Thomas Dolby The Wreck of the Fairchild

From his 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless

Lyrics:

Spanish:
WZ: Whiskey Zulu a torre, aparato en dificultades, pido permiso inmediato de aterrizaje, cambio.
WZ: Whiskey Zulu a torre, tratando de nivelar, imposible visibilidad, motor no responde, cambio!
WZ: Llamando a base, repito 15 minutos de combustible, inminente, inminente.
Tower: Base a whiskey zulu, permiso denegado, Permiso denegado, cambio y fuera...
WZ: Motor no funciona, Motor no funciona, motor 1 bajado, por favor...
Tower: Base a Whiskey Zulu, hay un aeropuerto militar, permiso denegado
WZ: Tren demasiado bajo, no creo que lo podamos soportar, no creo que lo podamos
soportar Tower: Control a Whiskey Zulu, calma, calma
WZ: Whiskey Zulu a torre ....$&%/...gk&$/&ls...radar no funciona
Repito uno, dos, tres... meg.. uno dos tres Fm megahertz, megahertz
- some fruits are sweet and some are poison -
en el nombre del padre, y del hijo y del espíritu santo, Amén...
English:
WZ: "Whiskey Zulu to Tower, aircraft in difficulty, request immediate permission to land, over!"
WZ: "Whiskey Zulu to Tower, trying to level up, zero visibility, engine not responding, over!"
WZ: "Calling Base, repeat, 15 minutes of fuel remaining, emergency, emergency!"
Tower: "Base Control to Whiskey Zulu, permission denied, permission denied, over and out."
WZ: "Engine failure, Engine failure, engine one down, please..."
Tower: "Base Control to Whiskey Zulu, the military airport... permission denied"
WZ: "Undercarriage (not altitude?!) too low, I don't think we can make it, I don't think we can make it!!"
Tower: "Control to Whiskey Zulu, slow down, slow down"
WZ: "Whiskey Zulu to Tower...$&%/...gk&$/&ls... radar not working"
Tower: "I repeat., one, two, three... meg.. 123 FM MegaHertz, MegaHertz"
Some fruit are sweet, and some are poison.
In the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit...'

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Thomas
• Dolby
• The
• Wreck
• of
• the
• Fairchild
• Golden
• Age
• Wireless

[weatherboxmike]

I've got the 7" of Airwaves and this is the B-Side where did u get such a prestine recording of it?

[rkt739]

I think it should be flightpath, not undercarriage or altitude.

[dbx42dot1]

some fruit are sweet and some are poison, again...

[Savolax666]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! My copy of "The Golden Age" is the 1983 'Venice in Peril' release, so - and much to my shame - I've never heard this one before. And do I like it? I do, do I?