Another Frankie Poullain (The Darkness) incident

[Hamsalad]

Just got off the phone with my mother. She does standup comedy in London and I forgot she was performing tonight.

This is how the conversation went.

[b]Me[/b]: Hi mum, just letting you know Wallander is on at 11:30.

[b]Mum[/b]: Sorry love, I'm performing in London. There are some musicians here actually, and one of them is a bass player.

[b]Me[/b]: Oh really?

[b]Mum[/b]: Yes, he plays in a band, I'm not sure if you've heard of them, the umm.. The Darkness. (pause) Have you heard of them?

[b]Me[/b]: Erm yes, they're quite big actually.

[b]Mum[/b]: Really? "My son says you're quite big" "Is that so?" (Laughter)

[b]Me[/b] (who gets star struck by my postman): Well.. give him my regards, have a nice evening.

[b]Mum[/b]: Will do, goodbye!


Euphemisms apart and role reversal apart, it was quite a strange incident. Atleast I can now say I've technically met the bassist from The Darkness; my life is complete.

Edited June 15, 2011 by Hamsalad

[Cosmo Valdemar]

The most impressive thing by far is that your mum is a stand up comedian.

[fatboyslimfast]

+1!

[bassbluestew]

Agreed - very,very impressive, I've often thought my mum was a funny old bird, but not THAT funny.

Ok, I'll do it..................

SO WHO IS YER MUM...........???

There, we can all now relax, I'm on tenterhooks though........and not just cause my new iPhones being delivered today.

My money's on Jo Brand........this is better than Royal Ascot

BTW please don't feel under any pressure to tell, it's just a bit of fun.

S

[Bilbo]

I had this old 'Yorkshireman' friend that used to go clubing in London a lot. Salt of the earth type; very much in the line of 'what you see is what you get' and completely unaffected by popular culture. He once told me a story that made me laugh (I was told this the day after this incident happened). He once hooked up with this group of people and spent the evening socialising with them and having a lovely time. He was sat next to this young Black woman and was getting on fine (no snorting, he's Gay) and the conversation turned to the world of work.

'So', says our man, in broad Yorkshire accent. 'What does 'tho' you do for t'living'?

Young lady responds 'I'm a singer in a band'.

'Oh, aye! What's t'band called'

'M-People'

'Never heard of 'em'.

[wombatboter]

Reminds me of a story Hugh Grant told on television :
His mother was invited to some dinner-party and she sat next to people she didn't know...
The person next to her started conversation and asked if she had children..
She said "I have two, one of them works for a bank and the other one's a rather famous actor.."
Her neighbour replied : "Great ! Which bank ?"

[FuNkShUi]

Great thread
I had a mate who went travelling in new zealand about three years ago. She used to ring me up all the time when she was pissed to tell me about her adventures. One night she rings me and tells me shes pulled this rugby player. Ok, no biggie here, there are plenty of rugby players in NZ. She says i might of heard of him... Dan Carter .....

Shed just pulled the "beckham" of NZ rugby and had no idea, and had been talking me up as someone whod played for South Wales under 15s at rugby!!

Lets just say i was mortified when he came on the phone and started asking me about my rugby career!!

Very kind of him to pretend he cared! and whatever.....ive talked to Dan Carter!!

[Mr. Foxen]

Wow, never seen three before. Good effort.

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='Hamsalad' post='1270767' date='Jun 15 2011, 10:25 PM']Just got off the phone with my mother. She does standup comedy in London and I forgot she was performing tonight.

This is how the conversation went.

[b]Me[/b]: Hi mum, just letting you know Wallander is on at 11:30.

[b]Mum[/b]: Sorry love, I'm performing in London. There are some musicians here actually, and one of them is a bass player.

[b]Me[/b]: Oh really?

[b]Mum[/b]: Yes, he plays in a band, I'm not sure if you've heard of them, the umm.. The Darkness. (pause) Have you heard of them?

[b]Me[/b]: Erm yes, they're quite big actually.

[b]Mum[/b]: Really? "My son says you're quite big" "Is that so?" (Laughter)

[b]Me[/b] (who gets star struck by my postman): Well.. give him my regards, have a nice evening.

[b]Mum[/b]: Will do, goodbye!


Euphemisms apart and role reversal apart, it was quite a strange incident. Atleast I can now say I've technically met the bassist from The Darkness; my life is complete.[/quote]

when he quit/was fired I applied for his job. Didn't get the gig - obviously - but got a really nice personal reply from The Darkness management. Much kudos for them for that.

[FuNkShUi]

sorry about that, my computer = fail

[dc2009]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1271270' date='Jun 16 2011, 11:58 AM']Wow, never seen three before. Good effort.[/quote]

[Norris]

Back in the late 80's our band was part of the lineup for a large barbeque-style gig. The 'stage' was a lorry trailer, but it did have decent lighting & PA, etc. I was standing backstage waiting to go on and watching one of the preceeding acts - about half a dozen chaps doing a 'balloon dance'. They were all naked apart from a couple of small balloons each. I got chatting to a bloke standing next to me, both of us agreeing that the dancers were crap and that the performance was money for old rope. We spent a good 10 or 15 minutes in much beer-powered criticism. I found out later that I'd been talking to Dave Edmunds

[farmer61]

Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) was driven in my car from Aston Villa's training ground to inside the NEC building they were performing.

Can't say I drove because I was drinking JD in the back seat of the car!!

Edited June 16, 2011 by farmer61

[dc2009]

[quote name='farmer61' post='1271383' date='Jun 16 2011, 01:14 PM']Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) was driven in my car from Aston Villa's training ground to inside the NEC building they were performing.

Can't say I drove because I was drinking JD in the back seat of the car!![/quote]

Wow o.O

Nice guy?

[farmer61]

[quote name='dc2009' post='1271655' date='Jun 16 2011, 03:22 PM']Wow o.O

Nice guy?[/quote]
Surprising quiet tbh, could hardly get a word out of him.

Got us back stage though!!

[Bilbo]

Donkey's years ago, some friends and I were staying with a guy in London who was Gary Moore's guitar roadie. The others knew him from school but I had never met him before that weekend. He came over as a bit of a name dropper, to say the least. We went out touring the guitar shops and went into one (Andy's?) and he sauntered over to the counter and exclaimed to the guy stood behind it:

'Hey there. I am Gary Moore's guitar roadie. Can you recommend anything I can use to clean Gary's guitars'?

Stoney faced assistant responds 'Pledge'.

Three teenage guitar freaks run out of the shop in a fit of juvenile giggling.

[Chris2112]

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1270882' date='Jun 16 2011, 12:38 AM']The most impressive thing by far is that your mum is a stand up comedian.[/quote]

That and you heard her complimenting his length on the phone!

[gub]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1271671' date='Jun 16 2011, 03:30 PM']Donkey's years ago, some friends and I were staying with a guy in London who was Gary Moore's guitar roadie. The others knew him from school but I had never met him before that weekend. He came over as a bit of a name dropper, to say the least. We went out touring the guitar shops and went into one (Andy's?) and he sauntered over to the counter and exclaimed to the guy stood behind it:

'Hey there. I am Gary Moore's guitar roadie. Can you recommend anything I can use to clean Gary's guitars'?

Stoney faced assistant responds 'Pledge'.

Three teenage guitar freaks run out of the shop in a fit of juvenile giggling.[/quote]

Love this one!