Beaconsfield Miners

pittVRS · 18-09-2007, 01:26

I was listening to the Foo Fighters new album tonight which has an intsrumental track on it called "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners"

I thought I'd Google it as it seemed quite a strange track. Aparently two miners were trapped in a Tasmanian mine collapse for two weeks. Rescuers managed to drill a small hole through to them and they asked for an MP3 player with Foo Fighters music on it to get them through the turmoil. Dave Grohl heard about their plight and sent messages of encouragement to them then he wrote this song in their honour.

Beaconsfield mine collapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

m17rkj · 28-09-2007, 04:57

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Originally Posted by pittVRS

I was listening to the Foo Fighters new album tonight which has an intsrumental track on it called "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners"

I thought I'd Google it as it seemed quite a strange track. Aparently two miners were trapped in a Tasmanian mine collapse for two weeks. Rescuers managed to drill a small hole through to them and they asked for an MP3 player with Foo Fighters music on it to get them through the turmoil. Dave Grohl heard about their plight and sent messages of encouragement to them then he wrote this song in their honour.

Beaconsfield mine collapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mr Grohl was being interiewed on local radio here t'other day and told the story as above. he also mentioned that he invited them to one of their gigs and got them backstage to party, lucky guys in more ways than one....... top bloke mr Grohl

Mark

anonymouse · 28-09-2007, 08:08

So, it's settled then - you two 'alternatives' are meeting up in Canada, very soon

I sense a love affair in the making - kindred spirits and all that

m17rkj · 29-09-2007, 04:53

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Originally Posted by anonymouse

So, it's settled then - you two 'alternatives' are meeting up in Canada, very soon

I sense a love affair in the making - kindred spirits and all that

i despair, i really do....

Mark

anonymouse · 29-09-2007, 13:15

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Originally Posted by m17rkj

i despair, i really do....

Mark

I was only being Candid

So, have U 2 fixed it up yet ?

18-09-2007, 01:26	#1
pittVRS Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off The Wagon Posts: 5,268 Members Car: MX-5 Thanks: 148 Thanked 113 Times in 79 Posts	Beaconsfield Miners I was listening to the Foo Fighters new album tonight which has an intsrumental track on it called "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" I thought I'd Google it as it seemed quite a strange track. Aparently two miners were trapped in a Tasmanian mine collapse for two weeks. Rescuers managed to drill a small hole through to them and they asked for an MP3 player with Foo Fighters music on it to get them through the turmoil. Dave Grohl heard about their plight and sent messages of encouragement to them then he wrote this song in their honour. Beaconsfield mine collapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia __________________

28-09-2007, 08:08	#3
anonymouse Nuts Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 8,450 Members Car: Fabia vRS Thanks: 152 Thanked 258 Times in 192 Posts	Re: Beaconsfield Miners So, it's settled then - you two 'alternatives' are meeting up in Canada, very soon I sense a love affair in the making - kindred spirits and all that __________________ "Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting." - Heinlein

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