RTE Gold discussion thread

zoobizoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123393351#Comment_123393351

There was .... "Don't look back in anger" was in there.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123322471#Comment_123322471

I've been reliably informed that Eric Moore is not the v/o for Mid West Radio in Mayo !

ford fiesta

The Top 100 this Monday 5th May at 11am are question songs - such as 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?', 'What’s Love Got to Do With It?' ….etc etc

GSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123400763#Comment_123400763

5th of MAY!!

ZaK23-54

I was listening to Micky Mac’s 70’s this morning and it actually is worth a listen..

He played Bob Seger Dan Fogelberg Bread Elton and Christopher Cross..etc

Is there a reason he only gets an hour?

Is the show ‘ live ‘ as it seemed not to be voice tracked?

I only recently realised he is the same guy who larged it up on 2 FM in the 90’s.

Declan A Walsh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123415274#Comment_123415274

When he started on RTE, he was originally called Michael McNamara. It was only when he started hosting dance shows in the early 1990s that he called himself Mickey Mac. He left 2FM in 1999 for RTE's classical oriented station Lyric FM (another reinvention for him!) and reverted once more to his original name. What he is playing now on RTE Gold is similar to what he used to play in his earlier years on 2FM (or RTE Radio 2).

ford fiesta

to answer your question i don't think the show is live, no weekend programmes on Gold are.

GSF

I’m sure Will Leahy’s chart countdown today was broadcast last year as well with the snippet of Arise and Follow Charlie and Planxty on vinyl from the Rte library

GSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123416053#Comment_123416053

Don’t really get the need to fake its live. Other specialist shows don’t have to pretend. Would be far better to ask for emails for next week’s show rather than pretend to be live

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123416074#Comment_123416074

Will said he'd only play a clip of Planxty "Timedance", as it was taken from a scratchy vinyl.

Why would this be a reason? He should've played the full song, it was part of that weeks Irish Top 5 from 1981. there are quite a few songs on the Gold playlist that are from vinyl.

It's rare songs like this that makes the countdown different from the UK charts. Happy to hear that he no longer uses the UK Top 40 as his countdown.

cute geoge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123416074#Comment_123416074

Even if it was broadcast last year ,what harm is there in that ,I would often listen to the classic countdown repeated on playback few times of 80's and 90's weeks that bring back all the memories

GSF

The Top 100 Questions- the good kind, not the ones you get asked in tribunals, as Rick said in his opening link. He could get banned from here for sass like that 😉

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123419725#Comment_123419725

As we enter Eurovision run up, they better play Whats Another Year!

odyssey06

Well they are playing Why Me so Linda Martin wont have to handbag anyone…

odyssey06

So the surprise #1 in the Top 100 Questions songs was...

Life on Mars by David Bowie

The chorus is a question I suppose.

waywill1966

I‘m listening to Rewind recently mainly due to the fact it plays music from the eras I like 60s, 70s and 80s. I have little or no interest in the 90s onward. The music mix is good and there is presenters on it!

GSF

Iron Maiden followed by Diana Ross, Shakin Stevens and Brendan Shine! And after that Who Let The Dogs Out. Certainly mixing it up

gammygils

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123420245#Comment_123420245

Well the track is titled "Life On Mars?" with a question mark I suppose. I didn't see that coming in fairness

Declan A Walsh

I might go on the player and check out this Top 100. It sounds interesting.

GSF

That aul lad that calls up asking for Joe Duffy every morning is going to need a new script soon …

ford fiesta

The Top 10 at 10 this morning was from 1988.

Played was Jump The Gun - "Take him home" - the Irish entry in the Eurovision. It was noticeably played from a vinyl single transfer.

Also played was New Order "Blue Monday", however the 1983 original was played, not the very different 1988 remix.

thejuggler

from memory the 1983 version was around 7 mins long. The biggest selling 12 inch single of all time. The 88 version was a shorter radio friendly edit

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123456687#Comment_123456687

The 1988 version is not a radio edit of the original 1983 version, it is a remix known as "Blue Monday 1988 (quincy jones remix)"