Ryan Tubridy, the late late and country and irish

Atoms for Peace

I have a hunch that RTE is being used as a testbed by outside intelligence agencies.
For what purpose? To create a peice of televsion so banal that it will leave your brain open to manipulation after it has melted.

So please sheeple resist the urge to switch over to RTE 1.

Infernal Racket

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

I have a hunch that RTE is being used as a testbed by outside intelligence agencies.
For what purpose? To create a price of televsion so banal that it will leave your brain open to manipulation after it has melted.

So please sheeple resist the urge to switch over to RTE 1.

Is that you Gemma?

Yer Da sells Avon

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

So please sheeple resist the urge to switch over to RTE 1.

There isn't a herd of wild horses that could make me watch the Late Late Show 'country and Irish' special.

SEPT 23 1989

More like brown envelopes from management companies

Odhinn

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

There isn't a herd of wild horses that could make me watch the Late Late Show 'country and Irish' special.

Given the choice between a death sentence and "country" late late, I'll take death. Unless its death by Late Late "country" show.

jeremyj1968

I think the only thing that would be a worse fit would be Ryan doing a Late Late Show Sports Special.

biko

I doubt half of us even knew it was on until you decided to promote it on the biggest forum in Ireland..

OldMrBrennan83

biko wrote: »

I doubt half of us even knew it was on until you decided to promote it on the biggest forum in Ireland..

I've been waiting for it all week.

buried

Picked a bad weekend for it. Anybody who be bigtime fans of the Irish country music scene be bouncing around this weekend in the big red barn at the Kilconly Music festival going on tonight and the resht a this weekned hay

Infernal Racket

buried wrote: »

Picked a bad weekend for it. Anybody who be bigtime fans of the Irish country music scene be bouncing around this weekend in the big red barn at the Kilconly Music festival going on tonight and the resht a this weekned hay

Shlurpin over pictures of Big Tom

Thelonious Monk

Doesn't Tubridy just have this job through family connections? I never thought someone could make Pat Kenny seem charismatic in comparison

LETHAL LADY

Wagon wheels are gone ta ****e too.

Ninthlife

Wheres the outrage against the "country and Irish theme"

Not very all inclusive is it? What about Dubs and non Irish

Us Dubs are Irish too or so legend has it

Feckin emailing arrrgh tea eee and gonna twitter my rage too

Church on Tuesday

Yeee haww!!

'Mike Denver' and all the lads.

mad muffin

The last laugh is on us. Cause we are all paying for this shït. Whether we watch it or not.

I watched five minutes of it.

I’ve never been to Tralee, but that is what I think Tralee is like and why I have never been there.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Good ole cow Shiite music at its best.

Yer Da sells Avon

mad muffin wrote: »

The last laugh is on us. Cause we are all paying for this shït.

I'm not paying for it, because I don't have a television licence.

buried

F**k it, if its any compensation Tubridy ain't enjoying it either. For two hours he living in a Hell of his own fake creation

Capt'n Midnight

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

I have a hunch that RTE is being used as a testbed by outside intelligence agencies.
For what purpose? To create a peice of televsion so banal that it will leave your brain open to manipulation after it has melted

You obviously haven't seen the old stuff from "The National Film Board Of Canada"

whisky_galore

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Yeee haww!!

'Mike Denver' and all the lads.

Probably not his real name.

Sh1t kicking, bland insipid muzak for the masses.

ILoveYourVibes

WHAT EVEN IS THIS THREAD!?? TUBRIDY IS MY JAM !

Every Friday night I know where i am.....

post may not be accurate havent seen it in years! I feel like i have been away or something

Lord Glentoran

Ninthlife wrote: »

Wheres the outrage against the "country and Irish theme"

Not very all inclusive is it? What about Dubs and non Irish

Us Dubs are Irish too or so legend has it

Feckin emailing arrrgh tea eee and gonna twitter my rage too

Dubs are welcome if they like the Gah and join in that collective yee-hah crap

DEFTLEFTHAND

He actually looked quite well in his black suit.

Didn't shame himself in the duet with Daniel either.

Atoms for Peace

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/late-late-country-special-i-m-ryan-tubridy-and-i-eat-dinner-in-the-middle-of-the-day-1.3881465?mode=amp

Gets the most viewers after the toy show aparently. So much for public broadcasting; expect more cheap reality TV and country music for your licence fee.

El_Bee

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Doesn't Tubridy just have this job through family connections? I never thought someone could make Pat Kenny seem charismatic in comparison

Now now now, he started out in the mail room as a young lad, grafting alongside the great unhosed, now cynics may scoff and say that he had to do that to make it look like he wasn't on a railroad upwards straight away, but I prefer to believe that he made it to the top by his own merits and talent.

patmac

Lord Glentoran wrote: »

Dubs are welcome if they like the Gah and join in that collective yee-hah crap

Sigh, I like the GAA and hate country music, bet your really confused now.

GoneHome

I have to say I wouldn't be the biggest country music fan but really enjoyed the show, well done to Tubridy

completedit

Funny thing is country music is amazing. Chris stalpleton tennassee whiskey, what a tune.

I haven't enjoyed country music since I was about six years of age.

But I have to say I really enjoyed that show. And Tubs is a decent singer.

Who was that incredibly good looking female singer (apparently she used to do opera as well) from up north? I think her name was Clíodhna or Clíona but I can't find her on YouTube.

donegal_man

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

...Who was that incredibly good looking female singer (apparently she used to do opera as well) from up north? I think her name was Clíodhna or Clíona but I can't find her on YouTube.

Sounds like it might have been Cliona Hagan, she was at school with relatives of mine. She has loads of vids on youtube including cover of Emmylou Harris, Born to Run that my niece is mad about.
Lovely girl but God that's some dire music!



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donegal_man

donegal_man wrote: »

Sounds like it might have been Cliona Hagan, she was at school with relatives of mine. She has loads of vids on youtube including cover of Emmylou Harris, Born to Run that my niece is mad about.
Lovely girl but God that's some dire music!



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I'm not sure her musical interest and mine would be the same, but she had one hell of an impressive voice.

Great set of lungs on her altogether, like.

OldMrBrennan83

They churn out that many country singing plastic dolly birds in Northern Ireland that there must be a factory somewhere.

ToddyDoody

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

country singing plastic dolly birds

Nice.

OldMrBrennan83

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Nice.

They're not bad alright.

Stovepipe

Nathan Carter grinning constantly, for minutes at a time. I was waiting for his mouth to fall off....Irish people wearing Stetsons indoors and not getting how stupid they look......praising these clowns as if they were saints, instead of twats with stupid names. Tear up your TV license. I'd give Ryan Tubridy credit for a lot of things but this was pure, unmitigated backward ****e.

OldMrBrennan83

Stovepipe wrote: »

Nathan Carter grinning constantly, for minutes at a time. I was waiting for his mouth to fall off....Irish people wearing Stetsons indoors and not getting how stupid they look......praising these clowns as if they were saints, instead of twats with stupid names. Tear up your TV license. I'd give Ryan Tubridy credit for a lot of things but this was pure, unmitigated backward ****e.

What do you suggest everyone be forced to listen to then? Or have you a few options on your approved list?

Agricola

It's as if Tubridy's Late Late Show is being beamed to us from an parallel universe where all the turmoil and social change of the last 30 years never happened.

In the old day's Gay Byrne used to champion new music and upcoming bands, interviewed people who at the time seemed like the devil incarnate to a lot of viewers and had plenty of rip roaring panel debates about said social changes.
Now the LLS comprises of misery special editions where extremely miserable people get the opportunity to be extremely miserable on national television, annual "get yourself the ride" editions where sexually frustrated people who are well lubricated (oh matron) on free booze are thrown at each other on national television and......is it quarterly now?.......... country music specials where Nathan Carter and Daniel O' Donnell are wheeled out to take part in what must be the most Asexual piece of television broadcast anywhere in the world on a Friday night.

Fúcking hell.

Stovepipe

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

What do you suggest everyone be forced to listen to then? Or have you a few options on your approved list?

You listen to what you like, it's a free country. I like to listen to John Creedon on RTE radio 1 in the evenings when I'm driving to work. If I wanted to listen to country music, I'll have a go at Glen Campbell or some Louisiana bluegrass, not some pale imitiation from Westmeath or Mayo. RTE is awash with Daniel O'Donnell so I have to reach for the remote...
regards
Stovepipe

bodhrandude

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Good ole cow Shiite music at its best.

Was going to thank this and realised I already did, so thanks again.

Sam Quentin

I work most weekend nights and was told by loads of people the Late Late was great Fri night,.so when I hear that I tune in to the repeat on one of my nights off(tonight)and must say I was well impressed from the intro and still really enjoying it.... Great gig to be fair..

Stovepipe

Stovepipe wrote: »

Nathan Carter grinning constantly, for minutes at a time. I was waiting for his mouth to fall off....

He was smiling so fixedly, I thought the man had tetanus. That ain't normal.

The Late Late Show

Stovepipe wrote: »

You listen to what you like, it's a free country. I like to listen to John Creedon on RTE radio 1 in the evenings when I'm driving to work. If I wanted to listen to country music, I'll have a go at Glen Campbell or some Louisiana bluegrass, not some pale imitiation from Westmeath or Mayo. RTE is awash with Daniel O'Donnell so I have to reach for the remote...
regards
Stovepipe

I have to agree with this. The amount of mediocre to bad music that gets pushed in Ireland is amazing. Ireland has become a copy of modern Nashville when it comes to pumping out woeful music.

I think this emphasis on so-called original music has destroyed music too. Anyone comes along who writes their own songs and sings them is lauded. Truth is the likes of Gavin James, Damian Dempsey and Declan O'Rourke are very mediocre. They are not the gods RTE and the like make them out to be. Then, there are all these younger college bands doing the same and writing even worse original songs.

There was one time at least some genres were free of this. Irish country music as done by Daniel was not ever the most exciting but at least Daniel was doing proper songs and lead people to discover more exciting versions of them. For example, Daniel did the bluegrass songs I Wonder Where You Are Tonight and Little Cabin Home On The Hill and it could lead people to the superior Bill Monroe versions. But now modern Irish country singers are writing their own songs and guess what? They sound like those things Gavin James, etc. write and they sing them like boyband singers (many modern Irish country singers were once in boybands). Why RTE and the like push all this despite many people not liking it at all.

Speaking of bluegrass, here is more of this. I am in the New Ross/Dubrody/Ballyhack part of Wexford for a break between 23-28 August and learned there is a bluegrass festival in the area in Dunmore East. I was thinking it would provide an alternative to pub bands or pluggers of original material and I'd be in for a treat with a lot of Bill Monroe songs and the like. Checked out the bands and gave them all a listen online and the same old drivel: not bluegrass in the least. Original songs and covers of When You Say Nothing At All (a modern country song that has become a favourite of the boybands here). No thank you: can get that anywhere.

It is really sad that bands cannot sing the proper songs of genres and cannot adapt. You can be 100% sure many of these bands at this festival have no Bill Monroe albums in their collections and those that do are not encouraged by festivals that pander to drunken audiences to do them. Isn't is sad that it is left to Daniel O'Donnell to cover bluegrass songs and real bluegrass bands cannot be promoted in 2019 Ireland?

riclad

He,s a good presenter, he ,s doing his best,
theres only a limited amount of singers , actors celebs to interview in ireland .Ireland is a small country.
The toy show is still very entertaining .
When gay byrne was on the late late there seemed to be more international famous people on it, famous american and uk actors .
I think famous actors, celebs go on the graham norton show ,
it,s hardly worth while going on the late late show to promote a book
or a film ,when there,s loads of talk shows in america.
In the 80,s and the 90s, we had more irish pop ,rock groups
who had big hits all over the world .thin lizzy ,u2 etc
We have singers like Hozier , who have one hot song .
And thats it.
I think he,s a good presenter , he cannot really control who goes, on his
show .
If you want to watch celeb x being interviewed ,
look on youtube .
i wonder doe,s anyone under the age of 30 watch the late late show
at all ?

Bobblehats

Stovepipe wrote: »

You listen to what you like, it's a free country. I like to listen to John Creedon on RTE radio 1 in the evenings when I'm driving to work. If I wanted to listen to country music, I'll have a go at Glen Campbell or some Louisiana bluegrass, not some pale imitiation from Westmeath or Mayo. RTE is awash with Daniel O'Donnell so I have to reach for the remote...
regards
Stovepipe

Yeah well I think I get irish country. it’s a defence mechanism. The message is you better change your tune before you set foot in our backwoods, son because we are a traditional good old fashioned family orientated god fearing peoples and if you wanna listen to all that eclectic jazz DJ John daddy cool Creedon is knocking out you can do it in the privacy of your own pot smoke filled cabin. They are saying this is country-country; so take a hike.....

bodhrandude

riclad wrote: »

He,s a good presenter, he ,s doing his best,
theres only a limited amount of singers , actors celebs to interview in ireland .Ireland is a small country.
The toy show is still very entertaining .
When gay byrne was on the late late there seemed to be more international famous people on it, famous american and uk actors .
I think famous actors, celebs go on the graham norton show ,
it,s hardly worth while going on the late late show to promote a book
or a film ,when there,s loads of talk shows in america.
In the 80,s and the 90s, we had more irish pop ,rock groups
who had big hits all over the world .thin lizzy ,u2 etc
We have singers like Hozier , who have one hot song .
And thats it.
I think he,s a good presenter , he cannot really control who goes, on his
show .
If you want to watch celeb x being interviewed ,
look on youtube .
i wonder doe,s anyone under the age of 30 watch the late late show
at all ?

They featured Elbow once, I think it preceded their Picnic appearance, I also think they had gigs in Dublin as well, but I was like, Phuck! me, the Late, Late is showing something semi-decent, it was like. wow, where did that come out of give me more. Dave fanning should have Tubridy's job, at least he would have some decent music and he is a good interviewer.

L1011

Bobblehats wrote: »

Yeah well I think I get irish country. it’s a defence mechanism. The message is you better change your tune before you set foot in our backwoods, son because we are a traditional good old fashioned family orientated god fearing peoples and if you wanna listen to all that eclectic jazz DJ John daddy cool Creedon is knocking out you can do it in the privacy of your own pot smoke filled cabin. They are saying this is country-country; so take a hike.....

The same venues that play Country & Irish will then have a scouse house DJ on a week later

It's just indicative of awful music taste, nothing else

Ecce No Homo

He,s a good presenter, he ,s doing his best,
theres only a limited amount of singers , actors celebs to interview in ireland .Ireland is a small country.
The toy show is still very entertaining .
When gay byrne was on the late late there seemed to be more international famous people on it, famous american and uk actors .
I think famous actors, celebs go on the graham norton show ,
it,s hardly worth while going on the late late show to promote a book
or a film ,when there,s loads of talk shows in america.
In the 80,s and the 90s, we had more irish pop ,rock groups
who had big hits all over the world .thin lizzy ,u2 etc
We have singers like Hozier , who have one hot song .
And thats it.
I think he,s a good presenter , he cannot really control who goes, on his
show .
If you want to watch celeb x being interviewed ,
look on youtube .
i wonder doe,s anyone under the age of 30 watch the late late show
at all ?

whisky_galore

Country n Irish, the musical equivalent of magnolia paint.

Aglomerado

whisky_galore wrote: »

Country n Irish, the musical equivalent of magnolia paint.

There's a country and Irish festival coming up in Fermoy sometime in August.

...sponsor is a local undertaker. No lie.

https://www.corkindependent.com/news/topics/articles/2019/06/26/4176117-fermoy-going-a-little-bit-country/

topper75

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

More like brown envelopes from management companies

What?!
Payola taken by a state broadcaster?
That is not something an investigative journalist with integrity would pick up on and make a name for themselves, is it?