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#3246 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:50:00 Who was Lieutenant 030?
Alex S Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:00:00 Posts: 924 Loc: Sheffield, UK	I find this one of John's most haunting and mysterious songs - and definately one of my favourites from Metamatic. But was it written about anybody in particular? The Kennedy references seem to be interesting.
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#3247 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:59:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Rob Harris Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 20:00:00 Posts: 726 Loc: Ledbury, UK	Quote: Originally posted by Alex S: I find this one of john's most haunting and mysterious songs - and definately one of my favourites from Metamatic. But was it written about anybody in particular? I interviewed John a couple of years ago, and this was definitely one of the many questions that was asked. I sent a transcription of this interview to John for his comments before I published it on Metamatic - but he has (so far) been unable to provide me with any feedback. And, without checking, I can't remember what his answer was regarding 030... Rob
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#3248 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:42:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Oesterreicher II Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:00:00 Posts: 1136 Loc: Buxham St. Deirdre	It sounds like a compass bearing, maybe a garbled snatch of radio message from one of those balck and white films you half wake to at some small hour of the morning with your head full of somewhere else: " . . . maintain present bearing, Lieutenant, 030 full ahead . . .".
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#3249 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:47:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
METAL BEAT Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:00:00 Posts: 825 Loc: Watford	Hi Alex This is a tough one. I've just looked though the lyric's and I'm going to GUESS that Lieutenant 030 is some one similar to John from the past. I base this on "Someone pushing through my outline". Doubtless there will be many other theories. It's a bit like in the Ultravox song "who's Mr X" Regards Peter
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#3250 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:55:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Flip Martian Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:00:00 Posts: 4749 Loc: Here	Quote: Originally posted by METAL BEAT: It's a bit like in the Ultravox song "who's Mr X" Regards Peter Aah...now THAT one is easy - Mrs Xs husband... ok, I'll get me coat... <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />
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#3251 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:21:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
METAL BEAT Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:00:00 Posts: 825 Loc: Watford	Hi Flip I like the simple answers best!
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#3252 - Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:20:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Mrs. X Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:00:00 Posts: 2664 Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Quote: Originally posted by Flip Martian: </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by METAL BEAT: <strong>It's a bit like in the Ultravox song "who's Mr X" Regards Peter Aah...now THAT one is easy - Mrs Xs husband... ok, I'll get me coat... Who knew a song would be written about my hubby...when I was eight years old...long before I got married! Someone could obviously see into the future! Wow.... Mrs. X
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#3253 - Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:25:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
birdsong Pass level: Access All Areas Registered: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:00:00 Posts: 640 Loc: southampton	when i asked googlle this as part of the research project i started a year ago all i got was this quote, attributed to "Lieutenant 030" but no clue who he might be! "Life's too short to be serious all the time. I intend to stop being childish when I become senile, and not before." (Lieutenant 030) BUT...I'm read truck loads of JG Ballard at the moment so maybe he will turn up in there somewhere, maybe in the Atrocity Exhibition". Or possibly there's a reference in some Azimov novels?? I 'll yet u know
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#3254 - Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:04:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Luca Pass level: Green Room Registered: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:00:00 Posts: 197 Loc: Italy	Quote: Originally posted by birdsong gourmet: when i asked googlle this as part of the research project i started a year ago all i got was this quote, attributed to "Lieutenant 030" but no clue who he might be! "Life's too short to be serious all the time. I intend to stop being childish when I become senile, and not before." (Lieutenant 030) "Lieutenant 030" was the nickname of a well-known Usenet troll (you know, those guys who post annoying messages in newsgroups) - very active during 1992. He's a JF fan (he also posted some messages searching for the IMW CD) and probably got his nickname from the track - we'll have to look elsewhere... Rob, any chance you might publish the aforementioned interview without waiting for John's comments?
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#3255 - Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:11:00 Re: Who was Lieutenant 030?
Luca Pass level: Green Room Registered: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:00:00 Posts: 197 Loc: Italy	On second thought, you could just drop a line to johnfoxx@metamatic.com and let us know the answer!
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