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Re: Train songs
« Reply #25 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2012, 09:18:19 PM »
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2012, 09:57:59 PM »
Quote from: geronimotwo on September 05, 2012, 06:10:44 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #28 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #29 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2012, 11:01:03 PM »
Quote from: fistful on September 05, 2012, 09:57:59 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #31 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2012, 11:39:42 PM »
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #33 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #34 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #35 on: October 20, 2012, 12:22:13 AM »
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart

http://youtu.be/q6yk9wWNB08
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #36 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:

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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:
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2012, 01:11:39 AM »
Quote from: fistful on October 20, 2012, 12:16:54 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #38 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.
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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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #39 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #40 on: October 20, 2012, 01:37:47 AM »
Quote from: fistful on September 05, 2012, 11:39:42 PM
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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #41 on: October 20, 2012, 02:01:45 AM »
Quote from: Gewehr98 on October 20, 2012, 12:22:13 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #42 on: October 20, 2012, 10:39:07 AM »
Quote from: gunsmith on October 20, 2012, 02:01:45 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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #43 on: October 20, 2012, 12:00:52 PM »
Long Black Train - Josh Turner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #44 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

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Re: Train songs
« Reply #45 on: October 20, 2012, 07:40:04 PM »
Well I was drunk the day my ma got out of prison....
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #46 on: October 20, 2012, 09:20:49 PM »
Quote from: 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



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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Re: Train songs
« Reply #47 on: October 20, 2012, 09:28:20 PM »
Cowboy Troy's, I Play Chicken With The Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPK9z59yUc
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #48 on: October 20, 2012, 10:25:36 PM »
Ozzy Osbourne & Randi Rhodes, Crazy Train !  RIP Randi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aS3WKckqKM
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Re: Train songs
« Reply #49 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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