insult anyone


he will most likely croak in the middle of a steely dan track

ford fiesta

john_parrott wrote: »

he will most likely croak in the middle of a steely dan track

if he was allowed to play them..

As much as I love Larry I do feel that he's out of place on the "new" 2FM. I wouldn't like to see him retire but maybe a move to Radio 1 or RTE Gold might be better for him now.

ford fiesta

His Golden hour now isn't very 'golden'

GSF

fred funk }{ wrote: »

The monthly Larry slating thread.

Yeah what's the obsession with him retiring?

fred funk }{

GSF wrote: »

Yeah what's the obsession with him retiring?

Don't know TBH.

Larry has always played a mixture between the classics and latest tunes. I hate most modern music and think it's pretty sh1t but I remember about 15 years ago I liked the latest music of the day and others thought it was crap.

So maybe some haters have just moved on but Larry is still the same.

Long live Larry!

Rubberchikken

He'd be better on a station like 4fm playing classic pop/rock.
He's totally wrong on that useless 2fm who are imo rapidly going downhill.

A.J.Plumb

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Don't know TBH.

Larry has always played a mixture between the classics and latest tunes. I hate most modern music and think it's pretty sh1t but I remember about 15 years ago I liked the latest music of the day and others thought it was crap.

So maybe some haters have just moved on but Larry is still the same.

Long live Larry!

Yeah pal and long live Jimmy Magee as well....nothing personal but these people have been about Radio since God was a child.

Radio should be a fast moving , edgy changing place to work...dosn''t sit well in a public service environment.

RTE is full of these dinosaurs....time to move them out ....long overdue.

littlelulu

I love Larry and I love his show! His pronounciation of some names is comical.

Leave Larry alone!

Cork_chick_94

He sounds very out of place now because the golden hour playlist has got very narrow and has mostly songs from 4-10 years ago.

Harry Angstrom

They should send Larry over to Lyric, where he can follow Marty Whelan's show. He can then play stuff like The Bay City Rollers and Showaddywaddy to his heart's content - in keeping with Lyric's new remit.

Fuzzy Clam

RTE Gold would be the ideal outlet for him.

Cork_chick_94

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

RTE Gold would be the ideal outlet for him.

I think he has done an odd bank holiday morning on it recently.

ford fiesta

It seems when Aidan Leonard is filling in for Larry on the golden hour, he plays mostly stuff from the 70s and 80s.