Get your Motors runnin' - it's time to head out on the Namesakes highway.
We're lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way...
THE MOTORS #1
We start our engines today with the Motors you all know and love - the London pub rock group formed in 1977 by Ducks Deluxe members Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster together with guitarist Rob Hendry and drummer Ricky Slaughter. Hendry would later be replaced by the excellent Peter Bramall, aka Bram Tchaikovsky. They broke up in 1980 after their third album, but their place in history is secure thanks to this Top 10 smash from 1978...
Probably best not to bump into Luke Haines at an airport. Not if he's got his terrorist mates with him...
I met a man, he was a trader And he did a cargo at 10,000 Over Jordan It's not for Gods love It's not for cocaine When you've decided - Meet me at the airport
Something about him breaking into an airport on his bike and getting caught on the runway in the lights of an oncoming plane... don't ask me. It's got a nice beat and you could dad-dance to it.
Gordon gets stuck on the runway awaiting take-off. Now there's a metaphor for you!
This old airport's got me down It's no earthly good to me And I'm stuck here on the ground As cold and drunk as I can be You can't jump a jet plane Like you can a freight train So I best be on my way In the early mornin' rain
As I've said many times before: if you're going to write a one-hit wonder... make it a belter!
And it would / should have been Number One... if not for this...
1. John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Of course, the tragic irony of this song is unbearable... but if you can get past John Denver's untimely demise, this is surely one of the greatest sad pop songs ever written. A hit for Peter, Paul & Mary... though their version sounds really odd if you're more familiar with Denver's (as I am).
