Also, the video for "Dirty Little Thing" takes place on a train."Sucker Train Blues" by Velvet Revolver."Train Kept A-Rollin'," originally by Tiny Bradshaw, later covered by The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith, among others."Die Eisenbahnballade" ("The Railroad Ballad") by German singer-songwriter Reinhard Mey, which manages to pack quite a bit of rail-centric history into its 11 minutes."Not Just A Train" by Spirit Of The West."Last Train to London" by Electric Light Orchestra.Apparently it was not nearly as impressive as the song makes it out to be.) (Trancentral was Jim Cauty's home and the band's recording studio. "Last Train to Trancentral" by The KLF."Last of the Steam Powered Trains" by The Kinks - Ray's singing metaphorically about himself here.Bonus points for the drums in "Auctioneer" sounding exactly like an oncoming train. "Auctioneer (Another Engine)" and "Driver 8" from R.E.M."Locomotive" and "Ridin' With the Driver" by Motörhead.The Stranglers, about the state the band was in when the abum Dreamtime was in production.A quick Youtube search will reveal an ever-increasing number of songs of that very title, verbatim (not to be confused with the defunct Gothabilly band Zombie Ghost Train), as a literal or metaphorical title: "Ghost Train" has to be the most overused title in music.Vocaloid Rin's song "Makuragi," which is either All Just a Dream or possibly alluding to a Afterlife Express.Instead of being about a train, it's about an extraordinary man with a passion for life and train songs. "Play a Train Song" by Todd Snider plays with this.Is about a train robbery with a bawdy twist in the end. "Meksicon pikajuna" ("Mexico express") by numerous artists."Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)" by George Hamilton IV, a top 30 country hit in 1973."Runaway Train" by Rosanne Cash, a No."Long Black Train" by Josh Turner, a country gospel song where the title train is an analogy for Satan hence, the song is a cautionary tale to not board said train, which leads only to trouble."Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley from The Sun Sessions.(A cover version by Glen Campbell, from 1989, replaces the train with an airplane as the departing girlfriend's mode of transportation.) "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" by Lefty Frizzel, a country hit from 1965 where a young man bemoans the departure of his girlfriend by train."I'm Movin' On," a mega-country music hit by Hank Snow from 1950 about a departing man who is leaving his unfaithful girlfriend by train: " That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track/Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back."."Orange Blossom Special," traditional bluegrass fiddle tune, although the version done by Johnny Cash includes lyrics, and uses a harmonica and saxophone instead during the instrumental bridges."Waiting for a Train" by Jimmie Rodgers.Marillion's "Fugazi" has a reference to "the liquid seize on the Piccadilly Line", referring to The London Underground as a "dank electric labyrinth"."Rudy" by Supertramp has stock train sounds, an announcer at a train station, and many references to trains."Marrakesh Express" by Crosby, Stills & Nash."Morning Train" is actually the English adaptation of "Trem das Sete" by Raul Seixas."Trem das Sete" (translates as something like "7 O'clock Train") by Raul Seixas.Gladys Knight & the Pips created two songs: "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Friendship Train".Although written by Goodman, it was popularized by Arlo Guthrie. "City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman, describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.Cohen", which is about a conductor on a runaway subway train. The Grateful Dead other train songs in "Tons Of Steel" and "The Monkey and The Engineer".The Grateful Dead's "Casey Jones" which is quite different, but still involves a train."The One After 909" from Let It Be by The Beatles."Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees."Take the 'A' Train", written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Many spirituals e.g., "The Gospel Train" and "This Train Is Bound for Glory"."Downtown Train" from Rain Dogs, "Down There By the Train" from Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards and (believe it or not) "Train Song" from Franks Wild Years by Tom Waits.Notably, many of Louis Jordan's songs, train-centric or not, used the distinctive "chugging" rhythm associated with this type of song, as did those of some other contemporary jazz musicians (like Louis Prima). Mashed Potato Johnson: Is there anything else really to talk about?
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