Fly Her Away

The Motors : Airport

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In May of 1978 The Motors released their sophomore album Approved By The Motors, which featured their biggest hit, the U.K. #4 "Airport". Andrew McMaster says he wrote the song while living under the Heathrow flightpath. The follow-up single, "Forget About You", reached number 13 in the U.K. charts. The band would break up before releasing  their third album Tenement Steps in 1980. 

40 Year Itch : Up Into the Stilling Night Sky

Passengers waving goodbye before departing on Concorde's first public flight in 1975.

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“Peter Hammill’s great. A true original. I’ve just liked him for years. If you listen to his solo albums, I’m damn sure Bowie copied a lot out of that geezer. The credit he deserves, has just not been given to him. I love all his stuff”
 – John Lydon

Here's your entryway, the most listenable song on Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance, which bridges the gap between artsy fartsy prog rock and what would become sneering punk in another year or so. This is a concept album from Van Der Graaf Generator's songwriter and singer about a disillusioned and neurotic teen named Nadir. There were plenty of Nadirs out there, but they would wind up responding to the instant angst of punk.