OT - Music to jump out of a plane to

[azzy_wazzy]

Right - as you all know, they're chucking me out of a plane on Saturday, provided the weather holds.

And since I know the rules here there are hopefully going to be both pics and a video of the event. Now, what I need your help with is the song to have as the soundtrack on the video It needs to be appropriate, and since you guys have more than a mildly amusing collective sense of humour, I though I'd post here for some inspiration.

And yes, before you ask, I AM nervous

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Easy...Born to Be Wild.

 

[Jimmyb]

Obvious ones:

Jump - Van Halen
Free Falling/Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs that bloke
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (intro, then cross-fade to something)
Lose Yourself - Emineminem (intro again, although you can get an instrumental version)

Moody Scene Setting:

Marooned - Pink Floyd (as you float serenely downwards)

When the 'chute fails:

Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
History - The Verve
Wipeout - (whoever did it)

When it doesn't go wrong:

Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis (so glad you made it etc)
Lucky Man - The Verve (again. There's a theme isn't there?)

In all seriousness, Good Luck, it will be fine.

Just remember, theres a 100% success rate with these things. They've never left anyone up there

 

[roballanson]

Where's me jumper (odd 80s indie tune)

 

[IkaruShizzlemah]

Fly to the Angels - Slaughter

On second thought...

Better go with Free Falling - Tom Petty like Jimmyb suggested.

Good luck with the jump.

Ikaru

 

[Disquieter]

me suggestions:

Reach Down by Temple Of the Dog
Life's A Gas by The Replicants (it's a cover, but i like their version)
Retrovertigo by Mr Bungle
Natures Revenge by Skinny Puppy
Muscle Museum by Muse
Below The Sliding Doors by Blinker The Star (maybe the french version?)
Sanity Assassin by Bauhaus
Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) by Eels
Wet Gravity by Failure
Independence Day by Floater
Accident Prone by Jawbreaker
Separate Ways by Journey
Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails
Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me by Oingo Boingo
Mojo by Peeping Tom
Section 14 (two-thousand places) by The Polyphonic Spree
Dangerous by Super Sonic Soul Pimps
Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants
Ape Drape by The Vandals


If anyone here doesn't know these songs, find them, listen, enjoy, jump out of planes whilst partaking.


joel

 

[LowDownDave]

Where's me jumper (odd 80s indie tune)

Nice one Rob, a bit of the ol' Sultans of Ping!

My vote is for REM's "End of the World", but then I'm evil like that!

 

[Tom F]

I have a friend who has made over 450 jumps (he's sick in the head!). THe first time he went, and the first and only time I went a few years later, the music choice was "The Final Countdown". The song is a little bit cheesy, but it's a perfect mood.

Can't wait to hear the story after you jump! (My instrutor, a former Navy SEAL, said "OK we're going to count to three and then jump" and then he threw us out of the plane on two! Probably a good choice as I would have tried to stop him if he made it all the way to three. It was a great experience, though.)

 

[SteveB]

"Flying High Again" - Ozzy (esp. the lyric "Oh no! Here we go now..")

"Die With Your Boots On" or "Aces High" or "Flight of Icarus" - Iron Maiden

"Very Superstitious" - Stevie Wonder

"The Angel Song" - Great White

"Billy the Mountain" - Frank Zappa (lyric: "a mountain is something you don't wanna f*#% with..")

..or if you want to make the video very surreal..

"Ghostwind" by Steve Morse

 

[tommyindelaware]

morning rush hour
steve morse band

 

[4stringer]

Hi Azzy,
My brother used "Dreams" by Van Halen which worked pretty well ("we'll get higher and higher..."). For my jump they used Seal's "Crazy" which I didn't like at first, but then it grew on me. It's great that it's being video taped because if you do anymore jumping, it won't compare to that first time!! Enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, feelings, because your body has never experienced them before.
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!!

Todd

 

[Bill]

"Jet Airliner" by the Steve Miller Band

 

[koogie2k]

Hey Azzy...speaking from WAY too much experience hurling myself out of airplanes and what not....I always listened to (jokes were made by the fellas..LOL) a compilation of classical pieces. Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and what not. I believed that this was the closest I would ever get to heaven! LOL....

The other suggestions posted are good too.

 

[tkarter]

We should have started the forum soundtrack for Azzy's jump. We could have wrote an appropriate song or two during the time.


My choice would be. "Here comes the Sun".

tk

 

[bassmonkeee]

If you like Reggae, you can't go wrong with Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come (The Harder They Fall)."

 

[Jimmyb]

Status Quo - Down down (is that the right title?)
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Straight back down to Earth

 

[adouglas]

All this flying/floating/falling stuff is too literal for me. Skydiving is a sheer, pure adrenaline rush. Referential lyrics and titles don't really capture it for me...you gotta grab the energy of the experience!

Something with a really powerful, crunchy guitar break is where it's at IMHO:


Blur - Song 2
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

 

[Moondog]

Hocus Pocus by Focus

 

[Mobay45]

I'm thinking "Learn To Fly" by the Foo Fighters.

 

[fogman]

Ealges Fly - Sammy Hagar

One Big Rush - Joe Satriani

Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani

New Sensation - INXS

I Can See for Miles - The Who