MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
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Topic: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Posted By: Mins
Subject: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 10:15
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New topic time....maybe..... Missed Opportunities ..... Anyone ever rub shoulders wit anyone famous like ???? Did ye get a chance to grab the sweaty towel or empty water bottle that was hurled from the stage onto the crowd....what about those much hoped for drum sticks, quick scrawl on a programme or album cover ???? Did you ever manage to touch, grab or get an autograph. I did once only I got the wrong autograph.... Year: 1981. Place: RTE 2 ..tiny studio then... Why: Won a competition on Youngline. HOW: Correctly guessed some regīs of commercial aircraft ( Bizarre). Prize: Trip on a 767 to Amsterdam...( still recovering from the excitement of it all ). Image: I hadnīt developed one then. There were signs though...... Pageboy ( bowl ) haircut, cord dungarees ( half mast of course - we all shared clothes then...the "handmedown syndrome" ),t-strapped patten shoes and check shirt -little lean towards future Big County adoration. Anyhow I am digressing..... Point is.. When I came on the show to talk about the above heart stopping trip to land of Tulip unt Veed, there were 2 other guests on show. 1. Johnny Logan...singing " Whatīs Another Year " BIG Euro Winner right......AND a new band debuting their single "Another Day"......yep. 2.U2. Anyway, hands up please... whoose autograph do you think I went for ?..... Yep I did..still have it !! Johnny ( on a printed script from the show ).... Tee Hee. Any takers for " Idiot of the Month" ????? 
Please, I would be willing to pass my crown on...... ME 
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Posted By: Taylor
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 11:44
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< name="AdsSignaller">if(document.body){document.body.off_complete = "yes"; window.status = "off_end"; window.status = ""} You never know do you? I remember U2 playing Dandelion Market and Belfield Bar - just another band, nothing to get worked up about at that time. So plenty of potential and opportunities out there for all up and coming hopefuls. Johnny Logan, by the way, is now doing the rounds of German folk musik programmes - (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) - saw an ad for an Advent / Christmas programme tomorrow morning on ZDF at 11am (10am Irish time)!! He's following in the footsteps of Chris Norman (Smoky), Roger Whittaker, Nana Maskouri ... ------------- The Universe is a void full of infinite possibilities |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 14:10
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I'd have a few autographs picked up over the years, mainly sports stars but a few rockers, Philo, Geldof, Horslips and one or two others. My parents met Eric Clapton in a hotel in Galway when I was about 17 and my mam asked him to sign something saying " Our son would die if he knew we'd met you and we didn't get an autograph " Clapton said " What, your son's died and you want me to write something for his gravestone or something ? " Who was it said " E.C. is God " ?
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 14:20
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Mins - I'm going for idiot of the month too. Many years ago a friend of mine Simon, took me with him to dinner at his teacher Don Moxham's place - in Mt. Temple school. Sitting having dinner chatting to a nice lad sitting beside me wearing the coolest white leather jacket I'd ever seen. He tells me he's a drummer in a band. I'm telling him how my friend Simon is the best drummer EVER. Oh, and by the way whats his name and what's the name of his band?? ........... "Larry" he says casually. "and the band" I ask. "U2" wanted to go home then. Didn't even ask for his autograph, I felt so stupid. Simon kicks me under the table and says don't talk for the rest of the night!!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 14:29
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I sang a song for Larry Mullins in Saints one night and he played drums on the bar!!!! LOL.... I wonder would he remember that... Morto..... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 14:37
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Teresa From the sounds of it he's probably got a lot of memories he'd rather forget!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 01-December-2006 at 22:05
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U2 played (with Stryder) a gig in St Brendans School Hall (near Artane church) after one years "Summer Project" - 1976ish?? Cant remember exact year but U2 were just starting out - I didnt stay for the music; I collected a prize for the "Chess" competition and was brought home, since my Mam and Dad were heading off. All my mates got to stay Also I remember one summer afternoon, was heading home down Grafton Street, one Saturday afternoon, with my then girlfriend (1982-1983?) when we passed this long haired guy in denims and his other half. It was only when we were past them, that me and Siobhan (a different Siobhan, not my wife) turned to one another and said "Jeez, that was Francis Rossi (of Quo!). We decided not to annoy them! ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 03-December-2006 at 20:34
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Met Whitesnake after their last gig in the Olympia...had beers with them in Hard Rock Cafe...but this was already posted in Members Gig Reviews so I'm milking it now... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 04-December-2006 at 00:34
Eh - excuse me - your talking to a girl who did vocal training in the college of music!!! no ya see he was sitting there going - how much and how did we miss ya!!!! priceless say's I ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
irish_mammy wrote:Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 04-December-2006 at 08:34
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He should have had his record company sign you up there and then. His loss, I say!!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: stephb
Date Posted: 04-December-2006 at 14:23
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i ran in to Micky Dee in bruxelles after the gig this year also met huey from the F.L.C in dorans also, although i was rather drunk and it didn't register with me till i got home! DUH!!!!!! ------------- does it mean i am old if i cant remember or am i still drunk? steph \m/ 
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Posted By: BakerBabe
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 11:44
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Mins - I havent been on this site in a little while but Christ you really have a way to get people back with your stuff !! Johnny Logan - well what can I say - I used to live around the corner from Larry Mullens folks house and we used to always knock on his dads door looking for autographs ! We had a tonne of autographs at home from Larry - His dad was such a gent - he never minded anyone calling to the door - I have rubbed noses with many celebs !! Agh some of them I wouldnt want to meet again - Simon and Yasmin Le Bon - went for drinks with them before - she is a stunner and he is bang on ! Anyone remember Lovejoy - I met him before and he is as nice as you can get. Met BOYZONE !!!!!!!!!!!! Ok - I shouldnt have said that - and Eternal !!! Partied with Oasis !!!! Ok got pissed as a fart with them in the Westbury A few footballers from Liverpool FC - Gordon Strachan Thats all before I had the kids - now all I met is mammies !!!!!!
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 11:51
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Evening Delia, You met some good people. At least you can talk about it with the other mammies!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 12:30
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Welcome back Delia....
Yep, maybe I have been going a little OTT on the posting...seem to be on a roll...must be getting into the Christmas spirit....sorry if I am boring the hell out of some people...anyhows..... You met a few creatures alright... Aside from my brush with Johnny, have bumped and passed by a few...some quite sad and others well.. ( sorry non Grove related here ). I did a wee stint with Aer Lingus in my day so had brief enoucounters with.... Jim Kerr. Jason Patric ( after himself and Julia Roberts fled here to escape her forthcoming marriage to Kiefer Sutherland ). Had Cherīs passport in my hand at Heathrow Airport whilst we were waiting for her at the First Class area...never got to meet her though..went on a break instead !! Heather Mills McCartney...wonīt say anything about her...better not. Sean Connery..gorgeous...another fab. Scot. Michael Flateejit...have some SAD shots with him at a VIP do in Wembley. Cringe...was pregers at the time so I looked ill which didnīt help. Waved and screamed at Nelson Mandela as he was leaving a hotel here in Madrid. I told all my kids to wave and clap like crazy. They wanted to know why at the time and were quite frightened at the way I jumped up and down. Passed through a revolving door of a hotel in NYC anti clockwise as you do and guess who was coming out clockwise...George Clooney...needless to say I stayed put revolving in the door for sometime...shocked. Was recovering in a hotel health club after a wedding..had got no sleep and the kids at this stage were up and wanting a swim. I had to don a white bath robe, sit on a lounger with a throbbing head, furry tongue, blisters in my feet, 12 hour make-up caking on my face and best was the fake tan that was now looking like muck, all over my body. As they swam and screamed and the heat of the indoor pool finally got too much, I decided I needed to shift and get some fluids in fast. I whirled around and did a kind of a retch and who was there on the rowing machine behind me - Pierce Brosnan. Morto. Met Mary McAleese ( stop the lights Maura ).. at a do in Mexico City. Yeeeeeeeeeeehhhhha. The cream de la cream would have to be the NYears bash I attended that was attended also by Posh and Becks two years ago in Madrid. They were surrounded by their bodyguards. Their eldest boy was running around loose with a toy car and that attracted my son who is the same age. It was quite funny as my little guy had just got the number 2 blade on the hair and their little chap obviously had just be scalped also. They looked very similar. Same shirts and chinos also. Many times the bodyguards were doing double takes and rushing after mine inside of little Mr important...it was funny... I am sure there were more encounters with creatures. Would like to have met or meet more Rock Stars.. Maybe one day.............. ME
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Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 12:53
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I have to mention this on behalf of the missus. About 5 years ago, she was attending/hosting a business function in Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela was the guest of honour. She said it was amazing the energy and charisma that Madiba had in visiting everyone. He made a point of talking to her "What are you doing here, my dear? You should be at school." What a compliment to be paid after so many years of marriage, to which she replied " Will you organise with my boss to pay for it?" end of conversation. She is thrilled about the encounter and should have included it in her book. Maybe in the sequel. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 13:54
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The only famous person I remember meeting was Brian Harvey from East 17....before they kicked him out !!!! We were at a christmas party in the Westbury Hotel and the band were staying there. They were having a drink beside us in the bar and me in my drunken state asked him for his autograph and then he threw in a kiss for me cos I was so nice....Ahhhh. I got a wave from Jack Charlton in Easons bookshop last year....but I didn't really meet him.....Oh and I spoke to Nancy Griffith when I asked her if she wouldn't mind HD getting a photo taken with her.......and we have the photo to prove it  ------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 14:47
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God cant compete with some of those names but here goes Most of the Irish football team including Paul McGraqth out in tamangos back in the day !! martin Shaw at show in london cant remember wot show but re3member he was sitting in front of me. larry mullen several times but that was in work so doesnt count really. Mine high point was Phil Lynot in Stringfellows in London too many years ago then I like to remember over 20 anyway was there with Scott and bought myself and friend Jean a drink. she chatted away me dont think I could string two words together ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 14:49
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Would've met a few sports " stars " over the years. Don't know if any of yiz remember the uproar caused when there was a report of several members of the Irish soccer team being involved in a sing song in their hotel in Stuttgart following the 1-0 defeat to Germany last September. Hafta admit participation in said sing song ...............but confirm the photos published in the Star and The Herald were not mine. We were asked by the players not to take any photos and agreed not to. Obviously someone else was not as obliging. Herself's best claim to fame is having been asked to sing on stage with Gabrielle ( she of the black eye patch ) a few years ago.She's met with the band having got chatting to them after a show in Dublin one night and was put on the guest list for the following night. Half way through the set she's asked up on stage to help with the backing vocals one one of the songs. Other than that, actor Liam Cuningham's young fella is in my fella's class in school, Roddy Doyle drinks in HBs sometimes,as did Brian O'Driscoll for a while,had a few drinks with Brian Kerr ( ex Irish soccer manager ), Tony O'Donoghue ( RTE Sports reporter ) and Ray ( who put the ball in the English net ) Houghton after a match in Basle in 2004,met Michael Flatley and Paul Brady in the Irish Embassy in Moscow before a match in 2002................ Nowhere near as smart as Nelson Mandela, Oasis or George Clooney but a bit of fun nonetheless. Oh yeah Anne Doyle,RTE Newsreader was at my 40th birthday party Woo Hoo.
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Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 15:01
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At a corporate golf tournament in South Africa we had the pleasure of Amy Kleinhuis (spelling?), the first non-white miss S.A., to open the event. It was freezing morning in June in the exposed Western Transvaal and she was dressed in a fetching, though skimpy outfit and stilletoes. She traipsed across the 18th green in said stilletoes to present to pennant to the various fat cats, I mean our clients. When this was over I went over to chat her up, ask her for her autograph and received a kiss as a bonus. I floated around the course. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 15:02
| Yeah Muller, but far more importantly, whatcha' shoot ? |
Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 15:06
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I have no idea and don't care. Only remember the good bits ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 15:11
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This is getting good....
Njoying the names coming in.... BOY..it is cold over here ME
PS. I LOVE Liam Cunningham...lucky youse !! Oh..just realised I saw him once...piling his shopping into the car at Artane Castle....wanted to shout " Mossie"..remember him in that Maeve Binchy thing...oh dear what a beaut !! sigh... |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 19:11
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One more for the wee list....
we were out having dinner last year and Nicholas Cage was in the same Hotel and he got word it was my hubbies birthday (without giving too much away the hubbie deals with VIPS as part of his business so he had been sorting something for him earlier)...anyhows.... he wished him a HBirthday !!. That was that... ME.
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Posted By: Sister1
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 21:56
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Mins, Well have briefly meet a few.... 1. Got Ray Davies from the Kinks autograph after a gig in Dublin 2. Said hello to Andy Cairns & Michael McKeegan from Therapy ? while in the crowd one year at Witness. 3. Was at a James gig in the Olympia - Bono and the Edge walked by in the corrider after ! I smiled at the Edge and he winked back - does that count ! 4. Was in a bar in New York last year and Brian Johnson from AC/DC was there with a lady friend - wish I had the courage to have said hello - he left quite soon after I spotted him.
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Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 22:25
I assume you mean Harryīs ??? Very slow here. Do u remember before they did it up and the little place called the SNUG. Used to always go in there if I could... Got wicked smokey of course but sure...cosy. ME
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 05-December-2006 at 22:58
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Roddy Doyle and also Larry Mullins drink here and there in the Dolphin now called the watermill in Raheny. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 06-December-2006 at 08:32
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Had a great thrill last year. My employer (a famous bank) was hosting the 6-nations and offered to donate money to selected charities in which the staff are involved. I was selected due to my fundraising for the Irish Guide Dogs. We had a cosy breakfast in Morrision's hotel with Keith Wood and had our photos taken with the great man. What a gent and a fantastic sport. I had my 6-nations jersey signed by Woodie and Malcolm O'Kelly (I'll never wash it). Lots of other Leinster players also pitched up on the day - Girvan Dempsey and Shane Jennings. Great craic. Don't miss it next year if they have it. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 06-December-2006 at 13:27
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I think the common denominator through this thread is
LARRY MULLEN JNR What is it about him that so many people have met him ???? 
He is quite the available chappie.... ME
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Posted By: BakerBabe
Date Posted: 06-December-2006 at 13:28
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Ah Mins - I actually forgot about Jim Kerr - I met him briefly but spoke to him numerous times on the phone (all through work). In my previous posting I mentioned a boy and girl band - not mentioning now - anyhows - one lad from the boy band went out with a girl from the girl band - the lads being Irish and the girls being English - get my drift, well they were in the office and the lads were upstairs with the boss and I was thrown down to reception to look after the girls !!! They asked me to make them tea - well I lie - they told me to make them tea - so I did - they never thanked me for it - so this is going on and on for about 10 cups of tea - one of the girls was a rude so and so - looking me up and down from head to toe and in that bloody awful accent tells me to make her another cuppa - so I did !!!!!!!!!!!!!! But where did the tea bag come from !!!!!!!!!!! It was lying in the bin covered in cig ash - I handed her the cuppa and she slurped it and thanked me and said it was the nicest cuppa she had tasted - well by Christ I nearly fell off the chair - I had to run downstairs and nearly puked - God that was awful - but I had a laugh over it. Nowdays though I just socialise an drink with Podge and Rodge !! Well not really but they drink in my local in the back arse of Meath !! ------------- A womans place is on the Phone...... |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 06-December-2006 at 13:39
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Probably because he was local and a very pleasant and approachable chap. |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 06-December-2006 at 13:43
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Yeh hav bumped into Larry more often then anyone Just remember was in Silks in malahide many many moons ago and Mel Gibson was there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! didnt go over to him though ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 07-December-2006 at 03:12
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My biggest missed opportunity was defo missing all the grove reunions. ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: rahgirl
Date Posted: 07-December-2006 at 13:46
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Ok, here's mine. What I can remember right now, anyway. ON my confirmation day, we went to a Chinese restaurant behind the Westbury hotel (something Garden, me thinks). Anyway, having dinner and my da goes, "oh my god, there's Billy Joel". Look over and sure enough, Billy Joel is having his dinner. My da sends me over and being 12, I went and asked for an autograph. He said he was eating and would talk to us later. I went back to my table, thoroughly disappointed (honestly thought he was being kind of a jerk at the time but in hindsight, how annoying must I have been interrupting his dinner!) We really didn't think he would say anything to us but sure enough, after he and his friend paid their check, he came right over to our table and sat down to chat for a few minutes. He asked me about my confirmation and asked did the bishop still slap your face wehn you are being confirmed. I said no and so he lightly slapped my face! Needless to say, got his autograph, and my picture taken with him (he's a little fella!!!) He was a true gentleman and absolutely made one little girls day!!! Hmmm, what who else . . . nothing as long as the last story but here's a few more names. Roger Moore, Gabriel Byrne, Eamon Dumphy, Brendan Grace, Larry Mullen, Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, (met U2 in Jury's hotel in Cork when they were on their Joshua Tree tour, four more true gentlemen!!!), Danny Glover. I think that's it, maybe more will come to me later.
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 07-December-2006 at 14:59
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I met John Hurt on Grafton Street one day in a one hour photo place - he was so rude to the poor lad behind the counter I just turned on my heels and thought what an ass.... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Fester
Date Posted: 07-December-2006 at 16:28
Went to Johnny Cookes Restaurant in South William Street for a birthday meal with Mrs Fester a few years ago, any of you been there would know it was very intimate (cramped) seating. Two vacant tables either side of us, John Hurt & girlfriend turned up as we had our starters and sat at one table, then the Edge and girlfriend turned up and sat at the other! They all knew each other and were yapping across us for about ten minutes, then the Edge twigged that they were being a bit rude, got the 4 of them moved, and sent us over a bottle of champers, nice birthday that was! Hic!
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 07-December-2006 at 17:30
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Back in the Leeson Street days I was home for aholiday and sitting at a
bar of a small club named Suzy Street. Slow night ...Only myself and this tiny American woman sitting across from me, very cute I thought but I'm a very shy loser and would not be able to think of a pickup line if my life depended on it. She looked kinda familiar but a lot of American women do. Finally she nodded and gave me a hi and we had a bit of chitchat mainly about Dublin and the States. Nothing happened and we parted ways. I opened the paper the next morning and whose pic do I see?--Nanci Griffith was in appearing in Dublin. I love Nanci Griffith and could not believe I would not recognise her in person. She just seemed like a tiny little friendly American. I cried for a month. It still bothers me a little why Nanci Griffith would be sitting alone at a bar around four in the morning. American body clock i suppose. ...actually it still bothers me why I would be sitting alone at a bar at four in the morning |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 08-December-2006 at 10:14
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Hmmm, I managed to collect a few bits and pieces over the years: Nicko McBrain's (Iron maiden) drumstick Kerry King's (Slayer) guitar plectrum John Connelly's (Nuclear Assault) plectrum I still have all my old gig tickets, many of which were autographed. There is more stuff in my parents that I can't remember! I met many people such as Philo (on Sutton Strand), Brian Downey (who hasn't?) Jim Martin (Faith No More) on Dame St., Mordred (myself and a few others spent the day with them in McGons and got credit during their gig that night). Alice In Chains and the most famous of them all DJ Cecil Nolan I spent a number of years working in the Yacht and I met loads of Irish 'celebrities' but nobody is really interested in them (one notable encounter was Jonathan Phiblin Bowman getting snotty with me and being promptly put in his place)! ------------- 
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Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 08-December-2006 at 11:07
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I have another couple of noteworthy (to me) events. I was lucky enough to be invited to act as steward at the Irish Golf Open in 1980. My host (who was a member of Portmarnock) and I went into the clubhouse for a pint during our break. Greg Norman and Bernhard langer were propping up the bar. Standing beside them we felt like Lilliputians. My friend said, in his quasi Aussie drwal, to Norman "yer round, mate". Norman just looked down with a sneer and went back to his pint. What's smaller than Lilliputians? Also luck to get invited to see Lenny Henry's one man show at the Liberty Hall theatre last year. It was absolutely hilarious and very clever. More than stand-up, more like a one-man play. After the show my host wanted to say hi to him in his dressing room. I said "what?". " Yea" says he, " I know him well" So off we trot into the dressing room and had a great chat with the big man. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 08-December-2006 at 11:47
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For about a month I worked in a bar/restaurant called The Market Street
Exchange here in Cleveland . Its claim to fame was that Elliott Ness had been a regular and three bullet holes behind the bar (not connected I would imagine). One night John Glenn arrived with a big entourage and before eating they stopped for a talk and a drink at the bar. Everything was too formal for me to intrude. Leaving for their table one of Glenn's boys handed me a wad of cash. About a weeks wages...I always voted for Glenn after that. |
Posted By: ARD 257 DJ
Date Posted: 16-December-2006 at 22:26
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Fred Elliot. ------------- I never kissed anything that could lick it's own balls. |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 16-December-2006 at 22:45
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Called to Stephen Rea's house to repair his food centre (big fridge) and he was so nice. None of that Hollywood 'Do you know who I am' crap. His son ame into the kitchen and he was told to say hello to me! When I left I said it was really nice to meet you and he said 'well.it was really nice to meet you' (as if to say 'I'm just an ordinary bloke too') ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 21-December-2006 at 19:59
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God you have all met lots of famous peeps. I have a Larry moment too.. He was sitting next to us at my 21st meal in Wongs Clontarf.. Then I have also met... Pink, Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Alicia Keys, Usher, Faithless, Dido, Westlife (ahem), Christina Aguilera, Paddy Casey, Christy Moore, Edge, Kerry Katona, Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan (Boyzone), Blink (anyone remember them.. Dublin band), Cranberries, Sinead O'Connor...... That's all I can think of now. I met them because of the job I used to be in, I worked for a record company and it was great. Got to go to the gigs and meet the bands etc afterwords. ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 22-December-2006 at 12:18
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Wow Star......sounds like you had the job that we all dreamed of.
------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 22-December-2006 at 21:35
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It was a fab job. I loved every minute of it. I left to have Sophie and then I became ill around 3 months after the birth and then was sick for the whole of the rest of the year. Had to let them give my job up cos I had no idea how i would react to meds etc. It was the best job i =ever had and I have fantastic memories. Loved it big time. ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 23-December-2006 at 12:39
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Sorry to hear that you were so sick after having Sophie....must of been hard for you been a first time mum and not feeling well. As for your job, well in a few years time when Sophie is older , you can always go back to work.
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 24-December-2006 at 06:15
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I sat near Gay Byrne at mass once -- does that count
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Posted By: LORRI
Date Posted: 24-December-2006 at 15:07
| Only if you tried to strangle him!! |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 27-December-2006 at 04:29
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Lorri, You're not allowed to strangle people at mass. That's what the car park is for. hehe ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 19:33
I met the Fury's here back stage after one of their concerts which was great I might add. A big gang of knackers!!! ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 23:16
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Hey T, isn't Rolo related to them.. or seperated at birth sh*t, i'm soooo dead now! ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 23:30
| Nah, not at all Star. Did you ever read about my most embarrassing moment on that thread Teresa started last year,the one about me trying to sing in Barcelona ? Have a look at it and you'll see that you're not the only one who thinks that. |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 23:38
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ah janey, that is a really funny story! Anyone ever mistake you for Ron Jeremy the porn star?? ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 23:39
| Now you are soooo dead ! |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 11-January-2007 at 23:40
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ahem..... (running very fast away from the pc....) ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 12-January-2007 at 13:52
Oh dear... ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 01:11
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OK...here's a young,short haired me (very embarrassing) with the great Christy Moore...
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 01:16
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And one of Finbarr Furey,who I just happened to meet in a shop in Castletownbere in Cork...
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 01:17
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I have a picture of Jim Morrisons grave but I don't think that counts... (morbid) ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 08:32
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Great photos...
How old were you then ???? ME
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 16:50
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Erm...the Christy Moore shot was actually in my post Grove days...probvably about 21??? ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 17:42
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What a great shot Floydman, ah you were a little cutie in your day... Nothing embarrassing about that at all. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 21:36
| Martin great pics.....but you don't look 21yrs in the photo with Christy Moore...was your hair short then or just pulled back into a pony tail? |
Posted By: Hayseed Dixie
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 23:28
Funny you should mention him. Here's a shot of him I took at a party in our house one night  ------------- Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. - (Henri Cartier-Bresson) |
Posted By: Hayseed Dixie
Date Posted: 13-January-2007 at 23:28
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Reckon I'm dead now as well...hehehehe!!! ------------- Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. - (Henri Cartier-Bresson) |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 14-January-2007 at 07:32
Oh dear, there goes our chances of getting the site back now CP! If it isnt blocked by the firewall for 'suspected offensive language' it will be for 'suspected pornography'!!  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Hayseed Dixie
Date Posted: 14-January-2007 at 10:37
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hehehehe!! sorry about that Mel.. ------------- Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. - (Henri Cartier-Bresson) |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 14-January-2007 at 17:45
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Ah no, I'm just messing Robbie. Just when Rolo sees the pic, you're in trouble.... ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 15:39
What you trying to say about Rolo Mel ????  |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 20:01
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Nothing, nothing at all.... ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 20:08
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Bleedin' hope not Mel. Larry Flynnt I could just about suffer, but that.................please. |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 20:15
Not at all Rolo....congrats on reaching the 4,000 mark with yer posts by the way!!  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 20:19
| I know, did my best to stay off all day to postpone the inevitability of No. 4000, but you know yourself Mel, this thing just keeps drawing ya back. |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 22:42
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While I'm at it...I met the Flowers when I worked in the bicycle shop,The Penny Farthing in Aungier St. (just to left of shot). They came in to buy bikes...they hung around the shop all day...
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 22:49
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Nobody 'famous' in this one...growing the hair back a bit,Pink Floyd tee,patchy jeans,this is more like it. This was my local when I lived in Bandon...Shay G would know it...
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Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 23:17
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Quote:"patchy jeans" !!!!!!!
THAT is an understatement !!!!! Never seen so many patches.... Didya slave away on those yerself ???? ME |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 15-January-2007 at 23:57
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More great shots. Love the jeans also ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Choirgirl
Date Posted: 16-January-2007 at 00:07
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Ok,
Please don't all shout at me but...I'm catching up since christmas and thought this was a lovely thread........but... this old timer thought it was something different i.e. missed oppportunities with grove attendees i.e. the what if's about the guy you saw and never talked to etc etc. ok obviously by the content I'm totally off the mark so will leave you guys to it regarding meeting the 'stars' - - have enough of that and don't rate it. cheers Jackie
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 17-January-2007 at 22:56
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Jackie...we want to hear ALL about your missed oppurtunities,AND exploits...don't be shy...get going! In fact,as this one is supposed to be for 'Stars' (A-list or Z-ist) why not start a thread? Get on it! ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 17-January-2007 at 23:02
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In the meantime,I'll carry on with not so much a missed opportunity (cos we met them!) but a pic of David Coverdale giving autographs after their last show in Dublin.
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 17-January-2007 at 23:03
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And a pic of Anita (Tonto's wife) with Doug from Whitesnake,where we had drinks with them in Hard Rock Cafe after the gig...
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Posted By: Tonto
Date Posted: 18-January-2007 at 01:21
Hay Floydman!!! They are my Whitesnake photos!!! I took them  Tonto ------------- Grover 84-88...ish... I think.. I dunno! I was all dazed and confused...(with Floyd).. http://www.facebook.com/tmirolo - http://www.facebook.com/tmirolo |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 19-January-2007 at 17:35
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I know...you sent me them... Post the rest of them,will ya? I remember you had loads... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 19-January-2007 at 20:40
My type exactly! woo hoo the lucky women! ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 20-January-2007 at 00:51
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Yeah agree with you Teresa...would love to have met Doug back in the grove back in the 80's
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 20-January-2007 at 02:15
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Yeah me too. I'd have dragged him out to the compound!!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 20-January-2007 at 12:35
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Just to re-iterate,the Whitesnake pics are Tonto's...can't take any credit for them. (But I was there...!) ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 21-January-2007 at 19:26
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Have to agree with girls above just gorgeous ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: BakerBabe
Date Posted: 04-February-2007 at 20:48
WOW ! WOW ! WOW ! Anita certainly has a smile on her face and who wouldnt - I bet she was smiling for weeks afterwards! Lucky girl. |
Posted By: BakerBabe
Date Posted: 04-February-2007 at 20:51
| Ah Steve Staunton was up in our local (yes Morans!) - He was launcing a new football pitch which our team got donated to them by a very nice local - 6 acres plus 300k for a club house - nice or what ! So after the launch - the lads took him up to our local for a pint - he was grand - didnt mind the lads bringing their kids into the pub and getting photos or anything. I couldnt have cared less - I was only too happy that the club has a pitch ! Go Donacarney Celtic |