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3 unusual facts about Jack Names the Planets


Jack Names the Planets

The title of the track is taken from a chapter of the Stephen King and Peter Straub novel, The Talisman.

During the spoken section at the beginning of the song, two Dutchmen, Oscar "Wilde" Vermeer and Patrick "The Brewer" Schrama (who met Tim Wheeler during a holiday in France), suggest that the song should have been called "Jack Names The Planet Nieuw-Vennep", given that, in their opinion, "Nieuw-Vennep" is a good name for a planet.

Nieuw-Vennep

The town of Nieuw-Vennep is mentioned at the beginning of the Ash song Jack Names the Planets.



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