Reeling in the years

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 03:34PM

robbiezero wrote: »

Was Dev not elected in a democracy? The people voted for him.
Also I don't believe the Catholic puts a gun to anyones head to follow their teachings.
They gave the people what they wanted.

The Nazi Party also won a popular vote to sweep to power, Bush Jr won two elections, the list goes on,whats your point? Just because somebody is voted in doesnt make them immune to retrospective critique for their misdeeds. Give people what they wanted? There wasnt any choice, go to mass or be shamed from the pulpit otherwise.I wont even get started on the many other fear and suppresion tactics the Church engaged in to oppress and control the majority of the population, with state powers in deference and assistance.

19-08-2016 04:08PM

Has anyone recognised themselves from any of the programs, I love the GAA matches and the protests for various eras, Arrest Ronald Reagan( for what? ) arrest Tony Blair, will it be arrest Donald Trump one day in the future.

ohnonotgmail · 19-08-2016 05:15PM

mariaalice wrote: »

Has anyone recognised themselves from any of the programs, I love the GAA matches and the protests for various eras, Arrest Ronald Reagan( for what? ) arrest Tony Blair, will it be arrest Donald Trump one day in the future.

why wait?

The flying mouse · 19-08-2016 06:42PM

1986 tonight, I was a 25 year old mad thing then :-)

Great programme have all me foreign friends here in Portugal watching it with me most nights.

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 06:47PM

The flying mouse wrote: »

1985 tonight, I was a 25 year old mad thing then :-)

Great programme have all me foreign friends here in Portugal watching it with me most nights.

'86 tonight, yeah fantastic show, Ive easily watched each episode at least 3-4 times at this stage its been repeated so much but always worth a watch. Should be part of school curriculum, replace religion class with it.

Atlantic Dawn · 19-08-2016 06:50PM

The Kowloon Bridge, I remember it well. Turns out Cork County Council spent £500k cleaning it up and never got a penny from the owners, completely odd but back then lots of goings on like that so to speak. Apparently millions worth of iron ore still there and the scrap value of the ship...

The ship was carrying a cargo of iron ore, estimated to be worth millions of euro now.

"The original clean-up by Cork County Council was reported as costing £500,000. The owner of the wreck has never had to reimburse this money.

"If he suddenly is able to make the wreck affordable to salvage, because of the change in metal markets, then he should be made to reimburse the clean-up cost," he said.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/campaign-to-stop-salvage-of-kowloon-bridge-shipwreck-1.1042025

ArnoldJRimmer · 19-08-2016 06:52PM

Went through a Reeling in the years binge a few weeks ago. Brendan Shine seems to pop up a disproportionate amount of times. I love the fact that it was 1980 before Dublin Bus got its first female driver.

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 07:00PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

I love the fact that it was 1980 before Dublin Bus got its first female driver.

Positively revolutionary here for the time.

. A female, Protestant president ten years later must have made peoples heads explode.

rainbowtrout · 19-08-2016 07:21PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

'86 tonight, yeah fantastic show, Ive easily watched each episode at least 3-4 times at this stage its been repeated so much but always worth a watch. Should be part of school curriculum, replace religion class with it.

About 50ish episodes. That would probably cover 2 years of CSPE!!!

PandaPoo · 19-08-2016 07:48PM

I agree its a great programme, I was born in 91 so don't remember anything I see on it but still find it fascinating! Must watch more of it, only seen a few episodes

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 07:49PM

rainbowtrout wrote: »

About 50ish episodes. That would probably cover 2 years of CSPE!!!

And infinitely more beneficial, even the doziest, short attention span, daydreaming student like I was would b kept engrossed by the slick editing/soundtrack, history class for the music video generation.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 19-08-2016 07:59PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

Positively revolutionary here for the time. . A female, Protestant president ten years later must have made peoples heads explode.

Mary Robinson is a Catholic.

Anyway, even if she was a Protestant, she'd be the third elected President.

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 08:08PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Mary Robinson is a Catholic.

Anyway, even if she was a Protestant, she'd be the third elected President.

Embarrassed face, I stand corrected. Was always told by my elders at the time she was Protestant, older bigoted generation (and my relatices) must have made made assumptions based on surname. Everyday is a school day. Yea I knew of childers alright but he was male, wasnt a double subversion for the electorate to deal with at the time

Wigglepuppy · 19-08-2016 08:57PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Went through a Reeling in the years binge a few weeks ago. Brendan Shine seems to pop up a disproportionate amount of times. I love the fact that it was 1980 before Dublin Bus got its first female driver.

I was surprised it was as early as 1980! I have barely ever encountered a female bus driver in my life, and 1980 was a good bit before my time. Might just have been a Dublin thing though.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 19-08-2016 09:53PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

Embarrassed face, I stand corrected. Was always told by my elders at the time she was Protestant, older bigoted generation (and my relatices) must have made made assumptions based on surname. Everyday is a school day. Yea I knew of childers alright but he was male, wasnt a double subversion for the electorate to deal with at the time

Apparently she married a Protestant, so people must have assumed for that reason. She doesn't seem to have converted though.

Douglas Hyde also kicked with the left.

Junkyard Tom · 19-08-2016 10:04PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

Says man commenting through social media.

Can anyone explain to me how that matters at all?

If I say 'people using social media are often morons' via social media how has the fact that I've used social media to convey my opinion somehow negated it?

If I write a letter saying 'some books is shit innit' is it negated because I use the same medium as the book?

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 10:18PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Apparently she married a Protestant, so people must have assumed for that reason. She doesn't seem to have converted though.

Douglas Hyde also kicked with the left.

Plus her 60's Trinity education at a time when many Catholics still saw it as symbolic of a protestant ascendancy class. Apparently she had to seek permission from her Catholic Archbishop just to be permitted to study there. I've learnt alot tonight, thanks lads.

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 10:20PM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Can anyone explain to me how that matters at all?

If I say 'people using social media are often morons' via social media how has the fact that I've used social media to convey my opinion somehow negated it?

If I write a letter saying 'some books is shit innit' is it negated because I use the same medium as the book?

Ok if you want to get into the linguistic minutiae of it he stated "This generations morons have social media to keep them occupied." Big difference to "people using social media are often morons".

Junkyard Tom · 19-08-2016 10:37PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

Ok if you want to get into the linguistic minutiae of it he stated "This generations morons have social media to keep them occupied." Big difference to "people using social media are often morons".

Okay. So you can't use social media to criticise users of social media?

buried · 19-08-2016 11:04PM

What year does the show currently run up to? It's going to be some job chopping up the ultra-grim headlines from the last few years to the soundtrack of the awful soulless pop music that was made at the same time.

learn_more · 19-08-2016 11:16PM

I hate this show now because it's constantly repeated, although I though I liked it at first. I've seen that Charles Haughey Living way beyond our means speech like a thousand times.

Cortina_MK_IV · 19-08-2016 11:18PM

Pity it ended tonight. It's the only thing I watch on RTE for my TV licence money. Back to the hum drum $hite next week.

tylercheribini · 19-08-2016 11:30PM

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Pity it ended tonight. It's the only thing I watch on RTE for my TV licence money. Back to the hum drum $hite next week.

It lives on through the torrent download link provided previously on this thread

Noveight · 19-08-2016 11:37PM

Best part of it is the songs it reminds you of. New Order by Blue Monday was on it during the week, nothing like a decent bit of synth

Billy86 · 20-08-2016 01:31AM

buried wrote: »

What year does the show currently run up to? It's going to be some job chopping up the ultra-grim headlines from the last few years to the soundtrack of the awful soulless pop music that was made at the same time.

Or they could just play some of the utterly fantastic music to come out in recent years?

I think it runs to 2009, would personally rather they didn't make 2010-19 until at least 2025 if not 2030; much better chance of really looking at what happened in those years impacted things down the road, which is one of the best aspects of the show.

buried · 20-08-2016 01:42AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Or they could just play some of the utterly fantastic music to come out in recent years?

I think it runs to 2009, would personally rather they didn't make 2010-19 until at least 2025 if not 2030; much better chance of really looking at what happened in those years impacted things down the road, which is one of the best aspects of the show.

That's true, hopefully they can and will dig some out

What would you have in there yourself Billy?

Grandeeod · 20-08-2016 01:46AM

Noveight wrote: »

Best part of it is the songs it reminds you of. New Order by Blue Monday was on it during the week, nothing like a decent bit of synth

That would be Blue Monday by New Order.

Billy86 · 20-08-2016 03:05AM

buried wrote: »

That's true, hopefully they can and will dig some out What would you have in there yourself Billy?

Some that came to mind...

M83 - Midnight City
Chemical Bros - Swoon
Kygo - Stay
Django soundtrack - Freedom
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
Le1f - Wut (it's a very, very gay rap song, and it's f***ing amazing!!)
Blur - Under the Westway
Tuneyards - My Country (such a fun song, awesome video)
Tuneyards - Gangster
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move
Dirty Projectors - No Intention
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (yeah, I said it, would dominate the SSM referendum)
Radiohead - House of Cards
Big Boi - Shutterbug
DJ Quik & MC Kurupt - 9x Outta 10
DJ Quik & MC Kurupt - Hey Playa!
Gotye - Someone That I Used to Know
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Grouplove - Itching on a Photograph
Jay Z / Kanye West - Otis
Lil B - I Seen That Light
Disclosure - When A Fire Starts to Burn
LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yourself Clear
Chvrches - Recover
Electric Youth & College - Real Hero (off 'Drive' soundtrack)
Araabmuzik - Streets Tonight
Cults - Abducted
Cults - Go Outside
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
Kanye West - Monster (which shows Nikki Minaj is way, way more talented than you might think!)
TNGHT - Higher Ground
Rustie - Slasherr
Azaelia Banks - 212
Ceelo Green - F*ck You (for the 2011 election results

)

...and the best artist to pop up all decade I reckon, Chance the Rapper. If anyone's interested check out Angels, Favourite Song or Family, the guy is amazing and thankfully not all about 'guns, drugs and b*tches' or that tired craic. Read in an interview his dad worked for Obama before he got on the national stage, he's middle class and actually listened to classic music rather than rap until he was in his teens (and it shows in his music). He's rejected a bunch of record labels actually to avoid being tied into churning out music on deadline or to a required sound (it's why you can hear them plugging the sh*t out of a few Chicago radio stations in the song below

).

Of course the problem is that while the internet has brought about tonnes of different options for music and actually given arguably better quality than ever before (for those looking for it) in terms of personal preferences... the reverse means the mainstream stuff can be a bit garbage. Mind you, not a big fan but Adele's stuff is perfect background music for somber scenes - e.g. Someone Like You for a famous, beloved person that died in 2011 or 2012.

Also, he's a fecking rodent of a human being but Kanye West is an incredibly talented solo artist. It almost pains me to type that.

buried · 20-08-2016 03:19AM

Good list Billy man! I'll be checking the ones in there I haven't heard because you've got a lot of stuff in there I already enjoy!
Do you listen to "Burial" "Andy Stott" or "Dean Blunt"? I'd think you'd like those guys

Capt'n Midnight · 20-08-2016 12:56PM

tylercheribini wrote: »

The Nazi Party also won a popular vote to sweep to power, .

IIRC the only got 33% in that election. More of a senior partner in a coalition thing.

This is of course one big problem of first past the post as demonstrated by UK elections where you just need half the votes in two thirds of the constituencies in Southern England* to get an overall majority.

Wessex and Mercia 830 AD. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ed/c2/88/edc28825d588888510514d89e88a105f.jpg

Reeling in the years

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