When a song you didnt like was played!??
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Topic: When a song you didnt like was played!??
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Subject: When a song you didnt like was played!??
Date Posted: 19-March-2007 at 21:31
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Just curious, We all have our favourite songs/styles of music but Cecil always liked to mix the music during the 'fast' sets and I'm just wondering, what did you do when a song you disliked was played? Did you sit down?, just grin and bear it? or did you 'dance' to it? I would consider myself a 'rocker' I suppose, but I remember songs by Simple Minds, Joy Division, The Ruts, the Cure, growing on me and I remember dancing (for want of a better term) to songs by those bands amongst others....thats one of the things that appealed to me about the Grove - the great music mix down there... Mel. ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 19-March-2007 at 21:47
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I pretty much liked all the music but I was never a dancer - more a people watcher even in my later years! Still love to go home and take a walk up Grafton Street just to people watch.
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 19-March-2007 at 23:49
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Never much dancing going on out in the Compound, or the Courtyard or whatever it's called, eh Teresa ? Nice topic Mel and have to agree. Like yourself, the heavy stuff would've been my first preference but all of Cecil's choices had something going for them ( except " You know Who " of course ). |
eejit91 wrote:Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 00:26
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Rolo, who's "you know who"?????????? I agree with Mel. I didn't like some of the "non rock" stuff in the beginning but after a few weeks of listening to it, it grew on you. Teresa, I used to watch people while I was dancing. Just in case the good lookin' ones were hiding on the dance floor!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 00:29
| Ah here Lesley, Chris de Bleedin' Burgh of course ! |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 05:34
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I thought you had all his albums!!!!
------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 06:36
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Yes, there were some wee tunes now that wouldnīt have appealed but I either stood around watching to see who and how the shapes would be thrown, or would head out for a fag.
There was one song I couldnīt stand and that was " Come on Eileen"..just drove me nuts. Handy he played it at the end cos that was my signal to leggit out of the hall before those lights came on. I have a pet hat of having my feet trod on and I always remember the docks coming down heavy on that one...ouch...!! Mins 
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 08:10
| I'm with you Mins never liked "Come on Eileen" |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 09:14
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"Ace of Spades" Motorhead..........could never warm to that song song at all. Always left the hall when it was played and still do at the reunions.
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Posted By: Sharon
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 11:42
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Oh Mins i hated that song use to leg it myself when it came on It still annoys me to this day but reminds me of my grove days gas a song i hated so much remnding me of the grove..lol Sharon ------------- All I wanted was chips!! |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 13:28
wouldn't know Rolo, never heard of the compound until I came on here. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 14:37
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Don't remember too many songs that annoyed me except two "My Ding A Ling" by Chuck Berry and "Mouldy Old Dough" by Lieutenant Pidgeon circa winter '72. When these were played it was out to the jacks or for a coke !! But Cecil always redeemed himself later with a Quo song or some other rocker  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 14:51
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Ah sorry Teresa, me neither ! |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 15:45
from Airheads: "Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?" "Um, Lemmy?" "Bzzt." "God?" Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God ------------- 
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Posted By: Grovegirl
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 21:31
| Yes Mins....I also hated ,and still do, C'mon Eileen! Can remember going out to the corridor to buy a drink or just wait outside 'til it was all over. Suppose I'll do the same at the 40th ,if it's played ...so please don't Crusty! |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 11:48
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Is it too late to apologise? I'm just clumsy really - nothing malicuous I promise. ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 11:55
hope your leaving the 'Docks' at home for the reunion Whipper 
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Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 11:57
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Never - I still have them laced up in white laces (I used to think that was sooooo cool). ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 12:02
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OMG not white laces! That should be worth posting a photo of |
Posted By: Sister1
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 13:23
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I must say there were some songs that I was not mad about to begin with eg The Joker by Steve Miller Band or Phil Collins 'In the Air tonight ' (I know that was a slow one). Generally I liked most songs even if wasn't mad about the band overall. I suppose you could call these Guiltly Pleasures ie uncool songs that just seemed to work. I would put Come on Eileen by Dexys in that boat. Another one was Run to You by Bryan Adams - great to mosh to and stamp your foot, but would never be moved to buy one of this albums. Strange how Cecil always seemed to know what fitted and what didn't. ------------- Keep it Local, Keep it Near! |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 22-March-2007 at 11:09
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It also helped that even those songs you mightn't like at first would grow on you because you heard them in the Grove environment. You saw mates enjoying it. Or you saw a scrum or a mosh or whatever form of "dancing" was going on. If the first time you heard Run to You was on the car radio in a traffic jam in Moate and the rain was belting down outside and you were in Moate and you were hungry and you were in Moate and the kids were screaming and you were in Moate, you mighn't ever like it. I don't like Moate btw, but you can substitute any other rural town where the traffic just ceases to move for no reason.... Not denying Cecil was a genius, but it's a circular thing - his genius created an environment that halped him become even more of a genius. ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 23-March-2007 at 18:17
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Seem to remember going anywhere else except the hall when Talking Heads Road to Nowhere was played. If memory serves,everyone did that David Byrne 'dance' of running on the spot mimicking the video. Very silly song I thought,more like a nursery rhyme or something a load of kids would sing on the back of a school bus... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 23-March-2007 at 21:09
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Have to agree with you Martin, I always hated that song, and yet the night of my 21st party way back in 1985 the DJ played it about 3 times and everyone was on the dance floor running on the spot........we're we all sad or what !!!
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Posted By: Maureen O'Hara
Date Posted: 24-March-2007 at 16:32
------------- and would you believe she had the cheek to say no... |
Posted By: Maureen O'Hara
Date Posted: 24-March-2007 at 16:38
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I remember being trapped in Moate once, sometime between Christ Mass time and new year of 2000, due to massive snow storm. We were travelling to Galway to spend New Year in the wilds of the west coast. Moate looked fabulous in the snow, but two days later when the rain had melted it away it looked just like that one street town that I had been driven through on numerous previous occasions in my parents car while going on summer holiday that I hadn't bothered to notice as my brother and I would be too busy with the 'are we there yet?' nonsense from the back seat.... ------------- and would you believe she had the cheek to say no... |
Posted By: aurnia
Date Posted: 06-April-2007 at 20:54
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Don't know why people don't like Come On Eileen. I love it! Can we please have that on Sunday for us youngies, or rather for those that are about 30 odd! Plus REM's Stand & This One Goes Out to.. |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 10:00
Agree entirely because a song was played at the Grove it would grow on you. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 07-April-2007 at 11:40
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Sometimes members of the opposite sex would grow on you too... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: coline
Date Posted: 15-April-2007 at 21:23
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duran duran, losing the will to live....
'nuf said ------------- ------------------------- i like stuff.... |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 12:11
Fungus like? ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 16:39
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Well said Coline but I bet we all danced and sang the songs!!!! (not me of course, I was too busy borrowing Rolo's Manilow music ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 16:52
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Duran Dursan was played at the grove!................ Dont know what to say ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 16:54
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........'bout time you gave me back all those albums Lesley. Make sure ya bring them with ya in September, else I'll have to come round your gaff when I'm in Perth in July. |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 20:43
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I think he played Careless Memories and Planet Earth (two of their earliest singles - first two?) in the early 80s and I also think he played "Girls on Film" too... ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 22:08
Hav to agree with this introduced me to lots of songs would not have otherwise of listened to x ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: coline
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 23:12
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Hold the bucket fols...
... cause ... here comes... ... wait for it Huey (and I do mean heeeewwwwyy) Lewis and the News. .. sh*t I missed the bowl. anyone got a drink... yep, that's the f**king power of lov' alright! ------------- ------------------------- i like stuff.... |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 16-April-2007 at 23:18
Did he play Huey Lewis Colin? (I must have drowned that memory with one too many ciders!)  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 11:50
Hey Rolo, we can have a little reunion here in Perth with Freebird too. Mind those sharks behind you!!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: coline
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 13:53
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Hi Marl
Not sure if Cecil did Heuy (no innuendo intednded).. maybe the old grey matter is losing its sharpness! ------------- ------------------------- i like stuff.... |
Posted By: coline
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 13:54
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..em should have wrote "Hi Mel"
my tpying is carp! ------------- ------------------------- i like stuff.... |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 16:10
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Coline, Welcome on board ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 17:00
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Thats a bit worrying. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: coline
Date Posted: 17-April-2007 at 17:31
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Mucho thankos senior finno... ------------- ------------------------- i like stuff.... |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 21-April-2007 at 13:07
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I was a real headbangin "rocker" back in my Grove days, played a mean airguitar so when the likes of Duran Duran etc. came on I used to scarper outside with all my longhaired mates. I must say my music tastes have mellowed over the years and now don't mind hearing a bit of Duran Duran on the radio while driving along. Still hate "Come on Eileen" though. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings! 
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 03:22
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Welcome to the site Donal, Good to have another aussie here. I'm with you on 'Come on Eilleen' to this day if I hear it on the radio I switch it off. |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 14:06
Couldnt agree more Donal re "come on eileen" even when its played at reunions have to leave the floor that and I will survive have got to come top of my worst songs ever ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 14:53
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Hey Freebird Good to be here. Yeah the trouble with "Come on Eileen" is that it gets way too much airtime on the radio over here of songs I used to enjoy listening to but now turn over when they come on. sh*ts me to tears. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 14:58
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donal you must listen to 94.5FM like myself. My kids like 92.9 but I dont know all the words to the songs on that station |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 15:11
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Freebird Nah, I do a lot of station hopping, 94.5 play too much easy listening. Sunday mornings are good on 96fm with the Classic Cafe. Also Sat nights after RockWiz is Classic Albums. Frank Zappa was on last night. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 15:15
| Must give Classic cafe a go then |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 18:15
Agreed. I have the vinyl 45" and for the life of me I don't know why. I hate that song as well ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 18:16
Hey all you Australian folks. I have a vinyl 45" of a song called "Reckless" by Australian Crawl. It's a great song. You guys ever hear of them? ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 21:57
I actually quite like Come on Eileen  ...agree Blondie re "I will survive" though - what a ghastly song, up there with that "Pina Calada" song by Rupert Holmes ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 22-April-2007 at 23:28
ah mel seriously hope u winding me up re coe really believe in listen to wot ever u into but has to be some exceptions ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 23-April-2007 at 04:27
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[/QUOTE] Reckless an Australian Classic. one of my favourite Australian Crawl a great band too |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 23-April-2007 at 04:32
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Mel your puling my leg! You a veteran A Grover. must admit another song that makes me cringe is 'Love is in the air' by Paul Young |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 23-April-2007 at 13:29
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But were these played at the grove? Can imagine Come on Eileen featuring but R Holmes and Paul Young!
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Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 23-April-2007 at 15:54
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Well Come On Eileen was and still is at the reunions Cant believe I will .......... ever was just not possible ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 00:55
Your right Finno, Paul Young was never played at the Grove. But his song 'Love is in the air' bugs me so much I had just had to mention it |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 01:02
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Not sure Paul Young was never played Mary. Have vague recollections of ..." Wherever I lay my hat,that's my head "........sorry, I mean " that's my Home ". Anyone confirm or deny.............Mel ?? |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 07:32
I think it was John Paul Young who did "Love is in the air" and Paul Young who did "Wherever I lay my hat". Two different artists but both crap songs. I think I can recollect hearing Paul Young at the Grove as I was on my way out the back. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 08:28
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Thanks Freebird you have set my mind at ease. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 14:37
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your right Donal - one can never make a music slip up around this site
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 15:02
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Ah sh*t, hope I didn't sound like some sort of know-it-all? I only know of John Paul Young since I came here and am now sick of seeing and hearing him. ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 15:07
not at all Donal, just my brain cells going to pot. but must add I am impressed with the general music knowledge of some of the lads here |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 15:13
All that headbangin didn't damage as many braincells as we first thought  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 15:20
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Think it was all that southern comfort in my youth that did the brain cell damage and not the headbanging.
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Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 16:25
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Ah God, I love "Love is in the Air" (then again, my record collection is what you would say very ecclectic - and includes numerous compilations that each have a cheese factor of about a zillion!) As for Paul Young, I will hold my head in shame when I say I do have his "Greatest hists" on CD - but the only reason I do is because I love the song "both sides now" that he recorded with that singer from Clannad - Its the only one I listen to on the CD!!!!! |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 24-April-2007 at 20:29
Yo Rolo, I'm pretty certain I heard "Wherever I I lay my hat, thats my home" down at the Grove several times at least..I know I'll probably get sl*gged about this but, as I said on another thread at some stage, I got to like many songs he played down at the Grove (not just the rock/metal stuff) and I didnt mind that song either! Think I just got attached to many "non rock" songs just because he played them down at the Grove - would hear them on radio and say, ah that reminds me of the Grove!! ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 25-April-2007 at 05:18
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I don't like Paul Young either. Glad he gave up singing, or maybe his career gave up on him - whatever happened to him. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 25-April-2007 at 09:54
He was on that Brian Kennedy show last year (one to remember) and it was embarrassing watching it....everyone who came on the show sang live except for Paul because I read somewhere that apparently he's lost his voice....so there he was clearing lip-syncing the words - it was soo obvious because the record just faded out.....bless him! I'd say it was the only TV offer he'd had in a decade!
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 25-April-2007 at 21:20
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Like the avatar Trixie...(and congrats on becoming a Senior Member...) Did anyone see Paul Young on This is Your Life??? The 'surprise guests' included (apart from his family) guys he used to work with and his old teacher! Nobody famous! Think I'd be gutted if I was famous and made it to this is your life only to have your old teacher come out... Don't remember '...My Hat' at the Grove at all... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 25-April-2007 at 21:27
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I remember it clearly from at least one night - a Wednesday night during a summer in the early-mid eighties. I was standing just inside the door at the top of the hall, just below the stage (cant remember which girl I was with but that must have been the case as I rarely strayed that far up the hall) ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 26-April-2007 at 14:36
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Bragging Mel, so many girls, so little space in the hall. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 26-April-2007 at 19:24
You shudda been in the "old" Grove, then you'd know what lack of space was all about. Very intimate  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 26-April-2007 at 20:29
Me bragging Lesley?? I was always the shy and retiring type! ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 26-April-2007 at 21:21
Thanks Floydman! I feel very important now I'm classed as "Senior"!!! - more important than poor Paul Young felt during his TIYL appearence by the sounds of it!!!....god, thats tragic......its a wonder his publicist didn't "rent" a few celebs to attend......Nothing would surprise me!!! |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 27-April-2007 at 04:27
Aren't we all?? ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: LouLou
Date Posted: 27-April-2007 at 13:40
| Believe me, Paul Young sunk even further. I was flicking through the channels recently and saw him on Celebrity MasterChef!! |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 27-April-2007 at 13:49
Feck yis anyway I will be walking around all day now singing "Love is in the air"..... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 27-April-2007 at 13:51
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What did he cook and did he win ? |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 29-April-2007 at 06:17
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Celebrity Master Chef...... what will they think of next, I think these tv exec's need to earn their wages and start thinking of original ideas. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 01-May-2007 at 11:21
Was sick over the weekend, so while lying in bed was watching Celebrity Masterchef and they had that cutie of a weatherman on - do you remember the man with the big glasses that was on BBC 1 in the 70's and 80's - Ian ???? I think (total mind blank on his name!) - anyway, the t**sers who were judging it blanked his food and awarded the prize to that spanner Roland Rivron - even though earlier they had said whilst roland is adventerous his food wasn't great! They basically eliminated poor little old weatherman because his food was what they considered "old fashioned"!!!!!!! 
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Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 01-May-2007 at 11:55
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Was the weather mans name not Michael Fish?.......or am I thinking of someone else?
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 01-May-2007 at 12:14
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Ian McCaskill.............but you are spot on Bluebell, Michael Fish was also a BBC Weatherman. He's the one that got it so wrong that time they had the fierce storms in the UK a good few years ago. |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 01-May-2007 at 14:54
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Ian McCaskill....Thats the one! Thanks Rolo.....think I had a brain meltdown when I couldn't remember it!
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 02:38
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Ian McCaskill.............but you are spot on Bluebell, Michael Fish was also a BBC Weatherman. He's the one that got it so wrong that time they had the fierce storms in the UK a good few years ago. [/QUOTE] Poor Michael Fish - he'll never live that one down. Everyone remembers him for that ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 10:03
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Hey Lesley Notice how all the weatherpeople over here are all picked for their weather telling talents and not their looks?????? ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: xgrovehead
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 11:29
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Hey Donal, I'm guessing from that that they're not exactly hit with the ugly stick then? They tried that in RTE about 5 years ago (Rolo will know exactly when!) but there was an outcry and everyone wanted the Met Eireann people back so they had a compromise - all the Mets stayed on RTE1 and the lovelies are on RTE2!! ps how we got here from Bruns original topic is anyones guess and I'm too lazy to read back - a real stream of consciousness ....... ------------- We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. -Ancient Proverb. |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 11:52
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Totally lost here X, feel free to elaborate. |
Posted By: xgrovehead
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 13:11
Ah just a comment way back about someone from the weather forecast and you knew your forecasters very well. Winkers and Driving problems if I remember rightly?......... And also a tribute to your prodigious memory of course. Nothing snide or sinister at all (this time!) ------------- We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. -Ancient Proverb. |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 13:17
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You're right X, do remember that conversation now. Also remember mentioning how they all seem to crack up laughing when they tell you it's gonna bucket down from Friday evening until Sunday night.
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 14:23
Yes Donal, I noticed that myself. Still stuck on the dollybird thing here. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 14:49
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The funniest thing about the so called "good looking, sexy" folk that were chosen to replace the good ol' met eireann staff was that they all looked like a bag of spuds! Not one of them was good looking! Give me Gerald Flemming any day!!!!!
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 15:18
Rolo,you should now by now,ANYTHING you say around here will come back and bite your bum. BE CAREFUL! ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 16:00
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Wink,wink. |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 02-May-2007 at 22:31
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Now this thread is getting very interesting ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 03-May-2007 at 08:24
Ya gotta love the Flemming! |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 03-May-2007 at 10:09
No idea who you're all talking about, probably better off. I can only remember Ian and Michael doing the weather.  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Trixie
Date Posted: 03-May-2007 at 11:27
| Flemming & co. are the Irish Weather presenters on RTE....they're a bit of an institution really! I think they've been on since the 80's or early 90's at the very latest! |