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oh_jay

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: o.m.d. & simple minds on tour ... |
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hi derek !
what do u think about this combination of bands for a tour ?
is it a good choice to have o.m.d. supporting the simple minds ... or would it be better the other way around or as a double bill ?
i'm looking forward to read your honest thoughts about it here , m8 !
cheers ! 
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dforbes
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Simple Minds were far superior to OMD in their hay day, although OMD were a great band, with a lot of hits...sounds like a good bill to me...and just like a pelican, they can stick their bill up their arse....only joking....
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oh_jay

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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thanx for your honest reply , derek !
btw : there's an interesting thread over in the official o.m.d. forum about "Jim Kerrs error of judgement." ( not started by me - only fyi ! )
http://www.omd.uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5559
of course there's currently quite a bit of discussion going on about that tour combination over there in that forum too !
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Will

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Omd got their start by supporting Numan in his first big tour after "Cars",
They repaid him by giving him a support slot many years later(the front two rows of the Glasgow gig were solely Numan fans(the cardigans held back from the 'weirdos')...so much so Numan snarled half way thru the set......."This is MY fuckin gig!!
Andy is a good bloke...got a great anicdote from the hotel piss-up after that gig  _________________ Hyde |
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dforbes
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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AAAHHHH some nice comments there , concerning myself. In reply to the 'Magic' not returning with me on Neapolis...I wasn't allowed to write on that album, all the songs were written in my abscence, before I got there even!!! So don't hang me yet, for not delivering. If sense prevails, who knows what magic lies ahead....
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oh_jay

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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| dforbes wrote: | | In reply to the 'Magic' not returning with me on Neapolis...I wasn't allowed to write on that album, all the songs were written in my abscence, before I got there even!!! So don't hang me yet, for not delivering. If sense prevails, who knows what magic lies ahead.... |
can i copy the above quote & post it in the specific thread of the official o.m.d. forum , derek !?
no joke ! i would really do it - but only , if u give me your permission before , of course !
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dforbes
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Be my guest Oh Jay, I have nothing to hide...
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Will

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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| dforbes wrote: | AAAHHHH some nice comments there , concerning myself. In reply to the 'Magic' not returning with me on Neapolis...I wasn't allowed to write on that album, all the songs were written in my abscence, before I got there even!!! So don't hang me yet, for not delivering. If sense prevails, who knows what magic lies ahead....
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Deggsy.....you been paid for that yet??  _________________ Hyde |
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Jean Genie

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I first saw OMD in Edinburgh in November 1980, I think it was. It was definitely at the Odeon, that I can remember. I didn't get to see them again until they were on the support bill for Simple Minds at Maine Road in the summer of 1991. I'm quite looking forward to seeing them again at the MEN in December - It's been far too long since I last saw them, and by all accounts it's going to be something special to catch them live again. |
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oh_jay

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Jean Genie wrote: | | it's going to be something special to catch them live again. |
that's what i think so too !
@ derek : i'll post your quote there right after this reply !
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andyi

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="dforbes"]AAAHHHH some nice comments there , concerning myself. In reply to the 'Magic' not returning with me on Neapolis...I wasn't allowed to write on that album, all the songs were written in my abscence, before I got there even!!! So don't hang me yet, for not delivering. If sense prevails, who knows what magic lies ahead....
I hope sense prevails... so close yet still so far _________________ Andy |
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andyi

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Jean Genie wrote: | | I first saw OMD in Edinburgh in November 1980, I think it was. It was definitely at the Odeon, that I can remember. I didn't get to see them again until they were on the support bill for Simple Minds at Maine Road in the summer of 1991. I'm quite looking forward to seeing them again at the MEN in December - It's been far too long since I last saw them, and by all accounts it's going to be something special to catch them live again. |
I saw them support SM at Milton Keynes Bowl and when they played Electricity there was a power cut  _________________ Andy |
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Jean Genie

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Ha ha.. nice one. There wasn't a power cut at Maine Road, though I do remember an incident with a low flying cabbage..  |
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ALI BIN TABNAB
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Jean Genie wrote: | Ha ha.. nice one. There wasn't a power cut at Maine Road, though I do remember an incident with a low flying cabbage..  |
Aye? I wasn't aware that Andy McCluskey had a flying license  |
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oh_jay

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Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| ALI BIN TABNAB wrote: |
Aye? I wasn't aware that Andy McCluskey had a flying license  |
nevertheless he sometimes "almost" takes off while waving his arms like a windmill during "maid of orleans" live on stage !
btw : the guy , who runs the official o.m.d. myspace & facebook sites indeed is a professional pilot & flies the big jets all across the world ! 
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