Unoriginal Soundtracks #47: Combat Flight Simulator

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Microsoft's Flight Simulator was inexplicably popular with me and my PC-gaming friends in the nineties. Its Combat Flight Simulator spin-off made much more sense for me and my ten-year-old friends to be playing, though, and it makes more sense as a topic for Unoriginal Soundtracks. This episode features, unsurprisingly, a lot of British rock and punk, and no German music.

Track list

(Hit the links to download from Amazon)
Bomber -- Girlschool
The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand -- Thee Headcoats
Fighter Pilot -- The Vibrators
I Have Decided To Join The Air Force -- Bee Gees
Learning To Fly -- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Spitfire -- Public Service Broadcasting
Aces High -- Children Of Bodom
Runway -- Alice Rock

(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)

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