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<p>Jdavis103: title text</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2811<br /> | date = August 4, 2023<br /> | title = Free Fallin'<br /> | image = free_fallin_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 546x376px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a Vampire on Ventura Boulevard - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the [[wikipedia:National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a [[wikipedia:Flight data recorder|flight data recorder]]. In this instance, the song used is [[wikipedia:Free Fallin'|''Free Fallin''']] by [[wikipedia:Tom Petty|Tom Petty]]. The NTSB issues reports on incidents involving airplanes. In this comic, the lyrics of the song are used to describe the actions of the incident aircraft over northern Los Angeles County, California.<br /> <br /> The title text refers to the song &quot;Crash Into Me&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! Map item !! Lyric<br /> |-<br /> | Tom Petty home || And it's a long day livin' in Reseda<br /> |-<br /> | vampires || And all the vampires walkin' through the valley&lt;br&gt;Move west down Ventura Boulevard<br /> |-<br /> | boys (bad) || And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows<br /> |-<br /> | girls (good) (sad) || And the good girls are home with broken hearts<br /> |-<br /> | glide phase || I wanna glide down over Mulholland<br /> |-<br /> | skywriting incident || I wanna write her name in the sky<br /> |-<br /> | ? || I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'&lt;br&gt;Gonna leave this world for awhile&lt;br&gt;I'm free fallin'<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> [Map of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley San Fernando Valley, CA], with dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line:]<br /> <br /> * Tom Petty home (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseda,_Los_Angeles Reseda])<br /> * flight path (the dotted line)<br /> * vampires (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_Boulevard Ventura Boulevard], with an arrow pointing west)<br /> * boys (bad)<br /> * girls (good) (sad)<br /> * glide phase (over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive Mullholland Drive])<br /> * skywriting incident (loops in flight path)<br /> *? (at end of flight path, near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California Burbank])<br /> <br /> [In the top left of the map, the logo of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board National Transportation Safety Board] (NTSB)]<br /> <br /> Caption below map: Due to an obscure law, if you download a song onto a flight data recorder and send it to the NTSB, they have to do a report on it.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Jdavis103 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2811:_Free_Fallin%27&diff=320270 2023-08-04T20:53:05Z

<p>Jdavis103: tooltip explanation</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> Is it just me, or does the caption cast a shadow?<br /> <br /> The DMB song referenced in the tooltip is &quot;Crash Into Me&quot; [[User:Jdavis103|Jdavis103]] ([[User talk:Jdavis103|talk]]) 20:53, 4 August 2023 (UTC)</div>

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