# Songs about air travel and airplane culture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500 "2014-08-25T20:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/61 "2014-08-29T00:36:09Z")
I think of United Airlines when I hear **Rhapsody in Blue**. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/62 "2014-08-29T02:18:01Z")
Sondheim’s hysterical [_What Do We Do? We Fly!_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAsmUGGmbuM) from “Do I Hear a Waltz?” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/63 "2014-08-29T02:26:55Z")
_Seatbacks and Tray Tables_ – Fountains of Wayne _The Airport Giveth, The Airport Giveth Away_ – Rick Derringer ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/64 "2014-08-29T02:54:35Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > “[Break My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yejo7TivCqA)”… another song about my baby getting on a plane and leaving me. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/65 "2014-08-29T03:16:40Z")
“From the Air” - Laurie Anderson [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedIexysvK4) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/66 "2014-08-29T03:28:13Z")
Has\*\* this one\*\* been mentioned? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-87_h1v0RTM/hqdefault.jpg "Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87_h1v0RTM) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/67 "2014-08-29T16:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=notfrommensa] I think of United Airlines when I hear **Rhapsody in Blue**. [/QUOTE] A few years ago, a co-worker was on hold with them, and \*Rhapsody \*is playing. There was a break in the music, and I quickly said “Thank you for calling Gershwin Airlines. How may I help you?” He started saying how he needed help with a reservation and probably would have continued if the music didn’t resume. 😃 I’ve been racking my brains about a song that was popular about 15 years ago. The video featured the singer walking through a field, singing about his love, and ultimately, it’s about a flight that crashed. While trying to find that song, I ran into a [short list of songs about plane crashes](http://listsof.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/7-songs-for-plane-crashes/). Ah, finally, I find what I was after: Brian McKnight’s _Back at One_. [Video here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKe3I6YpY_I) The song itself isn’t about flying, but the video is. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/68 "2014-08-29T17:37:26Z")
The Foo Fighters’ “Wheels” - _When the wheels come down / When the wheels touch ground …_ As opposed to Slade’s “Wheels Ain’t Coming Down” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500/69 "2014-08-29T18:59:11Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > While trying to find that song, I ran into a [short list of songs about plane crashes](http://listsof.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/7-songs-for-plane-crashes/). Aww, they left off _30KFT_ by Assemblage 23. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-air-travel-and-airplane-culture/696500.md?page=3)