I worked a couple of Summers on sites at that same time. Took the Slatterys bus through Holyhead.
Plenty of men working there with families still at home from all parts of the country. We had a good time for the Summer but I still wonder how it worked out for some of the lads who were going to be there long term.
Late 90s was a great time in Dublin. People had money and were enjoying life.
Today is a lot like it but with all that social media/narcissism/self involvement/curation of a public persona have brought
Still I reckon being single now in your twenties with tinder etc must be some craic
which society?
Maybe in the impoverished north
The popular music scene has declined steadily since 1995/96-ish.
From the 1950s to the mid-1990s, music was always the cutting edge of popular culture. Since then it has been gradually replaced in that role by reality television, mobile phones, the internet and social media.
Popular music isn’t even close to the cutting edge of popular culture now.
I couldn’t even say who the “popular music” artists are nowadays, Bruno Mars?
Top of the Pops doesn’t exist anymore so I wouldn’t know either.
The boys on here and into some rapper fella, I’ve heard them mention him once or twice. Jazzy Jeff I think they called him.
Didn’t Justin Bieber have the 1st, 2nd and 3rd song in the singles charts recently enough, that says it all really
Bieber is a legend mate, don’t knock him.
#beliebers
What do you mean?
What were the other 2?
Sorry?
One more…
Let it go Fran, its getting unseemly now, you really do love yourself dont you?
Bieber’s new stuff is good. He has matured as an artist and found his voice.
Mikey Graham did the same when he left Boyzone.
I get it. 