1995 MUSIC & MEMORIES ON M.R.B.

 

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This week we  have yet another Boyle connection 

with our look back at the movie Braveheart

We start off with the chart of June/July 1995

No1 SONG THIS WEEK 1995

  

     EDWYN COLLINS WAS AT No7 

      WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU

   

 FILM 1995

 

       

Braveheart directed by  and Starring: Mel Gibson

Mel was attracted to shoot a large part of Braveheart
 in Ireland when the Irish government promised  he would get 
the use of the reserve army  (FCA) for the extensive battle scenes, for which he needed fit and well trained fighters.
So many horses were needed for the battle scenes, that all horse owners in the Wicklow / Kildare area were invited to take part with their horses as extras.
One of the main locations used in Ireland was Kippure Holiday Village in the middle of the Wicklow Mountains, on the Sally Gap road from Roundwood to Blessington.
For the scene in which the French princess meets with William Wallace, a small cottage was created here. The remnants are still standing.

TV 1995

In 1995, we first met the inhabitants of the 
imaginary  parish of Craggy Island, 
and its collection of dysfunctional priests.
Scheming Father Ted (Dermot Morgan), 
simple Father Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) 
and Drunken Father Jack (Frank Kelly) 
were looked after by faintly psychotic  housekeeper 
Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn) in the simple yet 
often surreal family comedy.
Music was by the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon.

 

 To Quote Father Dougal: Well, Ted, as I said last time,
 it won't happen again.

 

FASHION 1995

 

In the nineties, the T-shirt grew to three times its size
to fit in with the grunge look.

'Witty' political messages and parodies of well-known 

slogans were printed on t-shirts in bright colours 

Rice Krispies became Nice Tripsies.

Back in 1995, not only boots but camouflage pants 

and jeans with side-pockets hit the High Street.

 By the end of the year the whole place looked like a military training camp.

WHAT WE BOUGHT IN 1995

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    Susan Greenfield Oh--I know the answer--I'm old! Wha wha

   A Dustin Peterson I used to use my finger

   Sandy Dickerson Wow, that is funny! I remember doing    that a lot!

SWEETS 1995

 

 

 'Two Dogs' and 'Hooch' hit the shelves in 1995.

Sweet, syrupy, and tasting nothing like alcohol, 

Soon there was a myriad of new drinks, including 

Alcoholic Grapefruit and even Alcoholic Milk.
An order for Strawberry Hooch back then was  -
"Give us a bottle of Calpol for the young fella"

More drink stuff from the 90's with Canada's 
The Kids in the Hall.Their  TV show ran from 
1988  to 1995   in Canada and the  States.
Here's their famous girl drink drunk sketch

 Sony PlayStation

Sony had nothing to do with consoles until they launched the PlayStation 
which trounced Nintendo's N64 and eventually killed Sega's console production line. 
What made the PlayStation so great was the amount and variety of games largely due
 to the fact it was CD based, as opposed to cartridges, which was cheaper to manufacture.
 The most memorable titles were Tomb Raider, Crash bandicoot and the Final Fantasy series.

The Nokia 2110, launched in 1995, 
was capable of little more than calls 
and text messages.
It came in any colour you could want, 
so long as that was black.The battery on it's own 
was bigger and heavier than than today's smart 
phones But at the time a GSM digital p hone was 
cutting edge technology only problem was there
 were very few cells, so a lot of the time you might
 as well have carried around a sod of turf .
This started the trend of walking around pretending
 to be talking on your cool mobile 
while actually talking to yourself...

COUNTRY CLASSIC 1995

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1983 THIS WEEK REMEMBERED

Welcome again to our Memory Radio Blog. It's time to look back at the music and memories of this week in June 1983.We have all your favorite features so let's get started!

Facebook Comments Mary Connolly Ooooo long time ago Dj x PIRATE RADIO REMEMBERED A look back at pirate radio in 1983   COUNTRY CLASSIC 1983    TOP MOVIE 1983 Still on the TV Networks with many scenes that keep re-appearing on the web    Cheech and Chong are invited to an international film festival in Amsterdam TV 1983 Our favourite TV Show in June 1983 THE FALL GUY Colt Seaver is a combination bounty hunter and stunt man. He drives a big GMC truck with a eagle painted on it's hood. He chases after "bad guys" and returns them to the Los Angeles area. He has two companions, Howie and Jodie. These two companions usually follow Colt in his adventures             Later we have the car we drove in 1983        THIS IS THE CAR WE WANTED TO DRIVE WHAT WE BOUGHT IN 1983 We loved HB Ice Cream during the hot summer of 1983 FACEBOOK COMMENTS Colm Spellman I used to love them Tongue Twisters James Pep Moran What was a jumbo? Memoryradio Boyle Hi James Just put up a photo of the Jumbo ice cream wrapper.It was a sandwich of vanilla ice cream between two oatmeal biscuits covered in the same chocolate as the choc-ice.Dermot       Suzanne McGee : I have that single...think it was one of the last i ever bought!!! £2.75? I must've had more money then! facebook comment DJ'S CHOICE The picture above of the vinyl single made me think of two things ,first of all how big of a deal it was to buy a chart single, back then.if the song was popular you had to get down there fast  or it was sold out but the buzz you got holding that hard come by disc  made the effort worthwhile. Secondly I was just thinking about the set of decks I cut my teeth on,a set of  mono FAL's  bought from Aquarius Sound and Lighting in Lexlip.The FAL twin Decks took two men to carry them, that and the record box (often referred to as the coffin) COMPUTERS 1983 COMPUTER GAMES 1983 CLICK HERE
WHAT WE DROVE IN 1983  The Ford Sierra was the first Ford to use the “jelly mold” styling that became the hallmark of Fords automotive design worldwide.   ABSOLUTE 80'S is also on SKY CH 0200 Here's how I listen to satellite radio from SKY and it's also a great way  to keep up with a TV show (you can even turn audio description) if maybe  you have to let the dog out ,put out the bins etc.

1986 ON MEMORY RADIO BOYLE

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 FILM 1986

Remember Crocodile Dundee 

                                            Inspired by the true life exploits of Rodney Ansell

 

REMEMBER SLANE CASTLE 1986

Queen headlined the 1986 concert at Slane and here is the Set List (Songs in the order they were played). This list was used by the band and all the crew for everything from  sound mixing  to lighting and Security.

Maybe you were there,here's how it went

One Vision
Tie Your Mother Down
In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
Seven Seas of Rhye
Vocal improvisation
Tear It Up
A Kind of Magic
Under Pressure
(Queen & David Bowie cover)  

 Another One Bites the Dust
Who Wants to Live Forever
I Want to Break Free
Impromptu
Gimme Some Lovin'
(The Spencer Davis Group cover)
Keep Yourself Alive
(Short improvised version)
Guitar Solo
Danny Boy
(part in the guitar solo)
Now I'm Here
Love of My Life
Is This the World We Created...?
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
(Jerry Leiber cover)

 Hello Mary Lou
(Ricky Nelson cover)  ..Hello Mary Lou  SEE OUR FAN VIDEO
Tutti Frutti
(Little Richard cover)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Hammer to Fall
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Encore:
Radio Ga Ga
Encore 2:
We Will Rock You
Friends Will Be Friends
We are the Champions
Outro

FAN VIDEO OF HELLO MARY LOU

Money 1986

The 20p coin was introduced to Ireland in 1986 

A small batch of 20p coins were minted  & dated in 1985 to test in vending machines,some of these coins that managed to make their way into circulation are very rare and sought after by coin collectors willing to pay large sums for them.Check in the back of that old drawer maybe you could be the lucky owner of one date marked 1985!

 

WHAT WE BOUGHT IN 1986

This is what a bag of  Tayto Crisps looked like in 1986 although this is an older photo the bag didn't change for years. In 1986 a bag of Tayto Crisps cost around 20p (Irish punt) There was no foil pack and they had a simpler stronger taste which was magic when you got a fresh bag.

ICE CREAM

                          Do you remember cooling off with a Calippo

DRINKS 1986 : Ritz Cider was all the rage and cost £1.25 (Irish Punt)

COMPUTERS 1986

1986: Amstrad  launched its first low-cost PC.The 1512 was  a great success here in Ireland. 

             

POP CHART 1986

                       

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THE TOP TEN HITS FROM JUNE 1986

No1 

	1	Doctor & The Medics	Spirit In The Sky
	2	Simply Red	Holding Back The Years
	3	Nu Shooz	I Can't Wait
	4	Robert Palmer	Addicted To Love
	5	Peter Gabriel	Sledgehammer
	6	The Real Thing	Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)
	7	Wham!	The Edge Of Heaven
	8	A-ha	Hunting High And Low
	9	Falco	Vienna Calling
	10	Jaki Graham	Set Me Free

ROBERT PALMER......... ADDICTED TO LOVE

 

TV 1986

Here's an ad break from RTE1 back in 1986 Watch out for the RTE Guide.

                         

Before the days of 24 hour TV, RTE 2 Close-Down 1986

  

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