RE: (no subject)

[Ally Macinnes <allymacinnes@ya...co.uk>]

Hi Howard,

Glad you liked the story! Unfortunately I don't have
his number, I don't think we took a note of it anyway
which is probably just as well in case we pestered him
with nuisance calls wanting a new album! It was a long
time ago anyway so he may have changed number by now.
Apart from myself and a couple of my brothers I'm not
aware of any fans in this part of the world so I'm not
sure there would be a demand for the Aeroplanes up
here but if they were to play mainland Scotland I
would definitely make sure I was there! I'd never been
to any gigs off this island until last year when I was
lucky enough to see the Rolling Stones in Glasgow and
the Flaming Lips in Glasgow and Edinburgh. I've been a
fan of the Stones for years and they were great but
the Lips really blew me away, intimate venues, great
atmosphere and really inspired music. I'd love to see
the Aeroplanes in similar surroundings! It seems they
only really play the odd local gig these days. I think
getting into the Aeroplanes was the beginning of my
musical education, they made me aware that there were
many bands out there not in the mainstream that were
not getting the recognition they deserved. I still
listen to the Aeroplanes albums regularly along with
the likes of Sigur Ros, Talk Talk, Brian Eno, Morphine
and also more mainstream stuff like R.E.M.,the Stones,
Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin etc. I'm also a big fan of
Inspector Morse and can easily picture Gerard watching
it with a large malt whisky beside him!

Ally

 --- Howard Bishop <hbishop@ph...com> wrote: >
Hi Ally,
> 
> Top story!  Somehow it seems strange that Gerard
> would be a Morse fan. I had
> him down as more of a "BBC2 documentary on the
> development of Eastern
> European architecture" man.
> 
> I've been to quite a few of the Scottish islands,
> but never to Lewis. I
> guess us town and city dwellers take big music
> stores and concert venues for
> granted. Perhaps we can persuade Gerard to do a tour
> of the remote outposts
> of Blue Aeroplane fandom. Do you still have his
> number?
> 
> Howard
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ally Macinnes
> [mailto:allymacinnes@ya...co.uk]
> > Sent: 20/Apr/2004 18:04
> > To: blueplanes@st...net
> > Subject: [Blueplanes] (no subject)
> > 
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > Just a little story I thought I would share with
> you
> > all. Back in January 1990 my brother and I became
> > aware of the Blue Aeroplanes after seeing the
> Jacket
> > Hangs promo on the Chart Show. My brother was 17
> and I
> > was 14. We are from a small island on the Isle Of
> > Lewis called Great Bernera (see if you can find it
> on
> > your maps!) Luckily we had a vcr and recorded the
> clip
> > but then proceeded to wear it out with constant
> > replaying! Shortly after that there was the
> appearance
> > on Snub TV with live clips and Gerard being
> > interviewed which we also recorded. We very
> quickly
> > became big fans and wanted to find out more. We
> were
> > aware of the Swagger LP which we bought (well my
> > brother paid for it!) and wanted to find out about
> > previous LP's. My brother decided the best way to
> get
> > this information was to phone Gerard himself! He
> > called a few Langley's in the Bristol area
> including
> > Gerard's mother who told my brother how proud she
> was
> > of Gerard and John! She gave my brother Gerard's
> > number and eventually he got a hold of him. Gerard
> > told my brother he was in the middle of watching
> > Inspector Morse! My brother asked him for a
> > discography which he kindly gave with the record
> > labels that released them. Since then we have
> acquired
> > all the Aeroplanes records available and also a
> few
> > singles/ep's. I have to say I am still a big fan
> of
> > all the records from Bop Art to Cavaliers, there
> were
> > a couple of disappointing moments on Life Model
> and
> > Rough Music but they also have their great
> moments. I
> > think the first side of Cavaliers is the best
> original
> > material they have released since Beatsongs. I'm
> still
> > waiting patiently for new material and I haven't
> been
> > fortunate enough to hear new tracks like Raise The
> > Roof High but from what you guys are saying I
> think
> > the new album will be worth the wait when it is
> > eventually released! I've always wondered to this
> day
> > if Gerard remembers that call from my brother! My
> > brother and I used to joke that Gerard wrote
> Talkin'
> > On The Otherphone about that conversation but
> probably
> > not! Are there any other fans out there from
> remote
> > parts of the world that nobody has ever heard of!?
> I
> > also have to say that I enjoyed reading Richard
> Bell's
> > stories from the old days, very interesting.
> > 
> > Ally
> > 
> > 
> >     
> >     
> >             
> >
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