Actually, I like planes. Here's Alain de Botton, via Stuart Jeffries in this week's Guardian:
"How we would admire planes if they were no longer there to frighten and bore us. We would stroke their steel dolphin-like bodies in museums, and honour them as symbols of a daunting technical intelligence and a prodigious wealth."
Full article here.
De Botton's quote (which I agree with) also reminds me of a rather lovely lyric from a song by The Church, The Dead Man's Dream:
Once I had a name, forgotten now
I breathed the air in a century of wonder
I can hear it now in the darkness of the earth
Gorgeous machines, the sound they made like thunder
And here's a gorgeous machine that flew over my house earlier today:
Wow! A really obscure reference from one of The Church's most intriguing albums. You certainly know your music. I saw them here in Seattle 2 weeks ago on their 30th anniversary tour. They played one song from every album, in reverse chronological order - a real treat.
ReplyDeleteI remember when Kennedy(then called Idlewild) was first opened. I could see it from my roof, which was about 6 US miles away. The sight of those first commercial jets passing right over my parental home on flights from Europe thrilled me.
ReplyDeleteI love planes too,but prop planes rather than jets which dont seem as,err, interesting I guess.
ReplyDeleteAnthony - lucky you, sounds like a great show. I like their music very much.
ReplyDeleteGeorge: yes, and I think there's still something quite thrilling in the mere fact that we have intercontinental air travel.
Larry: prop planes rule.
wow a church reference, my fave band and im proud to say friends, i'll pass on a copy of pushing ice to steve, i think he'd like it a lot.
ReplyDeletethey still play a lot, really great live act.
and their new material is well worth listening to.