Clear Channel Memo Songs: Jet Airliner
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86866)
United States
August 11, 2023 9:42am CST
While waiting for a contractor to show up and give me an estimate I’ll give you another song that I love that showed up on the infamous Clear Channel Memorandum after 9/11. Some of these I (sort of) understand, and others were “Oh, just because of the song’s title” choices…I guess. Here’s today’s song.
Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
Yeah, all the planes were grounded for a week. Planes were the weapon. But planes weren’t the cause. Radicalism was the cause.
Still, plane songs (Peter, Paul, and Mary’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane” was also on the list) were frowned upon.
Now, I realize that we have this “cupcake” mentality (and, as I showed with songs that were banned back in the 30s and 40s in last month’s countdown, it’s nothing new), but I give people a little more credit than that.
Or maybe I’m the one who needs their head examined.
Jet Airliner
Written by Paul Peña
Recorded by the Steve Miller Band
From Book of Dreams, 1977
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
11 Aug 23
Let’s see….
Your favorite country singer: Roger Miller
Favorite big band leader: Glenn Miller
Favorite dancer: Ann Miller
Favorite playwright: Arthur Miller
Favorite TV talk show host: Johnny Carson! 
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@Tampa_girl7 (54736)
• United States
11 Aug 23
They broke the mold with this one. 
I hope the estimate is reasonable.
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
11 Aug 23
I had a threshold price and they were under it, so I ordered it.
Yep, the song is a good’n.
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@wolfgirl569 (135966)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 23
Love that one. It does make a little more sense than some have
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
12 Aug 23
In this list, the fact that it does “make a little sense” is a rarity.
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@RasmaSandra (98106)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Aug 23
I don't know this one but always enjoyed Leaving on a Jet Plane,
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@NJChicaa (127173)
• United States
11 Aug 23
Yup. Back in high school or maybe shortly thereafter I was working at the Gap and liked to do stock--unpack the boxes, get everything out of the plastic, get it folded or onto hangers, etc. A classmate of mine and I would work together and listen to the greatest hits CD of Steve Miller Band. We had so much fun. I can still see her face but I can't remember her name.
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
11 Aug 23
Oh, you got the edited version of that (and “Fly Like an Eagle” and “The Joker”) on that greatest hits album. 
(Don’t ask how I know that….
)
Now…off to the pool with you! 
(Don’t ask how I know that….)
Now…off to the pool with you! 1 person likes this
@NJChicaa (127173)
• United States
11 Aug 23
@FourWalls I want to go there but I'm waiting on Whiskey and the cleaning lady just got here. I don't mind leaving her alone here but my neighbor will expect me to hang with Whiskey for awhile before putting him back to go to the pool.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
12 Aug 23
Don't know this one. I didn't think they were ever going to start singing!!! Have a great day.
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
12 Aug 23
The edited version takes the four-hour guitar intro out. (Along with the dirty word.)
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@FourWalls (86866)
• United States
11 Aug 23
Well, good morning to you! And yes, this is much better than a rooster crowing.
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