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Nearly Sane

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The origin of the Spiders from The Spiders From Mars
« on: May 17, 2017, 05:54:44 PM »
For odd reasons, the subject of Queen's Park, the Glasgow football team arose elsewhere in my timeline, which lead me to recount my only little known fact that I feel sort of proud of knowing - that is The Spiders from Mars are in part named for the nickname of Queen's Park - link below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C.

I had the privilege of spending a long evening's journey into morning with Tony Visconti, and he told me that Bowie had been intrigued by the idea of a football team that never became professional but had the motto Ludere Causa Ludendi - To play for playing's sake. And so he named The Spiders after Queen's Park nickname. I admit to having indulged somewhat that time, and I haven't been able to confirm it but Tony was mighty convincing and I doubt where he might have got the motto if it wasn't true. Anyway time for The Spiders from Mars


https://www.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=2l08la1d9#/watch?v=owMDQNFwH98
« Last Edit: May 02, 2019, 12:40:02 PM by Nearly Sane »

Ricky Spanish

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Re: The origin of the Spiders from The Spiders From Mars
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2017, 05:39:03 AM »
Where's the LIKE button when you need one??


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Re: The origin of the Spiders from The Spiders From Mars
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2017, 05:47:02 AM »
Queue Miles Cholmondley-Warner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CXY6TVBMc

« Last Edit: May 18, 2017, 05:50:58 AM by Ricky Spanish »
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Re: The origin of the Spiders from The Spiders From Mars
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2017, 02:47:09 PM »
And happy 150th birthday to the Spiders from Hampden