Choochoos
I'm going to do what I've been saying I'd do for ages and make a CD all of songs about trains... because they're great. Here's what I've got so far:
- Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special
- The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
- Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special
- Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (Noel will be impressed)
- Guy Clark - Texas 1947
- Box Car Willie - Wabash Cannonball
If anyone suggests that Runaway Train song - I'm not talking to them again.. evar.
posted by Sean at 5:56 p.m.
27 Comments:
I say go with Soul Asylum
6:06 p.m.
How can the list be definitive without Soul Asylum??
Tell me. How?
6:08 p.m.
Soul Asylum all the way
6:09 p.m.
Midnight train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Poor Paddy by The Pogues.
Also see this link for a misleading album title.
http://www.thconline.com/tdowrsoabtra.html
10:32 a.m.
Simon and Garfunkel's Train in the Distance (Sean will be impressed by this one)
10:36 a.m.
The Velvet Underground's Train 'round the bend.
10:38 a.m.
Bob Dylan's Slow Train
10:39 a.m.
Bob Dylan's Walkin' Down the Line, also covered by Arlo.
10:41 a.m.
Coal Train Robberies by Elvis Costello. Could this be a double album?
10:44 a.m.
A classic... Love Train by the O'Jays
10:46 a.m.
The Locamotive by Kylie Minogue.
10:55 a.m.
Choo Choo Boogaloo by Buckwheat Zydeco.
11:00 a.m.
I've been working on the railroad. By unknown.
11:06 a.m.
Oh my golly gosh. Go to this link now and turn the volume up.
http://www.powaymidlandrr.org/songfest.htm
11:10 a.m.
As a socialist I say Runaway Train's gotta be in
12:44 p.m.
What about the classic Chattanooga Choo Choo - and I think the Andrews Sisters do the best versioni... Alltogether now: "Pardon me boy, is that the chattanooga choo choo..."
4:17 p.m.
Rolling Stones - Silver Train. An excellent track from my favourite Stones album, Goatshead Soup.
4:22 p.m.
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train a Comin'...
4:24 p.m.
Train Leaves At Eight - by The Walkabouts....
4:25 p.m.
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running...
4:31 p.m.
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart... If Kylie is in, Rod is in.
5:15 p.m.
Train Song by Tom Waits - bet NB will like this too...
5:17 p.m.
Note that Tom Waits sings the original Downtown Train - so ditch Rod if you must.
5:20 p.m.
Tom Petty sings a song called Runaway Train - and no it's not the one about the kids who are milk cartons.
5:24 p.m.
Big Train by none other than the great Roy Orbison.
5:26 p.m.
The Train Winds Through The Mountains by Big Brad and the Four Star Boys... never heard of 'em, but they sound good.
5:27 p.m.
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane (Coltrain?).
2. The theme tune to Thomas the Tank Engine.
12:07 p.m.
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