Do you know a cool airplane-related song?

[Tattila the Hun]

"Fly me to the moon", Frank Sinatra?

"I believe I can fly", by some bloke?

"One way ticket", um, I quess that's about trains...

"Aeroplane", by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel has a verse about aeroplanes, and bumper cars...

[Kontiki]

Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Fly At Night - Chilliwack

[Krill]

Going to California, Led Zep
Night Flight, also Led Zep

I have never heard either of these. Where can I buy them?

[Monk]

Thanks everybody for your suggestions, they're all valued. Getting to a standard-size CD soon, I'd think.

Krill, I got Night Flight from iTunes (I didn't know the song either, not being the local Led Zep expert - I found it on somebody else's list of flying-related songs).

If you want it in MP3 format, I bet you can get it from Amazon too, priced at something like a dollar's worth. That's probably true for Going to California as well, but that fourth album being such a classic and all, you might just want to buy the full package.

Now Sloww, with Clapton's huge back catalogue, don't you think there would have to be some sort of airplane song somewhere?

You don't have to think too hard about the theme and the criteria, if it's a cool song we can stretch it. To stress that point, I'm granting you temporary Imran immunity. This is for use only once and non-redeemable. I'll bribe the man with a beer or something.

[Edited for fine-polishing.]

[The Mad Monk]

Dosen't quite fit, except maybe ironically, but, what the hell?

Seems It Never Rains In Southern California Lyrics

IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ALBERT HAMMOND



Got on a board a west bound seven forty seven
Didn't think before deciding what to do
All that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true.

Seems it never rain in Southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya
It pours man it pours.
Out of work, I'm out of my head
Out of self respect I'm out of bread
I'm under loved I'm under fed
I wanna go home
It never rains in California
But girl don't they warn ya, it pours, man it pours.

Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it
Had offers but don't know which one to take
Please don't tell them how you found me
Don't tell them how you found me give me a break
Give me a break

Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya
It pours man it pours

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
You are such a lyrics Nazi, Imran.


"Jet Airliner" - Steve Miller

Doesn't work either --

Big ol jet airliner
Dont carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Cause its here that Ive got to stay

Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Carry me to my home
Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Cause its there that I belong

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by Krill

Going to California, Led Zep
Night Flight, also Led Zep

I have never heard either of these. Where can I buy them?

You're kidding right?

[SlowwHand]

Clapton

Blow Wind Blow
Bye Bye Bird
Call Me the Breeze
Cloud Nine
Comin' Home
Fall Like Rain
Freight Loader
Getting Out of Town
Goin' Down Slow part 2
Got to Hurry



That will do for now.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by DirtyMartini



Doesn't work either --

Big ol jet airliner
Dont carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Cause its here that Ive got to stay

Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Carry me to my home
Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Cause its there that I belong

So, you must be Heinrich Himmler?

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


So, you must be Heinrich Himmler?

Couldn't resist.

Imran and I in the same administration would lead to some fireworks though, since he thinks I'm a cultist.

[Imran Siddiqui]

S'ok, you probably think I am a cultist too, since I am a fan of teh Reagan .

[Tuberski]

Iknow it isn't what you want, but it is airplane related:

Bloodrock- D.O.A.

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Lying here, staring at the ceiling
Someone lays a sheet across my chest
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Pain is flowing all thru my back

I try to move my arm and there's no feeling
And when I look I see there's nothing there
The face beside me stopped-totally bleeding
The girl I knew has such a distant stare

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Then I looked straight at the attendant
His face is pale as it can be
He bends and whispers something softly
He says there's no chance for me

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Life is flowing out my body
Pain is flowing out with my blood
The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying
God in Heaven, teach me how to die

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

That's the sickest song I've ever known. I remember when it came out, and I was like, gag.
A good Driver's Ed song.

[Monk]

Originally posted by DirtyMartini
Doesn't work either --

Big ol jet airliner
Dont carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol jet airliner
Cause its here that Ive got to stay

You're right, it's not an exact match. It's all right though, because as I said I can make some amends when it's a neat song. Don't think too much about it, guys!

Thanks for the comeback Sloww, and as for you Tuberski... well, you might have opened up a sub-category of songs we do not want to hear while flying.

Oh, and just now I remember listening to 'The Only Way is Up' on the airplane 'radio' last year. Cheesy.

[C0ckney]

sonorous - last sunday