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Fergal D'Arcy -afternoons on Today FM

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  • #62
    Elianna Gray Undergarment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Elianna Gray Undergarment


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    I think I fall into that bracket (well maybe not "young") and hashtag AlisonEJCurtis absolutely does my head in. Instant channel changer. The accent and the constant twittering babble talk is like nails on a chalkboard. Can't understand the appeal :confused:

    Would it kill her to go 5 seconds without saying AlisonEjCurtis at twitter and 53102


  • #63
    Elianna Gray Undergarment
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    heybaby wrote: »
    She seems genuine enough but she has text number tourettes and gives her twitter handle out literally dozens of times per show.

    When she subbed in at the 7pm show she had decent playlist ...


  • #64
    gimmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Our dial has been stuck at today FM again recently, mostly as we have an old radio and its the only station we can get without static.

    Fergal has defo calmed down a bit, but he is still very difficult to listen to. The way he says his name is enough to annoy me "Fergal Daaaaaaaarcey".

    The playlist is appalling too. No imagination to it whatsoever.

    But all of this fades into obscurity compared to the self indulgent and utterly shíte intro to the show.

    The only feature I like is the 3 theme of the 3 songs and how they are linked. But overall that will only help give the show 1/10. Terrible terrible stuff.

    Sorry Fergal.


  • #65
    Synode
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    The start of the show is always the worst part. Especially on Mondays. Some inane shíte about what he done at the weekend. It would be alright if they were funny but they're not


  • #66
    UsedToWait
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    Synode wrote: »
    The start of the show is always the worst part. Especially on Mondays. Some inane shíte about what he done at the weekend. It would be alright if they were funny but they're not

    I always get to the dial just about the time of the guy shouting 'D'ARCY' - still annoys the sh1te of me though...


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  • #67
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭patrickc


    why is this show called off the charts? that would signify playing music not in the current charts, this certainly doesn't happen its all charty crap


  • #68
    gimmick
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    Self indulgent awful intro was abandoned today.


  • #69
    hufpc8w3adnk65
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    gimmick wrote: »
    Self indulgent awful intro was abandoned today.

    Noticed that instantly... Hopefully means his boss's are reigning him in a bit


  • #70
    Mc Love
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    Spotify for the afternoon, I didnt mind when he was on the evenings slot


  • #71
    UsedToWait
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    gimmick wrote: »
    But all of this fades into obscurity compared to the self indulgent and utterly shíte intro to the show.
    ..
    Synode wrote: »
    The start of the show is always the worst part. Especially on Mondays..
    UsedToWait wrote: »
    I always get to the dial just about the time of the guy shouting 'D'ARCY' - still annoys the sh1te of me though...


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    gimmick wrote: »
    Self indulgent awful intro was abandoned today.
    MrMac84 wrote: »
    Noticed that instantly... Hopefully means his boss's are reigning him in a bit

    I'd be inclined to believe he's reading this thread tbh..


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  • #72
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    He is insufferable to listen to, everything is "do ya remember when you were young and yer mam would bla bla bla" "do ya rememeber being a at the disco as a young lad and hearing this song and going absolutely mental". Feargal "do ya remember when" D'arcy. Pretty sure there is a mental illness associated with repeated referral to a certain point in your life that you can't move on from. He is abhorrently irritating and talks so much sh1t that he's constantly losing his voice.


  • #73
    UsedToWait
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    anna080 wrote: »
    He is insufferable to listen to, everything is "do ya remember when you were young and yer mam would bla bla bla" "do ya rememeber being a at the disco as a young lad and hearing this song and going absolutely mental". Feargal "do ya remember when" D'arcy. Pretty sure there is a mental illness associated with repeated referral to a certain point in your life that you can't move on from. He is abhorrently irritating and talks so much sh1t that he's constantly losing his voice.


    Spot on.. my post from when he was announced as taking over from Louise..
    UsedToWait wrote: »
    You reckon?

    That eejit who's replacing her is even more irritating in my book..

    His entire schtick, any time I've heard him is a litany of crap anecdotes like:

    'Remember when you were growing up there was always a lad that used to wear red socks?'

    or text-ins like:

    'What were your favourite games when you were a kid?'

    or some such sh1te..

    Louise wasn't great, but I'll be switching the dial when Fergal D'Arcy starts..


  • #74
    JoeA3
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    Did Foley's "self indulgent" jingles bother ye back in his day? I like the jingles... I think he used that very same shouty "D'ARCY" one on iRadio.

    I don't get the dislike for this chap. He seems more than fine and capable to me. There's far far worse on the radio than Fergal. Alison Curtis springs to mind instantly!


  • #75
    Synode
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    Curtis is on a different level of annoying. But Darcy is closing in fast. I don't like wishing bad for people but please god the show doesn't last long as it's very poor. I hate having to flick around between stations because of 1 show but I'm going to start soon enough


  • #76
    siblers
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    patrickc wrote: »
    why is this show called off the charts? that would signify playing music not in the current charts, this certainly doesn't happen its all charty crap

    Or it could imply he is getting his music "off the charts"? It's a stupid name for a show anyway, sounds like something from the 90s.


  • #77
    threein99
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    siblers wrote: »
    Or it could imply he is getting his music "off the charts"? It's a stupid name for a show anyway, sounds like something from the 90s.

    Hes "Off The Air" today so I'll be tuning in to Muirean O Connoll :D


  • #78
    gimmick
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    Intro is back.


  • #79
    djemba djemba
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    threein99 wrote: »
    Hes "Off The Air" today so I'll be tuning in to Muirean O Connoll :D

    Having heard Muireann filling in for nearly everyone over the summer, she is very good. Hopefully a regular spot for her soon.


  • #80
    threein99
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    djemba djemba wrote: »
    Having heard Muireann filling in for nearly everyone over the summer, she is very good. Hopefully a regular spot for her soon.

    Yeahs shes very good, sounds really down to earth.


  • #81
    ford fiesta
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    siblers wrote: »
    Or it could imply he is getting his music "off the charts"? It's a stupid name for a show anyway, sounds like something from the 90s.

    In his context anyway...nothing to do with the music charts I dont think:

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=off%20the%20charts


    another ego stroking for him..


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  • #82
    reg114
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    D'Arcy off again? Did he not just start this slot a few weeks ago? And Paula standing in.. why oh why... Great laugh but Her voice just goes through me.


  • #83
    flangemeistro
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    reg114 wrote: »
    D'Arcy off again? Did he not just start this slot a few weeks ago? And Paula standing in.. why oh why... Great laugh but Her voice just goes through me.
    Paula was filling in for Dermot and Dave not Darcy.


  • #84
    reg114
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    flangemeistro wrote: »
    Paula was filling in for Dermot and Dave not Darcy.

    Ah OK thanks. Still don't like her voice though :(


  • #85
    Elianna Gray Undergarment
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    reg114 wrote: »
    Ah OK thanks. Still don't like her voice though :(
    Find her more annoying than Louise Duffy now


  • #86
    retro:electro
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    I used to like Louise Duffy, but her voice grates on me now. It's like someone once told her she had a lovely speaking voice and now she tries all the more to sound seductive and it's just irritating


  • #87
    hufpc8w3adnk65
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    anna080 wrote: »
    I used to like Louise Duffy, but her voice grates on me now. It's like someone once told her she had a lovely speaking voice and now she tries all the more to sound seductive and it's just irritating

    She's starting to go down the Rick O Shea route of speaking in a very low quiet voice thinking it sounds great


  • #88
    Claude Burgundy
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    MrMac84 wrote: »
    She's starting to go down the Rick O Shea route of speaking in a very low quiet voice thinking it sounds great

    Rick's voice is the same on and off air. I've met him a few times through work and there's no difference at all.


  • #89
    flangemeistro
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    Claude Burgundy wrote: »
    MrMac84 wrote: »
    She's starting to go down the Rick O Shea route of speaking in a very low quiet voice thinking it sounds great

    Rick's voice is the same on and off air. I've met him a few times through work and there's no difference at all.
    Eh no it's absolutely not, and he gets completely found out when he does an outside broadcast as he obviously doesn't have the giggery pokery reverb and an insulated studio to bounce his Faux accent around.
    And he also Rang Cormac Battle from the Euros this year and he was unrecognisable on the phone.
    It's quite embarrassing.


  • #90
    retro:electro
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    His sidekick, whoever he is, obviously finds him thoroughly irritating as well


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  • #91
    gimmick
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    Scraping the bottom of the barrel today by trodding the oft trodden path of old radio/tv ads.

    He is getting worse as the weeks pass.


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