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Trapped miners given iPods to relieve boredom

theage.com.au — Two miners trapped a kilometre underground have been given iPods to relieve the boredom while they wait to be rescued. What would you put on their playlist?

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  • thehans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+89How long until the RIAA sues the two miners? Obviously they didn't legally purchase the music themselves and we now how the RIAA feels about sharing.
  • knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -5/+59they're gonna be ***** pissed in a few hours when the battery dies...
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+57Anything by Hole. heh
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36Well in Australia it's illegal to rip your CDs to an iPod, so I hope those iPods are full of iTunes from the Music Store.

    Frankly I'd rather live down a hole than get sued by the RIAA or local equivalent.
  • Hypersapien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Welcome to the Internet. You must be new here.

    I'm sure everyone hopes that the miners make it out, no matter what they post here.
  • SuperSloth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Staying Alive -- Bee Gees
    Every Breath You Take -- Sting/Police

  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23"Tunnel of Love" - Dire Straits
  • strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941 - by the Bee Gees
    WORKING IN A COALMINE by Lee Dorsey
    COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER by Loretta Lynn
    CANARY IN A COALMINE by The Police
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Trapt - Waiting
  • ihate2regist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19more cowbell
  • catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Rock and a hard place by the Rolling Stones.
    Gold digger - Kanye West
    DIGG podcast
  • sam10685, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17"Float On" - Modest Mouse
  • TheWalkingDude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13If they had given them a Game Boy, I would recommend Dig Dug, unless that is insensitive, in which case I'd go for Tetris. Seriously, I could handle a six month flight to Mars, if had Tetris with me.
  • stw2k2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Animals - We Gotta Get Outta This Place.
  • emil1212, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21Hole Sux.

    Men in Hats - "Safety Dance"
  • SherlockJr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"Tired Of Waiting For You" By The Kinks
    "Deep Dark Hole" By Los Lobos
    The Theme From "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes
  • freeshri, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I wonder if they get to keep them.
  • XFactorer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"Bad Day" - Daniel Powter
  • EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11That's the ARIA.
  • cbrack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11yeah so why not complain about the fact that they gave them ipods instead of ham sandwiches and alcohol?
  • klang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10for pure evil: that's the ONLY songs on the entire iPod
  • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Hole? I think they'd rather be left down there than be forced to listen to Courtney Love.
  • XxXoldsaltXxX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13"Men in Hats - "Safety Dance""

    You mean Men Without hats?
  • coolguy5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Down in a Hole- James Taylor
  • QueenOfSwords, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It would beat our current run of Big Brother.
  • Salvo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Actually, new laws actually permit people to Rip CDs for personal use. They were instituted this year, shortly before the Australian iTMS opened.
    While the "Land of the Free" is getting screwed by the DMCA, us Aussies are receiving more freedoms.

    Back on topic, Any Australian who whinges about Humourous Song Titles being in Bad Taste should get a grip. Go read some Henry Lawson, like "The Loaded Dog" or "The Golden Shanty" for some Hilarious Australian Humour.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Big Bad John by James Dean

    "At the bottom of that mine lies a big... big man. Big John."
  • lunarworks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Actually, anything by Silverchair would be distasteful.

    (But in all seriousness, hope they make it out ok.)
  • DavisFreeberg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Don't Fear The Reaper by the Blue Oyster Cult.
  • trunkster, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14^ Yeah.. and being married to her would drive you to even worst conclusions...
  • signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Our Last Escape - Aaron Booth
    Suffocate - Cold
    Paving the Way to Hell - Remembering Never
    No Air - A Season Drive
    One Last Breath - Creed
    I Can't Breath - Audiovent
    Kentucky Coal Miner's Prayer - Aaron Tucker
    Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains
    Living on Borrowed Time - Dave Hole
    Canabalism V1 - 4E
  • blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I made my choice, I am going down in a cave and I'll be getting a free MacBook Pro :-)

    I should add from down there: "2Gb of ram, please, I am suffocating".
  • Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The Jam - Going Underground
  • ProphetSix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6NIN - "Help Me I Am In Hell"
    NIN - "Gave Up"
    NIN - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
    NIN - "We're In This Together"
    NIN - "Even Deeper"
    NIN - "Where Is Everybody?"
    NIN - "Underneath It All"

    And of course, the soundtrack to "Brokeback Mountain". (Just in case.)
  • tbye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6All hip hop...

    ... and may they symbolically leave that crap at the bottom of the mine.
  • Ultim8Fury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6IPod video of "Batteries Not Included"
  • elroyel1327, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What I found really amusing was that last night (on the news) the reporter said that one of the trapped guys requested that then send him down a copy of the news paper, so that he could start looking for another job!

    That reminded me of another story that came out of the bush fires that hit Canberra recently: A reporter walked over to a guy who was looking over the smoking remains of what was once his home. The reporter asked the man if it was ok if he asked him a few questions. The man replied with "Sure. I'd offer you a cup of tea, but we're out of milk!"

    Got to love the way (real) aussies take adversity.

    ~ elroy
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Patty Loveless

    "...and you spend your life digging out the bottom of your grave."
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The theme song to The Jeffersons.
  • Fantom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6You can joke about anything, no matter how serious. 'Rape can be funny' (George Carlin). Comments like: 'As an Australian, I find this offensive' ***** me to ***** tears. 'As an Australian', you're *supposed* to have an ironic sense of humour. I've worked all over Australia with blokes like these 2 all my life and you know what - they'd be the first to piss themselves laughing at some of these track suggestions. Everyone already knows it's a serious situation, but that's no reason not to joke about it. Keep up the comedy, it doesn't hurt anyone except people who choose to be offended, and that's their ***** problem.

    I'd go with:
    Claustrophobia by The Bee Gees
  • TellarHK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The -Devo- version of Working in a Coal Mine.
  • rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@ trunkster

    That's probably the most insensitive thing I've ever read on Digg.

    Alhough... I can't help but agree.
  • boredzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Not 10 minutes. Every song.

    "UPDATE: The miners are now listening to Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits. Now back to your regular programme."
  • jasondefaoite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Deeper Underground - Jamiroquai
  • dunos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think Queen / I Want To Break Free might be more appropriate.
  • raccettura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Another vote for Safety Dance.

    Half for the irony.... half to annoy the other guy in the hole.
  • gfisher2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The media need *something* to keep this story alive until they get out. "They sent some iPods down there? Good, run with that". What else are Mel and Kochie going to talk about for the next "48 hours". Has the 48 hours started yet?
  • blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And if they happen to die the'll feature an ad saying 'Apple till death' ?
  • trunkster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5lol, that song is starting to get over played though..
  • jlcle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They're stuck in a 1.2x1.2m (about four feet) square cage. They are also (probably) not listening to the music non-stop. And the rescue teams have only just started to drill close to them - they were in a 1km deep part of the mine when the rockfall occurred and they've been down there for over a week now. I don't know how much non-Australians know about this but (at the risk of sounding like a trashy journalist) it really is amazing. They had been down there for 6 days drinking only the water that leaked through the rock (polluted and mineralized) and the general but unspoken consensus in Australia was that they had no hope. Two days ago they were discovered to be alive after, as has already been said, another man's body was found. I feel for his family.

    This is really and truly an amazing story,

    I liked the comment from one of the men's mothers who said that teh mining company better have their checkbooks ready because her son would be putting in for overtime, meal allowance and living away from home allowance for the time that he's been stuck in the miune.
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