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Meeting Moz in Dublin

posted by davidt on Tuesday March 04 2003, @11:00AM
shyboy writes:

While drinking in a pub in Dublin last Saturday night, a friend turned to me and said, oh look here comes one of your lot another Morrissey wannabe, when I turned to look I had to look twice, as it was Moz himself. I went over and got chatting to him and he told me he was in Dublin to check out the Smiths tribute band 'THESE CHARMING MEN', who were playing in Dublin that night. I thanked him for a great performance in the Ambassador in November, to which he laughed.

I asked him when he was bringing out an album, he pretended to hit himself in the face and told me nobody liked him anymore, and started laughing. I asked him if he remembered meeting me backstage in Limerick in 1999, to which he replied, "were you the one wearing the Smiths t-shirt?", and started laughing. I talked to him for about another five minutes about different things including Johnny Marr's new album, to which he replied "Johnny's great" in a roundabout way of avoiding answering the question. I lastly shook his hand and thanked him for taking time to talk to me, and wished him well with his future plans, and let him get off into the Dublin air.
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  • Are you sure it wasn't the lead singer of These Charming Men pulling your leg?
    Holy Name -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @11:05AM (#55253)
    (User #1418 Info)
    oh but I know what will make you smile tonight..
  • The "oh look here comes one of your lot another Morrissey wannabe" made me laugh. Funny that one would think that Morrissey himself would be a Morrissey look-a-like. Congrats....

    In these days of American Idol, (I do not watch it but find it hard to not know who Simon is) I always think... "I wonder if Simon would put Morrissey's singing down if he was a contestant."

    That was sort of off the subject...
    palare -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @11:09AM (#55254)
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    where the world's ugliest boy became what you see...
  • I was at these charming men in question and was videoing the gig for the band from the balcony. No Moz. I do know the following friday he went to the same venue to watch The Thrills which he viwed from the balcony
    cossy -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @11:36AM (#55259)
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  • my goodness, to meet mr. morrissey in public would be truly grand. Simon who? I've posted a snappy little website with some dandy bits of the smiths and moz aaaaaand other little obscurities. enjoy------->http://www.parpacy.tk
    parpacy -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @12:17PM (#55263)
    (User #1480 Info)
    "there was a parking lot... now its all covered with flowers..."
  • Wow, you met the man himself! How wonderful!! Did you get his autograph on your bum and get it tattooed like some people I know?
    lilylovesmoz -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @12:41PM (#55271)
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    You won't sleep until the earth that wants me finally has me!
  • Great news !
    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @01:25PM (#55280)
  • But if he was at These Charming Men, surely he would have been spotted by someone. However, I was speaking to someone over the weekend who spotted him at the TBMC on Friday for The Thrills, too.

    One of these days, I'll bump into him, on a rainy day in Dublin, one day...
    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @01:55PM (#55284)
  • in 88 I was in a bar in manchester and my friend said, "that guy looks like Morrissey, but better looking!" and it was actuall morrissey. The bar was really loud and I had to shout into Moz's ear. I think I may have dribbled. How embarressing. I was very very drunk....oh my gawd!!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @02:22PM (#55288)
  • I really hope that Morrissey will tour this year! I really hope that he will especially come to Chicago very soon.

    Morrissey can build a great deal of momentum- do you suppose he will release an album soon?

    I wonder what role momentum or timing has on the success of an album.

    I can only pray.

    Sincerely,
    KEN
    sycophantic_slag -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @05:18PM (#55302)
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    "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
  • That's fantastic...good goin', stranger. :)

    Now, if only I could casually bump into Morrissey; but everyone knows, I've got such rotten luck.
    hand in glove -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @07:53PM (#55311)
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    "Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together" - Marilyn Monroe
  • Morrissey could not walk into a concert by a Smiths cover band man. No way. He wouldn't make it a foot in the door before he was rushed by fans. Who do you think is at a These Charming Men concert?
    MOZ IS GOD -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @08:12PM (#55314)
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  • If I ever meet the Moz, I hope I have a bunch of flowers on hand to give him. That's all. Just hand him the flowers, maybe say something sill like "I love you. Thank you for everything" and then leave him in peace.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @08:15PM (#55316)
  • Moz phoned me and asked me to meet him at Dublin’s Pub on Sunset. We gabbed about this, that and the other thing over a bottle of Crystal. On our way out, we hear this guy tell his friend “oh look, here comes one of your lot another Morrissey wannabe” Morrissey, nods his head, smiles politely and makes small talk with the two fans –we all say our goodbyes and Moz is on his way… Seconds later… I W A K E U P!!!!
      =D hee =D hee =D hee
    Lady Morrissey <[email protected]> -- Tuesday March 04 2003, @11:15PM (#55321)
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    "And if I seem a little strange, well, that's because I am."
  • Geez! Now I know Moz has lost it. Pretending to hit himself in the face AND laughing all the time...? What's up with the man? Maybe he was pissed.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @04:14AM (#55333)
  • 'Cos I walked around that gig & certainly didn't see him. Was talking to guitarist afterwards too. He said Morrissey invited 'em out to his place in LA when they were over there. A "gas man" he described him as...that's a "funny guy" ( in a funny Ray Liotta not funny Joe Pesci ) to all you Hibernophobes...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @05:14AM (#55336)
  • Yes indeed , it was the man himself indulging in a little Arthur in a city centre hostelry !
    He is very fond of Dublin , in fact he used to own a house not very far from my own .
    I had to goad him about "moving Southside " and he was in great form .
    Great to see him , and hhope to hear more from him soon .
    The music industry is just not the same anymore .
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @05:51AM (#55338)
  • Thats a bit weird seems he is in Los Angeles....
    No he really IS in Los Angeles....
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @06:02AM (#55340)
  • As a matter of interest, what boozer was the poor beleaguered beast basting himself with the stout in?

    Being both tragically inept & usually too sublimely inhibited by alcohol to notice anything but the run-of-the-mill listless thick & shameless in such situations, I'd be keen to know what himself would think of as being a spot worth gurgling a gargle in (particularly an Arthur) (Keoghs? Nearys? Old Stand? Long Hall?)...

    Trivial, I know - but somehow it's the soft & simple little things in life that seem to keep us going. Like a comfortable stout & a friendly ear to bend in an easy-going boozer as spring turns night slowly into evening...
    RaisedToWait -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @06:37AM (#55341)
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  • bless xx
    Johnny Marr -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @01:41PM (#55363)
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    Going Underground

  • oh phoney! (Score:0, Flamebait)

    this story is bullshit. it's an obvious lie that some little booger told. i don't believe the stroy for one bit. david tseng needs to stop posting these corny stories.
    leedoggpimp <[email protected]> -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @02:44PM (#55368)
    (User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/)
    True friends stab you in the front.
  • It was by chance that I found out that Morrissey was staying at the same hotel in Melbourne that I was performing at (essentially me & some friends @ school had to sing at the UN Media Awards upstairs.. very swish).

    It was the Grand Hyatt, the night before Livid, where I was aching to meet Morrissey. I found out that he was staying at the Hyatt because he had held a press conference there that week & it surely didn't make sense that he'd hold a conference at a hotel he wasn't staying at.

    Anyway, as you could imagine, I was disappearing, around corners, looking for rockstars and what not.. not breathing, whatever. Then, who should walk past me but Noel Gallagher! My jaw just drops the ground and he gives me this big grin. I nearly died because I was in school uniform. Argh. And he heard me call him Liam anyway. I didn't talk to him, but I felt nothing but utter frustration that I didn't run into Morrissey instead (although I did have a great time the next night :)))
    elmatters -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @09:21PM (#55383)
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  • Look out, because Morrissey may be in disguise at the top of the balcony at the Morrissey convention in April. He might go since These Charming Men are playing and he also invited them to his house. I do beleive that Morrissey likes These Charming Men. I have seen them and they are by far the best Smiths/Moz tribute band.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 05 2003, @11:42PM (#55392)
  • I went to my regular psychic this week and took a picture of Morrissey with me. I just showed her the picture and told nothing of who he was.

    She told he was a singer, currently staying in Europe (so the story of Moz in Dublin could be true), and he was writing quite a bit. She also told me he has plans to make an album with strong Irish & celtic influences. Then she told me his energy level was quite low and he was feeling a bit sad and comtemplative.

    Ofcourse I asked her when we could expect a new album. She didn't see a new album any time soon, and added: "certainly not this year, and probably not the next year...."

    But the spirits can be wrong, ofcourse.
    Eric Hartman -- Thursday March 06 2003, @02:31AM (#55400)
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    It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.
  • "And I was rummaging around in the attic the other day and I came across the original copy of the bible...which was nice."

    Yours sarcastically ;)
    Squirrelhead <[email protected]> -- Thursday March 06 2003, @02:35AM (#55402)
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    "Great minds against themselves conspire and shun the cure they most desire"
  • Dear Jim,

    I thought it was one of your lot...another ORENTHAL wannabe.

    --Ron Goldman

    That's just classic. Dude sees Morrissey, thinks it's just some poser, and it really is Moz. At least he didn't have a knife.
    Jim Rome -- Thursday March 06 2003, @03:12AM (#55404)
    (User #720 Info | http://www.jimrome.com/)
    ...and how?
  • actually met him by pure chance at newport pagnell services (no joke - is it really so strange?!) caught him buying cheese n onion crisps and a bottle of fanta, it was Friday 13th October 1995 just prior to his tour with Bowie...he signed autographs for me and my ex...had my hand in plaster and wore a lonsdale boxing t-shirt so he was quite interested to know if id gone 12 rounds with someone... top man and a living legend...ran off towards a black volvo 440 driving north up the M1!!
    Anonymous -- Thursday March 06 2003, @05:08AM (#55409)
    • Re:meeting moz by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 06 2003, @09:36AM
  • shy boy gob"shite"boy more like. what a load of old bollocks.
    smilerbwfc -- Thursday March 06 2003, @01:31PM (#55435)
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  • :-) wow! I'd be starstruck!

    does anyone know if These Charming Men are playing England soon?

    Also I heard an audioclip from the Other Smiths, unfortunately it sounded like Mr Bean sings The Smiths, maybe just a bad day?

    oh yeah apparently next Firday at The ThinkTank in Leeds is a Smiths/obscure indie/punk night price: £4 Think Tank, Call Lane, LS1 6DN.
    Clubbing for the indie/alt crowd. No footy tops, trainers expected.
     
    "Resident DJs Jonny & Hans play the best of Jonys extensive record collection at this indie and punk night that's managed a mention on John Peels radio show. On the 2nd Friday of the month."

    Give us a shout if there are any lone Smiths fans in Leeds area fancy going, my boyf will def not go, and I'm back in hospital in a few weeks so its my lsat chance nite out for a while!?!

    Ta

    [email protected]
    valkyrie -- Saturday March 08 2003, @09:14AM (#55519)
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