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Steve Earle - Train A Comin

Although Paul Simon was played tonight, it's not often we get the chance to hear the utterly brilliant:

Train In The Distance - Paul Simon - a masterclass in minimalist story telling, leaving out just enough space for us to fill in the detail.


Train- Goldfrapp

Take the A Train - Duke Ellington

Long Train Runnin - Dooblie Brothers

Just Like This Train - Joni Mitchell

La Mer - Martin Taylor ( from the album Last Train To Hautville)

Born Slippy - Underworld form the album Trainspotting

Night Train - Rikki Lee Jones

And... a special plea... Jack Bruce's album 'Sogs For A Tailor' contains the opening number Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune which is based on a train moving along at speed, as you will instantly recognise when you play it... it plays out with the repeated lyric...' Good Time Train' which would have worked as an alternative title. Requested dozens of times but to no avail - the perfect theme tonight.It would be especially pleasing to hear this.

regardez youse

henri

Getting a few in early:
The Seekers Morningtown Ride
Johnny Cash Casey Jones
These two are nostalgia (train)trips. We used to sing them with the boys at bedtime when they were wee. Not along to these versions - manny had (and still has) various song books of songs little kiddies apparently would enjoy. Which they did. I have to say, I preferred our little amateur domestic efforts to either of these, but as we didn't think to record them (how short sighted of us), these aren't half bad.

Otherwise:
Simon and Garfunkel Homeward Bound
Flash and the Pan Waiting for a Train
The O'Jays Love Train
The Doobie Brothers Long Train Running


Better throw in another one for good (?) measure:
ELO Last Train To London

well its either got to be wednesday or thursday..............

'this is the night mail crossing the border'........wh auden but recorded by john grierson

a great recording.......but listeners should be alerted to go and make a cup of horlicks and gather round the wireless

cheers frae the dale

#3 Sorry, henri - type-time overlap with the Doobies! I second it +!!

But your list has given me another idea, too. A very underplayed top tune (or whateverthewhatever it should be called) from a while back:
Visage Night Train
;o)

David Bowie - Station to Station

Full train effects, great track.

#6 Brilliant, norrie! Love that one.

Mary D you just beat me to saying "Brilliant mary doll love that flash n the pan track"

Josh Ritter has lots of songs about trains. Even exclaiming in one:

"On a Saturday night in a town like this I forget all my songs about trains!"

Josh Ritter - Me and Jiggs

or

Josh Ritter - Harrisburg

What am i thinking of! What about these superb tracks:

Elvis - Mystery Train

Elton - This Train Dont Stope Here Anymore

Boss - Downbound Train

Waits - Downtown Train

Ryand Adams - Trains

Grand Drive - Last Train To Heaven

more trains than you could shake a points lever at...

#8 norrie - this could end up being a mutual appreciation society thing - yikes! We'll have the moodhoovers on the blog on the case soon. ;o)

Pushing my luck with this one - this is the sort of song that would probably have all those ABBA nay-sayers saying "I told you so". Nice lyrics, horrendously naff musical arrangement. Just a novelty request to remind us of some of their weaker efforts.
That Scandinavian Band Who Weren't Just Swedes Another Town, Another Train

Al, gonnae get yourself back here right now and second

Slow Train - Joe Bonamassa

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
The Day we Caught the train - Ocean Colour Scene
Last Train Home - Lostprophets

'Railroad' - Lee Hazlewood...this is fantastic (and less than 2 minutes long)

'Memphis Train' - Rufus Thomas (a classic...sound effects and everything)

'Mystery Train' - Elvis

'Fast Train' - Solomon Burke

Bobby womack was track of the night no question.

Wed
One way ticket to the blues / Eruption

Or how about the vastly overplayed very obvious but always absolutely brilliant
Midnight train to Georgia / Gladys Knight and her pips


Or
The train / frankie miller

And seconds for rufus thomas

Trains to Brazil - The Guillemots (for Adam)

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

DC

#11 moodhoovers!! ha ha ha! great expression!

of course if you wanted to stretch the premise a bit

Hey, Soul Sister - Train

After all the band is named after the theme :).

Some otherrs that are maybe a bit on theme.

First Train Home - Imogen Heap
Love Train - O'Jays (although I seem to recall we got that played in the disco theme night)
Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

#10 - Love the Elton song

#13 - Runaway Train...best song Tom petty never wrote

You Are My Love - Liverpool Express

City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie

Another one from our wean's weanhood.... again, inspired by another blogger's (JfE) requested song.
Vernon Dalhart The Runaway Train
As stated earlier - it sounded better within our wee four walls, I promise.
If they need any "jaunty" little fillers (let's hope not), they could do worse.

Boxcar Willie - Train Medley

AC/DC - Rubaway Train!

Lonesome Train - JJ Cale

#12

Aye, nae probs!

Rats! I posted under the wrong name again...

Once again Paolo gets 2 songs played, in between which we were teased with the prospect of a Warren Zevon track.

Pure liberty, by the way!


>8-D

Senga! gonnae get yourself back here and third Slow Train!

#18 I can't claim ownership of that expression, it was gifted to me on a training course. Everybody there knew what the trainer (see? on topic) was talking about. We all, no doubt, have experienced similar folk. Clever, smart, funny - but so desperate to call the shots on the mood in the room, they don't mind who's bubble they burst in the process. Aye, glad I got that off my bunion.
On that note, bubbles and bath. Toodles!

I am a Man of Constant Sorrow - Union Station

Love in Vain - Rolling Stones
Well, I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand..

'My Baby Thinks He's A Train' - Rosanne Cash

Henri, there's a Leisure Society one you could slip in for this theme...

Bath not yet ready - time to add an ;o) to the end of #30. Sounds like a rant otherwise. Not the intention. ;o) ;o) ;o)
!! Mwahh !!

A touching, magnificent song:

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Grand Central Station

in fact, have a song on me

SG: Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Elwe: Rocket - Def Leppard

WEDNESDAY


- Mary Gauthier ~ A sad wee song that sounds deceptively cheerful.

- Charlie Daniels Band ~ This'll have 'em dancin' roon the kitchen!

- Jethro Tull ~ This is long overdue! ;o)

#18

Sooooooooook

there you go, SG, they can't ignore two posts for the SAME SONG at the IDENTICAL TIME.......

or can they?

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Rubaway Train?

You have a one-track mind...

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No, Gaie, they most certainly cannot!

'Wabash Cannonball' - Roy Acuff...or Jerry Reed.

#28 ahem ... In a row. 2 in a row



And i only asked for one :-)

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DOES YOUR LITTLE WOMAN HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP?

GET HER A HOOVER! The gift that keeps on sucking...

Happy to endorse "Long train running", "Downbound train" and "Downtown train". Also,

Southbound train - Nanci Griffith
Long black train - Allison Moorer
City to city - Gerry Rafferty

and of course "Midnight train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Joe
Linlithgow

It is a bit rich of me to spot a typo but Henris Dooblie Brothers is a good one...

#46

see #40


>8-D

Frankfort Special - Elvis Presley

#28

- Warren Zevon

Why don't we have Iain Anderson at tea-time and GIO in the middle of the night?

'On The Evening Train' ~~ J. Cash
'Like The 309' ~~ J. Cash

'The Boy Who Knew The Names of Trains' ~~ Bill Nelson

'Casey Jones' ~~ The Grateful Dead
'Casey Jones' ~~ Pete Seeger
'Casey Jones' ~~ Casey Jones & His Hot City Slickers
'Casey Jones' ~~ Mississippi John Hurt'
'Casey Jones' ~~ Spike Jones

... or howzabout some mighty fine American Cajun? ...
'Casey Jones' ~~ The Balfra Brothers

#2 No Smiffy's song?

All Night Train - Allman Brothers

Correctioon #1 is actualy

Steve Earle - Mustery Train Pt2, from the album Train A 'Comin

apologevouz

Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like A Train
The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train
R.E.M. - Driver 8
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
The Clash - Train in Vain

#53 Mustery? Time for another correctioon ☺

AC/DC - Rock N' Roll Train

#56 - Billy heres another one - I meant Rock n Roll Train when I said #24 Rubaway Train.

Great track, seconded :oD

Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb

A rail commuter haunted by a ghostly woman

#57

Rubaway Train's by Erasure, of course.

Was at a great wee gig the other night in Shrewsbury. A lovely venue that only holds a hundred or so and you can bagsy a sofa if you get there early. Steve Nightly (Show Of Hands) was doing a solo acoustic set and played a fantastic cover of Springsteens 'Downbound Train' and led it into his own remarkable composition 'Country Life', drawing some poignant parallels... anyhow I digress slightly... for tonight:

The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore: Michelle Shocked

The Last Of The Hobo Kings: Mary Gauthier

Steam Train Maury died last night
His wife Wanda by his side
Caught the Westbound out of here
Hopped the high irons to the by and by
They say he jumped ten thousand trains
Rode a million miles for free

#60 You got sidetracked ☺

Time Flies By (When You're A Driver Of A Train)

Autumn Leaves / eva Cassidy


Won't be long till the whole timetable is up in the air

Caption
I told you they latest fare rises were a bad move

the picture reminds of a trip i made a year ago.

caption compo......

'this is the train that stops at dymchurch
carrying people down to the coast
where a wee paisley man brings ye braw toast
in a haunted hotel that disnae cost murch'........

usual arrangements for payment, thx.

and this quaint station can be reached by.......

'big black train'....................stan johnston

cheers frae the dale

#58 That’s Crème to Bryan…


BIG RAILROAD BLUES from THE GRATEFUL DEAD by THE GRATEFUL DEAD
FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES from TEXAS BLUES GIANT by LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS
LOST TRAIN BLUES from LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS by WOODY GUTHRIE
STOP THIS TRAIN (AGAIN DOING IT) from JOY OF A TOY by KEVIN AYERS
THIS TRAIN from ROBOT WOMAN II by MOTHER GONG
GRAVEYARD TRAIN from BAYOU COUNTRY by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
TRAIN AROUND THE BEND from LOADED by THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
ALL NIGHT TRAIN from WHERE IT ALL BEGINS by THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
FREIGHT TRAIN from MUSIC FUH YA’ by TAJ MAHAL

LOCOMOTIVE BREATH from AQUALUNG by JETHRO TULL

A second for guitar standard Freight Train after hearing champion flatpicker last night.

#62... very good Billy! ☺

All aboard

Night Train - James Brown

Thing-Fish, thanks for reminding me of

- Hans Theesink and Arlo Guthrie

the first song I ever heard Hans Theesink singing was about a train, but darned if I can remember which one and can't find it amongst his Morning Train, Slow Train and Train - any of which would be great.

just read that Bert Jansch died.

Travelling Man - Bert Jansch

while travelling on a freight train..

Anybody asked for

Night Train To Cairo - Madness

yet?

#33

Thanks for reminding me, Gaie - though The Sleeper isn't my favourite Leisure Society track.

For years I was aerophobic - I'm the only person I know to have driven from Glasgow to a conference at Gatwick Airport, though as a frequent traveller to London, the GNER service from Glasgow to London down the East Coast was my favourite because it had a really good dining car. My colleague and myself would sit ourselves in there, order up bottles of wine and a meal and spin the journey out, getting slowly plastered watching the countryside whizz past. Great fun.

So I have decided that the line " Here in my car, I feel safest of all" qualifies for tonight.

Cars - The Leisure Society

This passes the Captn Ramius test of cover versions that bring something new to your underdsanding of the music and is utterly brilliant.

I should add I'm no longer aerophobic - and I know how to cure Bryan's fear of bridges!

#51

Quite right Paulo. How could I omit Smiffy's portrayal of 'Linda' in the 'Looking for Linda' video - a song about a train journey. It's not my favourite of theirs and I thought Smiffy was mis-cast - far to glamorous and good looking for the role of the downtrodden, escaping Linda, but hey - immortal now.

Looking For Linda - Hue & Cry

regardez - youse

henri

PS - Production team - The Leisure Society albums are probably in the library now - worth checking out.

That's a very big water tank for such a small station?

Caption:

'Stop here for a number 2'

TRAIN SONG from PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY by THE PENTANGLE

John's passing and his contribution to music should not be overlooked by GIO.

that'll be a craption then?

#79 refers to #77

Does Ringo Starr qualify for tonight's theme?

#73 Was that no Night Boat?

#82
Could have been. Must learn how to use that Google thing.

Oops - I meant Bert

#79

I thought it was a waiting room. You mean it's built like a brick house?

Slow Train To China - Rosemary Clooney

The Train That I Row - Lulu

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Whatever floats your train...

If I had a train
I'd go out on the ocean.....

Where's Hoppo? He's a Loco man is he no'?

#87
That reminds me:

Shunt! - Lulu

A good track and it has its points but we something more tender.

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The Man Who Sold the Tickets - Lulu

To The Fat Controller With Love - Lulu

:oD all very funny!

5.15 by The Who, Leo Sayer cant stop loving you

All very funnycular

Or even Lulu's Spanish song: "I'm a Talgo"

Puts in the cross.........

GOAL!