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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Lists / Zzzzzzzzzzzzz The Best Songs About Planes

Posted by on Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:06 AM

With the Blue Angels zooming above our city and terrorizing our eardrums in their annual display to reassure us that America's collective penis size is indeed still impressive, it occurred to me that we need to compile a list of the best songs about planes.

Songs about planes generally have an inspirational, soaring quality and the topic's motivated a lot of great music. Here are my top 3 tunes: Nazz's "When I Get My Plane," Swervedriver's "Planes Over the Skyline," and—hey, obviousness!—the Byrds' "Eight Miles High."

Surely you've been waiting for eons to tell the world your favorite songs about aircraft. Don't hold back. (Also, fuck the Blue Angels with a rusty propeller.)

 

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redbelt 1
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Posted by redbelt on August 2, 2012 at 11:14 AM
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Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
Posted by lumpenprole on August 2, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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Also:

Replacements - Waitress In The Sky
Posted by lumpenprole on August 2, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Erin Resso 4
Best song BY an Airplane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btaHwMYux…
Posted by Erin Resso http://deejayres.tumblr.com on August 2, 2012 at 11:26 AM
5
Troubled Hubble: Airplanes

Peter Paul & Mary: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Also, if someone can find me the name of the band that had a circa 1999ish song that ended: "Watching 747s go by...." I will love you forever.
Posted by PEM on August 2, 2012 at 11:31 AM
r.chops 6
Jet Fighter--The Three O'Clock
Posted by r.chops on August 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM
7
Eddie Floyd, "Big Bird"
Steve Miller Band, "Jet Airliner"
Ditto on "Jet Fighter," The Three O'Clock
Shout out to the Blue Angels with Black Sabbath, "War Pigs."
Posted by kerri harrop http://generalbonkers.com on August 2, 2012 at 12:16 PM
lazylisa 8
"Airplane Song (My Airplane)" by the Royal Guardsmen!
Posted by lazylisa on August 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Brine 9
captain beefheart: tarotplane
Posted by Brine on August 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM
10
not about a plane, exactly, but Flying by The Faces is one of my all-time favorite songs about anything, ever.
Posted by Chris Jury http://www.thebismarck.net on August 2, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Sean Jewell 11
Best song about a manplane: Learning To Fly, Pink Floyd.
Posted by Sean Jewell on August 2, 2012 at 3:36 PM
12
"Wingwalker" by Shellac, obviously.

Also a good opportunity to listen to the bands Burning Airlines and Planes Mistaken for Stars.
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on August 2, 2012 at 3:37 PM
levide 13
The Red Krayola, "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
Pere Ubu, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo"
and, um, "Here Come the Warm Jets"
Posted by levide on August 2, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Estey 14
"Submission" by the Sex Pistols
Posted by Estey on August 2, 2012 at 5:40 PM
15
The Nazz From Philadelphia! way to go Dave, great band!
Posted by bioavailable on August 2, 2012 at 9:59 PM
16
"Waving At The Aeroplanes" - The Legendary Pink Dots from the album Curse.
Posted by damoncreed on August 2, 2012 at 11:41 PM
yos-wa 17
@11 - what about "Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty? Or "Learning to Fly" by Foo Fighters?
Posted by yos-wa on August 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM
18
Guided by Voices-"Striped White Jets"
Boards of Canada-"Seven Forty Seven"
Posted by drift on August 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM

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