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Second Captains Part II

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  • #10112
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,872 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123724982#Comment_123724982

    What in the **** was Branno on about. He feels guilty for going to a concert because it may result in him not thinking about Gaza? Absolute nonsensical take.

    Ken came across as quite smug too, i had to turn it off, felt completely pointless when he has such a dislike of them



  • #10113
    cheese sandwich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 897 ✭✭✭cheese sandwich


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123726566#Comment_123726566

    I’ve grown to like Branno but he talks some shîte sometimes. As for Ken, he should stick to the football and the politics and leave the musical criticism to others.



  • #10114
    atilladehun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭atilladehun


    That episode is up there with some of Noel Gallagher's worst songs.



  • #10115
    bamayang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭bamayang


    That first 3 minutes today of Branno wallowing on smugly about how he is looking forward to signing wonderqall but equally is intelligent enough to know he should be sad about the going’s on of the world - was the worst piece of SC material I’ve ever heard.



  • #10116
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,419 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123725346#Comment_123725346

    It seems some nerves have been touched.

    The relevant word in your post is "choreographed".

    Riverdance is athletic, it's not sport.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #10117
    jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,258 ✭✭✭jones


    Branno talking absolute bollox on todays pod IMO. You can't enjoy anything ever because somewhere something bad is happening.



  • #10118
    Tucker.Tim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭Tucker.Tim


    The literal formula to be guaranteed to have an email read on air is say you’re living in the extremely random place that they mention and then concoct a story where a confirmed Barclays Man from 15-20 years ago appears and does something so mildly entertaining as to be believed in lieu of comprehending the existential horror that someone’s fiction could be so banal.



  • #10119
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,024 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Ken's right about Pink Pony Club being a great song.



  • #10120
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    Ken was right about oasis just being a pastiche.

    He was completely wrong to try lead the contributers down the path of saying oasis fans are nationalist and basically wanted them to link them to the Brexit crowd etc.

    Branno needs his head checked if he thinks people are not allowed switch off at a gig because Gaza is happening. Does he f*cking switch off when he goes to Bohs matches??? I like him but Jesus what a weirdo.

    Also Ken must come from a very wealthy family. He off sauntering around America and china at a young age ha.



  • #10121
    Blud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Blud


    Yeah the Oasis pod was odd. Ken was just repeating the derivative point in the clear hope that someone would argue the point with him, and when that didn't happen then there was no substance left.

    The contributors seemed sound, they just had no business being on really.

    Hope these Friday pods pick up after the summer.

    I was also slightly disappointed with the PL preview pod. I had been looking forward to it and I don't know why it just seemed to miss the mark. Maybe just me.



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  • #10122
    jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,258 ✭✭✭jones


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123727200#Comment_123727200

    Kinda agree about the preview pod I liked it but wanted more. When compared to the guardian football weekly preview pod it seems very lacking as they went team by team over two pods talking about the new season.

    Second captain's basically talked about the big 6. Again I liked it but thought there could have been more.



  • #10123
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,934 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    Oasis are a derivative act but there is nothing necessarily wrong with that….. but Oasis are a very arrogant band, all their talk of “best band in the world” is a bit much when Noel admits he is just rewriting other people’s songs, a musical magpie. He is very critical of other people’s music, people who make non derivative music, such as Brian Wilson who did things musically Noel could never dream of, the complex harmonies, the unorthodox song structures, the lush arrangements. That being said I think “Rock and Roll star” is going to go down better in a stadium full of drunks than “Good Vibrations”. But considering Noel’s musically inadequacies some humility on his part might be a good idea.



  • #10124
    atilladehun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭atilladehun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123727289#Comment_123727289

    You've made a complete point with a relevant example. Ken made half a point and tried to drag a show out of it.

    Ken did all the teams on the anfield wrap this week but don't listen if you don't like Neil Atkinson.



  • #10125
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,863 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123727200#Comment_123727200

    The top five predictions were especially amateurish.



  • #10126
    Blud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Blud


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123727276#Comment_123727276

    Thanks for this - didn't know the guardian had that up. It's probably more what I'm looking for, will find time to give it a listen.



  • #10127
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,473 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I'm not an Oasis super fan - I find them a bit boring tbh - but I wouldn't be deaf to why people love them either, but I think Ken really shouldn't be let talk about music really on the show. He was trying very hard to find a reductive or negative angle the entire time - it got a bit tiresome. His takes on music, generally, are very suspect. He did have that one line about "I don't even like going to gigs"… Says it all really, IMO.

    Overall I thought it wasn't that bad of an episode, despite Ken's efforts - the contributors had some interesting things to say, beyond the pure nostalgia gushing that I've heard elsewhere in the last few days.

    I sorta get the point that Branno was making, but it came across as a bit sanctimonious and performative.



  • #10128
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,024 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    I'd give Sweeney credit for saying there is good music now, he could easily be one of those 'Everything was better back in my day' bores.



  • #10129
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,872 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    As someone with a passing interest at best in Oasis, they were unbelievable. Atmosphere was incredible



  • #10130
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,934 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123729025#Comment_123729025

    did they play wonderwall ?



  • #10131
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,419 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    I'd rather they'd play over the hills and far away 😉

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #10132
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,771 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123727643#Comment_123727643

    near everything Branno says is sanctimonious and performative



  • #10133
    Pete Moss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Pete Moss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123732872#Comment_123732872

    I wouldn't be a fan either.

    When he's on I can't help but think of The Simpsons episode when 'Itchy & Scratchy' introduce Poochie as a new character - Doesn't add much and breaks up the dynamic.



  • #10134
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,473 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I don't really disagree a great deal with what he has to say most of the time, but he can come across as a bit smug.



  • #10135
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123733606#Comment_123733606

    perfect analogy



  • #10136
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,064 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Enjoyed all the Oasis chat because I’m a fanboy and it’s relevant to me because I spent an absolute fortune travelling across the world for two gigs. Ken, Branno et al can try talk them down, and they have some valid points, but the proof was in the pudding last night. An all timer gig with everyone just having a great time, not many bands are able to do that these days.



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