$h!t buskers.

cailinardthair · 09-06-2014 09:02PM

I know the busker your on about.....i don't like him....I have a few choice words to call him but won't. He takes over the street with his crap version of My Way! and his hopping! I remember he chased some lad down the street a few weeks ago because he told him to be quiet! Saying he will find him and sue! I had a good laugh at that!

There are loads of great buskers in galway but him and another one, think its a brother and sister, they should not be aloud!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 09-06-2014 10:17PM

dgt wrote: »

Not Navan is it? There's a pair of buskers attempting to play the guitar and sing, usually near Easons. On Saturday they move to the AIB.

It's cringeworthy

At least they actually play. There's another lad who sits there pretending to play an accordion whilst a radio blasts out music at his feet. I'd say he breaks even by the time he's finished buying his batteries for it.

Hotale.com · 09-06-2014 10:22PM

cailinardthair wrote: »

I know the busker your on about.....i don't like him....I have a few choice words to call him but won't. He takes over the street with his crap version of My Way! and his hopping! I remember he chased some lad down the street a few weeks ago because he told him to be quiet! Saying he will find him and sue! I had a good laugh at that!

There are loads of great buskers in galway but him and another one, think its a brother and sister, they should not be aloud!

Punintentional?

Lightbulb Sun · 10-06-2014 03:23AM

We need more lads doing Wonderwall.

uncle_sam_ie · 10-06-2014 06:29AM

I remember getting on a subway in New York a few years back and this guy pulls out a guitar and attempts to play it. He was so bad people were giving him money to stop.

dharma200 · 10-06-2014 06:42AM

I have to disagree about the busker in question. he has been busking for a good while... He started off without an amp no suit and was woeful, and has worked and worked and if you actually give him ten minutes of your time, regardless that he is not Pavarotti, he can be highly entertaining... I have sat outside canavans and watched his whole show... At first cringing, then watching a bit closer at his mannerisms and the effort he puts in, his sort of geeky confidence, the way he usually handles the piss takers bullies etc. he does his set and moves on, as per the agreed protocol with buskers in Galway.
I remember years ago Johnny massacre encouraging young buskers etc.. There is a young lad who was hardly a teen and now he has the most amazing show like Johnny's. It is very easy to just go ah he is ****e... Atleast the young man I question gets up off his ass and tries to do something, and is improving with every week. yep he gets looks, and slaggings, some days he is better than others, but he cucking tries as hard as he can. He isn't blowing fake pan pipes or pretending to make a dog out of sand. He is getting up and putting himself out there.
I don't know the young man personally, but whenever I see him I think good for you. I'd say if you see him again, give him a few more minutes of your time. You might be surprised that he actually might make you smile.

10-06-2014 07:10AM

So if you ignore the fact that he can't sing he is an ok busker?

This fella has been complained about before on boards - he is a definite candidate for the enforcement of the amplifier ban.

Lapin · 10-06-2014 08:14AM

Any busker using amps should be gently escorted down to the Spanish Arch and made to witness them being introduced to the Corrib in full flow.

If he, she or they are that attatched to them, let them jump in after them.

DrumSteve · 10-06-2014 08:23AM

If you need to set up a pa system in the middle of grafton street you are not a busker, your a noise polluter.

Yes, im talking about that chap who seems to only play fast car/wish you were here.

Sam Kade · 10-06-2014 08:27AM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I was in town today and had the misfortune to hear one of the most awful buskers iv'e heard in a long time. He was in a grubby grey suit and singing into a microphone across from Eason. He had music playing as well but it was clear he was cringe-worthy. It's something i don't understand. Surely people know if they're any good or not? I can't sing to save my life but i know it and don't go making an ass of myself.

Just up the street there were two others, one with a drum (of sorts), the other with an acoustic guitar and, while they certainly weren't anything to write home about, they were clearly at least competent.

So I guess my question is, why do people go busking (or showing off a talent) when they clearly have no talent to begin with? I kind of felt sorry for the guy...but not as much as for the workers in the shops around.

So instead of asking them you started a tread on here looking for an answer

Lapin · 10-06-2014 08:46AM

Big Steve wrote: »

How may of them even have applied for a licence to play on the streets.

None I hope.

No matter how much some of them may annoy me, I appreciate the fact that they are giving it a shot.

Fúck paying a licence fee to keep some civil servant's arse warm from 9 to 5.

Aglomerado · 10-06-2014 08:54AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

, the 'help me feed my drum addiction' guy.

I LOVE him! He actually HAS talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txVWUKteNdc

Dave H · 10-06-2014 08:58AM

Does anyone remember a busker who would have been around Grafton Street in the late 90's (possibly earlier aswell) who had a device set up over the sound hole on his acoustic that was like piano keys, one for each string. He was a ragged oul bluesman, narky as hell somedays, nice as pies the next, he looked liked the kind of guy that lived out the songs he sang.
Amazing performer but I often wondered whatever happened to him as it must have been nearly 15 years since the last time I saw him busking. He'd always generate a huge crowd around him.

Alf. A. Male · 10-06-2014 09:12AM

cailinardthair wrote: »

There are loads of great buskers in galway but him and another one, think its a brother and sister, they should not be aloud!

No, they should be aloud, very little point in busking otherwise.

Dublinflyer · 10-06-2014 09:13AM

I have no problem with buskers but the amps are ridiculous in some cases. If it's a singer and it's playing a bit of music then maybe that's OK but if it you are standing there on your own and a full orchestral score coming out of the speaker then you are not busking, imho.

Turtyturd · 10-06-2014 01:51PM

Just back from my lunchtime stroll....sh*tty tattooed busker has added a new song to his set (bringing it up to 3) but can't play it on the guitar so is relying on playing the music through his amp.

There is also now bagpipes busker which is as bad as it sounds.

Dublinflyer · 10-06-2014 01:55PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

There is also now bagpipes busker which is as bad as it sounds.

Holy sweet Jea$u$.

desultory · 10-06-2014 01:59PM

That Spider-man one drives me up the wall. It's the worst costume I've ever seen for one(it looks like a onesie) and the guy who wears it must be about 6 stone as it's hanging off him..and he just stands there..doing nothing

Alf. A. Male · 10-06-2014 02:15PM

desultory wrote: »

That Spider-man one drives me up the wall.

Lovin' yer work.

The Master · 10-06-2014 02:17PM

Dave H wrote: »

Does anyone remember a busker who would have been around Grafton Street in the late 90's (possibly earlier aswell) who had a device set up over the sound hole on his acoustic that was like piano keys, one for each string. He was a ragged oul bluesman, narky as hell somedays, nice as pies the next, he looked liked the kind of guy that lived out the songs he sang.
Amazing performer but I often wondered whatever happened to him as it must have been nearly 15 years since the last time I saw him busking. He'd always generate a huge crowd around him.

Yeah, he ended up doing weekend blues sessions in Whelan's for a while. Haven't heard of him in quite a few years though

maximoose · 10-06-2014 02:20PM

There's a small ginger lad always knocking around Grafton Street or Henry Street singing, and he's absolutely BRUTAL. He even pops up in a wake (I think it's a wake?) scene in Love/Hate, no idea how he got that part.

Sounds like a goat being strangled.

whisky_galore · 10-06-2014 02:51PM

Hate painted fcukers pretending to be statues, as if that's a talent....staying very still and moving occasionally.

nelly17 · 10-06-2014 03:00PM

I hate this crap - clearly you're sitting on a fookin stool connected via a metal bar to a big plate under the mat supporting the weight.

Hes just poxy sittin there and expects to be given money for it.

nyarlothothep · 10-06-2014 03:21PM

What annoys me are bands that take up the whole street playing sh1tty indie music really loud on amps, drumkit, mics the whole set up. It drowns other and sometimes vastly better musicians and blocks up the whole street. If these bands want to play a gig then they should book a gig, they shouldn't impose their sounds on people who don't like pop-rock/indie rock.

Mal-Adjusted · 10-06-2014 03:51PM

I've noticed that on Shop street too. Someone standing in the middle and taking up the entire street, forcing other pedestrians to pretty much squeeze between the crowd and the buildings to get through. It's mostly jugglers or street musicians i've seen though, not bands.

Turtyturd · 10-06-2014 04:00PM

Not buskers, but whatever happened to the blokes that used to do the pastel pictures? They would spend months doing a picture of praying hands. One of them was always on college green, think he was on the Angelus too. Haven't seen one in a long time.

Now all you get is some junkie writing her prayer on the ground in chalk.

The King of Moo · 10-06-2014 04:21PM

Has the guy outside Corbettcourt learned another song apart from Wonderwall yet?

Bafucin · 10-06-2014 04:38PM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I was in town today and had the misfortune to hear one of the most awful buskers iv'e heard in a long time. He was in a grubby grey suit and singing into a microphone across from Eason. He had music playing as well but it was clear he was cringe-worthy. It's something i don't understand. Surely people know if they're any good or not? I can't sing to save my life but i know it and don't go making an ass of myself.

Just up the street there were two others, one with a drum (of sorts), the other with an acoustic guitar and, while they certainly weren't anything to write home about, they were clearly at least competent.

So I guess my question is, why do people go busking (or showing off a talent) when they clearly have no talent to begin with? I kind of felt sorry for the guy...but not as much as for the workers in the shops around.

I busk about four times a year.

Confession time. I am good now ..I play classical and rock guitar ..I'm good....

But...I started busking before I got good.

Sorry Dublin.

On grafton street there are usually a couple of drug addicts having a go...totally out of tune...they busk rather than beg....some would prefer that they beg.

briancarrol692 · 10-06-2014 04:40PM

irish rapper tommy for the win ha

Turtyturd · 10-06-2014 05:00PM

Bafucin wrote: »

I busk about four times a year.

Confession time. I am good now ..I play classical and rock guitar ..I'm good....

But...I started busking before I got good.

Sorry Dublin.

On grafton street there are usually a couple of drug addicts having a go...totally out of tune...they busk rather than beg....some would prefer that they beg.

Where the sh*t buskers got amps the junkies got pets. There is one outside Arnotts with a horrible dog, and another one around with a rabbit.

$h!t buskers.

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