Drinking with the Popes.

by **Benno** Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:50 am

Brilliance
I laughed out loud more than once...
many a night i've had this dream,
and come awake with a broad grin on my fce

by **Low D** Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:45 pm

Scrapper wrote:annoying alcoholics with a horrible dialect.
"Bergensere", people from Bergen, don't talk norwegian you see,
but a nasty, ghastly version of inbred norwegian.
Sort of like scottish compared to irish.

...sort of like Glaswegians, other Scots say they can't understand a word.

Great story.

by **Green Folkal** Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:07 pm

One grand adventure.

by **Guest** Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:10 pm

Hehe, allright! Yeah, that experience pretty much "saved" the whole trip.
Musically it was, objectively speaking, close to pathetic. But when friends asked me how it was, of course I replied: BRILLIANT!

That's just the way to do it. In conditions like that you just got to make the most of it ... and you did. Well done.

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by **Scrapper** Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:01 pm

folkydot wrote:I was at the afore mentioned gig and I remember you very clearly. I remember saying to myself: "Who the hell is that prick doing what I'd like to do??" I thought you were a member of the support band or something. I believe going on stage to sing with Shane must have been the only way to save the gig though ... All in all I enjoyed myself but it wasn't because of the great musical skills presented though.

Hehe, allright! Yeah, that experience pretty much "saved" the whole trip.
Musically it was, objectively speaking, close to pathetic. But when friends asked me how it was, of course I replied: BRILLIANT!

Taken from the local newspaper:

"Drunk and terrible"

by **CraigBatty** Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:01 am

MacRua wrote:Paul, i think. At least they used to call him Paul

At least they don't call him Bruce. Well, he doesn't come for his drinks when they do, so ....

Yeah, it was fun..... Popes at The Gaelic Club, Sydney - no Shane - we sad but bopping away anyway just in case he flew in unexpectedly.... long story short, I get up to sing Dirty Old Town - get asked (by said Paul) what 'key' I'd like it in (like he'd ask any usual pissed crowd-member as if they had no idea

) I say "Any key yez fuckin' like" - he turns to band and sez - "Oi, we've got a smartarse/live one something here lads" - they launch in - I launch in - crowd goes reasonably in the direction of nuts (for me anyway) - get to end - stagger off - get bought cúpla pionta - get accused (jokingly) of being a 'plant' (YES, we ALL know what kind) - go home slightly chuffed. Still am. So sue me...... :lol:

by **MacRua** Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:47 am

Paul, i think. At least they used to call him Paul

by **CraigBatty** Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:40 pm

Can't believe I let this one pass without a reply! Great story, Scrapper. Great pics.

Scrapper wrote:.....Sort of like scottish compared to irish.

Ooooooooooh, how to start a brawl at a linguistics convention..... :twisted:

What's the name of the baldy guitarist from the ex-Popes? He told the band I was a smartarse once on stage, and I would like to thank him via mail one day for the compliment.... :lol:

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by **dawson** Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:17 pm

thats fucking funny

by **folkydot** Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:09 am

I was at the afore mentioned gig and I remember you very clearly. I remember saying to myself: "Who the hell is that prick doing what I'd like to do??" I thought you were a member of the support band or something. I believe going on stage to sing with Shane must have been the only way to save the gig though ... All in all I enjoyed myself but it wasn't because of the great musical skills presented though.

by **cougar** Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:02 am

Scrapper wrote:Finally. I found it. My jaw dropped to the floor:

Thank you very much, Shane.

Wow. Talk about worth a thousand. Shes a keeper.

by **Guest** Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:03 pm

I believe that was the LAST EVER Shane MacGowan & the Popes concert ... :shock:

by **Paddy Rolling Clone** Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:45 pm

What a story, great pictures. Good man Scrapper.

Fuck off, I'm with Shane.

by **Fyllo** Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:16 pm

Fantastic

Thanks for sharing, hope you had a great night and not felt to bad the next day.

by **Simon Maguire** Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:05 pm

Great timing Shane :roll:

At least you met a true legend.

btw:

"Yeha, faehf efnfaeoNOfanffFUKKNafePROBLEM, aefaMATE!"

The funniest lie I've read on this forum. :lol:

Drinking with the Popes.

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