Spandau Ballet to be first band to perform in space

Tampa bay ^ | Dec 16 09 | Tampabay

[GSP.FAN]

Richard Branson's new commercial spacecraft, Enterprise, will transport the musicians to just outside the Earth's atmosphere where they can enjoy about 5 minutes of weightlessness and time to play one hit song.

[GSP.FAN]

If you do not know who SB are,this should jog your memory..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4WLdLNajs

[Talisker]

I think David Bowie should be first...

"Ground Control to Major Tom..."

[Hexenhammer]

5 minutes? That’ll give ‘em time to play their whole “best of” album! Hiyo!

[abigailsmybaby]

I cut and pasted that URL but I really don’t want to look through several pages of videos to find the SB one. Do you have a more precise link?

[the invisib1e hand]

that was Brent Bourgois, was it not (or however you spell it), and some other guy. Brent went on to make great music with Christian themes.

[reaganaut]

WHY?!?!?!

There are so many better bands out there.

[GSP.FAN]

It works for me ,but try this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nHKhJ5NDw

Sorry about the Charlies Angels

[radiohead]

<5 minutes? That’ll give ‘em time to play their whole “best of” album! Hiyo!

Hee hee. I like SB well enough, but please, no one else wanted to go into space?

[Perdogg]

Or Peter Schilling. During the 80s, Spandau Ballet was german for “gettin busy in the dorms”

[GSP.FAN]

HaHahaha.
That was funny thank you..

[behzinlea]

Hope they sing I'll Fly for You. That's my favorite song by them (and it fits the event).

[reaganaut]

Brent is not listed as a band member for the band on anything I could find.

[jaz.357]

Send this crew:

Just watch that trombone!

[NightOfTheLivingDems]

just outside the Earth's atmosphere where they can enjoy about 5 minutes of weightlessness

And a guaranteed life of non-hits.

[762X51]

Now they can suck throughout the universe.

[Centurion2000]

and time to play one hit song.

They only had one ... True 5 minutes 32 seconds .... so they will need some extra hang time.

[behzinlea]

They only had one hit in the US, “True,” which is not their best song in my opinion. They had several hits in Great Britain, including “I’ll Fly for You,” which is a pleasant song to listen to while motoring through the Cotswolds. That’s where and how I first heard the group.

[machogirl]

Awesome.

[Lx]

Interesting. I read somewhere that their name derives from the ‘dance’ the Nazis did after being sentenced to death by hanging. The ‘dance’ was them hanging on the ropes until dead.

I don’t know how much is true.

[the invisib1e hand]

you're right. He was in -- believe it or not -- Bourgeous Tag.

For some reason I get the forgettable bands mixed up.