Earlier on this week, we got an email from Paul in Naas.
Hi Ian and gang,
I was wondering if you could do me a massive favour? I want to wish my fiancé Tara a happy 13th anniversary. I can’t believe I’m old enough to be having a 13th anniversary but anyway we met in The Soundhouse in Naas on this day 13 years ago – it was a Saturday night, I was 18 and she was the older woman – an ancient 19. (Something I still slag her about!!) After a few false starts, we finally got together and haven’t looked back since, she’s the love of my life and puts up with a lot of guff from me. If you could say hello to her on Tuesday morning before 8am and play The Darkness ‘I believe in a thing called love’ I’d really appreciate it because that’s our song. It just reminds me of the time we started going out – takes me right back to those nervous first few dates in Eddie Rockets.
Thanks Iano, love the show!
Paul Galligan in Naas
We got chatting about our own milestone music, the songs that bring us right back to a certain time and place in our lives - first love, exams, moving out of home, going to college, bad jobs, good jobs, weddings, babies. For Ian, it was 'I'm Not In Love' by 10cc which reminded him of slow dancing at the local disco and Charlie's was 'Dreaming Of You' by The Coral which always brings him back to his very first gig. The Arctic Monkeys remind Shauna of moving into her first apartment at age 19 (and having loads of parties!) and 'Baby I Love You' by The Ramones always makes Clare smile because it was her & her hubbies song.
We put it to the listeners and got a massive response!
Check out some of the major milestone music moments of the listeners of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
@todayfm @IanDempsey #milestonemusic Carly Simon's nobody does it better. 1st wedding dance with my beautiful wife Emily. 10yrs next year:-)
— Graham Coghlan (@Studsandall) October 18, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey Culture Beat Mr Vain. Reminds me of working in a shop during the summer of 89.. Feeling old. 🙄
— Nessy (@nessymon) October 18, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey things can only get better by d ream in 1993. First year in college. Didn't know a sinner in dublin
— Siobhan Browne (@SBrowneOC) October 20, 2016
@IanDempsey Every Breath You Take by the Police always reminds me of the night I met my now husband Declan in June 1983.
— Lorraine Smyth (@4711lulu) October 18, 2016
Milestone music Rule the World- Take That @IanDempsey. 07 yr I had Dara.Opening line 'you light the skies above me'. 9 yrs on he still does
— Mairead Ronan (@cocomairead) October 18, 2016
@IanDempsey #MilestoneMusic Seeing #TheSmiths November14 1984 in #Waterford & hearing #HeavenKnowsImMiserableNow & I still am 😩
— owencolclough (@owencolclough) October 18, 2016
@IanDempsey sun chyme reminds me of the summer 😀😀 great times, happy memories, nites out, sunny days with friends. #lovinlife
— Amy o connor (@MKMMAAMY) October 18, 2016
- Morning Ian, my milestone song is "Wild Rose" by Nick Cave and Kylie. There was a Kylie special on the radio in the labour ward that night and we now have our 9yr Irish wild rose, the gorgeous Roisin
- Hi Ian. My milestone song is Coldplay, The scientist. It gave me the realisation that a long time relationship had to end.
- Born Slippy. Underworld. Reminds me of Uni in Belfast and turning from teenager to student and what a ball I had. Brendan in Nenagh
- My milestone song is A House Call me blue taken from my 1st album bought and 1st gig I went to as a 15 year old in the SFX. Baz
- Morning Ian, one of my milestone songs is We Found Love by Rihanna. On my wedding day I text the great Tony to play a request for us, he did (as he always did) and he played that song which was actually pretty appropriate if he knew where we live, it's a bit of a hopeless place, lol!! So it always reminds me of Tony and my wedding day.
- Ian my milestone song is a different for a 43yr old man. Its Taylor swift shake it off our daughter was very sick and went through an awful lot of operations and after a long recovery we had a birthday party and disco for her. Shake it off was playing and i looked over and seen her dancing with her friends and was never so happy and now everytime i hear it i think of her dancing. Thanks John
- Maria McKee. Show me heaven. Shifted my future husband in a nightclub in Galway 199. Married ten yrs latter. Still going strong. Hi Alan!
- Pulp Common People... was the summer between leaving school & going to college. Many a drunken night listening to it with friends!! Down Man
