It seems that many members of 3FC have met Steven Tyler. Have you?

Yep, I've met him at Logan Airport.

Ok, so as of this moment, 33% of respondents have been either at a concert or in other proximity to ST. Forget 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.....clearly 2 degrees of Steven Tyler is more appropriate!

I thought (for a time when I was fresh out of college) that I would write/photograph for Rolling Stone for a living.

I had a chance to meet quite a few musicians because of hanging with a certain group of people (they provided shall we say chemical diversions to visiting bands).

I met/saw Steven Tyler at bars on 3 separate occasions (only really talked to him the once), once at Pearson Airport, once at Newark, and once I glimpsed him in a restaurant (can't remember the name).

Very charming, very co-operative with fans, etc. etc. Just a really nice man.

Dagmar

I don't know who he is. I replied to the poll before googling him. I thought that was the responsible scientific approach.

ETA It seems as though Dagmar and I are the outliers here at present.

He hit on my 16 year old daughter at a mall about 7 years ago (she does look older). blech!!!!

I think my poll vote should be discounted. I voted seen him in a nonconcert setting...but not in person!
Re: 16yr old girls, he showed great lust for those performers trying for Idol. A bit gross. But yes, charming and seemingly kind.

We're still running about 25% for seeing ST in one form or another. That's a pretty significant percentage I think.

Kitty, what do you mean by nonconcert but not in person?

Lol, I've seen him only on TV

Everyone on 3FC has probably had at least one celebrity encounter in his or her lifetime.

As I mentioned on the other thread, I have seen Steve Tyler three times, each time in Manhattan. Once I saw him get out a limo to attend the premiere of his daughter Liv's movie, "Stealing Beauty." It was fascinating to hear the paparazzi calling out to him in a really familiar manner, as if he were an old friend of theirs. Later, I saw him again in the lobby, where the stars of the movie & their guests were hanging out for publicity photos.

I have also seen Tyler on the street in the city. Once he was walking down the street with some other people. Another time he was standing right outside a restaurant, while someone (not him) apparently was finishing a cigarette. I did the NY thing, which is that I kept going where I was headed, and tried not to stare. If we'd somehow looked at each other (unlikely), I would have nodded and yes, I would have kept going.

I have never done anything but nod briefly or kind of say "hi" while keeping walking after seeing a celebrity. They're in the city, living their lives, and I shouldn't bother them. Kind of like wild animals in their natural forest habitat.

Actually, every couple weeks, in NY, I see someone famous. Famous somewhere, to some people. Usually I have no idea they're famous, though.

The person with me hits my shoulder & hisses or says sotto voce: "Did you see that [guy, chick, woman, older guy]? That was [fill in the blank with a name usually meaningless to Saef]."

Me [trying hard to look without actually turning my head or being seen to be looking] "Uhhhhh [and other unintelligible noises]."

Later, while we're still walking, I ask, "What was the name of that guy we saw coming out of the Spotted Pig?" (or whatever place it was). I try to remember the name, so I can tell the guys that I have lunch with at the office. So the celebrity will not have been wasted on me. Anyway, they are more likely to know the person, due to their out-of-control TV consumption.
(Yeah,I do like trash TV, mostly Bravo, but my taste is less wide-ranging than theirs, and I go to bed earlier than they do.)

Coming back to Steve Tyler: At least I knew who he was, though the second time I saw him, for a moment I thought he was Mick Jagger, though I knew he wasn't. I knew it was Someone Like That, though.

ETA: I am much better at bird-watching & identification than at famous-people-watching & identification. If they had a Sibley's or Peterson's guide for celebrities, that would be really helpful to me.

"Sibley's guide for celebrities" is the best idea ever. He just did a guide to trees, maybe he's ripe for the next thing.

He gets about, this man, doesn't he?

I am very poor on celebs. No tele, you see, apart from the gymn.

Good for you re no tele! It sucks up so much of our time.

I have been trying, for some time, to get DH to put our television away for a month. I recently totalled how much we each watch per week. I'm up to14-15 hours and DH is up to approx 21-23.

And we invariably snack while watching.

Maybe I'll try again in the summer, when there's more daylight and I have more energy in the evening. Right now it's a lazy was to spend those last 2 hours before bedtime.

Re celebs I only recognize musicians from my 20's as that was when I was really, really focussed on it.

Dagmar (Joe Who?)

Potential notes for Sibley's next book:

The Greater Hilton can be identified by her habit of underwear-flashing.

The Lesser Hilton is known for her hair-tossing.

The North American Lohan is usually obscured by paparazzi, but can be positively identified by brilliant plumage.

The Crested Spears is very voluble & visible, and is easily attracted to backyard feeders by cans of Red Bull, while the Shaved-Head Spears is more reticent & tends to skulk in the underbrush.

LMAO at the notes for Sibley's Guide to Celebrities