Pleasantly random selection of Irish TV Christmas moments from the 80s. Particularly fond of the drink-driving ad at 0:16 “Don’t drink and drive, but if you insist: not more than two”
And that great English expression, ‘one over the eight’.
bisted
…Maurice Pratt…timeless…but always backing the wrong horse…sprouts and celery are about half the price today…
Bacchus
I remember him selling “genuine Grecian urns” for £3.99 with a straight face. Him, not the urns.
Bacchus
I think those claims that U2 just might be a bit shit has strong evidence now. D’Edge needs more pedals than the Tour de France to sound anything like a guitarist.
rotide
Like that other joker Martin Scorcese who needs a crew of 300 and fancy camera and editing equipment just to tell a story?!
Could he not just tour cinemas and tell people whjat happens like.
Bacchus
@ rotide
You think singing a song and making a film are comparable? Really? REALLY?
rotide
It’s no worse than your ridiculous idea that The Edge is somehow less of a musician because he uses his instrument in a different way.
Bacchus
he’s less of a musician because he can’t play the guitar. He uses banks of effects to cover it up. it obviously works on some.
rotide
Yes. It obviously works on ‘some’.
JamieMonaghan
Bill Bailey said it best. This is the solid proof he is right. Painful, painful musicianship. I used to play like that when I was 13, I had the good sense to get a day-job.
You have to ask yourself why it is that when Bill Bailey sticks on a delay pedal you instantly think ‘that sounds like U2’. Not, ‘that sounds like a bloke playing with a delay pedal’.
No one in their right mind thinks that the edge is jimi hendrix. However trying to claim that he didn’t develop a sound that defined one of the most succesful bands of the modern era is laughable. Console yourself listening to your Joe Satriani albums. That’s something I gave up when I was 13.
Bacchus
their success is self evident but I’d argue the U2 “sound” owes more to Bono’s warbling than too many delay pedals. Larry is the best musician in the group… which tells you something. Or it should.
There was a time when it was the fifth pint that did all the damage.
*hic*
Fraid not. Turns out that campaign was a piss-take created by Mitchel and Webb.
http://entertainment.ie/trending/news/Is-this-really-a-drink-driving-ad-from-the-70s-saying-the-FIFTH-pint-is-one-too-many/324132.htm
presumably based on the “2 will do” campaign.
And that great English expression, ‘one over the eight’.
…Maurice Pratt…timeless…but always backing the wrong horse…sprouts and celery are about half the price today…
I remember him selling “genuine Grecian urns” for £3.99 with a straight face. Him, not the urns.
I think those claims that U2 just might be a bit shit has strong evidence now. D’Edge needs more pedals than the Tour de France to sound anything like a guitarist.
Like that other joker Martin Scorcese who needs a crew of 300 and fancy camera and editing equipment just to tell a story?!
Could he not just tour cinemas and tell people whjat happens like.
@ rotide
You think singing a song and making a film are comparable? Really? REALLY?
It’s no worse than your ridiculous idea that The Edge is somehow less of a musician because he uses his instrument in a different way.
he’s less of a musician because he can’t play the guitar. He uses banks of effects to cover it up. it obviously works on some.
Yes. It obviously works on ‘some’.
Bill Bailey said it best. This is the solid proof he is right. Painful, painful musicianship. I used to play like that when I was 13, I had the good sense to get a day-job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8dZwXnMrRU
You have to ask yourself why it is that when Bill Bailey sticks on a delay pedal you instantly think ‘that sounds like U2’. Not, ‘that sounds like a bloke playing with a delay pedal’.
No one in their right mind thinks that the edge is jimi hendrix. However trying to claim that he didn’t develop a sound that defined one of the most succesful bands of the modern era is laughable. Console yourself listening to your Joe Satriani albums. That’s something I gave up when I was 13.
their success is self evident but I’d argue the U2 “sound” owes more to Bono’s warbling than too many delay pedals. Larry is the best musician in the group… which tells you something. Or it should.
I’m sure
Your chops are stellar
Really enjoyed it until the U2 bit