Well Dave! How are you!
Aahhhh, Dave!!
This, even worse he refers to them as "absolute legends".
So this week Dave described both U2/The Sphere and a half loaded Aertel page as phenomenal. I'm not sure what to think of The Sphere now tbh.
Anyone know why Pamela seemed to be replaced mid-air by Stephen Daly today, not even an hour into the show? Was all very abrupt, hope nothing serious happened.
Came here to ask the same thing. Hope it was just that she didn't feel well and nothing more serious.
The fact they didn't address it makes me wonder though.
Was it not Ben Murray? I thought it was Stephen at first but he has a somewhat deeper voice.
Hopefully Pamela is okay.
Louise Cantillon is in for Pamela today.
The Top 500 songs was a great idea... but I'm not sure if the end result proved to be actually all that great. I wish I'd seen the voting form.
Some thoughts on Today FM, and I'm kinda attempting to address what I've read over the past few pages here:
On point 2b, I am convinced that whichever record company stupidly decided to sign Cian Ducroix is now spending fortunes to have his terrible songs played multiple times a day.
It's Louise Cantillon that's the gaelgóir, not Pamela Blake, but otherwise agree with you 100%.
Cian Ducrot is an Irish artist, and so everything he produces or does is amazing. Didn't you know that's how it works on irish radio? When was the last time you heard any dj say otherwise?
Add to this, he also writes those mushy love songs which irish radio love so much. He is guaranteed constant radio plays a la Ed Sheeran, Dermot Kennedy, Gavin James, Lewis Capaldi, James Vincent McMorrow .....
I never hear JVMM on daytime radio.
That's harsh on JVMM.
I know, but the only station I can say I've ever heard him on during the day was TXFM (RIP)
OK, I'll take out JVMM.
But you get the gist.
Nooo, Pamela Joyce! I dunno anything about the other two ladies.
I do think it’s right that Pamela Joyce is a Gaelgoir but she doesn’t make it as well-known as Louise Cantillon.
I don’t know who Pamela Blake is to say if they’re also a Gaelgoir. Were they on TodayFM?
No, it's Pamela Joyce I meant. Didn't know she was also a gaelgóir, I've never heard her use Irish, but good to know. Pamela Blake was me having a brainfart due to lack of coffee - she's a producer, not a presenter.
On your first point, being an Irish artist isn't enough. One Irish group who have won critical acclaim across the world, numerous awards and supported the Arctic Monkeys in their US tour in the summer NEVER get played on Today FM since Paul McCloone left and Ed got neutered as another posted brilliantly described it.
Your 2nd point is spot on however.
Would that band happen to have members from Skerries, Mayo, Monaghan and, erm, Madrid?
The Madrid connection of one of them excludes them from being Irish is it?
What band is it
Fontaines
Missing Paul McCloons show big time
Yeah, I'm p r e t t y sure she is, I seem to remember her flying out a bit of the lingo one day. My estimation of her went suas tríd an díon as a result.
I wonder what it is that Fontaines DC did to piss off whoever comes up with the Today FM playlist? The total absence from the airwaves - even from Ed's show - has to be deliberate.
Tom Dunne has played them a bit on Newstalk. Don't remember any the last while though
Which is strange considering every irish band or artist is AMAZING according to every single dj on every irish radio station.
Not mainstream enough?
