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Riverdance

  • 21-04-2011 10:50PM
    #1
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭


    I know this is cheesy and the mods will probably lock this thread, but with all the doom and gloom Riverdance really was something unique to Ireland and 'Irishness' and something to be proud of. The world loved it and as a performance it was a world beater.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Mc03_rlWo


    The country might be ****ed but we're still capable of producing brilliance.


Comments

  • #2
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    Jeasus man, its time to move on!


  • #3
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Pompous fucking prick.


  • #4
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Too soon OP, way too soon...............shudders...


  • #5
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    bollocks to riverdance


  • #6
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    It was brilliant at the time. It's a bit like England and the world cup, they Can't stop talking about that either.

    what year was it ?


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  • #7
    enniscorthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭enniscorthy


    brummytom wrote: »
    Pompous fucking prick.

    mate :p


  • #8
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Sure ya might as well remind Germany of the holocaust while your at it OP. :p


  • #9
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    enniscorthy wrote: »
    mate :p
    Where have you been?!!


  • #10
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    FFS


  • #11
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Sure ya might as well remind Germany of the holocaust while your at it OP. :p

    What? you mean there was a holocaust. no way


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  • #12
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    brummytom wrote: »
    Pompous fucking prick.

    Do you mean the OP or Michael Flatley?! :D


  • #13
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Do you mean the OP or Michael Flatley?! :D

    same person :D
    just trying to get people to revive his career.


  • #14
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 37,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    that's so last year... actually the year before that..... year before that..... year before that......


  • #15
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Proud of riverdance? Have you lost your mind. Its an insult to irish culture.


  • #16
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGZ15IHN2_Q


  • #17
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Proud of riverdance? Have you lost your mind. Its an insult to irish culture.

    I would not say that, It was very good.


  • #18
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Do you mean the OP or Michael Flatley?! :D
    I'll need to see a video of the OP Irish Dancing before I can answer that question


  • #19
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    personally i have no interest in it. but it was the start. the start of it all. all the celtic tigerish bollix came after that. we got cocky. no harm being cocky. but then we got too cocky and thought we were superman. we werent.


  • #20
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    Never liked it when I was younger but now I do. Its so lively

    BRING BACK RIVERDANCE AND THOSE SEXY LEGS (and I'm a woman)


  • #21
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    emo72 wrote: »
    personally i have no interest in it. but it was the start. the start of it all. all the celtic tigerish bollix came after that. we got cocky. no harm being cocky. but then we got too cocky and thought we were superman. we werent.

    we can blame Riverdance now.


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  • #22
    Bat Fasterd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭Bat Fasterd


    Rocks

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4IQNn3AsA


  • #23
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    ...The country might be ****ed but we're still capable of producing brilliance.

    Jedward? :pac:


  • #24
    Little Acorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Little Acorn


    I must have been only about 6 or 7 when I saw that but I remember clearly being blown away by it, and slightly hypnotized or something watching it.
    I also love the music in it.
    Don't care how uncool it makes me, I still think that was a brilliant performance!:)


  • #25
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    hondasam wrote: »
    we can blame Riverdance now.

    Please dont blame riverdance.

    We need a young sexy man that can do some jigs, surrounded by young, fit women wearing sexy dresses to pull this cnut of a place out from a recession


  • #26
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Please dont blame riverdance.

    We need a young sexy man that can do some jigs, surrounded by young, fit women wearing sexy dresses to pull this cnut of a place out from a recession

    Brian Lenihan, is that you?


  • #27
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Please dont blame riverdance.

    We need a young sexy man that can do some jigs, surrounded by young, fit women wearing sexy dresses to pull this cnut of a place out from a recession

    how about two sexy men (boys) jedward :D

    Dont mention the recession.


  • #28
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I remember seeing it live on the Eurovision. It was a fairly spectacular performance for it's time. It then went on to be the monster that is "The Tinker Flately Show", but taken as a stand alone song/ performance, there's not much that can be said against it.

    The one thing that struck me at the time though, was - why the hell didn't we enter that as our Eurovision song that year? We'd have strolled home with the prize.


  • #29
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    hondasam wrote: »
    ..just trying to get people to revive his career.

    Oh he's doing alright. About to make an Millions from the worldwide release of Lord Of The Dance 3D :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiydNO2dfms


  • #30
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    hondasam wrote: »
    how about two sexy men (boys) jedward :D

    Dont mention the recession.

    Jedward is not sexy. Now, Craig Doyle is sexy. Wonder can he dance?


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  • #31
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    To all the people dissing Riverdance... admit you love tecktonik and parkour.


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