I usually avoid weddings. There’s something about them that just doesn’t sit well with me. That something is, of course, my own failed marriage. Since I split from Theresa I’ve not really felt like going to any nuptials at all – I can’t even bunch my socks! Haha
This wedding was different though, and I felt oddly nostalgic there. So much has happened since I got married: the kids, the job, 9/11, it really puts things into perspective. It also made me think about something I haven’t thought about in a long while… the band.
In 1988 me and some guys from school got together and tried really hard to be in a band. We had a few gigs, a few tunes (“Love on an Aeroplane” being the crowd-pleaser!), and we were going somewhere when Charlie (Jegwgs) quit and my other friend got married. Should’ve know, I guess. Anyway, I was left playing acoustic around a few open mic nights – much like some of the bands I interview today – and from there I’ve ended up producing and sound-teching for local artists.
Let me see if I can remember some lyrics:
“Love on an aeroplane” (Words M. Barker/C. Jegwegs Music: A bit like N. Diamond ‘Love on the Rocks’)
Touched down – BANG – at three thousand miles,
Stuck to the runway like a kitchen tile,
My plane has landed in a city called Love -
The population is you, my child.
The in-flight movie I’d seen before,
Me and you doing semaphore (in the video, we’d semaphore ‘I love you’)
My flag’s a heart, yours is a coin,
Cause you’re poor!
Chorus:
Love on an aeroplane and make no mistake,
I got a flight at a quarter past eight,
My heart’s a-beating like massive, massive drum,
This is fun.
And we’ve only just begun!
x5
Bridge:
But I know that one day, I’ll be on our plane,
Open the baggage store and you won’t be there,
Just a first-class ticket with your name,
And now I’ve gotta catch another damn plane, yeah!
Chorus x5
Wow, that just poured out. Maybe I should look at getting the band back together… after one more game of online bingo.
[...] she’d dried off and had her post-shower nap I approached her with some of my lyrics, namely Love on an Aeroplane and Hard Pill to Swallow. Both classic Barker tracks, and I was curious to see if we could add a [...]
[...] she’d dried off and had her post-shower nap I approached her with some of my lyrics, namely Love on an Aeroplane and Hard Pill to Swallow. Both classic Barker tracks, and I was curious to see if we could add a [...]