Boarding music of old
Paxing All Over The World
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 10,842
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From: Hertfordshire, UK.
Gordon Lightfoot, Early Morning Rain
Lyrics include:
Lyrics include:
Out on runway number nine a big 707 set to go
And, I'm stuck here in the grass where the pavement never grows
Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, she'll be rolling down at last
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
And I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
And, I'm stuck here in the grass where the pavement never grows
Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, she'll be rolling down at last
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
And I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 17
Likes: 1
From: Zentropa
Alright! Great additions to the playlist(s)!
Here's one more for now: I Love Paris
More additions to the banned tunes list:
Enola gay(Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)): RJOA, RJFU & pretty much any destination in Japan.
Thank Heaven for Little Girls: When ever R. Polanski is on the manifest?
And for the "Possibly Not A Good Idea" list:
Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen
Here's one more for now: I Love Paris
More additions to the banned tunes list:
Enola gay(Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)): RJOA, RJFU & pretty much any destination in Japan.
Thank Heaven for Little Girls: When ever R. Polanski is on the manifest?
And for the "Possibly Not A Good Idea" list:
Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen
Joined: Jun 2007
Aviation Qualifications: Spotter
Posts: 1,883
Likes: 500
From: Beyond the Blue Horizon
Anybody mention Steve Miller Band “Jet Airliner” even gives a shout out to the good old 707 the plane of my youth. On the same note Beatles “Back in the USSR “ screaming jet engine at the start maybe a 707, anybody know ?
Cheers
Mr Mac
Cheers
Mr Mac
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 626
Likes: 85
From: Wolverhampton
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 17
Likes: 1
From: Zentropa
Mr Mac: two vital tunes! If one still harbored any doubts that The Music Must [and will!] Change after SPLHCB, getting smacked in the brain with the opening jet blast salvo of the Beatles great play on Chuck Berry's Back In the U.S.A./The Beach Boys cleared that right up! Definitely on the playlist for flights headed to any of the countries mentioned. 
Steve Miller/Ben Sidran's well qualified contender, Going To Mexico, gives him at least two playlist entries.
Steve Miller/Ben Sidran's well qualified contender, Going To Mexico, gives him at least two playlist entries.
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 626
Likes: 85
From: Wolverhampton
Those with long memories may well recall Typically Tropical's recording of "Oh, we're going go Barbados". from 1975. Great fun. Not a real band, just Sessioners having fun. 'Fly away with Coconut Airways'. Lol.
Big hit in UK.
Lots of sequels to it - Going to Ihiza by Vengaboys for one.
Big hit in UK.
Lots of sequels to it - Going to Ihiza by Vengaboys for one.
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 17
Likes: 1
From: Zentropa
"Waitress in the Sky" (The Replacements, 1985)
Cabin Crew will understandably not take kindly to The Replacement's "Waitress in the Sky" (no matter what the actual intent was), so it is best to leave that one out.
Last edited by AA_1A; 26th May 2022 at 17:41.
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,198
Likes: 32
From: France
Whatever the airline decides to play, could they please keep the volume down?
A few times recently I've had cabin crew explaining the operation of the over-wing exit in French, wearing a mask, and battling against some loud music. I nodded and gave a thumbs-up, while displaying the safety card and pointing at the instructions on the seat-back in front of me, but I didn't understand a word.
I don't know the name of the music that Qatar Airways uses but it's slowly driving me mad.......
A few times recently I've had cabin crew explaining the operation of the over-wing exit in French, wearing a mask, and battling against some loud music. I nodded and gave a thumbs-up, while displaying the safety card and pointing at the instructions on the seat-back in front of me, but I didn't understand a word.
I don't know the name of the music that Qatar Airways uses but it's slowly driving me mad.......
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 17
Likes: 1
From: Zentropa
