Railway Music

[giner]

Oops, wrong thread.

[52D]

Ive just noticed that two of the stations mentioned in slow train are now due to become part of Mis(Guided) Busway systems. See Mis(Guided) Busway thread below.

[Sailor Charon]

guns `n' roses have a song called Night Train? or is that my imagination.

Yes, but it's named after a brand of cheap wine...
And I'm surprised nobody's mentioned 'Last train to Clarksville' yet...
Worried Man Blues includes the line 'The train arrived, 16 coaches long' or at least some versions do...

[giner]

A variant on that would be Elvis Presley's 'Mystery Train'. The opening line was, "Train arrived, sixteen coaches long". Of course trains figured heavily in the folklore of the American south with the movement of migrants, largely itinerant blacks and hobos escaping the poverty of the southern states in hopes of finding better fortune in the cities of the north. Listen to many of the Chicago blues artists, most of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and wrote and sang the songs of their homeland. Many such travellers' didn't achieve much improvement in their lot and spent their days on the hard streets of Chicago or returned to Alabama, Mississippi, etc. But that's a whole 'nother subject, as they say.

[Ferrybridge Flyer]

Try Seasick Steve,a former hobo who spent his time ridin' the freight trains.Saw a documentary about him on BBC4 a while ago that showed a fair bit of a Freight Yard somewhere in,i believe,Alabama.I believe the album is called "I started out with nothing,and i still got most of it left"Also,i dont think anyone has mentioned "Trans-Europe Express",and "Metal on Metal" by the wonderful Kraftwerk.Saw them live once,and the film of Steam Trains on the video screens behind them was very pleasing.By way of something different is my own take on the Gladys Knight classic,"Midnight Train To Knottla"!!If only they ran that late!

[KX6465]

As I've been pointed in this direction by Richard I'd like to share this piece with you all given that we have a common interest in steam.

This involves a working marine steam engine on a vessel in Sweden that cruises up and down the lakes.

The music connection is this, Bottleneck John is a Swedish blues player who specialises in old time blues music from the first couple of decades in the twentieth century, the golden era of authentic blues music in America.

He also has an interest in things mechanical. What he has done on several of his posts on Youtube is to dispense with the rythm section ( drums, double bass etc) and replace it with mechanical machines that have rythm. He has recorded several pieces with, as his rythm section, tractors, hot bulb engines, pumping engines and this particular one a two cylinder marine steam engine.

If you decide to watch it I guarantee you will have never seen anything like this before, perhaps on FS's release from NRM we could persuade them to put an indicator shelter on the front and get Bottleneck John do do a recording, Ha Ha!

Pay particular attention between 1.59 - 2.15 when the "rythm section" gets a solo. After they finish playing there is a shot of the vessel and then some footage of the boiler/engine room and the wood burning boiler.

Hope you enjoy it, it certainly floated my boat!

KX6465

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21rJ30Y-sZg

[PinzaC55]

"Metal On Metal" by Kraftwerk and "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.

[KX6465]

Have just booked 2 tickets for Joe Brown's gig at Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, Southend on Sea Thurs March 7th

KX6465

[Mickey]

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[mr B]

any way after he caught the train ( Only the Heataches )...

" rode into west to Wyoming , then into Missouri ,
south to Carolina to stake a gold claim ",

why on earth go over 1,000 miles when you need only go a couple of hundred

Mr B

[StevieG]

Going (further) back in time (no, it's not a 'Caroline flash-back'), if anyone's interested and can still find a copy, there's a certain CD of railway-related music* seemingly from the 1920s - 1950s, imprinted as apparently "Yesterday's Music" ("for your pleasure today"), 'from' "Presented by This England & Evergreen" ,"TRC".
But the CD case's front title card states :
"On the Right Track", "Classic Railway Music".
- * - (except the very last track; see below.)

Seems like I obtained mine around 2005.

The CD case's back card lists the 14 principal tracks, but on the CD, in between each one of those, is actually one of 13 short steam railway recording tracks, none of which is captioned/credited at all I'm afraid.

Total No. tracks: 27
Total runtime, I calculate as just over 52 mins.

List of principal tracks :

CORONATION SCOT - Sidney Torch Orchestra the well-known piece.
GOLDEN ARROW - New Century Orchestra
RHYTHMN ON RAILS - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
RUNNING OFF THE RAILS - New Century Orchestra
CHOO CHOO - Pat O'Malley & Leslie Sarony with Jack Hylton
ON THE 5.15 - American Quartet
SEASIDE SPECIAL - Group Forty Orchestra
THIS IS THE WAY THE PUFF PUFF GOES - Arthur Lally & Johnny Helfer with John Firmin
FLYING SCOTSMAN - Sidney Torch organ solo
ORIENT EXPRESS - Sidney Torch organ solo
RIVIERA EXPRESS - Studio Orchestra
SANTA CLAUS EXPRESS - Sidney Torch organ solo
WAGON LIT - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
TRAINS - Reginald Gardiner (the well-known, to some, monologue about the sounds of a train journey [both parts], with RG's verbal impressions of same).

[KX6465]

Have just booked 2 tickets for Joe Brown's gig at Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, Southend on Sea Thurs March 7th

KX6465

Went to the Cliffs Pavilion Westcliff last night for the Joe Brown Concert. If you only know Joe Brown for his rock and roll numbers from his early career then you only know very little of his incredible talent and gift for music.
Joe plays the following instruments, electric, acoustic and slide guitars, ukulele, dobros, mandolin, mandolas, melodean, fiddle, auto harp.
The guy is 72 but there is no way you would believe that to see him on stage, to say that he "plays" has to be understatement of the year, instruments in his hands sing and talk!
As you probably guessed I thoroughly enjoyed the show and will be going to the next concert whenever that may be.
He's only into the early part of this years tour, if you want to give yourself a treat go to one of his concerts, the venue and dates are on his website www.joebrown.co.uk
KX6465.

[Andy W]

And, taking the 1970's into the theme, there's "Rudy" from Supertramps album "Crime of the Century", complete with recordings made at Paddington, including train announcements made by a then trainee who is, as I write this, working 10ft away from me doing future timetable work for a certain operator who now runs trains out of said station!

He's not into prog rock.

p.s. I remember seeing Joe Brown swinging the shovel on the Severn Valley on one of those Channel 4 railway programmes, now several years ago. He hadn't lost it at all.

[Belvoir]

To move slightly towards "serious" music -

Arthur Honneger's "Pacific 231" ( which I do not like very much !)

I believe I read that Antonin Dvorak was a most avid rail enthusiast - indeed I sometimes think I can hear snatches of "railway noises" in parts of the Symphonies 7, 8 and 9 as well as the "American" Quartet.

[KX6465]

To move slightly towards "serious" music -

Arthur Honneger's "Pacific 231" ( which I do not like very much !)

I believe I read that Antonin Dvorak was a most avid rail enthusiast - indeed I sometimes think I can hear snatches of "railway noises" in parts of the Symphonies 7, 8 and 9 as well as the "American" Quartet.

Serious music!!?

Is the implication that it is only possible to be serious about classical music?

If that is the case then perhaps anyone with that view should possibly speak with composers of music other than classical to enquire if they are serious about the music they have written!!

I expect the answers received would be less than musical!

Perhaps a more appropriate turn of phrase would be "a different type of music"

Phew! thats better, my safety valves have just reseated themselves!

KX6465