Loudon Wainwright III Unfriendly Skies

Loudon really hands it to the baggage handler who damaged his Martin guitar at the Durango Airport in one of his funniest songs. The title probably comes from an old advertising line "Fly the friendly skies of United." Madison Square Park New York City 6/17/09.

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[HondoMcLure]

boo hoo. fuck you. gate check it. or better yet just kill your self. unwind the E string (doesn't matter which one). wrap it around your neck. then wrap the other end around a bar. start the process known as auto-erotic asphyxiation.

[clairedelune49]

That was unfriendly enough!

[UnitedBreaksGuitars]

Hello Peter, No need to berate Dave for his work and unexpected success, we are all in the same boat when it comes to newage airbuses and customer disservice. I bet Mr. Wainright is smirking a bit more thanks to Dave. Excellent song, but not appropriate for Miss Manners. Definitely a favorite for me :)

[homelessbrother]

Utterly fabulous and totally 'loudonesque'.

There is no one who has the genius of Loudon, who can create such a humourous song out of what was likely a very angry situation. Great song Loudon, and thanks to the good person who braved sitting on a hard lawn on a cold June evening (no chairs allowed) to capture this performance for YouTube.

[Johngalt43]

According to a recent news article, Delta breaks guitars too. In the most recent case, they got a 1965 Gibson ES-335. Yes, cringe. But I sure hope the owner writes a song.

[twosheds1313]

Oh! Loudon......Didn't you used to have a 'Red Guitar' too. Whatever happened to that?

[julie taron]

I hope Angie's as famous as the Michael Kenyon now! Thanks for the bright spots, FZ and LWIII!

[TheJohnnyBE]

Great song by a great songwriter.



[PattieLNoah]

This just happened to me 2 days ago. Continental smashed my brand new Taylor. They refuse to take responsibility and didn't even apologise...

[adrock1011]

Amen

[70s80s]

Glad to hear your guitar's okay. You still are in great voice after all these years! :D

[Gabe Shedd]

Just saw Loudon on Tuesday at the Largo in LA... loved his performance of this song. It's kind of hard to not love everything he does.