Train Music!

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39 minutes ago, Iving said:

I have Steve Reich's Different Trains / Kronos Q in my listening queue ...

 

+1 A fantastic performance!

 

I'm kindly asking the OP to reserve the rights to every version of this song on this thread just for myself 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Iving said:

(but forgive me if I forget in time!)

 

No way!!!   

 

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Iving said:

 

OK!

No forgiveness!

🙂

That is correct! 

 

3 hours ago, Iving said:

Bonus points for onomatopoeia - you know - rhythm section ...

No bonus points for 'choo, choo, choo'.? 

When I'm listening to Willie in this song I can see lots of ..smoke 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Iving said:

 

Chattanooga?

C'mon there are only two choo there, I was asking about three 

 

 

 

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Back OT.

These two actually sound like a brother and sister.. 

 

 

 

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He used to be a serial train songs writer.

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15 minutes ago, Iving said:

Slow Train Coming Album is great

Ab-so-lu-tely! 

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The internet is pretty slow..

Probably because of this thread.

 

Back OT. One of Johnny Cash songs with what some  call Steam Train Beat.

 

 

 

 

Want some more Cash? (who doesn't) 

 

 

 

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More amazing 'This Trains'.

 

From Woody Guthrie: At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center.

The performers: Old Crow Medicine Show · Joel Rafael · Jimmy LaFave · Donovan · Rosanne Cash · John Leventhal · Sweet Honey In The Rock · Lucinda Williams · Judy Collins · Tom Morello · Ani DiFranco · Ry Cooder · Dan Gellert · Jackson Browne · The Del McCoury Band · Tony Trischka · Tim O'Brien · John Mellencamp and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

 

 

 

Some amazing harmonica.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All in all I don't think Johnny Cash has more train songs in his catalogue than Woody 

 

One more.

 

Frankie Fuchs found this song in a shoebox in Woody Guthrie's manager's office and wrote the music to keep pace with Woody's "New Baby Train." He recorded this with bluesman, harmonica wizard Kim Wilson, for "Daddy O Daddy," on Rounder Records. Marla Frazee's pictures made the story come to life.

 

 

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Bound for Glory

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21 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

Is it correct any song from Grand Funk Railroad would be mentioned here?

 

E.g. this one? 

 

 

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Haven't seen a thread developing like that since 'MQA is Vaporware'  

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Does this count.? 

 

 

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Although trains and railways aren't the most popular topics among punk rockers..

 

 

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2 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

For those, who knows who Ronnie Biggs was

 

 

 

Brilliant! I thought that D.O.A. song I had posted might be the only punk piece here.

 

18 minutes ago, Iving said:

Johnny Cash trainfest!

 

Yeah, I guess he can rival Woody Guthrie in the number of train songs.

But we have also John Hammond..  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

I was contemplating yesterday evening about R. Biggs, though I thought that may be not the intended type of music,. Thank you for sharing 😉, anyway !!

 

I OTOH was thinking about 'Great Train Robbery' but couldn't post it cause I decided to stick to 'This Train..' performers.

As for the genre diversity, I assume ( @Iving ) that all genres are welcome by the OP (?).

 

25 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

IMHO you should count in The Clash and Social Distortion for the genre.

 

Absolutely correct, my memory must have been blinded temporarily by the brilliance of Anotherspin's Sex Pistols post..

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35 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

The train connecting the Dutch capital Amsterdam and the German capital Bonn was called Van Beethoven.

 

 

 

Wa.. waa.. wait a second..  are we supposed to regard every Ludwig van Beethoven piece as train music.? Aren't we going too far..? 

What about Camper van Beethoven, it's also van Beethoven after all..

 

 

And maybe even more importantly what about e.g. Chopin.?! 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Iving said:

agreed - sphinxsix honorary moderator for one page 🙂

For which one?

I'd like this one, please..

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I wouldn't take a risk if I didn't have the moderator rights for this page..

Some romantic train (station) music.. BTW which performance is your favorite one, guys? 

 

 

 

 

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Just now, Iving said:

vote #3

I agree!

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Back OT.

Mrs Trane performing 'This Train'.

 

 

 

Grand Central 

 

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Unfortunately I know more versions of 'This Train' than Youtube - no Mahalia Jackson performance! 

 

Compensating..

Bradley Nowell of Sublime.

 

 

BTW (RIP) Bradley, this wasn't Bob Marley's piece..

 

The Movement.

 

 

'Steel Train' by Boss D.J. & Sublime.

 

 

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I tend to agree with @christopher3393 What would rock in general be without those 'obscure blues musicians' and consequently rhythm'n'blues.? IMO it's simply unimaginable.

 

Let's play some rock train music then..

 

 

I love their hair on this cover photo, I guess they sticked their heads out of the train window..

 

 

An express version from by Jools Holland (from England)..

 

 

 

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24 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

 

 

 

1. I've already posted this very video and 5 other versions by SRT:

 

On 4/4/2020 at 2:16 PM, sphinxsix said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

On 4/4/2020 at 2:16 PM, sphinxsix said:

I'm kindly asking the OP to reserve the rights to every version of this song on this thread just for myself

 

On 4/4/2020 at 2:51 PM, Iving said:

after the following exception - granted

 

Hence:

 

3. Get out of this train!