Thank You for visiting our blog in such numbers hope you enjoy our look back at this week in late July 1984. Let's Start off with the Top 20 sponsored by Margaret's Cafe here in Boyle Co Roscommon
No 6 in July 1984
No1 JULY 1984
DJ'S CHOICE
These days she looks and sounds fantastic
Alison has always been one of my favourite singers
over the years ,both with Yazoo and as a solo artist
In 1984 It just wasn't a Sunday night without Biddy, Miley and the gang..
"In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit..."
FILM 1984
This sci fi thriller, starring muscle-man Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg, was directed by James Cameron .This futuristic thriller has been endlessly imitated. Los Angeles has been reduced to rubble in 2029 and is run by machines. A cyborg is thrust back in time programmed to terminate Sarah Connor, the mother of a man who will lead the human resistance against the machines in 2029. A member of the human resistance is also sent back to 1984 to rescue Sarah Connor from being assassinated before she can give birth.
EVENTS 1984
American president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy visited Reagan's ancestral home in Ballyporeen in county Tipperary.
WHAT WE BOUGHT 1984
How many teeth were pulled out thanks to
one of these monsters? Deliciously chewy,
and yours for only 10p, they were a particularly
joyous after-school treat.
FACEBOOK COMMENT
Claire Conway
They were even nice during school although a bit
hard to without the teachers seeing you eat them
Made in their thousands, each doll managed
to maintain its identity with an individual name
and birth certificate.They were apparently the
brainchild of an American art student who,
in order to pay his tuition fees, made dolls and
sold them at local craft fairs.
As interest grew he came up with the idea of adoption.
They were so popular there just weren't enough on
the shelves. The previous Christmas, parents had
camped outside malls and toy shops in America
(where else?) to make sure they could take
one home for their little darling.
FACEBOOK COMMENT
Sarah Cryan I was 7. Made my first Communion.
I really wanted one ! Still waiting :(
Guaranteed Irish is launched in 1984.
It's said that today an increase in spend by households on Guaranteed Irish goods and services of only €4 a week could create over 6,200 new jobs in Ireland.
We're back with another blog and we're looking at this week in the summer of 1996 . As usual we start off with the chart of this week in July 1996 and we've chosen to put up the top eleven songs so as to include the landmark single of the year and that was the Spice Girls who arrived with a bang at no 11 unleashing girl power on the world
No1 Song Mid July 1996
Because the video needed to be taken in one shot, the group rehearsed the routine several times through the night,while a steadycam operator followed them About. Gerri Halliwell wrote: "The video I remember as being very chaotic and cold. It wasn't very controlled—we didn't want it to be. We wanted the camera to capture the madness of the Spice Girls". Virgin's executives were horrified with the final result: "the girls were freezing cold, which showed itself in various different ways", the video was later banned in some parts of Asia because of Mel B's erect nipples.The lighting was considered too dark and gloomy,the best takes showed the girls bumping with the furniture and looking behind them. and Gerri Halliwell's showgirl outfit would be considered too threatening by music channels. Virgin suggested a re-shoot of the video or creating an alternate one for the US,but the group refused. The video was sent for trial airing in its original form.
When the music video first appeared on the British cable network The Box, it was selected so frequently that it reached the top of the viewers' chart within two hours of going on air,and stayed at number one for thirteen weeks. It was aired up to seventy times a week at its peak and became the most requested track in the channel's history. The video won Best Dance Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards,and Best Video at the 1997 Comet Media Awards.
Set in the small Irish mountain town of Ballykissangel It had various plots which revolved around the town regulars and their romantic, dramatic and comedic adventures.
The show that Chris Evans quit the BBC over. It was an anarchic, unscripted ramble through new-laddishness and celebrity gossip with a supernatural ability to feature stars just as they were at their hottest. Jarvis Cocker appeared the night after his "mooning" of Michael Jackson at The Brits, Robbie Williams after his split from Take That, and Gazza after his axing from the England squad.
FILM 1996
Renton,(Ewan Mc Gregor) deeply immersed in,the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugsand influence of friends.
Woody, a pull-string cowboy, is little Andy's favourite toy.
That is until Buzz Lightyear, high-tech space ranger, comes
along, with his annoying catchphrase - To Infinity and Beyond. This computer-animated film had the smallest animation staff ever used for a Disney feature. But, because of the mindboggling scale of the project, each week of production produced only 3.5 minutes of film. It took 9 months just to shade Andy's hair!
WHAT WE BOUGHT
A new Magazine for 1996
T3 0r Tomorrow's Technology Today, was launched in 1996. Basically a bible of gadgets, games and goodies, It's still on sale today, alongside other hi-tech toy mags for grown-up kids,
FASHION 1996
Blame it on the Spice Girls Short men everywhere groaned as stilettos were replaced with yet another height nightmare. Trainers that girls couldn't possibly run in (but which might have been helpful in a pole vaulting competition) were to the Nineties what Platform shoes were to the Seventies - but for women only. They looked like orthopaedic aids and they were everywhere in 1996.
Another week and another Memory Radio Blog . It's great to have you call back as we look at the music and memories of this week in July 1992. Let's start off with the chart which as always is brought by our main sponsor Margaret's Cafe Boyle.
Jimmy Nail was No1 this week in July 1992
TV 1992
Following on from his success in the 1980's hit show Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Jimmy Nail was back on our screens in 1992 as the popular Detective Spender.
US TV 1992
From 1992 The "Today" Show, talking
with Jay Leno, who was about to take over
(for the FIRST time) the Tonight Show,
after Johnny Carson's retirement.
FILM 1992
"In Austin, Texas, President Obama told an audience, 'If you want to go forward you put your car in 'D.' If you want to go backward, you put your car in 'R.'' But you know something? Either way, the economy is still F'd.'' —Jay Leno
WANES WORLD
The movie that started a whole new way to talk Wayne Campbell :
No way!
Garth Algar :
Way!
A spin-off from
TV show Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World brought 'teen speak'
to a bigger audience. Wayne and Garth broadcast a low-budget public access cable TV show
from Wayne's basement. The show catches the attention of a sleazy
TV producer (Rob Lowe) who wants to make a big-budget version of
'Wayne's World' but is also after Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra.
Wayne and Garth have to battle it out withthe TV producer to save
their show and get Cassandra back.
Wayne Campbell :
Garth, marriage is punishment for
Welcome to our weekly Blog.It's great to have you come and visit our iphone/ipad friendly Blog. We're looking back at the music and memories of this week in July 1990.
We start off with a video from this year taken in Parkers Night Club Boyle.
facebook comments
Catherine MC Guire : claire dodd and
catherine mc dermott identified,soo funny!
Imelda Burke Coleman:No that can't be 1990 omg!
Val McCormack:Spotted Sandra Kelly, Kerrie McGrath, Paul Finn and I think Seamus McCrann
bustin some moves!!!
Claire Conway OMG jesus i still have them moves
myself and Louise finn never lost it.
DJ'S CHOICE
We had a great time in Parkers celebrating
Ireland's performance in the Italia 90 World Cup.
I was with Shannonside Radio and we brought
a big screen to the night club ,where the atmosphere
was just amazing. It was a united Ireland we were all
part of Jackie's army..
Put em Under Pressure was the floor-filler for
the Summer of 1990.You could barely hear the
song with everyone chanting ole ole ole at the top
of their voice
MEMORIES OF IRELAND'S
ITALIA 90 WORLD CUP
No1 Song July 1990
iphone/ipad friendly live version
TV 1990
Back in 1990 for many Irish families. Sunday nights just weren’t complete without half an hour in the company of the lovely Theresa Lowe. We watched in envy as contestants won exotic breaks away. Teresa Lowe was RTÉ’s golden girl, but in 1997 she disappeared from our screens, prompting many a pub pundit to ask: “Where in the world is Theresa Lowe?” Well she studied for the bar at the King’s Inns. and graduated in 1997, and since then has been working as a full-time barrister.
Seinfeld stood out from the many sitcoms of its time because None of the principal characters were related by family or work connections but remained close friends throughout the seasons.Unlike many other sitcoms, Seinfeld focused less on a plot and more on day to day things such as waiting in line at the movies,going out for dinner, and dealing with the petty injustices of life.
FILM 90
Pretty Woman was the top movie of 1990 Millionaire businessman Richard Gere picks up a hooker in Beverley Hills and,before you can say Pygmalion, he's turned her into a princess. The film made a star of Julia Roberts, despite claims that a pair of 'stunt legs' had been used on the promotional movie posters to increase their 'wow' factor. FASHION 1990
Vogueing was a style of dance that emerged in New York in early 1990. It was inspired - as the name suggests- by standing in the middle of a nightclub striking the poses favoured by fashion models. Madonna was credited with popularising the 'dance' across the world by both writing a song about it, and vogueing in her video.
What We Bought In 1990
We start with an ad break from RTE Network 2 from 1990
