The 70's and 80's in Ireland

Andrewf20

Does anyone remember Dark Towers? We had to watch it in school in the 1980s. That house / castle scared the hell out of me.

igCorcaigh

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Inevitable when an act gets popular with a young teen audience, after 18 months or so they've moved on to the next thing.

Well, I would have to challenge that. I remember the 80s and you had dedicated cure heads and the like. Im friends with a guy in his 50s who still idolises Thin Lizzy.

(I could be missing context from earlier posts).

saabsaab

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Well, I would have to challenge that. I remember the 80s and you had dedicated cure heads and the like. Im friends with a guy in his 50s who still idolises Thin Lizzy.

(I could be missing context from earlier posts).

Doesen't everyone idolise Thin Lizzy?

igCorcaigh

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Does anyone remember Dark Towers? We had to watch it in school in the 1980s. That house / castle scared the hell out of me.

I don't. But did it come up on a recent Memorial Device twitter thread?

(they are a great one to follow for 70s/80s household nostalgia).

riclad

Taylor swift could release an album
every 2 years if she wants to, she and Adele will be selling
albums for years to come
Dua lipa and the weekend have real musical talent and some of their music
is influenced by 80s music trends
There have always singers who have 1 or 2 hits and are forgotten
There's good music and songs being made still
I think the 80s were special in that a pop rock group needed to tour for years and be
able to play to a high standard
Many songs now are written by 3 writers
and the music is made using software on
a laptop using samples
no need to record real people playing a guitar or playing real drums
The 90s was the last decade when there was rock music in the charts
No one under 40 seems to be making rock
music anymore
If you look at old top of the pops you,ll
see a wide range of genres pop rock rap etc

fryup

tdf7187 wrote: »

My recollection is that in Dublin there was a lot of graffiti around, and areas that were and are quite central were quite run down.

the only graffiti i remember is the H Block slogans, Brits Out, IRA, INLA, No Extradition etc etc

you really had to be careful what you said back in those days, if you said anything remotely pro-english round my way you would have been lynched

ohnonotgmail

fryup wrote: »

the only graffiti i remember is the H Block slogans, Brits Out, IRA, INLA, No Extradition etc etc

you really had to be careful what you said back in those days, if you said anything remotely pro-english round my way you would have been lynched

ACAB was always quite popular.

Cjfogarty

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Spot on.
One of the most eagerly anticipated boxing matches ever. As it wasn’t starting until 3.00 or 4.00am (can’t remember which), RTE 1 decided to screen The Deer Hunter once the Late News had aired. In those days, closedown normally took place around midnight so this was a rare treat to watch ‘tv through the night’. Quite a few schoolboys stayed up and most of us watched The Deer Hunter. Unfortunately the movie broke down half way through and RTE re-screened it the following night. The fight wasn’t bad either.

Maybe this was a regional thing in Ireland but I remember that night slightly differently. Yes the movie broke down. I remember that clearly. But I think RTE restarted the film the same night. I distinctly remember watching it twice on the same night. Bloody traumatised me that film as I was only 12. Me and the old fella had set up camp in the living room to watch the fight. He fell asleep while I watched the first 80 minutes of the film twice over and learned all about Russian roulette. Jesus.

Hotblack Desiato

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Well, I would have to challenge that. I remember the 80s and you had dedicated cure heads and the like. Im friends with a guy in his 50s who still idolises Thin Lizzy.

(I could be missing context from earlier posts).

Of course there were dedicated fan bases, but when an act became very popular with 13-14yo girls in particular they were a very fickle audience and also tended to ensure that the act wasn't taken seriously by everyone else.

e.g. Teardrop Explodes, great early 80s band somehow got very popular with the teen girls for a while and probably didn't do their career any good.

Hotblack Desiato

fryup wrote: »

the only graffiti i remember is the H Block slogans, Brits Out, IRA, INLA, No Extradition etc etc

Extradition would be too hard for them to spell

For years near where I grew up there was a slogan on a wall in huge letters, STOP TORCHOR IN H-BLOCK :rolleyes:

you really had to be careful what you said back in those days, if you said anything remotely pro-english round my way you would have been lynched

Guy I know imported a secondhand Triumph motorbike from the UK in the early 00s, had to take the union jack badges off it. The ones imported and sold here directly didn't come with the badges that every other country in the world gets...

Baybay

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Guy I know imported a secondhand Triumph motorbike from the UK in the early 00s, had to take the union jack badges off it.

Where I grew up, we had a similar issue with the then much desired Reeboks as they had them embroidered onto a little fabric panel alongside the brand. They were usually inked over.

L1011

I'm actually amazed the rear lights on new Minis aren't smashed in certain areas to this day

cml387

L1011 wrote: »

I'm actually amazed the rear lights on new Minis aren't smashed in certain areas to this day

Isn't it only British imports have the Union flag theme?

L1011

cml387 wrote: »

Isn't it only British imports have the Union flag theme?

Could be, plenty around but a huge volume of cars are UK imports.

Mad_maxx

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The state can't build cheaper, building standards today are light year's ahead of what the councils threw up as acceptable

Its pointless to use those times as an example for today

Plenty of those houses are still around. Many on the private market sell for good money.

cml387

Someone was speaking of watching late films on RTE and it breaking down.

On more than one occasssion the late film was terminated suddenly as the transmitter switched off automatically. Someone was supposed to override the automatics but they forgot. Then RTE would have to shamefacedly repeat the end of the film sometime the following week.

Ash.J.Williams

back when you had to actually go home to watch something as it played i recall the same episode of the sopranos two weeks in a row on RTE 2

Hotblack Desiato

cml387 wrote: »

Isn't it only British imports have the Union flag theme?

No it's the default, if you don't want them you have to specify plain lights as an option but then you can't get the LED headlights...

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/mini-cooper-s-review-go-kart-feel-provides-endless-driving-fun-1.3620744

cml387 wrote: »

Someone was speaking of watching late films on RTE and it breaking down.

On more than one occasssion the late film was terminated suddenly as the transmitter switched off automatically. Someone was supposed to override the automatics but they forgot. Then RTE would have to shamefacedly repeat the end of the film sometime the following week.

On one occasion when BBC NI closed down earlier than RTE, it automatically started relaying RTE's late film followed by the news and national anthem :pac:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=76233389&postcount=1840

fryup

fryup wrote: »

the only graffiti i remember is the H Block slogans, Brits Out, IRA, INLA, No Extradition etc etc

you really had to be careful what you said back in those days, if you said anything remotely pro-english round my way you would have been lynched

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Extradition would be too hard for them to spell

For years near where I grew up there was a slogan on a wall in huge letters, STOP TORCHOR IN H-BLOCK :rolleyes:

yep, and i bet you any money the guys who wrote those slogans supported British football clubs, read british newspapers and watched British TV..the hypocrisy back then was unreal (still is to a certain extent)

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/108173845#Comment_108173845

Whatever about Mosney, the Two and Two bars could be on the way back "within two years" it says here

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40869452.html

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116261721#Comment_116261721

No, but we were made to watch a video with Gerry Ryan rapping about the danger of cocaine, seriously.

NedsNotDead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119048674#Comment_119048674

I remember that one to. Oh the irony

Oscar Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119048757#Comment_119048757

And then people complain about the Catholic Church!

Weren't they are hypocrites!

Hotblack Desiato

Fairly sure Gerry Ryan never raped any kids though.

NewbridgeIR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119048099#Comment_119048099

Have great memories of Two & Two and my Dad bringing them every Sunday night from the Golf Club

Would like to see them come back but their return has been mooted for many years now without progress

cj maxx

To the OP, the 70's and 80's were grand for a child. Guards at the bus stop , national school, backed up by the branch backed up by the army. Normal stuff. If you got a clip from your teacher it was because you deserved it. Catching rabbits. Daddy at home because work was scarce. Very different to Dublin

JupiterKid

Hmmm...I know of Urneys chocolates and heard of the two by two bar. But I cannot for the life of me remember it, and I think I’ve a good memory. 🤨🤔

I’m 1975 vintage myself, when did their products go off the market?

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116263941#Comment_116263941

There's is Rock music is just not in the mainstream commercial channels.

A lot of mainstream music now is just cut and paste copies of older music just changed slightly. It's why they have to keep suing each other.

fatbhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116304127#Comment_116304127

I doubt that.

NewbridgeIR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052442#Comment_119052442

Two & Two disappeared when I was in first year so 1984/1985.