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gi...@adept.net

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Just did my first tandem jump. I absolutely loved it and plan to do a
static line jump in the near future. I had my jump video taped, camera
guy used Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" song as background music. Any
suggestions for background music for static line jump video?? Man, I
love this skydiving stuff!

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J. Whipple

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For the fatalistic crowd:
High Speed Dirt (Metallica?)
or
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
then there is
Sudden Stop by Collin James...
REM's "It's The End Of The World" starts out: "that's great it starts with
an airplane..."
Actually, I think it is more important to choose a song that you really
like rather than one with a skydiving related theme...
-Josh

On 19 Sep 1997, DElli36765 wrote:

> >My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?
>
> I think JUMP is the mother of all skydiving video background music.
> SUICIDE BLONDE by INXS was always my favorite.
>
> Don E.
>
>


Trowen

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My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?

Terri


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DElli36765

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>My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?

I think JUMP is the mother of all skydiving video background music.

bil...@qualcomm.com

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In article <8746188...@dejanews.com>,

gi...@adept.net wrote:
>
> Just did my first tandem jump. I absolutely loved it and plan to do a
> static line jump in the near future. I had my jump video taped, camera
> guy used Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" song as background music. Any
> suggestions for background music for static line jump video??

some really excellent ones:

"the whole of the moon" by the waterboys (about BASE)
"fall free" by alan parsons project
"one day to fly" by alan parsons project

the usuals:

"high speed dirt" by megadeath
almost anything by joe satriani
"free falling" and "learning to fly" from tom petty
"jump" and "right now" by van halen
"mighty wings" top gun soundtrack

some others:

"skydiver" by marty balin (sucks) "cut it away" by jackson browne
(nothing to do with skydiving, but funny title) "eight miles high" the
byrds "spirit in the sky" norman greenbaum "don't fear the reaper" by
blue oyster cult (great for static line) "knock on wood" by ??? (actually
about a whuffo, not a skydiver, but it's fun) "fly like an eagle" steve
miller band

some cool clips from the above songs:

-----------------------------------
the door was opened and a wind appeared
the curtains blew and then he appeared
saying "don't be afraid
come on baby
don't fear the reaper
you'll be able to fly . . .
----------------------------------
fall free
freedom's in the air
it's calling you
your heart is there
----------------------------------
yes you climbed on that ladder
with the wind in your sails
then you passed like a comet
blazing a trail
too high too far too soon
but you saw the whole of the moon
---------------------------------
picture a wing held together with string
then one day to fly
---------------------------------
i'm not a coward i've just never been tested
i'd like to think that if i was i would pass
i look at the tested and think "there but for the grace go i"
i might be a coward - i'm afraid of what i might find out -
-----------------------------------

-bill von

PDraper108

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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>Let's see...what else works well.....

also "I believe I can fly" by R. Kelley
"Fly like a beagle(oops) eagle" Steve Miller or Seal
"Momentary lapse of reason" Pink Floyd

my $0.02 worth

Everybody have fun this weekend

Peter

****At my DZ we're like one big family*****
THE MANSON FAMILY

JumpUMagot

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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Let's see...what else works well.....

"Out the Window"; Violent Femmes
"In the Mood"; Glenn Miller's Orchestra
"I Just Wanna Fly"; Sugar Ray
"Thunderstruck"; AC/DC
"Paradise City"; G&R
"Comedown", "Machinehead"; Bush

Just thought I'd throw my votes into the hat.
Blues!
JJ

Thomas Kerler

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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> >Let's see...what else works well.....

here's a cute little tune, whose length (1:06) will
actually fit the time of the freefall part:

"45 Seconds of Ecstasy"
written: Martha Minter Bailey
vocals: Susan Wood
can be found on the Meat Loaf album:
Welcome to the neighborhood

(goes s.th. like: 45 seconds of ecstacy, how it comes
right back to me, fly so high and feel so free,
45 seconds of ecstacy, ....)

another one I sometimes listen to on my way to
the DZ is a Blood Sweat & Tears song, goes like
" ... hideho hidehi, gonna get me a piece of the sky,..."
and it's great to holler along. (yeah ... that's why
I s.t. arrive rather hoarse at the DZ)


--
BSBD, Thomas Kerler, C-27848
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Cognitive Dissonance

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My faves:

Juke Joint Jezebel - KMFDM
Disease - Sister Machine Gun
Conquer Your World - Excessive Force
anything by Gravity Kills

will also concede an fondness for most Van Halen

-marg

Thomas J. Kopp

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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In article <19970919123...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, jumpu...@aol.com (JumpUMagot) wrote:
>Let's see...what else works well.....
>"Thunderstruck"; AC/DC
>"Paradise City"; G&R
>"Comedown", "Machinehead"; Bush

A lot of stuff "sounds good" with things happening at high speed, even if
these aren't all even remotely skydiving related...I like to drive fast while
listening to them too...

"I Wanna Be Sedated" - Ramones ("Take to the airport, get me on a plane, hurry
hurry hurry before I go insane....)
Anything by "Gravity Kills"...(Goes without saying)
"Crash" by the Primitives (preferably the '94 mix)
"Long Way Down" - band name escapes me
"Plowed" - Sponge ("Say a prayer for me", ca. '94-95)
"Sin" - |\| | |/|
Various old Nitzer Ebb tunes (Alarm, Join in the Chant)
Various Front 242


Tom
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Airsurf696

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>rom: gi...@adept.net
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:53:33 -0600
>Message-id: <8746188...@dejanews.com>

>
>Just did my first tandem jump. I absolutely loved it and plan to do a
>static line jump in the near future. I had my jump video taped, camera
>guy used Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" song as background music. Any
>suggestions for background music for static line jump video?? Man, I
>love this skydiving stuff!
>
>

Don't bother with static line. Go freefall and get anything from Dick
Dale or "One of these Days" by Pink Floyd.


Daniel Zacharias
Airsu...@aol.com
"Sir Chops-a-Lot"
Raven II, 4 Micro Raven 150, Micro Raven 135, Strong Tandem Reserve

Pete Yadlowsky

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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Airsurf696 writes

> Don't bother with static line. Go freefall and get anything from Dick
> Dale or "One of these Days" by Pink Floyd.

"Careful with that Axe, Eugene" might be another good one, especially
if the overdub syncs the scream with your exit. Wish I'd thought of
that for my first jump. Come to think of it, there's probably a lot
of good jump soundtrack material in early Floyd.

Who's Dick Dale?

--
Pete Yadlowsky | The old programmer,
Information Tech. and Communication | Unalterably intent...
University of Virginia | Another missed lunch.
http://vivaldi.acc.virginia.edu/~pmy/ | - after Buson

Brian Monteith

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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Songs to add to this list: Anything by Joe Satriani. My personal fave
happens to be "Strange", but almost any others will do.

Brian Monteith
C-2157, Inst-B


Thomas J. Kopp

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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In article <8746858...@dejanews.com>, bil...@qualcomm.com wrote:
>almost anything by joe satriani

Skysurfing with the Alien? ;)

Shannon McCain

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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The first 64 seconds of track 9 "Climbatize" on the new Prodigy CD "The Fat
of the Land" is perfect for freefall jumps.

Take a listen, it rocks.

Trowen <tro...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970919032...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...


> My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?
>

P. Duran

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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From Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart"

When I get high
I get high on speed...
<snip>
...Ooh, are you ready girls?
Ooh, are you ready now?
(Chorus) Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart
Give it a start
Whoa, yeah, baby
Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart
Hope it never stops
Whoa, yeah, baby

Skydive naked
From an aeroplane
Or a lady with a
Body from outerspace
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart
Say I got trouble
Trouble in my eyes
I'm just looking for
Another good time
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart...
<snip>

P. Duran

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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How about

"Fall Down" and "Fly From Heaven" by Toad The Wet Sprocket, on the
Dulcinea Album.

The videographer on my Tandem used "Fly From Heaven" for all the
pre-jump takes, and "Fall Down" for the freefall segment.


Pete

gi...@adept.net wrote:
>
> Just did my first tandem jump. I absolutely loved it and plan to do a
> static line jump in the near future. I had my jump video taped, camera
> guy used Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" song as background music. Any
> suggestions for background music for static line jump video?? Man, I
> love this skydiving stuff!
>

SkyRhino01

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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In article <5vu8kf$84l$1...@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
p...@SPAM-B-GON-Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) writes:

>
>Who's Dick Dale?

Ye Gods (and gods)!

Who's Dick Dale????

Did you ever hear of the Ventures???
The Surfaris???
The Beach Boys???
Jan & Dean???

Dick Dale is the 'Father Of The Surf Guitar"!

All praise to Dick! (Dont EVEN go there!)


Blue Skies

Jack
D19212, NCB108

P. Duran

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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This one was also used on one of the videos while I was doing my AFF

"Crazy" - Seal(Debut album)


Blue Skies,

Pete

Michelle Hoyle

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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SkyRhino01 wrote:

> Who's Dick Dale????
> Did you ever hear of the Ventures???
> The Surfaris???
> The Beach Boys???
> Jan & Dean???
> Dick Dale is the 'Father Of The Surf Guitar"!
> All praise to Dick! (Dont EVEN go there!)

Jack, you're taking ALL the fun out of reading this ng! =)

'Shell
(now it can be said I didn't go there ...)

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they draw around you when they find the body. ~ Unknown ~
--

Douglas Kiang

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A good one is this song by Nine Inch Nails.
-------

Kinda like a cloud, I was up, way up in the sky,
And I was feeling some feelings like you wouldn't believe
Just then a tiny cloud caught my eye
and I watched it way too long, it was pulling me down

I was up above it all...
I was up above it all...

-------
I forget the title.

Douglas Kiang
C-26256

--
Knowledge is power.
Know your limits.
Know your gear.

http://www2.cybernex.net/~dkiang

in_orange (Mario Moreno)

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Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/19/97
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w0w... i fergot about this one....
"down in it" -pretty hate machine nin.
good pick... can't believe i totally fergot... oh well... time to get drunk!

Douglas Kiang wrote in article ...

Charlie Hall

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Lawrence Welk KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Dougherty

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Sep 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/20/97
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In article
<Pine.A41.3.96a.97091...@dante06.u.washington.edu>,
jwhi...@u.washington.edu says...

>
>For the fatalistic crowd:
>High Speed Dirt (Metallica?)

It'by Megadeth. ;-)

Also good songs: Strange Wings by Savatage & Metropolis by Dream Theater (the
intro music is GREAT for climbouts).

Blue Skies!
-Tommy
D19907


LandTMollo

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The Foo Fighters' "Everlong" is a pretty kick-ass song that makes me think
of skydiving whenever I hear it.

Duksnarow

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Sep 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/20/97
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magic carpet ride by three dog night.
-
mark-------- only
skydivers know why birds sing....... they don't have to pack----.---- Gun
control means hitting your target.

Rita

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Sep 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/20/97
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Charlie Hall wrote:
>
> Lawrence Welk KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, good ... I'm not the only one with alternative style
preferences in skydiving video music ...

I prefer classic Osmonds ... let's see ... One Bad Apple,
Sweet & Innocent by little Donnie ... and perhaps even
Down by the Lazy River (good background for those off-dz
landings) ... classic Jackson 5 is good too ... the really
old stuff ... The Love You Save and ABC (particularly good
for those debriefs where your jm is telling you how simple
the maneuver you just *ucked up is)

Shame a lot of this stuff is hard to get on CD, though ...

Funny, I've never actually gotten any of my "requests"
honored either ... but, I've sure enjoyed the looks of
amazement I get when I make them!

Blue skies, and music-filled dives,

--rita

NBD No8

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Sep 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/21/97
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>magic carpet ride by three dog night.
>

u sure u'r not thinkin' of Steppenwolf?
D19687
NBD #8...........drive fast, take chances....have fun!

Duksnarow

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Sep 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/21/97
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>>magic carpet ride by three dog night.
>>
>
>u sure u'r not thinkin' of Steppenwolf?

i have never been accused of thinking.

CHAR SCOOP

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Sep 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/21/97
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Listen to "I can't hold back" by Survivor..........I had this on both my
tandem jumps..........and the music is perfect for jumping!

J. Whipple

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Sep 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/21/97
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On 21 Sep 1997, NBD No8 wrote:

> >magic carpet ride by three dog night.
> >
>
> u sure u'r not thinkin' of Steppenwolf?

> D19687
> NBD #8...........drive fast, take chances....have fun!
>
>

I am going to go out on a limb and guess that Steppenwolf covered 3DN...
Reminds me of when I realized most Led Zeppelin tunes were covers...kind
of disapointed at first and then thought wow the original is really cool
too!
By the way, Run DMC didn't write "Walk This Way"...hey: Sweet Emotion
would be a good background song as well.
-Josh


frapboy

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Trowen wrote:
>
> My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?
>
> Terri
>
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come on lets have some originality it seems every single skydiving video
around has jump on it i reccomend song 2 by blur it is going to be our
team song and it makes a great background.
blue skies
jim

EFSpete

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Sep 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/22/97
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two songs that come to mind are Jimmy Cliff's Fly Like an Eagle and It's
time for Good Times ; both are on the album Hanging Fire...

~pete

ada...@m3isystems.qc.ca

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Sep 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/22/97
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> Just did my first tandem jump. I absolutely loved it and plan to do a
> static line jump in the near future. I had my jump video taped, camera
> guy used Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" song as background music. Any

Here's a few that come to mind from my CD collection that no-one's
mentioned (most except for the first few would be crap for skydiving
videos, but they have appropriate titles).

Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky

Radiohead - High and Dry, Ripcord

Oasis - Up In The Sky, D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman, Live Forever, Cloudburst

The Stone Roses - Where Angels Play

Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun, I'm Coming Down, Big Jet Plane

Inspiral Carpets - Going Down, Irresistable Force, Party In The Sky,
The Wind Is Calling Your Name

The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly (OK, so it's an album- but it's got
the sound of a plane taking off at the start...?)

I could go on all night.. (hmm, I feel a compilation tape coming on..)
Hope you've heard at least some of these . o O (Hmmm, I know Oasis- they
sound too much like the Beatles- I know, I've heard _both_ their singles
on the radio :-)

--Alan

Bob Moore

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frapboy wrote:
>
> Trowen wrote:
> >
> > My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you think?

> come on lets have some originality it seems every single skydiving video
> around has jump on it i reccomend song 2 by blur it is going to be our
> team song and it makes a great background.
> blue skies
> jim

I agree. I used to work each weekend at the DZ videoing tandems. If I
hear JUMP by Van Halen or Freefallin' by Tom Petty one more time I'm
going to puke.

Bob Moore

PDraper108

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Sep 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/22/97
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that would be early David Bowie - I had a video done recently and Gary
used the Mission Impossible theme done for the new movie by The Edge and
Bono (U2). It worked pretty good

Peter
****At my DZ we're like one big family*****
THE MANSON FAMILY

jhit...@concentric.net

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Sep 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/22/97
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How 'bout "Boogie Man" remake by White Zombie ( not the one on "Super,
sexy, swinging singles", but the one on "The Crow: City of Angels"
soundtrack). It would be quite fitting....

Blue Skies and good tunes,

Jason

J. Whipple <jwhi...@u.washington.edu> wrote in article
<Pine.A41.3.96a.97091...@dante06.u.washington.edu>...


> For the fatalistic crowd:
> High Speed Dirt (Metallica?)

> or
> Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
> then there is
> Sudden Stop by Collin James...
> REM's "It's The End Of The World" starts out: "that's great it starts
with
> an airplane..."
> Actually, I think it is more important to choose a song that you really
> like rather than one with a skydiving related theme...
> -Josh
>


Agent 69

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(Snip)

> "Fall Down" and "Fly From Heaven" by Toad The Wet Sprocket, on the
> Dulcinea Album.
>
> The videographer on my Tandem used "Fly From Heaven" for all the
> pre-jump takes, and "Fall Down" for the freefall segment.
>
>
> Pete

(Snip)

You've been watching Drop Zone !!!!!
Yup that is an excellent tune for skydiving a video .

Tina Marie

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In article <3426AD...@aus.FILTER.etn.com>,

Bob Moore <bmo...@aus.FILTER.etn.com> wrote:
>I agree. I used to work each weekend at the DZ videoing tandems. If I
>hear JUMP by Van Halen or Freefallin' by Tom Petty one more time I'm
>going to puke.

I just heard one that might work - I don't remeber the name of it, but
it's about space...something about Captain Tom and the Spaceship, I think.

"Earth below us
Drifting, Falling..."

Tina Marie
--
Earth is dangerous. Maybe we should sue the manufacturer.
I refuse to give in to spammers - my return address is real!
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EFSpete

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get off of my cloud...The Rolling Stones

Winsor Naugler III

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Duksnarow <duks...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> magic carpet ride by three dog night.

Magic Carpet Ride by <choke> THREE DOG NIGHT??? <gag>

Try Steppenwolf. You know, John Kay & Co.

Why Me? by Planet P is a good choice.
Also Sprach Zarasthura is a perennial favorite.
Don't Touch Me There by the Tubes might
work for funneled formations, and Mondo Bondage
could be good for Tandem.

Depending on the flow of the skydive, there are many
possibilities.

I think you'd have to bounce before rap would be
appropriate ("I'd rather die than listen to this!" thud).

Blue skies,

Winsor


Johan Conroy

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Bob Moore wrote:
>
> frapboy wrote:
> >
> > Trowen wrote:
> > >
> > > My tandem video had JUMP by Van Halen. Quite fitting don't you
> think?
>
> > come on lets have some originality it seems every single skydiving
> video
> > around has jump on it i reccomend song 2 by blur it is going to be
> our
> > team song and it makes a great background.
> > blue skies
> > jim
>
> I agree. I used to work each weekend at the DZ videoing tandems. If I
> hear JUMP by Van Halen or Freefallin' by Tom Petty one more time I'm
> going to puke.
>
> Bob Moore

Not really a skydive theme, but one I've seen/heard for AFF that I liked
is "Where the streets have no name" by U2. There are probably also
others from them that would work. "Bullet the blue sky" maybe?

Anyway, find something that you like and that conveys the feeling of the
dive *for you*, rather than trying to find something with a fitting
title.

Johan

Johan

Johan

frapboy

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Sep 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/23/97
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exactly, who listens to the lyrics anyway. The music u chose should help
u feel like u did when u jumped, obviously it no mere song can bring u
close but it can only help.
blue skies
jim

Thomas J. Kopp

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Sep 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/23/97
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In article <606g07$e3b$1...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, ti...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Tina Marie) wrote:
>I just heard one that might work - I don't remeber the name of it, but
>it's about space...something about Captain Tom and the Spaceship, I think.
>"Earth below us
>Drifting, Falling..."

Actually, there were two songs similar to that. The Bowie tune that Draper
mentioned, and the version I think you're talking about by Peter Schilling (I
think. It's from the first half of the 80s).

The Bowie song is slow. The Schilling song almost has a dance beat to it.
The "4,3,2,1 earth below us drifting falling floating weightless coming coming
hooooooome" was from the schilling version.


Tom
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"Take me to the airport and get me on a plane, hurry hurry hurry before I go insane"
- Ramones

Bob Taylor

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If you've got to pick a Stones tune, try "Parachute Woman" on the Beggars
Banquet album.
--
BTaylor
bo...@mindspring.com

A mandatory AAD would've prevented this jump.


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Stratostar

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On 24 Sep 1997 17:31:39 GMT, "Bob Taylor"
<bobt1(delete-this)@mindspring.com> wrote:

>If you've got to pick a Stones tune, try "Parachute Woman" on the Beggars
>Banquet album.
>--

>EFSpete <efs...@aol.com> wrote in article
><19970922205...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>> get off of my cloud...The Rolling Stones
>>

The Stones' "waiting on a friend" does it for me. Of course there's
always Boston's "more than a feeling" which *must* be the basis of a
great skydive clip somewhere.

The local favorite for tandems however is "walking on sunshine", which
is not as corny (or obvious) as VH's "jump", but still says it all.

Blue 11111UU

Glenn.....


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Sep 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/25/97
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OK. For BASE jumps, I was thinking of...

Gin Blossoms - "Follow You Down" ("...jumping off a bridge is just the
farthest I've ever been ...")

Tragically Hip - "700 ft. Ceiling" (" .. for the things I'm thinking
when the clouds are low, 700 and sinking ...")

--
Blue Skies!
Tak (Camera-Flyer, Videographer, Photographer, and all-around nice guy)
Tak's Freefall Services
skyd...@pobox.com, skyd...@bigfoot.com

Come visit Tak's World at http://www.cdnsport.ca/skydive/

James

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Sep 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/26/97
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I hope this isn't too late.I just did FJS/AFF at Suffolk Va.(yeah the
same place Bush jumped at age 72)I had a video done and was realy
suprised at the quality I got for $50.00.Along with the usual
fillers,there I was at the door of the Beachcraft and David Lee was
singing
"Jump".Fitting I thought.:)
blue skys!
Jim

Tobias M. Magan

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Sep 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/28/97
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Rita <kr...@philly.infi.net> wrote:

>Charlie Hall wrote:
>>
>> Lawrence Welk KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!

>Oh, good ... I'm not the only one with alternative style
>preferences in skydiving video music ...

>I prefer classic Osmonds ... let's see ... One Bad Apple,
>Sweet & Innocent by little Donnie ... and perhaps even
>Down by the Lazy River (good background for those off-dz
>landings) ... classic Jackson 5 is good too ... the really
>old stuff ... The Love You Save and ABC (particularly good
>for those debriefs where your jm is telling you how simple
>the maneuver you just *ucked up is)

Damn, and up until now you seemed like such a great person . . .

>Blue skies, and music-filled dives,

>--rita
Blue skies, good beer, and _good_ music filled dives

Toby Magan
NCB #188


Rhonda Lea

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Sep 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/28/97
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>Damn, and up until now you seemed like such a great person . . .

Rita is a great person. :)

I met her on Saturday at Cross Keys.

It is always fun for me to meet someone from r.s. No one is ever what you
expect them to be; everyone is always just exactly what they ought to be. :)

rl


Rhonda Lea Kirk
Hightstown, NJ
609.443.3155
____________________
The only thing that makes life worth living is the willingness to
risk everything. Unless you risk everything, you don't have a life.
Roger Payne


Trowen

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Sep 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/29/97
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>Rita is a great person. :)
>
>I met her on Saturday at Cross Keys.

So Rita, When do I get to meet you? Or are we still working on that?

Trowen

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Sep 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/30/97
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Just took a listen to an older Ozzy tape. Crazy Babies is definately a
good one too!

Crazy....Babies....Crazy Babies never say die. Born to live on a
permanent high, flying high above the world below, they'd better come down
soon or everyone will know???

Rita

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Sep 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/30/97
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Rhonda Lea wrote:
>
> >Damn, and up until now you seemed like such a great person . . .
>
> Rita is a great person. :)
>
> I met her on Saturday at Cross Keys.
>
> It is always fun for me to meet someone from r.s. No one is ever what you
> expect them to be; everyone is always just exactly what they ought to be. :)


Rhonda, you are too kind! <blush> ... and let me say here publicly that
Rhonda is a really
neat person too ... so kind and encouraging to a troubled student ...

It's people like Rhonda Lea who make this sport the wonderful thing that
it is ... and
I'm truly enriched by the experience. Thanks.

Blue skies, and loads of neat dives,

--rita

Brian H Moulton

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Sep 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/30/97
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In regards to Pete's Post....
Pete we use Dick Dale's Tribal Thunder Cd (especially track #1 Nitro)
Alot at our DZ. Pete we jump at the same place.

Brian.

SkyRhino01 wrote:
>
> In article <5vu8kf$84l$1...@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
> p...@SPAM-B-GON-Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) writes:
>
> >
> >Who's Dick Dale?
>
> Ye Gods (and gods)!
>
> Who's Dick Dale????
>
> Did you ever hear of the Ventures???
> The Surfaris???
> The Beach Boys???
> Jan & Dean???
>
> Dick Dale is the 'Father Of The Surf Guitar"!
>
> All praise to Dick! (Dont EVEN go there!)
>
> Blue Skies
>
> Jack
> D19212, NCB108

Cognitive Dissonance

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Sep 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/30/97
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almost forgot about this one ... for the closet country muzik phreaks
(when in cornland do as the natives =]) wandering around the dz ... try
George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky."

blue skies & safe skydives,
-marg

ChutnGalry

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Oct 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/1/97
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Several years ago the 'hot' song for freefall was the soundtrack from the movie
"Top Gun", "Danger Zone".

One late night hanging out in the video shack we were playing around with
rhythms for CRW. We finally came up with ..... classical. Yup, that stuff on
public radio. My personal favorite is "Piano Concerto #1" by Keith Emerson
from the Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Works Vol. 1" album. Granted ELP isn't
exactly classical but the rhythm is right.

Till later
Hank Ellis
The Chuting Gallery
Purveyor and Maintainer of Fine Aerodynamic Decelerators

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