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"The World I Know" - Collective Soul

Edited to add: That was just off the top of my head. I'm sure between now and the morning, I'll come up with about a dozen more, equally valid. B|
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What song and by whom do you relate to that best describes your feelings from your 1st Skydive.

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"The Oh of Pleasure", by Ray Lynch.

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"Jump" by Van Halen came on the radio as we we're pulling into the parking lot of the dz.We sat in the car til it was over then signed up for a static line on round military type gear back in '87.
But the best songs would be "Kick Start My Heart" or "Welcome to the Jungle" yes there are many other good ones.


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One song always makes me think of skydiving: "Crazy" by Seal...because of this line (which I have always thought of as the perfect rebuttal for whuffos who think I'm nuts):
"In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?"

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OK these song titles from the 80s do more then the songs themselves.

Airwaves, Thomas Dolby
All or Nothing, Milli Vanilli
Crazy, IceHouse
Dear God, XTC
Desire, Gene Loves Gezebel
Destination Unknown, Missing Persons
Every Breath You Take, The Police
Eye In the Sky, Alan Parsons Project
Feels Like Heaven, Fiction Factory
The Final Countdown, Europe
Greatest love of all, Whitney Houston
How can I fall, Breathe
I Want To Break Free, Queen
In The Air Tonight, Phil Collins
Joyride, Roxette
Jump, Van Halen
Jump (for my love), Pointer Sisters
Just Can't Get Enough, Depeche Mode
Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Just Like Paradise, David Lee Roth
Just what I needed, The Cars
Keeping the faith, Billy Joel
Keep me hangin' on, Kim Wilde
Let me go, Heaven 17
Let's Go, The Cars
Let's go all the way, Sly Fox
Let My Love Open the Door, Pete Townsend
Make me lose control, Eric Carmen
Matter of Trust, Billy Joel
Method of modern love, Daryl Hall & John Oates
Modern Love, David Bowie
Mystify, INXS
Natural Love, Sheena Easton
Never Surrender, Corey Hart
Neverending Story, Limahl
New Sensation, INXS
Next time I fall, Peter Cetera (feat. Amy Grant)
Nothin' but a good time, Poison
Once in a lifetime, Talking Heads
Only a memory, The Smithereens
Only in my dreams, Debbie Gibson
Only loves know why, Peter Cetera
Overjoyed, Stevie Wonder
Passion Planet, Thompson Twins
Point of no return, Expose
Power and the Passion, Midnight Oil
The Power of Love, Huey Lewis and the News
The Power of Love, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Power of Love, Laura Branigan
The Promise, When in Rome
Real Love, Doobie Brothers
Real Love, Jody Watley
Relax, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Room to move, Animotion
Safety Dance, Men Without Hats
Save a Prayer, Duran Duran
Self Control, Laura Branigan
Send Me An Angel, Real Life
Shock the monkey, Peter Gabriel for all the monkeys on DZ.com
So Alive, Love and Rockets
So Far So Good, Sheena Easton
Something happened on the way to heaven, Phil Collins
Something so strong, Crowded House
Something to Believe in, Poison
Somewhere out there, Linda Ronstadt
Sweet Dreams (are made of this), Eurythmics
Tempted, Squeeze
The Way you make me feel, Michael Jackson
There Must be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), Eurythmics
These Dreams, Heart
Thriller, Michael Jackson
True Faith, New Order
Under the milkyway, The Church
Wake me up before you go-go, WHAM!
Walk of Life, Dire Straits
Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
We Belong, Pat Benatar
What a Feeling, Irene Cara
Wild Thing, Tone Loc
Wind beneath my wings, Bette Midler
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), Dead Or Alive
Your Love, The Outfield
Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies!

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"The World I Know" - Collective Soul

Edited to add: That was just off the top of my head. I'm sure between now and the morning, I'll come up with about a dozen more, equally valid. B|



I don't know if it applies to my first skydive -- that was long ago and far away -- but that song you mentioned is GREAT.

It's too bad Collective Soul lost that guitarist (forgot his name). They made music with a sound no one else had.

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Quite a few I know

Magic Carpet Ride - Steppin Wolf
Born to be Wild - Steppin Wolf
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
Sail Away - STIX

Quite a few more
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realy don't know what song would best describe my first skydive... i fell 12 feet then lew my parachute arond for a few minutes... my first solo though, well i'd have to say it is: end of the world by r.e.m. cuz ya know....."it's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine".......

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One song always makes me think of skydiving: "Crazy" by Seal...because of this line (which I have always thought of as the perfect rebuttal for whuffos who think I'm nuts):
"In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?"

FallRate



That song works for me. This thread, to me, is more about what songs apply to skydiving now for me, not when I did my first jump. I wasn't thinking of music then, and I didn't get video of that jump so there was no song associated. When I did AFF I back in '91, after the jump we got into the car and Van Halen's "Jump" was on.

Lenny Kravitz' "Fly Away" is a great song for skydiving. Lately the video guys at SoBe have been using some U2 song that is GREAT, I mean REALLY GREAT for skydiving videos. I have to get the CD it's on, if just for that song.

I posted a thread about a local Florida band called Boxelder. They have a great song called, simply, "Fly." I am trying to recall the opening lyrics but can't get 'em right. One line says something about

"Peering off that ledge inside your mind...
stepping off to Fly...!"

www.boxelder.com Amazing band, excellent live shows, excellent CDs available here. Check out their site! :)
---Jeffrey
-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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Hoobastank, "Out Of Control" :P

Ok, not really. My first jump was static line, so I need a song that's about 2 seconds long.

I do think "Out Of Control" would be a fantastic soundtrack for a student carnage compilation video (hint hint ;))

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Lately the video guys at SoBe have been using some U2 song that is GREAT, I mean REALLY GREAT for skydiving videos



Was the song Beautiful Day?
That is what they used on my first jump video for the intro and ride to altitude.

Oddly, I was on a "Phantom of the Oprea" kick at the time of my first jump. I was listening to it on my way to the DZ.. so I will always associate The Phantom of the Opera with my First Skydive.

They used Creed's Higher for the free fall part of my video.
That was very fitting since I often use the lines:
Up high, I feel like I'm alive for the very first time. Set up high I'm strong enough to take these dreams and make them mine as my email tag line.

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Lately the video guys at SoBe have been using some U2 song that is GREAT, I mean REALLY GREAT for skydiving videos



Was the song Beautiful Day?
That is what they used on my first jump video for the intro and ride to altitude.



Nope, it has a chorus that goes, "I feel like I could fly / so high, elevate my soul..."

I love it.
---Jeffrey
-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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what about the old House music song "Jump M-Fker JUmp!
and "Aint Afraid of Fallin' but I hate hittin' the ground" By the Badlees
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