Trisha my thoughts exactly,but those timeswere magic weren't they?still relive them time and time again,some of the happiest of my life! Dee take a bow you and your fellow peers we owe a lot too.!Best Wishes,Luv Pete

Yes...vaguely...can't remember exactly what it was
I'm gonna do a search..hah
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I know that this has nothing at all to do with this thread but I remember a song that one of the D.J.'s on Luxy played at the end of his show. I can't remember the artist but the song went...ahem...(just clearing my throat!) ....'At the end of the day just kneel & pray, thank you Lord for my world today, I try to be good for I know that I should. That's my prayer, at the end of the day.' Don't know if this helps eddy? I loved listening to Luxy when I was doing the 'late shift'. Many of the D.J's came from Radio Caroline (pirate station).

Hi All,

Just in case you haven't found out the identify that lovely song used by Radio Luxembourg as their sign off all those years ago.
It was 'At The End Of The Day' sung by Steve Cochran.
Cochran was a moderately successful singer of the 'Vocalist' genre. He died young ( 31 Ibelieve) and is still remembered fondly for this recording.

Hope this helps

rgds

Barry

Aw shucks guys (and gals) why is everybody always pickin' on me. This forum is for people to express their views on all the different aspects of the showband era.  And that's why I'm here. If my views don't coincide with everyone elses, well that what a democracy is all about. Some people tend to wallow in nostalgia which blinds their thinking about the period in question. This topic started off about the demise of the showband. I expressed my views on why I think it happened, but sadly everyone just latched on to my final remarks and ignored and failed to address the other points I made. My heart bleeds for all the showbands who had to spent so much time after a dance signing autographs, handing out band photos and trying to click with the chicks. Every band member I have known has quoted the following reasons for joining a showband (a) the money (b) the chicks. Trisha must think we were all morons back in the 60's and 70's when she wrote and I quote "Many fans did not realize how far some bands had to travel to get to a gig" end of quote. Of course we knew, didn't it state on the posters and in the newspaper adverts, Royal showband (Waterford), The Emperors (Derry), Paragon 7 (Dundalk) etc etc. As for Liamo's comment that he knew why he went to a dance; he went for the money (and maybe the chicks!). As a person who  sampled the showband scene in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's and visited ballrooms in all four provinces, I think I'm entitled to express my views on this forum. There's nothing like a good debate on the merits or otherwise of the showband era whether it be the bands, the dancers, the ballrooms, the managers, the records etc.

Hi everyone,

I have to say there is a great deal of truth, however unpalatable it may be, to what Tiptop has to say.
I think this site is essentially a nostalgia site and as such functions very well. In general the people who post here are good hearted men and women who grew up during the hay day of the showbands and remember those days with great fondness and there is no harm in that. This devotion however can lead to a 'Rose Coloured Spectacles' view of things and frankly there's no harm in that either. The reality of the Showband era was not quite so rosy. All the problems that occur in the normal workplace were  there in bucketfulls ie egos, piss artists, cliques, etc. Speaking as someone who played right throughout that time, I can assure you that after doing 20 gigs on the trot the last thing on your mind as you climbed into that bloody wagon again was "Let's go and give the people a great night" It would be more like "If I have to spend another minute with these guys I'm going to shoot someone. At this point let me make it clear that It really was a grand adventure and I wouldn't change a minute of it but it wasn't all Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland "Why don't WE put on a show" stuff. Simply put, the Showbands died because they had had their day no more no less. The question of our prowess or ineptitude as musicians is purely academic.

In closing let me say that I for one feel greatly honoured that so may people still have such a fondness for what we did all those years ago..

Rgds

Barry

Tiptop - The posters, newspaper ads etc where you come from may have had where different bands came from but not where I lived (that I can remember anyway). You could usually tell where an individual was from by their dialect. On a closing note.....I don't think ALL fans were morons........!