NZFF

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:55 pm**

I was just listening to some music....ranging from chopin to the the stones....and in the middle, there was Gordon Lightfoot "early morning rain'. ...great song. He mentions "out on runway number 9, big 707 set to go" and i got thinking about how many other songs have a reference to aircraft/airports/ flying.......know any?

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:25 pm**

Dont know much old music lol,
but as for the newer generation of music the newish song "Like a G6", a modern rap/hip hop song is about about the Gulfstream G650 bizjet (G6)
its main line is "Flying high like a G6" which i think is to imitate the indulgent lifestyle of jet-setters, and also double meaning of 'flying high'...as in whacked out in the mind...

The music video also features the G650 which is pretty cool

Cheer

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:51 pm**

Pink Floyd - Learning to fly.

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:55 pm**

Thats good....old or new.....keep thinking boys

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:01 pm**

That G6 vid has a GiV in it I think, guess it won't be to long till theres G6's flying around.

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:54 am**

HA HA ..

i was sorta thinking Snoopy,s Christmas ... I was told by a fellow work mate , " there was a real Captain Snoopy'

REAL ! .. I like Deane, s choice there is one other , Floyd is so aviation wind under wings music , but i also like Celine Dion 'First Plane Out '

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:01 am**

Don't forget "Coming in on a wing and a prier"

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:17 am**

What about L.A International Airport... where the big jet engines roar.

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:38 am**

Well, there's Lynyrd Skynyrd... Forever linked with aviation, sadly not for the right reasons.

How about Jefferson aeroplane? Who later became Jefferson Starship - Double link there for the Beechcraft fans.

Iron Maiden - Bruce Dickinson not only sings, but is also a 757 Captain for Astraeus and flew the band around on their Somewhere Back In Time tour in Ed Force One, a 757 - Flight No. 666

Also their song, Aces High - about the Battle of Britain - off the Powerslave album...

Motorhead... Bomber, from the album of the same name

Rammstein... Taking their name from Ramstein-Miesenbach and the airshow disaster in 1988. Also their song Rammstein which is about that event.

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:11 pm**

Jet pilot ,System of a down

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:40 pm**

Well Hell ,

what about the B-52s ... 'The love shack ' wonder if that has to do with a areoplane hanger

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:45 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 8 2011, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well Hell , what about the B-52s ... 'The love shack ' wonder if that has to do with a areoplane hanger

The old Main Hangar at NZTG... possibly their inspiration

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:32 pm**

A real oldie Albert hammond "never rains in southern california"......."got onboard a west bound 747"

Alphashark.....Ive got a great dvd called flying heavy metal , and Bruce Dickinson features in the whole thing...he fly's everything from a moth to a spin in an A380 SIM.
A couple of others who are" Forever linked with aviation, sadly not for the right reasons.".......stevie ray vaughan, and going way back...Glenn miller

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 8 2011, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well Hell , what about the B-52s ... 'The love shack ' wonder if that has to do with a areoplane hanger

Love that song Ian.......

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:40 pm**

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly.
Foo Fighters - Wheels. *When the Wheels come down.... when the Wheels touch ground.*

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:02 pm**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 8 2011, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Forever linked with aviation, sadly not for the right reasons.".......stevie ray vaughan, and going way back...Glenn miller

Buddy Holly, and not long after him, his replacement singer in the band also went the same way...

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:35 pm**

OK I,m going to mention it - Who owns the 1986 sound track 'TOPGUN'

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:01 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 8 2011, 06:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OK I,m going to mention it - Who owns the 1986 sound track 'TOPGUN'

Not the sound track, but some of the music........Im an 80's kind of guy.....and 70's.

Posted: **Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:48 am**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 8 2011, 07:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Not the sound track, but some of the music........Im an 80's kind of guy.....and 70's.

Got the LP, Tape and CD....sad? Yup

For fighter pilot music: Dos Gringos... a couple of USAF F-16 drivers... caution R18

SeanG

Posted: **Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:34 am**

Alfashark wrote:
QUOTE (Alfashark @ Jan 8 2011, 06:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Buddy Holly, and not long after him, his replacement singer in the band also went the same way...

On the same plane as Buddy Holly was Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. Some other famous singers/musicians that have died in plane crashes:
John Denver
Randy Rhoads
Patsy Cline
Otis Redding

Posted: **Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:35 am**

Straighten up and fly right.

NZFF

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