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Met Paul Young earlier today in Merion Square

  • 02-04-2011 01:00AM
    #1
    robbyvibes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭


    dunno what to say..saw him in merion square park.
    if i hadn't heard him speak, i wouldn't have recognised him at all.

    awkwardly approached him but he was very friendly, top man to speak with.. very down to earth.

    just said he was relaxing with his son and grandson over in dublin for the weekend before flying to dubai for some gig..very fond of ireland and dublin in particular...

    anyone else see him about dublin? does he have family here?


Comments

  • #2
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    is he still 'andsome?? Was a time he could lay his hat on me :D


  • #3
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Paul Young, always liked him...has a great voice.

    But I was always disappointed at the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles - some sh1tty version of 'Every Time you Go Away' rather than the proper Paul young version.


  • #4
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    awkwardly approached him but he was very friendly, top man to speak with.. very down to earth.
    He's got the love of the common people.


  • #5
    robbyvibes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭robbyvibes


    Agonist wrote:
    He's got the love of the common people.

    I'm a man of modest means.
    He was very humble and respectable towards me.
    Think about what you're implying man.


  • #6
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Agonist wrote: »
    He's got the love of the common people.
    Well, wherever he lays his hat, thats his home. :o


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  • #7
    Captain Darling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    Currently residing in the where are they now files.....


  • #8
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Gee, you know your old when other singers you used to listen to, are minding their grand kids! :(

    :o


  • #9
    dubtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    Being Irish, when I see a celeb, I ignore them, just in case they'd have the audacity to think I think I know them and ignore me.


  • #10
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    On closer inspection, these are loafers.


  • #11
    robbyvibes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭robbyvibes


    I am most displeased by some comments.. never the less, I endure.
    dubtom wrote: »
    Being Irish, when I see a celeb, I ignore them, just in case they'd have the audacity to think I think I know them and ignore me.

    Strangely enough, he mentioned that was the reason he liked Ireland so much.

    But apart from the ignorance of most dublin people towards his status, he found them hospitable strangers.

    I myself cannot fathom what he Mr Young sees in Ireland really..judging by some of the comments here.


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  • #12
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    I am most displeased by some comments.. never the less, I endure.
    Strangely enough, he mentioned that was the reason he liked Ireland so much.
    But apart from the ignorance of most dublin people towards his status, he found them hospitable strangers.
    I myself cannot fathom what he Mr Young sees in Ireland really..judging by some of the comments here.
    Don't mistake internet waffle for real life encounters.

    All those that I come across what are/were famous, I just say "hello" or its equivalent, be polite and don't annoy them.
    Live and let live. The vast majority of Irish folk (outside the internet) in Ireland do similar.
    THATS why a lot of famous people like it here. Most of us neither stick our noses in where its not wanted or are rude enough to totally blank them either.
    Its all about time and place - and keeping a respectful distance at the appropriate time.

    The Irish people have a VERY good name when it comes to treating our visiting or resident 'famous' - and thats well known worldwide.


  • #13
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    I am most displeased by some comments.. never the less, I endure.



    Strangely enough, he mentioned that was the reason he liked Ireland so much.

    But apart from the ignorance of most dublin people towards his status, he found them hospitable strangers.

    I myself cannot fathom what he Mr Young sees in Ireland really..judging by some of the comments here.

    That's the attraction though isn't it? Here we don't fawn over "celebs" and make fools of ourselves but still we appreciate them in our own way...


  • #14
    DWCommuter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭DWCommuter


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    I am most displeased by some comments.. never the less, I endure.



    Strangely enough, he mentioned that was the reason he liked Ireland so much.

    But apart from the ignorance of most dublin people towards his status, he found them hospitable strangers.

    I myself cannot fathom what he Mr Young sees in Ireland really..judging by some of the comments here.

    You had a nice experience and it was cool. Don't mind the tossers that make fun of it.


  • #15
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    I'm a man of modest means.
    He was very humble and respectable towards me.
    Think about what you're implying man.

    Don't think he was really implying anything, just throwing a few Paul Young lyrics out there.


  • #16
    MightyMighty737
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭MightyMighty737


    Who is he?


  • #17
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 191 ✭✭I would ride myself cos im a sexy man


    I thought it was the bloke from desperate housewives

    He's my favourite character..:pac:


  • #18
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    MightyMighty737 wrote: »
    Who is he?

    Spot the youngster! :D

    If I had met him in the street, I probably wouldn't have recognised him(old age on his part:D) but I do respect him, he had a few great 80s tunes.


  • #19
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭Skid


    Paul Young, legend.

    He has the most lines on the Band Aid song 'Do They Know it's Christmas?', because, as Geldof said, he was the biggest star in Britain at the time.

    Always seemed like a nice bloke.


  • #20
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    You shouldn't have been surprised to have seen him Dublin, as he's the type of man who is always on the roam.


  • #21
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,893 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Let's not forget he's looked at life from both sides now.


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  • #22
    Witchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    So jealous. Loved him in the 80s. Yum yum Paul Young.


  • #23
    robbyvibes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭robbyvibes


    You were scammed.

    Regards
    "I suck dick" Dublin

    YES, I wait for that dickhead to ban me because it pays me mother****er.
    It pays very welll to be an asshole.

    Some people are mystified, you can't help them...

    Owen...you owe me a fillet of salmon.Good man.


  • #24
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    robbyvibes wrote: »
    dunno what to say..saw him in merion square park.
    if i hadn't heard him speak, i wouldn't have recognised him at all.

    awkwardly approached him but he was very friendly, top man to speak with.. very down to earth.

    just said he was relaxing with his son and grandson over in dublin for the weekend before flying to dubai for some gig..very fond of ireland and dublin in particular...

    anyone else see him about dublin? does he have family here?
    robbyvibes wrote: »
    You were scammed.

    Regards
    "I suck dick" Dublin

    YES, I wait for that dickhead to ban me because it pays me mother****er.
    It pays very welll to be an asshole.

    Some people are mystified, you can't help them...

    Owen...you owe me a fillet of salmon.Good man.

    I'm not too sure where you are going with this, OP.

    Thread closed.


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