The Motors - Airport 1978

[TheBleech]

This is a good song because...anyone born on release +5 years, has heard it, and remembers. I did.

[usenetposts]

My mates and I used to sing "Eff Off" in place of the word "Airport". This may seem a bit juvenile, but we were only kids at the time, so it was funny for us.

[maryapatterson]

I wonder what the band members are doing now? I bet its something sensible like a headteacher, carpet fitter etc

[Beerwaddy]

reminds me of scout camp in inverness. Great memories.

[CrankCase08]

Where's Bram Tchaikowsky?

[Ceekay5555]

i think that Coldplay used this song to get to the intro for their song 'Clocks' !!! just listen to the part starting from 2min 45sec. Heavy pl....

[bongostatechampion]

I recorded half of this song on my Toshiba gheto blaster when I was 9 in 1979.

It has taken this long to work out who it was by!

[chrisredditch]

Sing "Haircut" instead of Airport - It works! Also, no lead guitarist!

[SteveBZ69]

I just got a digital watch when this song came out and the battery only lasted a month. I bet you didn't know that did you.

[ElComadreja777]

I think about this song every time they announce the Airport station on the Blue Line here in Boston.

[MsDrummermike]

My Mother-in-law went on a aeroplane, so far far away. I can't be leave this is happing to me

Iv got a smile on my face.

[themec]

The bassist is actually the guy who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street. He had two years out in the late seventies to pursue his dream of becoming a pop star with the Motors.

Little known fact.

[MostFunnyUserName]

j'aime beaucoup cette chanson !!!

I love this song !!!

ich habe dieses Lied sehr gern !!!

me gusta mucho esta canción !!!

[binary1001011]

They've played this a couple of times on radio 2 recently. good song :)

[mattybrass]

@binary1001011 i heard it in the morning a couple of days ago :P. it is a brilliant song

[SuperPais]

@binary1001011 They did the right thing. This is an excelent song, and very underated.

[modefan63]

great song i heard on cfny with pete and geets pete left us last week

[richk3yl0ck]

Is the chap with the bubble cut playing the guitar on laughing gas?

[Teebirdster]

Forget About You is a top track too really reckon they hit a chord with us aussies back then,what great days!!

[Beerwaddy]

I'm 43 and this song brings back amazing memories for me. I was on Scout camp when it was a hit and it reminds me of that time. Glad to see younger folks also connect with this. The Motors also did "Dancing The Night Away" I love that one too.

[Poopingbotham]

Hilarious watching the singer preventing his keyboard slipping off the top of his electric piano!

[nickbaldeagle01]

@Poopingbotham Double sided sticky pads had not been invented back then. Or Velcro for that matter. Or maybe I'm wrong. I usually am. Maybe a couple of blobs of Blu-Tac could've helped....if it was invented by then of course.

[2011Bolt]

Golden oldie!

[MrAuteq]

BUENA  CANCION ME GUSTA MUCHO SALUDOS DESDE MONTERREY MEXICO

CACHIS

[CedrictheDragon]

And I can't believe that she really wants to leave me and it's getting me so, It's getting me so. Airport - Airport, you've got a smiling face, you took the one I love so far away Fly her away - fly her away - airport. Airport - Airport, you've got a smiling face You took my lady to another place Fly her away - fly her away.

[TheSolabi]

I'm ONLY 28.. 31... im 13 and i love this music !

[mekeskimfe]

In my disappeared brother...

[hundqvist]

In Finnish: UPEAA! (in English: GREAT!).

[GRAHAM5020]

This song represents everything that was the seventies, one crackin' song, what a great year 78 was, this along with "forget about you" was their best...thank you for posting fritz51324

[siemenbakker]

Vliegveld ! Je hebt een lachend gezicht ??!!

[BluebirdintheSky]

I love this song. I don't remember the drummer being so cute though :-) ????

[miicmorlandmusic]

Does anyone know who did the electronic remake of this song? (It's a deep house or trance song).

[drrogersperuo]

A young and sprightly Ken Barlow on the bass there.

[poidol]

@drrogersperuo I thought it was Tommy Walsh

[planetrockford]

@drrogersperuo The library must have been shut.

[scoodie112]

Remember me de time when i was a little boy of 8, sitting on the backseat of my dad's car. Travelling to our holiday in France! Heart this song on a 70's cd.

(I'm only 18 now)

[chimetrooper]

My brothers and I use to thrash the shit out of this on our prized Pioneer turntable. What a great song. One of our truly favourites. 1978 was a great year for music, especially in Australia. I can't bare the crap they put out now and don't get me started on that manufactured celeb, Justin Beiber! No abortion in Canada?

[LORDGODSIRALEXFERGIE]

The lead singer - isnt that Ray Parlour?

[gcoudert]

@LORDGODSIRALEXFERGIE

His name's Andy McMaster. The bass player is Nick Garvey (who I believe wrote the song) and the drummer is Rick Slaughter. Guitarist Bram Tchaikovski doesn't seem to be there but then I can't hear any guitar on the track.

[gcoudert]

@gcoudert

Edit: Andy McMaster wrote the song.

[gargoyle666]

@gcoudert Is Nick any relation to Guy Garvey of Elbow?

[RetroCool73]

@gcoudert Bram might have left by now, due to the fact that McMaster & Garvey were full band members and he wasn't - drummer quit shortly afterwards. Shame, as when you see the original 4-piece having a laugh on Top Of The Pops you see they could have gone on to more success instead of throwing it all away

[123restartkill]

i'm only 17 ... tune is great , love it ...too bad i didnt exist at this time :(

cool song

[wingangel78]

@123restartkill Yes i understand you! Today that does not exist anymore, i was 11 at the time, i remember perfectly this song i Loved it and i still love it ! i'm so glad i was born in 1968 and have lived all this...

[123restartkill]

@wingangel78 finally someone that can understand me :) too bad there is not time machine

[shnir]

@123restartkill your wrong you know .. im actually building a time machine in my shed .. room for 3 .. let you know when its ready

[123restartkill]

@shnir cant wait lolol

[bernard7667]

septembre 1978, verry good

[thatwilldonicely]

one of those one off mini masterpieces that emerges every now and again from the pop universe, a beautifully crafted work, symphonic in its own way

[Patsik]

01:11 watch the bass player move!

Rock n roll!!

[altosequannais]

What memories this song brings to my mind :)

[chris74hu]

used to listen this in the back of my dads car, just looking up at the sky and the buildings going by in an old miners village... great stuff..!!

[baughfell]

i've got this on 12" blue vinyl. played it to death at the time

[weenyone]

Sounds like the Stranglers with a French/Euro influence

[baggies5468]

@weenyone

Blasphemer!!!

Apologise to The mighty Stranglers now!

[reminiscent83]

This song makes me feel so sad ... 

[EnzoBernardes]

the intro is one thing of another world. so beatyfull

[MrBazzabee]

I do believe the guy's name is Nick Garvey.....on guitar !!!

[baldy1]

classic dicky bhoy

[mammfa]

My fave song ever, so many childhood memories for me. I was only a toddler when this came out but my sis was 18 and listened to the radio all the time. I remember listening to this with her. Happy days.... Thank you soooooooo much for posting this.

[Micksinger1]

Is that really british actor Martin Jarvis on guitar?

[82ndmoosey]

@Micksinger1 Sorry mate but...no

[Micksinger1]

Is that really british actor Martin Jarvis on guitar?

[Micksinger1]

Is that really british actor Martin Jarvis on guitar?

[MrBazzabee]

OoooooH !! To hear just one (TOP 10 )song in the last 15 years that was even 1/2 as good as this one !!! EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED FROM A POP SONG WAS EMBEDDED IN THIS RECORD !!!

[250Trojan]

This song kicks the ass of all the modern american r-n-b shit.

[crapple009]

@250Trojan As an American, I fully agree with you- all the way!

[hugobear1]

where's Bram?

[edwards21416]

piano solo sounds like madness anyone agree or is it just me?

[GRAHAM5020]

Love this song..another cracker from 1978

[bigkitten]

Ah! the Summer of '78. Magical! I'm fifty, by the way, so I'm older than all of yer!! I remember listening to it on a really old radio, during a summer thunderstorm. Every so often it would crackle like hell, due to the lightning. Funny, I can remember it as if it were yesterday....

[hugobear1]

@bigkitten I'm 46...reminds me of underage drinking, watching great pub rock bands in dives. 49p a pint, same price as as a single.

[bigkitten]

@hugobear1 Yes, everything's so much 'better' now, isn't it? Frankly, no. If I could go back, I think I would.

[hugobear1]

@bigkitten I almost agree. Motorbikes are much better now though.

[bigkitten]

@hugobear1 Oh, yeah...remember the 'japanese tyre' horror stories? Mind you, in the dry, even with skinny tyres, I could touch down my XS250 at every turn.

[hugobear1]

@bigkitten XS 250!!! awesome .. I had an FS1E followed by a Cagiva SST 250.

[bigkitten]

@hugobear1 FS1E...worth a fortune now. The cagiva was once badged as Harley Davidson, you know.2 stroke power (yay) drum brakes (urgh). I had a Puch VZ50 , and used to lust after a fizzy.

[SuperrrDuperrrr]

I'm 16 (everyone seems to be saying their age) and I love this song. amazing lyrics and one of the best songs I've ever heard.

[cujo9]

fucking amazing track

pure fucking class son !

[RetroGirl1974]

I was 5 or 6 when this was out - it actually doesn't remind me of anything in particular but I blub like a kid when I hear it!! My dad moved out when I was 8 so I guess it's possibly one of very few locked away memories I have of my parents being together and us living as a family! Honestly 35 and it reduced me to tears still!! It's so weird...

[CedrictheDragon]

@RetroGirl1974

[MrTimm4]

great memories

[ornalea]

and i'm 41+ and i will allways be so proud to remember what a hell of a girl i was

and how i did not qwit (lol) listening from morning 2 the next after it to all this stuf

lol

my lover is so younger then me so now i'm fucking rocking with trance lol

so music is god of love dudes

[komodoman]

Ah, from the classic 'Szene' series of music shows with Thomas Gottschalk hosting, wish it'd be repeated.

[missmarypickford]

whatever happened to Nick Garvey???

[1starryeyedkid]

still love it all these years later

[micmher]

What a song! So many good memories! Great!!!

[musoshi]

I love the motors... love them.

And Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Joe Jackson...

All the classics.

Sadly at 20 years old, I dont know anyone else who likes these songs, its really sickening.

Pure Gold is in these tracks and as far as I've seen pretty much everyone is passing them up for rap and new rocks songs about sucking tequila out of hookers ass cracks.

It's truly sad.

[micmher]

I like this song so much! Thx

[diggz2001]

This looks as if it was on the "old grey whistle test"!

[aslakemil]

fun! Have the Lp, on red vinyl, dont play it a lot, maybe every 5 year, god song.

[pinkandjefflynne]

One of the best songs of the 70's. I was lucky to have this ringing in my ears Iin 78 and thanks to Youtube can go back then

[HuddsGiant]

Top British song!

[markyboythewolf]

I bought this when I was 8. Thought they were punks..........: )

Still love it!

[Roberto9722]

Same feeling here Nameeric,I think you're damn right! This song goes right through my soul....fantastic and painfull...

[sirtinycreep]

I remember when this first came out! I found it such a sad record!

[marcofct]

The singer looks like Marko Arnautovic! :P

[250Trojan]

Superb song. Just Brill!

[Monkeyhanger1000]

Does anyone know what TV show this is? And when it was filmed?

[landsberger64]

This must have been filmed just after Bram Tchaikovsky left for solo stardom and the States; pity they never did a reunion - perhaps it's better that way?

[windsorss]

"inspirated" - FFS...try "inspired".

That aside, great band. Check out Ducks Deluxe too.

[nameeric]

The song is inspirated by the feeling of lonelyness of a man when his absolute love goes away for ever.

eric

[ThraxUK]

The piano bit at 2'45"....wonder if Coldplay were 'inspired' by that :)

[testacorsa150]

shit you´re right - never thoght of that. Well spottet!!

[GijsBraam]

wow, thats quite the same ! ive listened to this song for a thousand times, but this is the first time ive heard that ! :P

[davesgcr]

great rythmn and great rythms -and good memories of the time it came out ! ....something very nostalgic and sweet about it .

[markyboythewolf]

Very much so dude!

[johnarmstrong1]

danced with my first love to this tune god was it really that long ago

[guffley]

classic

[Nonohippyes]

Vive airport !

[ramommeke]

i'm only 28 years old...... but this song kicks ass! listnen to the great way of using instruments. fantastic lyrics.... GOTTA LOVE IT. added to my favs, (I'm Dutch, so thanks for adding lyrics. some were difficult to understand before)

[Byggavdelningen]

......only.......

[MrWineDrinker]

It's a great tune. I'm only 31 and i love it too. The rest of the album is crap though, this is the best tune they ever did IMO.

[hyperwhizzkid]

They sound like one of those bands that only ever came up with one classic big hit.

They seem to be missing their second guitarist on this performance though?

[theonlyantony]

@MrWineDrinker 'Only 31' he he he ! So 30 is the new 15! Great ! Yeah I'd agree, it's one of those little nuggets; the rest of the album is not so hot.

[BluebirdintheSky]

@theonlyantony Well, it is only 31 or whatever if referring to something from before you were even born. Besides, is 31 the age of Methusellah? Hardly.

Perhaps if we didn't live in a country where young relationships and parentage are not just increasingly common but now inexplicably being encouraged by political bodies, we may have the more realistic perspective on age that they have in northern and southern mainland Europe where you'd be laughed at for suggesting 31 was not young.

[EnzoBernardes]

@ramommeke, im only 11, but this song kick ass! kkk

[JesseReith1]

@ramommeke Hey, I'm dutch too! these times (the 70's and 80's) were so awesome. Just pitty I'm only 16.. ;-(

[gracemaddy]

I have taken so much stick for loving this but....its a pure pop song and every genre has its classics.

Beautiful.

[xsamitt]

Don't feel too bad......Some have been beaten for liking this song.Seems your quite all right.

File this under dry humor.

[crapple009]

Dig Garvey's moves!

[PascalObistro]

Memories of my young time are coming back.

Thanks for this posting

Added to my favs

[jmlbox]

Where on earth did you dig this from!! .. never seen this one before... what program was it from!... (of course I do know the song and I have seen all the other videos of it)

[boysven36]

My favourite song of all time... enough said I think?

[Hedgeweed]

Good taste! We thought The Motors were punks, and then mistook this for ELO. :-) A fantastic song.

[ChasBeauregarde]

Agree with everything you said I thought it was ELO when I first heard it too. This came out when punk was already popular and new wave was just on the horizon a great time to be 21