Flyin’ High…

…for a price. American Airlines announced today that they will start charging fifteen dollars for your first checked bag. This is one way they are combating rising fuel costs. (Another way is by cutting jobs.) So, in honor of the airline I have flown on the last two times I was airborne, here is one “fly” playlist

10. Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch-I’ll Fly Away. “Some bright morning when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away.” (Make sure you bring 15 bucks if you’re flying American.)

9. Modest Mouse-Fly Trapped in a Jar. ” Well two feet above each of our heads was a fly trapped in a jar.”

8. Frank Sinatra-Come Fly With Me. “Come fly with me; let’s fly, let’s fly away.”

7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Learning to Fly. “I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings.”

6. Steve Miller Band-Fly Like an Eagle. “Gonna fly like an eagle, to the sea.”

5. (tie) The Big Tymers-Still Fly. ” Gator Boots, with the pimped out Gucci suit, Ain’t got no job, but I stay sharp, Can’t pay my rent, cause all my money’s spent, but thats ok, cause I’m still fly.”

5. (tie) Three 6 Mafia-Stay Fly. “Gotta stay fly-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y, ’til I die-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie.”

4. DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford-Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Theme). Instrumental.

3. Anita O’Day-Fly Me To the Moon. “Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars. Let me know what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars. In other words, hold my hand. In other words, darling kiss me.”

2. The Offspring-Pretty Fly for a White Guy. “Give it to me, baby. Give it to me, baby. Give it to me, baby. And the girlies say I’m pretty fly for a white guy.”

1. Nat King Cole-Straighten Up and Fly Right. ” Straighten up and fly right. Cool down, papa, don’t you blow your top.”

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