Friday, May 16, 2008

Take off music

I think everybody should have music that they need to play whenever they take off in flight. It would seem to be a situation that warranted the need for kick ass music. I used to play the 1st 4 songs on Led Zeppelin 4 when the plane started to taxi away from the gate. It seemed so natural. Black Dog was perfect for the slow motion of the plane away from the gate. It sounds like a jumble of elements that went well with the flurry of activity that surrounded the airplane at a busy airport. As the plane gets to the runway and Rock and Roll comes on, the plane rocks into motion and screams down the runway, the song and the acceleration getting the listener pumped up. The Battle of Evermore just sounds like a song you'd want to hear as you drift through the clouds, the lofty sounds making you want to float out of your seat and fly by yourself. Stairway to Heaven seems an obvious final choice for a tune that should play while the plane rises higher and higher toward the heavens. Not much more to say about that one.
These days I have done away with the four-part production. I simply wait until the plane is just about ready to go down the runway and play the theme song to Dr. Who circa 1980. It has the same effect on me by itself as all four songs from Led Zeppelin did years ago.

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