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| Scot Rocks |
what next?!
The Clash spark terror alert
Man pulled off plane for music taste
The Clash and Led Zeppelin's music sparked a terror alert on an aeroplane, it has emerged.
Harraj Mann from Hartlepool was pulled off a London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport on March 30. He was questioned under the Terrorism Act after it's believed his choice of music made a taxi driver suspicious.
Mann was able to play his own music through the cab's stereo on the way to his flight, but it seems the driver did not approve.
"I played Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' first, which the taxi man liked," Mann explained. "I figured he liked the classics, so I put on Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song'. Then, since I was going to London, I played The Clash ('London Calling') and finished up with 'Nowhere Man' by The Beatles. He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash, but I don't think there was any need to tell the police."
It seems The Clash's lyrics which include "War is declared and battle come down", alarmed the cabbie who alerted police, while Led Zeppelin's line about "The hammer of the gods will rive our ship to new lands, to fight the horde", probably didn't help either.
Durham Police then acted on "information received" but admitted "by the time it was established the man did not pose a security risk, the plane had taken off", The Mirror reports.
Mann, however, said he saw the funny side of the incident, telling his local newspaper the Hartlepool Mail: "I was laughing about it, but all my mates are absolutely furious. It's just left me bemused. I can agree that there's a culture of fear. They acted on the information they had. I'm just frustrated that it happened to me. It's a mystery."
http://www.nme.com/news/clash/22697
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| Gazza |
++++++++++++BLANK FRIGGIN' STARE+++++++++++++++++++++ |
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| FPM C10 |
That is...um....man, I don't even know WHAT that is, but I'd like to know how that cabbie could figure out the lyrics to "Immigrant Song". I never knew he was saying "Hammer of the Gods" until I saw Jack Black sing it in "School of Rock". |
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| Ihavelotsajam |
He should have been arrested for listening to A Whiter Shade of Pale... |
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| glencar |
LOL Perhaps the cabbie was a Muslim? |
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| Gazza |
quote:
FPM C10 wrote:
That is...um....man, I don't even know WHAT that is, but I'd like to know how that cabbie could figure out the lyrics to "Immigrant Song". I never knew he was saying "Hammer of the Gods" until I saw Jack Black sing it in "School of Rock".
I was never able to make out the lyrics until I heard Dread Zeppelin do it!
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| pdog |
98% of cab drivers are idiots! |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Hey, I can play my iPod on taxi cab stereo systems too!!
From now on, I shall only play "London Calling", on infinate repeat, when riding in cabs. |
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| pdog |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Hey, I can play my iPod on taxi cab stereo systems too!!
From now on, I shall only play "London Calling", on infinate repeat, when riding in cabs.
Oddly, it's something I play while driving my cab...
I'll be in the news soon too... |
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| Break The Spell |
For his revenge, next time it will be nothing but songs by the band Macabre. One of their albums was a concept album about Jeffery Dahmer. |
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| nanatod |
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Break The Spell wrote:
it will be nothing but songs by the band Macabre.
I keep meaning to go, but have missed them everytime they play Chicago, which is usually about twice a year. |
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| Break The Spell |
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nanatod wrote:
I keep meaning to go, but have missed them everytime they play Chicago, which is usually about twice a year.
I saw them in downtown Cincy one year, they did an "Unplugged" set, it was genius and hysterical at the same time. |
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| nanatod |
It was probably as goofy as Neurosis playing in the bright sun around noontime at Ozzfest 1997. |
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| Break The Spell |
Nothing beats Kid rock doing Metallica songs to fill in for Hetfeild. |
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| nanatod |
Break, I've retired Bob Kidrock Ritchie. I've got a new alias to post under, but haven't found a lot of situations to use it. |
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| glencar |
Take a Joshy thread & go to town... |
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| Riffhard |
http://www.buttafly.com/bush/index.php
Riffy |
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| Break The Spell |
quote:
nanatod wrote:
Break, I've retired Bob Kidrock Ritchie. I've got a new alias to post under, but haven't found a lot of situations to use it.
I can only imagine what it is. I have a feeling I'll know it when I see it... |
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| glencar |
I always think the phony names are Feej's... |
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| Break The Spell |
I have a feeling his may be something like "Dr. Phil's Man Goo Driping Mustache". Time will tell!! |
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| nanatod |
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Break The Spell wrote:
I can only imagine what it is. I have a feeling I'll know it when I see it...
It's a little more obscure than Kid Rock. |
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| Break The Spell |
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nanatod wrote:
It's a little more obscure than Kid Rock.
DarkFuneralMakeUpKit?? GlenBentonCrucifixScar? KerryKingTattooNeedle?? |
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| nanatod |
Not a music alias, Break. |
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| pdog |
quote:
nanatod wrote:
Break, I've retired Bob Kidrock Ritchie. I've got a new alias to post under, but haven't found a lot of situations to use it.
Create a situation.... Have you learned nothing from Rove? |
