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Swede

(38,202 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 04:47 PM Mar 2025

Two songs with trains, one bound for nowhere, and another that had it's own name.

Ad another if you have one in the back of your mind.



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Two songs with trains, one bound for nowhere, and another that had it's own name. (Original Post) Swede Mar 2025 OP
Beautiful voice. Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #1
Trainspotting ZDU Mar 2025 #2
Trainspotting 2 version happybird Mar 2025 #9
F*cking BRILLIANT ZDU Mar 2025 #26
This Train.... Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tanuki Mar 2025 #3
Orange Blossom Special... Vassar Clements and Del McCoury band Tanuki Mar 2025 #4
Nancy Griffith... ultralite001 Mar 2025 #5
Midnight Train to Georgia... ultralite001 Mar 2025 #6
Gordon LIghtfoot... ultralite001 Mar 2025 #7
People Get Ready Cirsium Mar 2025 #8
Emmylou. This is so good... LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #10
Aerosmith, of course... LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #11
Same Idea! ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #14
Yup! LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #15
I Actually Prefer... ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #17
A couple happybird Mar 2025 #12
Tull... LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #13
Blackfoot... LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #16
Downbound Train Maninacan Mar 2025 #18
One more... happybird Mar 2025 #19
Bob Dylan's Dream Tanuki Mar 2025 #20
A few more Cirsium Mar 2025 #21
Wonderful selections! Thanks, Cirsium! 🚂 Tanuki Mar 2025 #28
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #22
Last Train to Clarksville Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #23
Johnny Cash. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2025 #24
Rosanne Cash: My baby thinks he's a train Tanuki Mar 2025 #25
Train in Vain ZDU Mar 2025 #27
Rod Stewart - Downtown Train sestina Mar 2025 #29
Ozark Mountain Daredevila - Chicken Train sestina Mar 2025 #30
Tom Rush - Panama Limited sestina Mar 2025 #31
Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #32
Trains and Boats and Planes - Dionne Warwick Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #33
Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #34
Spanish Train - Chris de Burgh Swede Mar 2025 #35
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train sestina Mar 2025 #36
Dixie Flyer - Randy Newman Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #37
Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & NAsh Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #38
Train Kept A Rollin - The Yardbirds Figarosmom Mar 2025 #39

ProfessorGAC

(75,684 posts)
14. Same Idea!
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:11 PM
Mar 2025

Except I grabbed the Yardbirds' version. Now we have both!

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ProfessorGAC

(75,684 posts)
17. I Actually Prefer...
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:20 PM
Mar 2025

...the version you posted. It's bigger sounding & they do the cool gear change in the middle.
Tighter, too.

Maninacan

(203 posts)
18. Downbound Train
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:36 PM
Mar 2025

Ken Colyer Jazz trumper. Chuck Berry also did it. I prefer the Colyer version

happybird

(5,375 posts)
19. One more...
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:37 PM
Mar 2025

Thinking about train songs and the opening lines of this kept popping into my head. Had listening fatigue from years of overplay on classic rock radio but damn. It’s a stellar song. Glad to rediscover it.

Cirsium

(3,301 posts)
21. A few more
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:39 PM
Mar 2025

The Rock Island Island
Lead Belly



The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer



Wreck of the Old 97
Vernon Dalhart



Chattanooga Choo-Choo
The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge



Alabamy Bound
Layton and Johnstone



The Atlantic Coastal Line
Charley Pride



Take The 'A' Train
The Delta Rhythm Boys



This Train
The Staple Singers



Dixie Flyer Blues
Bessie Smith



Hobo's Lullaby
Woody Guthrie



Waitin' For A Train
Merle Haggard



Wabash Cannonball
Boxcar Willie



The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore



Lonesome Whistle
Hank Williams Sr.



Figarosmom

(9,642 posts)
39. Train Kept A Rollin - The Yardbirds
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 03:53 AM
Mar 2025

Last edited Mon Mar 31, 2025, 05:49 AM - Edit history (5)

With Shapes of Things as a bonus

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Shit I just saw the Professor posted it ...

Here Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Metallica
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Here's 2 I don't see listed. LOVE AND PEACE, MAN...


Love Train - The OJays ( on Soul Train)

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And of course Peace Train - Cat Stevens

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Had Gladys but noticed it was posted already

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