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Title: Train songs
Post by: grislyatoms on September 03, 2012, 03:32:28 AM
Blackfoot - Train, train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs

Saxon - Princess of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L8RrphXRg
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Post by: Perd Hapley on September 03, 2012, 10:06:04 AM
Flatt & Scruggs - Orange Blossom Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCBdiutb-50

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xSt7iganA
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Post by: Hutch on September 03, 2012, 11:17:14 AM
No YouTube link, but try the Eagles' version of Midnight Flyer.  Absolutely wonderful.
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Post by: MrsSmith on September 03, 2012, 12:41:49 PM
Was trying to remember the name of the blues tune playing in my head about trains, so did a quick search. Well hell, this isn't going to help. Apparently there are dozens and dozens of train songs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train_songs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train_songs)
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Post by: Doggy Daddy on September 03, 2012, 02:08:34 PM
Tons of Steel

Grateful Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVz5OKZsH4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVz5OKZsH4)
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Post by: Sergeant Bob on September 03, 2012, 06:10:05 PM
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWubhw8SoBE)

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Post by: Ben on September 03, 2012, 06:36:28 PM
John Hammond, 2:19

Ray Wylie Hubbard, Last Train to Amsterdam
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Post by: Tuco on September 03, 2012, 07:37:02 PM
Wreck of the old 97 - The Skillet Likkers
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Post by: TMM on September 03, 2012, 07:42:10 PM
"down there by the train" - Tom waits, johnny cash

"2:19" - Tom waits

"train song" - Tom Waits
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Post by: 280plus on September 03, 2012, 08:06:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtW4tn38qMs

Yee haaaaaaawwwwww!!
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Post by: 280plus on September 03, 2012, 08:12:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HM0RtRv-E
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Post by: zxcvbob on September 03, 2012, 08:36:57 PM
"The Dash of Old 49" -The Smothers Brothers
"Movin' On" - Hank Snow
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Post by: Viking on September 04, 2012, 09:34:00 AM
Social Distortion - Drug Train
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Post by: SADShooter on September 04, 2012, 10:48:30 AM
Procol Harum - Whiskey Train
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Post by: Angel Eyes on September 04, 2012, 01:38:05 PM
Neil Young - Southern Pacific

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBG6Yi_q8Lw
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Post by: Hawkmoon on September 04, 2012, 01:49:31 PM
There is only one train song: Midnight Special

All I could find is a version by Creedence Clearwater. Nowhere near as good as the Johnny Rivers version I grew up to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00eJSQimIk
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Post by: Angel Eyes on September 04, 2012, 01:56:07 PM
Also by CCR: Cross-Tie Walker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2z3DCtVSy4
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Post by: 280plus on September 04, 2012, 03:03:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-a8zh0m9c
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Post by: Lee on September 04, 2012, 04:32:32 PM
City of New Orleans- Arlo Guthrie
Used to see it nearly every day.
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Post by: Perd Hapley on September 05, 2012, 01:22:37 AM
Sumpin' a little more modern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHM2Qkt32o

And something first published in 1890 and still a Bluegrass standard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJhEG1U0HY&feature=related
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Post by: 280plus on September 05, 2012, 06:50:10 AM
Same tune cooler vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wck03Y72340&feature=related
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Post by: HankB on September 05, 2012, 07:45:41 AM
Candian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzo6Otpgj-E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzo6Otpgj-E)
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Post by: Angel Eyes on September 05, 2012, 06:01:43 PM
"I Like Trains" by Fred Eaglesmith:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk3QyiOzXx8
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Post by: geronimotwo on September 05, 2012, 06:10:44 PM
tuesday's gone     lynyrd skynayrd

my baby thinks he's a train      roseane cash

orange blossom special

chattanooga choo choo  glenn miller
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Post by: Bigjake on September 05, 2012, 07:40:59 PM
http://youtu.be/SvsAqkOhI48
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Post by: grislyatoms on September 05, 2012, 08:06:32 PM
Thanks for the Arlo Guthrie "City of New Orleans". I had completely forgotten that one.

And the Lightfoot trilogy made me think of another by Gordo. "The Watchman's Gone"
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Post by: Tuco on September 05, 2012, 09:18:19 PM
Silver Meteor
Casey Kelly
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Post by: Perd Hapley on September 05, 2012, 09:57:59 PM
orange blossom special


Already nailed that one, natch.


And now, for a train song that's completely different:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQlOml6vvA#t=0m3s
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Post by: Bob F. on September 05, 2012, 10:28:32 PM
When I saw the hread title "City of New Orleans" was the first thing that popped into my mind. Many of the others I've never even heard of. I've led a sheltered life...........
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Post by: Perd Hapley on September 05, 2012, 10:33:14 PM
I usually think of the Seldom Scene's rendition of "City of New Orleans." Hard to imagine anyone does it better. Sadly, I don't have it on hand, and it doesn't seem to be on Youtube.
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Post by: Scout26 on September 05, 2012, 11:01:03 PM
Already nailed that one, natch.


And now, for a train song that's completely different:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQlOml6vvA#t=0m3s

Is that the Wicked Witch of the West singing with the conductor at around the 2 minute mark?
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Post by: Angel Eyes on September 05, 2012, 11:20:42 PM
The Monkey and the Engineer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhXrRv_zsPM

People Get Ready (train as metaphor):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXmaSCt4ZE
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Post by: Perd Hapley on September 05, 2012, 11:39:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubH5BDOaD8
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Post by: charby on September 05, 2012, 11:44:18 PM
Night Train- Guns and Roses

Runaway Train- Soul Asylum

Marrakesh Express-Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Post by: Perd Hapley on October 20, 2012, 12:16:54 AM
It seems "City of New Orleans" was actually written by Steve Goodman, not Guthrie.
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Post by: Gewehr98 on October 20, 2012, 12:22:13 AM
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart

http://youtu.be/q6yk9wWNB08
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Post by: ArfinGreebly on October 20, 2012, 01:04:11 AM

There's a line in Arlo's song that he "borrowed" from an older piece, "passengers will please refrain."

Yup, Passengers Will Please Refrain is a song its own self.

My grandmother used to sing this to us:

Quote
Passengers will please refrain
From flushing toilets while the train
Is standing in the station. I love you.
We encourage constipation
While the train is in the station.
Moonlight always makes me think of you.

 If you simply have to go
When other people are too slow,
There is only one thing you can do.
You'll just have to take a chance,
Be brave, and do it in your pants,
But I'll forgive you, darling. I love you.

 Every evening after dark
 We goose the statues in the park;
 If Sherman's horse can stand it, so can you.
 Washington was very firm
 And Lincoln didn't even squirm.
 Darling, that's why I'm in love with you,

 Mabel, Mabel, strong and able,
 Get your big ass off the table.
 Don't you know the quarter is for beer?
 You can always earn your pay,
 But make your tips another way,
 And I'll forgive you, darling. I love you.

And, while this will give you the tune, he sings slightly different lyrics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmTTlj-pwI):
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Post by: Tuco on October 20, 2012, 01:11:39 AM
It seems "City of New Orleans" was actually written by Steve Goodman, not Guthrie.

Yes, it is correct.  City of New Orleans (S. Goodman) has been covered by Willie Nelson, Arlo Guthrie, John Cash, Judy Collins, and many others.
Steve Goodman also wrote the perfect country and western song, also with a train in it, and equal parts of truck, prison, rain, momma, and getting drunk.

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Post by: Tuco on October 20, 2012, 01:18:54 AM
Oh, and another thing....

Railroad Lady (Jerry Jeff Walker) as performed by J. Buffet on "White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean",
recorded by JJW, Merle Haggard and others, although it's more about the lady than the train.
Quote
Once a Pullman car traveler, now the brakemen won't have her,
She's riding just trying to get home again.
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Post by: Tuco on October 20, 2012, 01:29:53 AM
and now for something completely different...

Little Eva (Goffin-King)- The Locomotion

(the Grand Funk version  is superior in all respects, but not as strong a counterpoint to the overall thread direction)
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Post by: Perd Hapley on October 20, 2012, 01:37:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubH5BDOaD8

I have neglected to chide you all for failing to appreciate my hilarious post. It's a train song, get it? Rocky is train-ing.  :rofl:

Trust me, it's funny.
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Post by: gunsmith on October 20, 2012, 02:01:45 AM
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart

http://youtu.be/q6yk9wWNB08

Well, Tom Waits really, at least he wrote the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhW76LAnTY

"Don't forget the subway trains" Aint Wasting Time No More -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpAG_He3mI4
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Post by: Tuco on October 20, 2012, 10:39:07 AM
Well, Tom Waits really, at least he wrote the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhW76LAnTY

"Don't forget the subway trains" Aint Wasting Time No More -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpAG_He3mI4


You know how when you were a kid and you heard a really cool song and you'd get a chill and the hair on your neck would stand up?
That song still does that to me, and I didn't even need to click the link.
Even a little tear.
Ain't Waistin Time.
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Post by: Stetson on October 20, 2012, 12:00:52 PM
Long Black Train - Josh Turner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c
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Post by: MrsSmith on October 20, 2012, 04:32:39 PM
Gunsmith ought to remember this one. Apologies if someone beat me to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc)

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Post by: wuluf on October 20, 2012, 07:40:04 PM
Well I was drunk the day my ma got out of prison....
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Post by: gunsmith on October 20, 2012, 09:20:49 PM
Gunsmith ought to remember this one. Apologies if someone beat me to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc)



Somehow missed the L&R even though I was in the right place at the right time, I remember hearing about them and being told that I oughta be going to their shows... great sound.
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Post by: Frank Castle on October 20, 2012, 09:28:20 PM
Cowboy Troy's, I Play Chicken With The Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPK9z59yUc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPK9z59yUc)
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Post by: Frank Castle on October 20, 2012, 10:25:36 PM
Ozzy Osbourne & Randi Rhodes, Crazy Train !  RIP Randi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aS3WKckqKM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aS3WKckqKM)
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Post by: zxcvbob on October 20, 2012, 10:28:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyV18MiuicI  (Train tracks in the lyrics.  And maybe a train is implied)
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Post by: geronimotwo on October 21, 2012, 02:09:00 PM
wabash cannonball  (pretty much everyone)  the video has some train eye candy as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiQ89_s67Q