Bring back "No Disco"

jimmy blevins · 03-01-2017 1:50am #1

It must be off the box for over 10 years now but rte haven't had a decent music show since.

GuitarTown · 03-01-2017 1:54am

You're in luck, I just seen the other day they just have, well kinda. Donal Dineen from the original is involved in it and its just online. Seems interesting

https://arbutusyarns.net/2016/12/25/this-aint-no-disco-episode-i/

https://thisaintnodisco.ie/

The Backwards Man · 03-01-2017 1:54am

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom

It was dung

lc180 · 03-01-2017 1:55am

jimmy blevins wrote: »

It must be off the box for over 10 years now but rte haven't had a decent music show since.

But sure RTE have the Nathan Carter show, what more do ya want in life......

maudgonner · 03-01-2017 2:03am

I'll stick with John Creedon on the radio, I think.

Radio 1, I must be getting old.

eviltwin · 03-01-2017 2:06am

Most of the young ones here will have no idea what the OP is talking about.

wyrn · 03-01-2017 2:15am

eviltwin wrote: »

Most of the young ones here will have no idea what the OP is talking about.

Oh no! When did I get old?

RIP Uaneen Fitzsimons :-(

super_furry · 03-01-2017 8:01am

jimmy blevins wrote: »

It must be off the box for over 10 years now but rte haven't had a decent music show since.

Let me tell you about a little show called Other Voices.

Badly Drunk Boy · 03-01-2017 9:42am

super_furry wrote: »

Let me tell you about a little show called Other Voices.

I loved No Disco but could never warm to Other Voices at all. I know I might be getting on a bit now but I don't think that's the reason.

The J Stands for Jay · 03-01-2017 9:51am

super_furry wrote: »

Let me tell you about a little show called Other Voices.

They always seem to have too narrow a musical focus when compared to No Disco.

The J Stands for Jay · 03-01-2017 9:57am

jimmy blevins wrote: »

It must be off the box for over 10 years now but rte haven't had a decent music show since.

Just set up the petition and I'll sign it.

gramar · 03-01-2017 10:04am

He used to say mellifluous a lot. Mellifluous.

K.Flyer · 03-01-2017 10:08am

maudgonner wrote: »

I'll stick with John Creedon on the radio, I think.

Radio 1, I must be getting old.

+1 for Creedo, always a great show.

darkdubh · 03-01-2017 10:15am

super_furry wrote: »

Let me tell you about a little show called Other Voices.

Is that even still on?

judeboy101 · 03-01-2017 10:15am

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I loved No Disco but could never warm to Other Voices at all. I know I might be getting on a bit now but I don't think that's the reason.

Other voices is for neck beards

henryporter · 03-01-2017 10:16am

judeboy101 wrote: »

Other voices is for neck beards

Beard necks even

O. K. Corral · 03-01-2017 10:17am

Yer man Leagues O'Toole was an awful gob****e

Uaneen tho

ahlookit · 03-01-2017 10:22am

gramar wrote: »

He used to say mellifluous a lot. Mellifluous.

He also used to play Protection a lot.

darkdubh · 03-01-2017 10:25am

O. K. Corral wrote: »

Yer man Leagues O'Toole was an awful gob****e

Uaneen tho

Terrible loss

The J Stands for Jay · 03-01-2017 11:17am

Dear RTÉ, please bring back that show that very few people watched. We all promise to series link it and fast forward through the ads.

buried · 03-01-2017 11:32am

I memba one episode, that particular night it p!ssed down with snow outside, you just knew none of the country lane school buses would even start the next morning and there would be a definite day off. Sat down beside the fire watching No Disco with a hape of toast and tae with no worries about not doing your homework for the grim bastards up in their grey $hitkeep in the morning, was brilliant.

03-01-2017 6:42pm

Donal Dineen was a decent dj, think he used to play in RiRas on Wexford St in the late 90s and churn out a set unlike any other, FSOL, the Aphex Twin etc.

04-01-2017 12:21am

Ah memories. I was sad when Uaneen Fitzsimons died. I remember thinking how cool and interesting she seemed.

Yer man Leagues though. Wtf sort of name is Leagues?

Arghus · 04-01-2017 1:01am

Definitely was a highlight of weekly TV watching for me as a teenager growing up - introduced me to a lot of bands and genres of music. Despite how old fashioned a programme of it's type is now in the world of Youtube and Spotify et al I certainly think it couldn't do any harm if it was reinstated to the schedules. Something like double bills of 2 Broke Girls might have to make way but, hey - no pain, no gain. Or, in that case - no pain, all gain.

I remember hating that Leagues fellow at the start, but I dunno he seemed to me to be alright really. Just a big music fan, who knew his stuff and, in particular, put in a lot of work to help to bring about a renewed appreciation of Planxty among people who largely wouldn't be caught dead listening to anything resembling traditional music. He deserves credit in my view.

Sephiroth_dude · 04-01-2017 1:15am

jimmy blevins wrote: »

It must be off the box for over 10 years now but rte haven't had a decent music show since.

Other voices is decent I find ,no disco was great though, the era of rte making anything decent is long gone now though, most of there money is spent on there so called "stars" salaries :rolleyes: is it any wonder they can't make anything decent when tubby is getting half a million a year!

04-01-2017 9:10am

Other Voices seems to cater mainly to that "guy with guitar softly singing about girl who doesn't love him" genre, no?

No Disco had stuff like Jah Wobble and Orbital and Bjork and was actually interesting.

O. K. Corral · 04-01-2017 10:05am

Anyone remember The Sound Room on TV3 with Darragh Purcell?

Introduced me to the Manic Street Preachers

Good times

Oh how I long for the halcyon days of yore

ahlookit · 04-01-2017 10:16am

O. K. Corral wrote: »

Anyone remember The Sound Room on TV3 with Darragh Purcell?

Introduced me to the Manic Street Preachers

Good times

Oh how I long for the halcyon days of yore

Does anyone still have their "Darragh Purcell is a spa" t-shirt? Used to spot a couple of them at gigs ... probably circa Witness festival, so round about 2000.

As for Leagues, didnt particularly like him as a TV presenter, but he's brought some good acts over under his Harmonics presents promotions in recent years. Having said that he was facing an impossible task in replacing Uaneen

Pete Moss · 04-01-2017 10:24am

super_furry wrote: »

Let me tell you about a little show called Other Voices.

Other Voices mainly feature SCWAGs (Some c*nt with a guitar) singing softly and drenched in reverb. It's OK in small doses, but generally, the show lack variety

O. K. Corral · 04-01-2017 10:27am

Purcell was so far up his own hole lol

Rumpy Pumpy · 04-01-2017 10:29am

Pete Moss wrote: »

Other Voices mainly feature SCWAGs (Some c*nt with a guitar) singing softly and drenched in reverb. It's OK in small doses, but generally, the show lack variety

Ireland seems to produce an unusually high number of ugly men with a beard and a guitar singing about unrequited love. They usually tend to go for women who appear emotionally cold, and who they always spot riding around town on her bicycle following the rejection.

eviltimeban · 04-01-2017 10:47am

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah memories. I was sad when Uaneen Fitzsimons died. I remember thinking how cool and interesting she seemed.

Yer man Leagues though. Wtf sort of name is Leagues?

His given name is Laurence.

BPKS · 04-01-2017 12:15pm

I have a rake of No Disco episodes (or parts of) recorded on VHS in the attic. If I ever get around to digitising them I'll stick them on youtube and post a link here.

eviltimeban · 04-01-2017 12:54pm

To be honest I always found Dineen's delivery a bit flat... I would've preferred just the videos / music without all the links in between. Could've done it like the old Chart Show with a banner with some facts and figures relating to the video being played.

Anyway with YouTube and the way music is consumed now, there's virtually no need for a music video TV show. You can watch whatever music videos you want on YT, you don't have to wait to be shown something.

The only option would be a live performance TV show, but again that's been tried many times in many ways. Jools Holland seems to be the only one that's kept on going. And again, you can watch live performances on YouTube, from gigs often the same night as the gig.

Perhaps a new No Disco could become more of a magazine show - music news, interviews, some video and live content, and short, documentary style "articles".

However, the problem is that back then, No Disco catered for the "indie" crowd, playing that kind of music (a broad definition for sure). Nowadays, that doesn't really exist anymore. Besides the fact there aren't really any indie labels left, the modern millenial music listener doesn't care if the music they listen to is on a big or small label, or what category it falls under. Just look at Pitchfork - they feature any kind of music, from R&B to rock, metal, electronic, and jazz - so what kind of music would No Disco feature? Get that balance right and they've got themselves a worthy show.

O'Neill · 04-01-2017 10:03pm

I don't really agree that No Disco catered for just the 'Indie' crowed to be honest. I always thought it was the closest thing that Ireland ever got to a John Peel. I don't think such shows are irrelevant, if you're on YouTube, it still depends on your own personal taste or knowledge in order to seek out certain music, whereas No Disco would play stuff you probably wouldn't have thought to search for on YouTube. In terms of music TV, there wasn't even a TV show like it in the UK.

s8n · 04-01-2017 10:04pm

More of a beatbox fan myself

ahlookit · 04-01-2017 10:18pm

Plastic Orange was clearly the jewel in RTEs musical crown

Bring back "No Disco"

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