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Juro Kothari

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01-18-2005 13:07

Speaking about adding double-bed rooms and casinos on the new A380 airliner, Branson says

"Since you have gaming and you have private double beds maybe there are two ways of getting lucky on a Virgin plane."

I want to fly on his planes!

CNN Money article

Zuzi Martinez

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01-18-2005 13:19

so instead of flying across the pacific with some dumbass kicking my seat the whole way i get to fly across the pacific with two people going at it on the other side of a 1 inch wall the whole way? i think i'll swim.....

on the other hand it's never been easier to join the mile high club.

Juro Kothari

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01-18-2005 13:21

From: Zuzi Martinez

so instead of flying across the pacific with some dumbass kicking my seat the whole way i get to fly across the pacific with two people going at it on the other side of a 1 inch wall the whole way? i think i'll swim.....

on the other hand it's never been easier to join the mile high club.

The 'bedrooms' will be located on the lower level, not with all the seats. Just make sure to reserve a seat on the top floor, and you'll be fine.

Torley Linden

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01-18-2005 13:32

Hahaha... I'm such a fan of Branson for the most part, except for what he did to Mike Oldfield with the whole "Tubular Bells" debacle way back in the 70s. That's such a true quote! The guy looks like a lion.

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Eggy Lippmann

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01-18-2005 13:58

What did he do in the 70s?

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Ghoti Nyak

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01-18-2005 14:01

Tubular Bells!! Great album! Tell us a story about it, Torley!

-Ghoti

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Zuzi Martinez

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01-18-2005 15:17

i'm pretty sure Richard Branson's first business was Virgin Records which started as just a record shop. named after "virgin" vinyl of course. again if i'm not completely off i think Tubular Bells was the first Virgin release and was a big hit so Branson was pressuring Oldfield to title his second album Tubular Bells 2 and make it nice and commercial. Oldfield started putting hidden insults to Branson in his music and made his second album one continuous song so they couldn't get a single out of it. after that he basically rushed to fulfill his contract and scoot off to another label that gave him more creative freedom.

Torley Linden

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01-18-2005 15:21

Zuzi pretty much said it, thanks Zuzi.

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Lo Jacobs

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01-18-2005 15:22

Haha I love Richard Branson. He is a great inspiration.

Never saw his little reality show, but I always got annoyed when people were all "He's just trying to be Donald Trump." Richard Branson has ALWAYS been cool (much cooler than Donald Trump, at any rate). I'm actually surprised that he didn't have his show first.

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Ghoti Nyak

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01-18-2005 15:39

Thanks for the story!! =)

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Isablan Neva

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01-18-2005 15:40

I just went back and looked at the liner notes of my Mike Oldfield collection...

Oldfield appears to have stayed with Virgin up until around 1992 or so, after which he jumped ship and went to Warner. This puts him on Virgin during his widely revered 1974 - 1983 period where almost every album had only 1 or 2 songs.

For those who never bought anything after Tubular Bells....Omadawn and QE2 are required listening....

Great quote by Richard Branson
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	01-18-2005 13:07 Speaking about adding double-bed rooms and casinos on the new A380 airliner, Branson says "Since you have gaming and you have private double beds maybe there are two ways of getting lucky on a Virgin plane." I want to fly on his planes! CNN Money article
Zuzi Martinez goth dachshund Join date: 4 Sep 2004 Posts: 1,860	01-18-2005 13:19 so instead of flying across the pacific with some dumbass kicking my seat the whole way i get to fly across the pacific with two people going at it on the other side of a 1 inch wall the whole way? i think i'll swim..... on the other hand it's never been easier to join the mile high club.
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	01-18-2005 13:21 From: Zuzi Martinez so instead of flying across the pacific with some dumbass kicking my seat the whole way i get to fly across the pacific with two people going at it on the other side of a 1 inch wall the whole way? i think i'll swim..... on the other hand it's never been easier to join the mile high club. The 'bedrooms' will be located on the lower level, not with all the seats. Just make sure to reserve a seat on the top floor, and you'll be fine.
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	01-18-2005 13:32 Hahaha... I'm such a fan of Branson for the most part, except for what he did to Mike Oldfield with the whole "Tubular Bells" debacle way back in the 70s. That's such a true quote! The guy looks like a lion. _____________________
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	01-18-2005 13:58 What did he do in the 70s? _____________________ Help us document Second Life history at http://slhistory.org!
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	01-18-2005 14:01 Tubular Bells!! Great album! Tell us a story about it, Torley! -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Zuzi Martinez goth dachshund Join date: 4 Sep 2004 Posts: 1,860	01-18-2005 15:17 i'm pretty sure Richard Branson's first business was Virgin Records which started as just a record shop. named after "virgin" vinyl of course. again if i'm not completely off i think Tubular Bells was the first Virgin release and was a big hit so Branson was pressuring Oldfield to title his second album Tubular Bells 2 and make it nice and commercial. Oldfield started putting hidden insults to Branson in his music and made his second album one continuous song so they couldn't get a single out of it. after that he basically rushed to fulfill his contract and scoot off to another label that gave him more creative freedom.
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	01-18-2005 15:21 Zuzi pretty much said it, thanks Zuzi. _____________________
Lo Jacobs Awesome Possum Join date: 28 May 2004 Posts: 2,734	01-18-2005 15:22 Haha I love Richard Branson. He is a great inspiration. Never saw his little reality show, but I always got annoyed when people were all "He's just trying to be Donald Trump." Richard Branson has ALWAYS been cool (much cooler than Donald Trump, at any rate). I'm actually surprised that he didn't have his show first. _____________________ http://churchofluxe.com/Luster
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	01-18-2005 15:39 Thanks for the story!! =) -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Isablan Neva Mystic Join date: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,907	01-18-2005 15:40 I just went back and looked at the liner notes of my Mike Oldfield collection... Oldfield appears to have stayed with Virgin up until around 1992 or so, after which he jumped ship and went to Warner. This puts him on Virgin during his widely revered 1974 - 1983 period where almost every album had only 1 or 2 songs. For those who never bought anything after Tubular Bells....Omadawn and QE2 are required listening....

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