Run2

Barney Army wrote: John Denver sued the Ords (and won) for Run2 coz it sounded like his tune 'Leaving in a Jet Plane'

Hang on.. hasnt Denver gone missing (presumed dead) coz he flew off in his own plane never to be seen again.

ho ho ho....he left in his jet plane. Prick!

He crashed his plane into the Monterey Bay not far from where I live. A small stretch off Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove was named John Denver Beach in his memory.

Yes, he testified in the Senate hearings against the censoring/stickering of "offensive" albums.

Apparently he ran out of fuel in his experimental airplane. You can read an accident report here: http://www.airsafe.com/events/celebs/denver.htm

Nick M wrote:

michael brown wrote:

Bere wrote:

michael brown wrote: you have a generous spirit to be proud about

Just helping out from fan to fan...

I have a great instrumental of Glitering prize,let me know if you hav'nt got it it,its round here someplace;)I love that simple minds song

The whole subject of Run2 got me logged on to this website for the first time last year (if I could dig out the thread I would) and it is one of those annoying NO grey areas - listing Run2 on the (best of) New Order still winds me up to this day since if they can put it on there, why couldn't the real thing have been slapped on to RETRO? I've got the 12" but not the means to convert it to mp3 so I now lie prostrate in the shape of a shameless newbie grovel to anyone who could kindly sort me out with this. Would really appreciate this since it would complete my 'Technique2' comp (which is nowt special, just a very basic re-working ofthe original with as many variants as possible in celebration of that great LP.)

Cheers all;)

You got mail

Nick M wrote: my 'Technique2' comp

What's the tracklisting?

michael brown wrote: You got mail

Nothing yet... Did you use my yahoo-address?

Ironwill wrote: Apparently he ran out of fuel in his experimental airplane. You can read an accident report here: http://www.airsafe.com/events/celebs/denver.htm

Time for Bere's big weird conspiracy theory...

I presume that John Denver was the reason for the '93 conflict of NO. They "broke up" over the complaint of Denver (OK it took some years). They reunited '98 after Denver died in '97. So one of them probably had sabotaged his plane. And now they live happily ever after...

Chris Nash wrote: I never saw the problem with this. Have a listen to the charts - US, UK, Australian, etc. and spot the tracks that have been INTENTIONALLY lifted from previous ideas.

If you wanted to go into chord progressions, then I'm sure that Mozart would be suing most bands in the charts now if he was alive...

Everything is lifted from something else - either intentionally or unintentionally - there's a finite number of chords and a finite number of combinations (albeit a huge one)

Enjoy the music for what it is.

I would say that I hope John Denver rots in his grave, but then...

Well said, the musical style of John Denver is so far away from that of New Order, did he have a new album out at the time of the dispute was he looking for publicity ?

Barney Army wrote: Prick

Totally agree

John Denver - left in a Jet Plane, Otis Redding died in the dock of a bay (sitting - as it happens in a plane) any other good examples of ironic deaths?

Bere wrote:

michael brown wrote:

Bere wrote:

michael brown wrote: you have a generous spirit to be proud about

Just helping out from fan to fan...

I have a great instrumental of Glitering prize,let me know if you hav'nt got it it,its round here someplace;)I love that simple minds song

I wouldn't be angry if you send it to me... Did you know that SM did a cover-version of JDs LWTUA? A nice Disco-Version, mainly instrumental - lyrics shrunk to the refrain... Sometimes it is creepy how similar those two bands are... Perhaps worth a topic "Behind closed doors"...

sorry who's sm?

SM are Simple Minds, other aptly named bands include D.Ross, Dire Straits - can anyone think of any others?

I recently spotted at a listening station at a store a new cover of lwtua. I belived its sung by a french women, and has strings in it. Other punk, new wave songs are covered. It sounded quite nice.

jonathan szwajkos wrote: I recently spotted at a listening station at a store a new cover of lwtua. I belived its sung by a french women, and has strings in it. Other punk, new wave songs are covered. It sounded quite nice.

That's from "Nouvelle Vague"

http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/francais/music.html