Food in the 50's

giner · Post by **giner** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:22 pm

Train songs I still do are:

Wreck of the Old '97 - Lonnie Donegan
American folk song about a crew being given 'old 97', a known speedster, as against '38', presumably their regular engine, and having started late, they've got to "put her into Danville on time" - with tragic consequences.

City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Wistful number about a fading America as the train called The City of New Orleans travels its route from Chicago on down the Mississippi to New Orleans.

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Not really a 'train' song as such, but with lines like, "I hear the train a-coming, rolling 'round the bend", etc. and references to 'lonesome whistle' and 'fancy dining car', I reckon it's close enough.

Postman Prat · Post by **Postman Prat** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:50 pm

I remember not being able to understand how they got the people, sets, cameras etc on an ordinary train to do 6:5 Special!!

earlswood nob · Post by **earlswood nob** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:22 am

Morning all after a late night
How about Johnny Cash's: Hey Porter
Orange blossom special
Casy Jones

Monkees Last train to Clarksville
Rod Stewart Downton train
Doobie Bros Long train running
Jerry Lee Lewis Night train to Memphis
Leadbelly Shorty George (The train taking visitors to a prison)
I'll think of some more when my mind starts working.

My favorite of them all is "City of New Orleans", Sammi Smith did a great version

Earlswood Nob

KX6465 · Post by **KX6465** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:15 am

If you want to to try a train song check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKb1BoQ6Ts

Several guest appearances by Victor Meldrew!

I defy you to keep your feet still whilst watching!

giner · Post by **giner** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:21 pm

Great stuff, guys! This should be a muso's forum. Well, not really:)

Funny, though, how train songs are nearly always American. Wonder why the UK didn't generate songs about trains so much. After all, we invented the ruddy things. Mind you, "Pardon me boy, is that the Hatfield Hitchin local" doesn't quite have the same cachet, does it?

StevieG · Post by **StevieG** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:10 am

Has "the Marrakesh Express" gone by yet? (Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Oh well, might as well get "The Slow Train" (Flanders & Swann); always worth catching ("Mow Cop & Scholar Green", etc.).

strang steel · Post by **strang steel** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:45 am

For more obscure tastes, there are always songs such as "Locomotive Breath" by Jethro Tull

and "Train To Nowhere" by Savoy Brown

Slightly off at a tangent, but a rather acquired taste is "Tramcar To Frankenstein" by The Liverpool Scene.

Post by **richard** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:20 pm

We already have some railway music threads:

Music:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=414

And the Railway Poetry thread delved into songs...

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3073&hilit=songs

KX6465 · Post by **KX6465** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:53 am

Have posted an interesting piece of music here............viewtopic.php?f=8&t=414

mr B · Post by **mr B** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:37 pm

harmless toys ....

most harmless of all , model airplane engine screwed to a bit of wood , hand held and tin of fuel in your pocket ....
one lad had a jetex on a piece of wood , great fun , needles to say after the 1st sesion at playtime the head band them from school time

mr B

mr B · Post by **mr B** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:02 pm

2nd March , 14 years since Dusty springfield went to heven ......

me B

Mr Bunt · Post by **Mr Bunt** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:42 am

4 March 1947: Henry Greenly, designer of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway died in Heston, Middlesex two days before his 71st birthday.

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