Reeling In The Years

The J Stands for Jay · 28-04-2021 02:03PM

its_steve116 wrote: »

Lovely song but I think "If You Tolerate This" by the Manic Street Preachers (which reached #1 that year) would have fit a bit better, what with its subject matter.

Funnily enough, Massive Attack have a remix of "If You Tolerate This".

Showing my age here, but I have the CD single that had that remix as a b side.

Greyjoy · 28-04-2021 02:28PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

That was always the point. It was never about playing the years top 10

That's exactly what Virgin do with their "Don't look back in anger" - they just rattle off whatever was in the top 10 of that year. But whoever picks the music choices for RitY is fantastic at matching the music to the topic onscreen.

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:42PM

If Joe Brolly's unhinged rant about Sean Cavanagh doesn't get mentioned I'll be dissapointed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EYe42Lln4

02-05-2021 08:45PM

Obama, Enda, Noonan, Phil Hogan, Lagarde, Apple & Google tax scams.

What a year.

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:45PM

Not surprised Get Lucky was played, was hard to avoid for a while, just waiting for Wake Me Up by Avicii.

Knew that ROT proposal would make it in.

PTH2009 · 02-05-2021 08:46PM

Why is the rose of tralee thing ?

PTH2009 · 02-05-2021 08:48PM

Up in the Aviva that day, will never forget it

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:48PM

Remember Sean Moncrieff being shocked on air when the newsreader announced Newstalk were signing Kenny.

The words 'holy sh1t' were used.

Purple Mountain · 02-05-2021 08:51PM

What's that song? TV is on in next room.

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:54PM

Can't see any problems with that referendum Cameron was proposing.

02-05-2021 08:56PM

Far too much of that Hozier clip.

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:56PM

Oh Christ that Tuam stuff next week.

Say Your Number · 02-05-2021 08:58PM

A fairly grim note to leave it on.

SPDUB · 02-05-2021 09:00PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

Can't see any problems with that referendum Cameron was proposing.

Never got that Seanad reform

Another vote that people were lied to

breezy1985 · 02-05-2021 09:16PM

SPDUB wrote: »

Never got that Seanad reform

Another vote that people were lied to

With all the moaning about elected TDs and unelected bureaucrats in Brussels how did the country keep those muppets. My only guess is the vote happened just after the entire youth of Ireland had emigrated

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-05-2021 09:35PM

Powerful ending. I think its good that people get reminders of our dark past. Some political apologies can be very shallow.

R00ster · 02-05-2021 10:37PM

I wonder why the clip of aengus mac grianna was phone camera footage, surely they had the actual recording?

Billy Ocean · 02-05-2021 10:49PM

Better music choices this week, last topic quiet poignant i must say.

yerwanthere123 · 02-05-2021 10:53PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

Can't see any problems with that referendum Cameron was proposing.

:pac:
Who'd have known the sh*tstorm that would lie ahead.

On a musical note, had never heard the Villagers song 'Nothing Arrived' before, quite a nice song.

L1011 · 02-05-2021 10:54PM

SPDUB wrote: »

Never got that Seanad reform

Another vote that people were lied to

The vote was get rid or retain as-is. Reform was never on the table, people who wanted to retain their cushy number pretended they'd fight for it if it was retained. And didn't.

coinop · 03-05-2021 05:30AM

RTE are utterly infatuated with the Obamas (and all Democratic US presidents really). The fawning and praising is nauseating. Compare to how George W Bush was treated by them. The infamous Carole Coleman interview comes to mind. Doesn't matter what side of the political spectrum you lean towards, you can't pretend RTE don't play favourites.

breezy1985 · 03-05-2021 08:23AM

coinop wrote: »

RTE are utterly infatuated with the Obamas (and all Democratic US presidents really). The fawning and praising is nauseating. Compare to how George W Bush was treated by them. The infamous Carole Coleman interview comes to mind. Doesn't matter what side of the political spectrum you lean towards, you can't pretend RTE don't play favourites.

Maybe the Republicans should try having a president who is not a complete moron like Trump and Bush and people might treat them better. It wasnt just RTE it was everyone grilled those 2 and I dont think Regan ever got that from the Irish.

No need for Obama this week really but 2013 seemed to be a slow year given that we got Pat Kenny changing jobs and Tom Cruise thinking he is Irish now because his ancestor was a Norman invader the episode was really only saved by the ending

its_steve116 · 03-05-2021 12:52PM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

:pac:
Who'd have known the sh*tstorm that would lie ahead.

On a musical note, had never heard the Villagers song 'Nothing Arrived' before, quite a nice song.

Villagers are a great band. I'm glad you like the song.

Sandz066 · 03-05-2021 01:44PM

R00ster wrote: »

I wonder why the clip of aengus mac grianna was phone camera footage, surely they had the actual recording?

I thought that was intentional to point towards the video recording on mobile going viral on twitter etc at the time.

NIMAN · 03-05-2021 03:22PM

SPDUB wrote: »

Never got that Seanad reform

Another vote that people were lied to

Iirc, did they not blame the fact that the RETAIN vote won on how the question was worded?

I know at least one person who voted wrongly. They thought they were voting to get rid and actually voted to retain it.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.rte.ie/amp/493688/?espv=1

iffandonlyif · 03-05-2021 03:59PM

Seems that it has been decided, mid-run, that women’s sport will be given parity with men’s. Any reasonable person would welcome a world in which men’s and women’s sport is of equal significance, but trying to force the issue when the standard of women’s is so low is just embarrassing.

Billy Ocean · 03-05-2021 04:13PM

iffandonlyif wrote: »

Seems that it has been decided, mid-run, that women’s sport will be given parity with men’s. Any reasonable person would welcome a world in which men’s and women’s sport is of equal significance, but trying to force the issue when the standard of women’s is so low is just embarrassing.

the ladies football final you'll see next week was 1 of the dramatic finals i ever remember in any code, there has been some terrible camogie finals over the years but last year's was alot better given new rules allowing the players so show some level of physicality

breezy1985 · 03-05-2021 04:18PM

iffandonlyif wrote: »

Seems that it has been decided, mid-run, that women’s sport will be given parity with men’s. Any reasonable person would welcome a world in which men’s and women’s sport is of equal significance, but trying to force the issue when the standard of women’s is so low is just embarrassing.

Whinging about the addition of a short few minutes of clips because the quality of women's sport is not as good even though the clips are just a few shots of goals so any worry of quality difference is not noticable is embarrassing

iffandonlyif · 03-05-2021 05:16PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Whinging about the addition of a short few minutes of clips because the quality of women's sport is not as good even though the clips are just a few shots of goals so any worry of quality difference is not noticable is embarrassing

Secondary school teachers encourage their weaker students to keep their sentences short. You might consider taking such advice.

It seems scarcely believable to me that you could think the differential in quality would be least noticeable at the point of goal-scoring. To anyone with eyes, the quality in the clips shown is very low.

breezy1985 · 03-05-2021 05:39PM

iffandonlyif wrote: »

Secondary school teachers encourage their weaker students to keep their sentences short. You might consider taking such advice.

It seems scarcely believable to me that you could think the differential in quality would be least noticeable at the point of goal-scoring. To anyone with eyes, the quality in the clips shown is very low.

My point was it doesn't matter about the quality it's just a few clips of goals and it's really just about telling you the winner. If showing the score of a woman's final is embarrassing you must be very easily embarrassed

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