A rural vs urban aspect to the Garth Brooks fiasco

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 06:10PM #1

This isn't really about the gig, rather something it may have done a light on.

I think there is quote the rural/urban divide in Ireland, which is bring more exposed every day. Rural people like things like farms, Irish dancing and questions. Urban people care more about restaurants, crime and offices. That's always been the way. But is a certain bitterness being exposed in our society?

And who has the right of it all?

Muise... · 13-07-2014 06:14PM

I think it's more of an emotional vs rational aspect really.

My name is URL · 13-07-2014 06:14PM

Seems to be more of a Dublin vs everywhere else thing when it comes to Ireland, rather than a general urban vs rural divide.

oak5548 · 13-07-2014 06:15PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Rural people like things like farms, Irish dancing and questions.

Facepalm.

Donkey Oaty · 13-07-2014 06:15PM

I see it as a conflict between the rich inner-city accents and the poor taste in music.

mal1 · 13-07-2014 06:17PM

Shows how much each have in common. There's a bit of nimbyism in us all.

Strazdas · 13-07-2014 06:17PM

There's probably a lot of truth to this. Brooks seems to be far more popular in rural Ireland than he is in Dublin. I notice too that most, if not all, well known country music acts in Ireland are from rural areas.....I don't think there has ever been a well known country singer from Dublin?

My name is URL · 13-07-2014 06:20PM

Strazdas wrote: »

There's probably a lot of truth to this. Brooks seems to be far more popular in rural Ireland than he is in Dublin. I notice too that most, if not all, well known country music acts in Ireland are from rural areas.....I don't think there has ever been a well known country singer from Dublin?

It'd almost make you wonder why that genre of music is called 'country'

Rabbo · 13-07-2014 06:20PM

It's annoying when people refer to everywhere outside the M50 as rural. I dont think you'd consider yourself as living in rural Ireland if you were living in Bishopstown or Myross

Muise... · 13-07-2014 06:24PM

Rabbo wrote: »

It's annoying when people refer to everywhere outside the M50 as rural. I dont think you'd consider yourself as living in rural Ireland if you were living in Bishopstown or Myross

We rural ruritarian rednecks have to get over that quickly, after the first few times in the big shmoke when people ask "are you from the country?" and we think they're questioning our nationality.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-07-2014 06:26PM

That is such an incorrect stereotype of rural people. Farms and Irish dancing? Oh come off it!
I have lived in a rural area all my life - we are not farmers neither do we have any interest in farming. As for Irish dancing, the few that ever were involved in it around here went to town for their dance classes, feis, etc.
Most around here are business people, executives, nurses, teachers, accountants, and the like.
Of course there are farms - they need to be in rural areas by definition - but it does not define rural people. We too are concerned about restaurants and crime and many work in offices.
Most I have heard on radio about the Brooks concerts have been urban dwellers.
The misguided assertions in the OP are, I feel, just designed to raise all the old clichéd images of both urban and rural dwellers.

Shanotheslayer · 13-07-2014 06:26PM

Rabbo wrote: »

It's annoying when people refer to everywhere outside the M50 as rural. I dont think you'd consider yourself as living in rural Ireland if you were living in Bishopstown or Myross

Had to google where they were :pac:

knird evol · 13-07-2014 06:27PM

Rabbo wrote: »

I dont think you'd consider yourself as living in rural Ireland if you were living in Bishopstown or Myross

That depends.
Do you find yourself interested by Questions?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-07-2014 06:28PM

Strazdas wrote: »

There's probably a lot of truth to this. Brooks seems to be far more popular in rural Ireland than he is in Dublin. I notice too that most, if not all, well known country music acts in Ireland are from rural areas.....I don't think there has ever been a well known country singer from Dublin?

Sorry but do you mean Dublin and the rest of the country, or urban and rural, or do you actually see a two way split of the country as Dublin on one hand and everything else is "rural"?

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 06:28PM

Theyres a guitarslinger goes by the name of mike Denver who could be classified as Irelands Garth brooks. But if he played in Dublin, hordes of big-city haters would unappreciate him at best, murder him with carving knives at worst.

Same if Aslan played Mullingar

House of Blaze · 13-07-2014 06:29PM

knird evol wrote: »

That depends.
Do you find yourself interested by Questions?

I'm interested in the question of who really gives a f**k about any of this, but that's just me!

wp_rathead · 13-07-2014 06:29PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Rural people like things like farms, Irish dancing and questions.

Do we?

nc19 · 13-07-2014 06:33PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Same if Aslan played Mullingar

Do they not have scumbags junkies in mullingeeeyar already???

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 06:34PM

I'm no sociologist, but this divide seems to be getting worse v every day. There's a perceived"coolness" about Dublin that farmers and their ilk envy.

Rightwing · 13-07-2014 06:36PM

Irish people v Logic.

And alas, logic won't win out I'm afraid.

Shakespeare's Sister · 13-07-2014 06:38PM

Rightwing wrote: »

Irish people v Logic.

And alas, logic won't win out I'm afraid.

I'm Irish and have a good grasp of logic - what nationality are you?

Rightwing · 13-07-2014 06:40PM

Magaggie wrote: »

I'm Irish and have a good grasp of logic - what nationality are you?

Irish, and I've no logic, completely backing up point.

Henry Sidney · 13-07-2014 07:13PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I'm no sociologist, but this divide seems to be getting worse v every day. There's a perceived"coolness" about Dublin that farmers and their ilk envy.

That's quite funny, as for most people outside Ireland Dublin is seen as a quaint little city and definitely not one with a "coolness" about it, and when we visit the locals seem to wish they lived somewhere cooler, like a real city such as New York or London judging by the fake accents they put on.

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 07:25PM

Henry Sidney wrote: »

That's quite funny, as for most people outside Ireland Dublin is seen as a quaint little city and definitely not one with a "coolness" about it, and when we visit the locals seem to wish they lived somewhere cooler, like a real city such as New York or London judging by the fake accents they put on.

I must say I haven't heard many people in Dublin pretending to have NY or London accents, could it be that the bright lights of the capital simultaneously lure the countryfolk towards them, but lime Icarus they get burnt when they can't stand the big-city pace of life?

Frank Lee Midere · 13-07-2014 07:30PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I'm no sociologist, but this divide seems to be getting worse v every day. There's a perceived"coolness" about Dublin that farmers and their ilk envy.

There's a perceived smell of "trolling" from this entire thread.

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 07:33PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

There's a perceived smell of "trolling" from this entire thread.

No, it's just an observation on Irish society

Rightwing · 13-07-2014 07:36PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

No, it's just an observation on Irish society

Brooks is 1 of the biggest selling artists of all time in the world. Now, if was just confined to Ireland, I might say the thread is on to something.

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 07:38PM

Rightwing wrote: »

Brooks is 1 of the biggest selling artists of all time in the world. Now, if was just confined to Ireland, I might say the thread is on to something.

I don't get your point

Rightwing · 13-07-2014 07:41PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I don't get your point

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.

I did mention logic a while back. Eh ?

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 07:44PM

Rightwing wrote: »

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.

I did mention logic a while back. Eh ?

You're saying that because mr brooks is popular globally, there isn't a rural urban divide in Ireland?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-07-2014 07:49PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I don't get your point

Right back at you , as they say in the big city.

A rural vs urban aspect to the Garth Brooks fiasco

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