  Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1253 Registered: 10-2003 |
It was about 2:30pm and I'm sitting at Vicente's looking out toward the People Mover. I then see and hear a small explosion radiating from the track where Library and Farmer meet. There was also a flock of seagulls circling around it. I wonder what happened? Transformer explosion? I haven't seen a train pass since... | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 638 Registered: 11-2003 |
Did it surprise you enough that you Ran.. Ran... So Far Away...? | ||
Cdwaters Member Username: Cdwaters Post Number: 69 Registered: 02-2008 |
I wonder how many will get that reference Digitalvision. | ||
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted Post Number: 126 Registered: 02-2006 |
did a scrapper get fried on the third rail? | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 2064 Registered: 07-2004 |
Somebody threw a bag of fries on the third rail?  | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 1438 Registered: 10-2003 |
flock of seagulls...and i ran...har har har | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 1119 Registered: 02-2006 |
Could you get away ? | ||
Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1254 Registered: 10-2003 |
Laugh it up, funny guys. | ||
Bigjeff Member Username: Bigjeff Post Number: 170 Registered: 08-2006 |
Thank you for my mid-afternoon "almost pissing myself laugh session." Duran-Duran might be in town. They have been known to be mistaken for a Flock of Seagulls!! | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 476 Registered: 12-2007 |
ha ha ha...as soon as I read that digital vision, I thought of the wedding singer: "Do you like flock of seagulls?" "No, but I can see you do" | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 1182 Registered: 12-2006 |
Wow! What a great thread. Post #1, an explosion on the People Mover (maybe). Posts 2,3,6,7,8,9,10: Reference to 1980s weird-haircut bands. I'm trying to cover both sections so here goes: 1. We referred to the band mentioned here as "a flock of haircuts". One of several bands of that day who'd have got absolutely nowhere except for the existence of MTV. 2. No idea about any explosion. (Weak, yeah, but that's all I have.) Prof. Scott | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 2065 Registered: 07-2004 |
Haha. I'll never want for 1980s references, all thanks to the Internet. Speaking of which, wasn't that a minor hit for AFOS? "Telecommunication"? | ||
Treelock Member Username: Treelock Post Number: 298 Registered: 03-2005 |
I myself was always a fan of Haircut 100. The name of the band, that is, not necessarily their music. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 2066 Registered: 07-2004 |
Love! Love! Love + 1! | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1334 Registered: 11-2003 |
The ghost of the Hudson's building exerting more revenge for getting torn down, perhaps. (The first revenge was when a column fell on the track during implosion, putting it out of service for months). | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 480 Registered: 12-2007 |
Yeah Brunsie...I am glad Hudson's was removed for development to be replaced by a lot with exposed W-beams... | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11769 Registered: 10-2003 |
I saw an explosion once on the DPM track while living at Riverfront. They sent a guy out to inspect the track, and the train was down for several hours while they were out there working on the spot, with a welder if I recall. | ||
Harmonie Member Username: Harmonie Post Number: 729 Registered: 08-2004 |
I rode the People Mover at 5:30 p.m. and all seemed fine. | ||
Peter Member Username: Peter Post Number: 137 Registered: 02-2007 |
Matt- Was Vicente's busy in the middle of the day? I haven't been there since it opened. | ||
Nainrouge Member Username: Nainrouge Post Number: 1090 Registered: 05-2006 |
I hope that he wasn't allowed to drive with that haircut:  | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11911 Registered: 12-2003 |
Just saw the Duran Duran May 15 sign in front of Masonic last night. Eerie. Haircut 100's one-album wonder, their first and only if I remember correctly, sold a whole bunch of hifi for me. That was an incredible recording for cheap pop, something about the use of those horns helped soften the jumpy rhythms. Although, lots of us didn't mind the hopped-up electro-beat back in the Miami Vice '80s. | ||
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 600 Registered: 03-2005 |
The People Mover isn't the New York City subway, it doesn't have a third rail nor do the cars have motors in the common sense. The car itself is part of the motor - it is in effect the rotor, while the wide center strip between the track is the stator. The car (rotor) pulls itself along the center strip (stator) just like a conventional motor, but the motion is linear not circular. Bob Cosgrove | ||
Detroitman32 Member Username: Detroitman32 Post Number: 19 Registered: 03-2008 |
I thought this was about DETROIT, not Iran! http://iranssofaraway.ytmnd.co m/ | ||
Courtney Member Username: Courtney Post Number: 168 Registered: 06-2004 |
Totally off PM topic - Several years ago (2000ish?) A Flock of Seagulls was with a few other bands at Pine Knob. Lets just say middle age was NOT kind to Mike Score at all. Plus they played "I Ran" twice. The second time was just bad. Very very bad. | ||
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21 Post Number: 206 Registered: 12-2003 |
What's sadder, the fact that A Flock of Seagulls is still performing, or the fact that you probably paid around 30 bucks to see A Flock of Seagulls.... | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 204 Registered: 01-2008 |
I had a vintage group poster of A Flock Of Seagulls, in mint condition, and sold it last year at auction on eBay for a tidy profit to a company located in Hong Kong, of all places. Should have asked them what they wanted it for, a sales motivational tool?? | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 639 Registered: 11-2003 |
Actually, I was looking through my photos as I was downtown yesterday and found that yes, there was a flock of seagulls near Vincentes! They got on at the Cadillac Square station.  | ||
Cdwaters Member Username: Cdwaters Post Number: 70 Registered: 02-2008 |
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Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 2067 Registered: 07-2004 |
CD: You rule. |
