Readers, Friday was my closing Water Cooler, and that is my final put up at Bare Capitalism. Friday, I put up a few railroad songs, and also you had a good time sharing an increasing number of tunes on the identical theme. So I believed it will be enjoyable to do the identical factor once more, with a unique mode of transport. Additionally, a put up like this may increasingly function an amuse-bouche earlier than the ginormous tasting menu of the approaching week’s occasions.
For me, songs that options airplanes had been fairly arduous to seek out — maybe the inherent reciprocation of trains makes them extra appropriate for widespread rhythms — however I’m positive you are able to do higher in feedback. At first I attempted to be intelligent with the sequencing — Paper Planes ought to actually be juxtaposed with Deportee — however then I simply gave up and went with chronological. That reveals a powerful bias towards the 60s and 70s, however I can’t assist it if my technology had the perfect music!
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Flying House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1947). Lyrics.
Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra, 1958). Lyrics.
Evening Flying (James Brown, 1961). Instrumental.
Flight 505 (Rolling Stones, 1966). Lyrics.
The Letter (The Field Tops, 1967). Lyrics.
Again within the USSR (The Beatles, 1968). Lyrics.
Coming Into Los Angeles (Arlo Guthrie, 1969). Lyrics.
This Flight Tonight (Joni Mitchell, 1971). Lyrics.
Promised Land (Elvis Presley, 1975). Lyrics.
Mothership Connection (Parliament Funkadelic, 1976). Lyrics.
Jet Airplane (Sonya Spence, 1978). Lyrics.
Deportee (Airplane Wreck At Los Gatos) (The Highwaymen, 1985). Lyrics.
Airportman (R.E.M., 1988). Lyrics.
Paper Planes (M.I.A., 2007). Lyrics.
Dallas (The Flatlanders, 2012). Lyrics.
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I really feel that I’ve mentioned farewell as soon as, and I don’t look after performers who return to the stage time and again to take advantage of the applause and accumulate extra bouquets. With nice appreciation on your cautious studying and commentary over the numerous years, au revoir. Now let’s hear extra airplane songs!
