UK C'pians quick poll...
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
Yes there can be too much talk, but some of the banter between him, his crew and the guests can be really entertaining. He is a million times better than Sara Cox. She is just a pain in the ears.....and more irritating than tinnitus.
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Can be amusing, but can't cope with listening to him for long. He is also a fairly crap person who would be unable to survive without a team to pander to him. I mostly listen to Five Live in the car (the only time I listen to the radio) but a couple of months ago started working my way through my CD collection which had been in my airing cupboard for 5 years. Just taking the next CD (they are in no order) each day for the drive to work. This has been very good fun.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
ChrisElston wrote:
He is also a fairly crap person who would be unable to survive without a team to pander to him.
Yeah, I thought that as well.
ChrisElston wrote:
I mostly listen to Five Live in the car (the only time I listen to the radio) but a couple of months ago started working my way through my CD collection which had been in my airing cupboard for 5 years. Just taking the next CD (they are in no order) each day for the drive to work.
Now I listen to Radio 4's Today programme (as I don't read a paper in the morning, this acts as my news), then a bit of Chris Evans who gives me a smile - although plays too much old music. If not the radio, then like you I whack on some CD's, the missus bought me Dizzee Rascals CD which I have to say rocks. Or raps. Or whatever I'm supposed to say - he is rather good. :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Yes there can be too much talk, but some of the banter between him, his crew and the guests can be really entertaining. He is a million times better than Sara Cox. She is just a pain in the ears.....and more irritating than tinnitus.
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DaveAuld wrote:
He is a million times better than Sara Cox
Ohh, I could be with you on that. Sarah Cox is just an abomination of a DJ. :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Yep the guy is overpaid, if fact I've now resorted to listening to Radio 4 on the morning drive to work.
Two heads are better than one.
Norm .net wrote:
Radio 4 on the morning drive to work.
Ditto. Today programme?
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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ChrisElston wrote:
He is also a fairly crap person who would be unable to survive without a team to pander to him.
Yeah, I thought that as well.
ChrisElston wrote:
I mostly listen to Five Live in the car (the only time I listen to the radio) but a couple of months ago started working my way through my CD collection which had been in my airing cupboard for 5 years. Just taking the next CD (they are in no order) each day for the drive to work.
Now I listen to Radio 4's Today programme (as I don't read a paper in the morning, this acts as my news), then a bit of Chris Evans who gives me a smile - although plays too much old music. If not the radio, then like you I whack on some CD's, the missus bought me Dizzee Rascals CD which I have to say rocks. Or raps. Or whatever I'm supposed to say - he is rather good. :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
Or Kerrang! If they have phone in programs on Five Live then I get too angry to continue listening so switch to Kerrang! which mostly has the sort of stuff I mostly like.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Much prefer local BBC radio. Now if that salary was in the old Italian Lira then he might be worth it, but not British Pounds. No broadcaster is worth such an obscene salary. Apparently, he is not a morning person :|
Richard A. Abbott wrote:
Apparently, he is not a morning perso
Indeed. Strange huy to pick to host a morning show, eh? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
No. I can't stand the man and certainly don't believe he's worth that salary - especially since it's license fee money Far prefer listening to Alice Cooper on PlanetRock at that time of the morning - now there's a guy whose funny without having to try:thumbsup:
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"
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Or Kerrang! If they have phone in programs on Five Live then I get too angry to continue listening so switch to Kerrang! which mostly has the sort of stuff I mostly like.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Kerrang! - is that on digital radio? The car only has the old FM/AM doohickey...
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
Radio 1? Chris Moyles? Never heard of them.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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No. I can't stand the man and certainly don't believe he's worth that salary - especially since it's license fee money Far prefer listening to Alice Cooper on PlanetRock at that time of the morning - now there's a guy whose funny without having to try:thumbsup:
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"
Rob Smiley wrote:
Alice Cooper on PlanetRock
Alice Cooper = Legend! :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
I listen for about 20 minutes each morning between dropping my wife off and getting to work myself. He's OK. I quite like "Rob DJ's Monday night pub quiz" on Tuesday mornings. If my drive was much longer (as it has been in the past) I'd sort out some mp3/podcasts to listen to, but for 20 minutes he'll do. On the other hand, 20 minutes of Scott Mills on the way home leaves me ready to smash the radio into little pieces.
Simon
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1...
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
...just generally completely irritating.
I'll cut out the unnecessary words for you. R1 hasn't been worth listening to since they got rid of Dave Leet[*] Travis! I turned into a R4 addict, with the odd dash of World Service. Thank goodness for podcasts, and listen again. (I'm out of reception range here...) I appreciate that R1 has a listenership of teenagers and weird adults, but for mainstream pap music they are perfectly well served by commercial stations. Maybe R6 for some off the wall odd music, but why are the tax payers paying prats[+] a fortune to waffle inanely between bad tunes? Let advertisers do that! (And breathe...) Iain. [*] That was a type, but I'm leaving it in. [+] Back on topic!
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
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I listen for about 20 minutes each morning between dropping my wife off and getting to work myself. He's OK. I quite like "Rob DJ's Monday night pub quiz" on Tuesday mornings. If my drive was much longer (as it has been in the past) I'd sort out some mp3/podcasts to listen to, but for 20 minutes he'll do. On the other hand, 20 minutes of Scott Mills on the way home leaves me ready to smash the radio into little pieces.
Simon
Simon P Stevens wrote:
On the other hand, 20 minutes of Scott Mills on the way home leaves me ready to smash the radio into little pieces.
:laugh: That's funny, because I actually quite like Scott Mills! He comes out with some random things which make me chuckle. :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Kerrang! - is that on digital radio? The car only has the old FM/AM doohickey...
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1 with Chris Moyles and like him? Personally I find that he talks too much, unfunny and just generally completely irritating. I would rather cut my own fingers off with a penknife then have to listen to him every morning, but then again there are people who absolutely love him and think that he fully justifies his £650,000 a year salary. Any thoughts? :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
For me I listen to him on the way to work. only because he is the best of a bad bunch (compared to local BBC stations) and he's midly funny. I can't listen to commerical radio stations as to be honest the adverts do my nut in.
As barmey as a sack of badgers Dude, if I knew what I was doing in life, I'd be rich, retired, dating a supermodel and laughing at the rest of you from the sidelines.
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1...
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
...just generally completely irritating.
I'll cut out the unnecessary words for you. R1 hasn't been worth listening to since they got rid of Dave Leet[*] Travis! I turned into a R4 addict, with the odd dash of World Service. Thank goodness for podcasts, and listen again. (I'm out of reception range here...) I appreciate that R1 has a listenership of teenagers and weird adults, but for mainstream pap music they are perfectly well served by commercial stations. Maybe R6 for some off the wall odd music, but why are the tax payers paying prats[+] a fortune to waffle inanely between bad tunes? Let advertisers do that! (And breathe...) Iain. [*] That was a type, but I'm leaving it in. [+] Back on topic!
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer wrote:
I turned into a R4 addict
I agree, Radio 4 is rather good - they do have some really interesting programmes on to do with science, philosophy, current affairs... But don't listen to it all the time. Haven't tuned into the World Service before...
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
Just wondering how many of you listen to Radio 1...
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
...just generally completely irritating.
I'll cut out the unnecessary words for you. R1 hasn't been worth listening to since they got rid of Dave Leet[*] Travis! I turned into a R4 addict, with the odd dash of World Service. Thank goodness for podcasts, and listen again. (I'm out of reception range here...) I appreciate that R1 has a listenership of teenagers and weird adults, but for mainstream pap music they are perfectly well served by commercial stations. Maybe R6 for some off the wall odd music, but why are the tax payers paying prats[+] a fortune to waffle inanely between bad tunes? Let advertisers do that! (And breathe...) Iain. [*] That was a type, but I'm leaving it in. [+] Back on topic!
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer wrote:
I turned into a R4 addict
Me too. :~
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For me I listen to him on the way to work. only because he is the best of a bad bunch (compared to local BBC stations) and he's midly funny. I can't listen to commerical radio stations as to be honest the adverts do my nut in.
As barmey as a sack of badgers Dude, if I knew what I was doing in life, I'd be rich, retired, dating a supermodel and laughing at the rest of you from the sidelines.
Simon_Whale wrote:
I can't listen to commerical radio stations as to be honest the adverts do my nut in.
Agree on that one! :)
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair