Guess who my ma met today...

rondeco · 06-09-2006 09:46PM #1

There she was in sallins train station waiting on her sister when she starts chatting to a 'young lad' as she called him. Turns out it was Damien Rice getting the train to newbridge with just his guitar. And what did my ma say to him?

"Are you learning how to play the guitar?"

No, he said, hes going over to record some stuff in newbridge. He tells her he is already kind of well known. So she asks him his name and he tells her: 'Damian Rice'. She says 'I must remember that name now so I can say I met you when you become famous!':eek: He laughed and asked her for a light but she doesn't smoke and lectured him on the dangers of smoking! Plus she kept on saying how gorgeous he was? She's nearly 70! She told him there was a person out in the carpark smoking so he asked her to mind his guitar while he went for a smoke!! mad or what!!

Sleipnir · 06-09-2006 09:49PM

Groupies eh? :rolleyes:

Terry · 06-09-2006 09:50PM

i went to school with one of his former bandmates. yay me.
the one from his old band who is in a new band now who are doing fairly well. i can't remember names.

Raphael · 06-09-2006 09:54PM

Somethig similar happened to my mum. She was in a bar and this guy came over to her and asked her for a light. SHe gave it to him, he thanked her and walked off

Someone else came over to ehr and asked "What did he say to you?" Confused, my mum said "Who?"

"Phil Lynnot!"

kaimera · 06-09-2006 10:04PM

I met yore ma today :v:

mloc · 06-09-2006 10:16PM

my aunt once refused the then president mary robinson to a conference because she forgot her ticket... she didn't know who it was

julep wrote:

i went to school with one of his former bandmates. yay me.
the one from his old band who is in a new band now who are doing fairly well. i can't remember names.

it wasn't a guy in Bell X1 was it?

Rhyme · 06-09-2006 10:24PM

kaimera wrote:

I met yore ma today :v:

I was surpised no-one said that earlier :rolleyes:

Dyr · 06-09-2006 10:36PM

kaimera wrote:

I met yore ma today :v:

As soon as i saw the thread title i knew someone had beat me to it :mad:

Terry · 06-09-2006 10:37PM

mloc wrote:

my aunt once refused the then president mary robinson to a conference because she forgot her ticket... she didn't know who it was

it wasn't a guy in Bell X1 was it?

yeah. one of those guys.
can't remember his name right now. seemed like a sound enough guy. didn't really know him that well, even though there was only 60 people in our year.

KdjaCL · 06-09-2006 10:55PM

Oh a who met a **** musician thread, i met Puff Daddy once and then got threatened by his entourage for sitting in the wrong empty seat.

kdjac

kaimera · 06-09-2006 10:58PM

Saw Jack L at Dublin Airport once.

No one believes me tho

kittenkiller · 06-09-2006 11:03PM

That's the cutest story I've heard in a long time.
He must've been so chuffed to have met such a legend in such a mundane situation.
Just goes to show that you never really know how your day'll pan out!
Bless!

iFight · 06-09-2006 11:09PM

Pretty cool alright, Damien Rice is THE man.

ronbyrne2005 · 06-09-2006 11:29PM

He's just like the rest of us, the rest of us wait at train stations, starstruck by proxy or wha. My granny met oasis in the bar of hotel off grafton street one saturday afternoon around ten years ago, no big deal, she's dead now.

Terry · 06-09-2006 11:37PM

KdjaCL wrote:

Oh a who met a **** musician thread, i met Puff Daddy once and then got threatened by his entourage for sitting in the wrong empty seat.

kdjac

i read that as "paddy duffy" and wondered who the **** he was.

yo, mofo. gizout of dat chizair.

iFight · 06-09-2006 11:40PM

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

He's just like the rest of us, the rest of us wait at train stations, starstruck by proxy or wha. My granny met oasis in the bar of hotel off grafton street one saturday afternoon around ten years ago, no big deal, she's dead now.

So, would you not like to meet the artist who writes the songs you listen to?

the Shades · 06-09-2006 11:44PM

I was in a Blockbusters in Italy and they kept playing Damian Rice over and over again. I left after about 10 minutes because I was starting to feel suicidal and in desperate need of alcohol.

JohnCleary · 06-09-2006 11:44PM

Who?

kittenkiller · 06-09-2006 11:50PM

JohnCleary wrote:

Who?

Duh!!! read the original post ya yoke!

She met her sister!!!

Duh!!!

PullMyFinger! · 07-09-2006 12:10AM

rondeco wrote:

"Are you learning how to play the guitar?"

Classic

cashback · 07-09-2006 12:20AM

rondeco wrote:

She told him there was a person out in the carpark smoking so he asked her to mind his guitar while he went for a smoke!! mad or what!!

I'd have flung his guitar onto the tracks in front of a train. That new material might have been postponed a little while...

Zapho · 07-09-2006 12:26AM

Guess who my ma met today...

Your real father? ooooh burn!

nuttz · 07-09-2006 12:35AM

to quote George Hook: "Whoop dee doo!"

vector · 07-09-2006 01:53AM

to quote Perry Como "Hoop-dee-doo"

rogue-entity · 07-09-2006 05:19AM

I did meet Paul Daniels (the magician) once, in a computer store of all places. The former Planet PC in Waterford. I was pricing something, he walks in, and I started thinking, I know him from somewhere...

When in LA, I met one of the actors from Terminator 2, that black guy who Sarah Connors tries to shoot in the hope of stopping Skynet. He is the same person who detonates the bomb at the Cyberdyne building near the end.
I was standing with my friend outside the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and he just casually walked past me.

Really, I just dont think its a big deal... now if I was sitting at a bar in LA and by chance Jessica Alba walked up to me... *keeps dreaming*.

Tar.Aldarion · 07-09-2006 05:26AM

I've met eh...eh....eh... *pause*

Anyway, Mr. Rice hung out with somebody I know before. She wasn't very taken with his personality.
There are very few famouse people I would care to meet. Maybe RDS, Avril and Amy. that's all I can think of.

Ruu_Old · 07-09-2006 05:27AM

Once saw Michelle Smith (or De Bruin) going through Dublin Airport as well as Martin McGuinness and that Naked Camera chap, Patrick McDonnell walking around Cavan town a few years ago around the time of Don't Feed the Gondalas.:)

il gatto · 07-09-2006 06:17AM

Meeting Damien Rice would ruin my day, in the unlikely event of me recognising him. Your Ma was right. He should learn the guitar, seeing as he's a "musician" and all.:rolleyes:
I "met" (nodded and said hello to) Mike Scott (singer from the Waterboys) and Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
I also met your Ma:D

Irish Halo · 07-09-2006 09:39AM

Juniper were his old band wasn't it? The first Bell X1 album has a few songs written by him on it. Don't like them but I really like O.

Jeez I've only met James Iha, David Grohl, Dexter Holland(The Offspring), Noodles(The Offspring), Steve Harris(Iron Maiden) and other less famous people like Billy Zane, One Minute Silence, Machinehead, Raging Speedhorn and Breed77.

Bluetonic · 07-09-2006 09:51AM

rogue-entity wrote:

I did meet Paul Daniels (the magician) once

I'd like to meet him... not a lot, but I'd like to meet him.

KTRIC · 07-09-2006 09:58AM

I was in the cafe on the top floor of the Easons building in Dublin and whilst I was buttering my scone I noticed non other than Mr Gerry Adams sitting at the next table.

I litterally inhaled my scone and coffee and ran out the door :eek:

Guess who my ma met today...

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