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When Train Songs Briefly Gave Way to Plane Songs
Train songs have played a major role in American culture and they also play a prominent role in the canon of 20th century American music. From “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “Wabash Cannonball” to “City of New Orleans” and “Folsom Prison Blues,” songs about passenger trains captured a sense of their eras.
But by the 1960s, jet airplanes started to replace trains as the dominant form of commercial travel, and the romance of air travel was starting to capture the nation’s fancy. Popular music embraced this exciting new era of travel – along with the heartbreak of a broken relationship ending with the former lover flying off into distant skies. Here is a bit of the musical magic from that era… I still hum this song on those infrequent occasions when I change planes at LAX… ”L.A. International Airport” [Susan Raye]With silver wings across the sky, vapor trails that wave goodbye
To those below who've got to stay at home
I wish that I had flown at night, so I could take that champagne flight
Rid myself of every tear I own. Soaring high above the heaven, in a 747
Fighting back the tears that curse my eyes
Captain's voice so loud and clear, amplifies into my ear
Assuring me I'm flying friendly skies. L.A. International Airport
Where the big jet engines roar
L.A. International Airport
I won't see him anymore
Silver wings
Shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines
Headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away
And leaving me lonely
Silver wings
Slowly fading out of sight
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
”Big Old Jet Airliner” [Steve Miller Band]
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
'Cause it's here that I've got to stay
Hear the mighty engines roar
See the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound
Far above the cloud, she'll fly This old airport’s got me down
It’s no earthly good to me
And I’m stuck here on the ground
As cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet planeI guess I’d best be on my way, at least for tonight. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
Like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on the way
In the early morning rain
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:47 PM (gbOdA)
She stands before my eyes
Driving me to the airport
And to the friendly skies
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:48 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 07:48 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2025 07:48 PM (Vnr18)
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just a-wrote me a letter
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at May 02, 2025 07:48 PM (7kSOl)
Gonna take that big white bird
Gonna fly right out of here
Without a single word
But you know you'll break my heart
When I watch you close that door
'Cause I know I won't see you anymore
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at May 02, 2025 07:49 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 02, 2025 07:49 PM (ycI94)
Silver bird, take her over the bay
Silver bird, give my lady a ride
And let her go see what's on the other side
Silver bird, fly my lady away
Pretty bird, today is the day
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at May 02, 2025 07:50 PM (7kSOl)
The desert floor, I see it there below
A city with a legend
The west Texas city of El Paso
Where long ago I heard a song
About a Texas cowboy and a girl
And a little place called Rosa's
Where he used to go and watch this beauty whirl
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:50 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:50 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2025 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 02, 2025 07:51 PM (MFzsT)
Before the wheels of the plane leave the ground
Makin' points with the stewardess
High over Long Island Sound
She's also spending some time on the island
Too much city madness gives her the blues
They make a date to go dancin' and dinin'
It seems neither has that much to lose
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:51 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2025 07:52 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2025 07:52 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2025 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)
Sunk in the ocean?
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 07:52 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 07:54 PM (Vj4xA)
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2025 07:54 PM (lUFok)
Leaping from the sky
Hurling thru the air
Exhilarating high
See the earth below
Soon to make a crater
Blue sky, black death
I'm off to meet my maker
Energy of the Gods, adrenalin surge
Won't stop til I hit the ground
I'm on my way for sure
Up here in the air this will never hurt
I'm on my way to impact
Taste the high speed dirt
High Speed Dirt
https://tinyurl.com/u6u4xr22
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 07:54 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 02, 2025 07:55 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Accomack at May 02, 2025 07:55 PM (4qMiv)
Soaring on the wings of dawn
Here I'll live and die with my wings in the sky
And I won't come down no more
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2025 07:55 PM (lUFok)
I always think of the tribute Monty Python did to him on the Contractual Obligation album
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 02, 2025 07:56 PM (2VST1)
Crimson skies of ice and fire
Borne on wings of steel, I have so much to feel
And I won't come down no more
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 02, 2025 07:56 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Boats get you closer to the ocean, for surprise otters and tentacles! Doesn't get much more romantic, adventurous and exciting than that!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 02, 2025 07:56 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2025 07:57 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 07:57 PM (84Rje)
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
To someone else but not for me
The trains and boats and planes
Took you away, away from me
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2025 07:57 PM (M2v2q)
Texas 1947
https://tinyurl.com/2bcv9d42
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 07:57 PM (gZdiR)
Sloop John B
https://youtu.be/nSAoEf1Ib58
Cool Change
https://youtu.be/r6nWEUKWd7M
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 02, 2025 07:58 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2025 07:58 PM (ypFCm)
Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line...
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 07:59 PM (84Rje)
I can see the red taillights heading for Spain
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 07:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: RKO Pictures at May 02, 2025 07:59 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:02 PM (viF8m)
I was quite disappointed the first time I took a dump on a plane and could not see clouds.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:02 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:02 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:03 PM (VofaG)
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughin', he got him in his sight
[Musical Interlude]
[Verse 5]
That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once and he fired twice
And that Bloody Red Baron went spinnin' out of sight
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:03 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:03 PM (84Rje)
Midnight Train to Georgia was originally written as Midnight Plane to Houston. The Pips singing "Woo-Woo" in the background sealed the song's fate as a classic train song.
Posted by: Minuteman at May 02, 2025 08:03 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2025 08:03 PM (n/wJo)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:04 PM (Vj4xA)
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags if you please,
Mr. Customs Man
Posted by: 0101010 at May 02, 2025 08:05 PM (T38vQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:05 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:05 PM (VofaG)
High on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:06 PM (viF8m)
He sat laughing as he wrote, "The end's in sight"
So I said goodbye to all my friends and packed my hopes inside a matchbox
'Cause I know it's time to fly
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah, come on, meet me in the morning
Meet me in the middle of the night
Ah, yeah, the morning light is coming
Don't it make you wanna go and feel alright?
Ooh yeah, ah hah
Posted by: 0101010 at May 02, 2025 08:07 PM (T38vQ)
https://youtu.be/locrsrymmW4
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 02, 2025 08:07 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:07 PM (Vj4xA)
Rick Blaine: And you never will. But, I’ve got a job to do, too. Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of, Ilsa. I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that.
Ilsa: (Ilsa begins to cry.)
Rick Blaine: Now, now . . .
Rick Blaine: (Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet.)
Rick Blaine: Here’s looking at you kid.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:07 PM (gbOdA)
High on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:06 PM (viF8m)
Great song
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:07 PM (SATZE)
He said he flew up there. I had to fly up a get him down. He was about half crazy.
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (84Rje)
Turn this crazy bird around
Should not have got on this flight tonight"
This Flight Tonight
~Joni Mitchell
https://tinyurl.com/yjftuxtn
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:05 PM (VofaG)
yes but it says the three men I admire the most
Father Son and Holy Ghost
They took the last train for the coast
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Stateless.. 23% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (jvJvP)
http://tiny.cc/4aii001
(Warning: Link is not to The Byrds. It is to a live performance of the song by Husker Du, and might be a little intense for those older than 29.)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 02, 2025 08:09 PM (n/wJo)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:09 PM (VofaG)
He said he flew up there. I had to fly up a get him down. He was about half crazy.
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (84Rje)
wildwood flower
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:09 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: ryukyu at May 02, 2025 08:10 PM (svdKU)
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:10 PM (SATZE)
For months at a time
Breakin' all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searchin' for shelter again and again
[Chorus]
Against the wind
Little somethin' against the wind
I found myself seekin' shelter against the wind
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:11 PM (gbOdA)
Old Crow Medicine Show, Mumford something, and others
This Train is Bound for Glory
https://tinyurl.com/2a2wptfm
(some of the total band appears to be hipsters and or hippies, but they did a heck of a job with the New Orleans sound)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 08:11 PM (gZdiR)
"The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald."
Gordon Lightfoot.
Not a lot of great shipwreck songs....
Posted by: Stateless.. 23% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM-
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You don't like Celine Dion??
I'm OK with that.
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:11 PM (84Rje)
Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin' one
Warm wind caress her, her lover it seems
Oh Annie, dreamboat Annie
Ship of dreams
Oh Annie, dreamboat Annie
Little ship of dreams
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:12 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at May 02, 2025 08:12 PM (uGULU)
Big Ol' Jet Airliner is one of the best driving songs there is.
Here's a version with the extended intro:
https://tinyurl.com/2eq9byxl
That intro is just sail down the highway, and other "get 'er done" tasks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2025 08:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 02, 2025 08:12 PM (XdaRg)
Father Son and Holy Ghost
They took the last train for the coast
My old condo in Boston was across the street from the Hatch Shell, an amphitheater, on the Esplanade along the Charles River. The city sponsored a bunch of free concerts during the summer and one time I saw Don McLean.
Just him, his guitar and 30,000 boomers singing Bye, Bye Ms American Pie. Enough to make a Gen Z cry.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: New River Ned at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (PAO3J)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (Vj4xA)
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (84Rje)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2025 08:14 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 08:14 PM (LHPAg)
Southern Cross is a great boat song. I suppose "Wooden Ships", also by CSNY, is pretty good.
As for planes, well, no one has mentioned Bjork's "Aeroplane", which is, well, Bjorky: https://tinyurl.com/2xbcy2wk
And, if that's not weird enough, her earlier band "The Sugarcubes" has a song called "Regina", where planes feature prominently in the music video: https://tinyurl.com/2htsjvfh
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 02, 2025 08:14 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (viF8m)
kool
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:14 PM (gbOdA)
The song was originally written and performed by Jim Weatherly under the title "Midnight Plane to Houston", which he recorded on Jimmy Bowen's Amos Records. "It was based on a conversation I had with somebody... about taking a midnight plane to Houston," Weatherly recalls. "I wrote it as a kind of a country song. Then we sent the song to a guy named Sonny Limbo in Atlanta and he wanted to cut it with Cissy Houston... he asked if I minded if he changed the title to "Midnight Train to Georgia". And I said, 'I don't mind. Just don't change the rest of the song.'"[8]
Weatherly, in a later interview with Gary James, stated that the phone conversation in question had been with Farrah Fawcett, and he used Fawcett and her friend Lee Majors, whom she had just started dating, "as kind of like characters."[9][10][11] Weatherly, at a program in Nashville, said he had been the quarterback at the University of Mississippi, and the NFL didn't work out for him, so he was in Los Angeles trying to write songs. He was in a rec football league with Lee Majors and called Majors one night. Farrah Fawcett answered the phone and he asked what she was d
Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at May 02, 2025 08:15 PM (uGULU)
Here's a version with the extended intro:
https://tinyurl.com/2eq9byxl
That intro is just sail down the highway, and other "get 'er done" tasks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 02, 2025 08:12 PM (w6EFb)
Driving songs is a whole ‘ other category.
Radar Love
Call Me
Satisfaction
Are three that come to mind.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:13 PM (Vj4xA)
Sometimes the train tickets are too damn high
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:15 PM (SATZE)
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roarin' and a thunder
Men had never heard
Like the screaming sounds of a big war bird.
Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now they're buried together on the countryside.
Ok...not.particularly romantic but still fun.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:16 PM (W/lyH)
Don't know if I'll be back again
Posted by: hurricane567 at May 02, 2025 08:16 PM (Fq48L)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:16 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at May 02, 2025 08:17 PM (uGULU)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:18 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (Vj4xA)
https://youtu.be/qu-duTWccyI
Posted by: mindful webworker - adios trendy arugula at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (Vj4xA)
How many band names have Blue in it ?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: InZona at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (aufw8)
Posted by: Asleep at the Wheel at May 02, 2025 08:20 PM (i0F8b)
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at May 02, 2025 08:20 PM (JRP2U)
Coming back from LAX to DFW when American had those LTs.
So in First 2 x 2 x 2 seating with a big wall at the front.
My buddies Jeff and I were feeling NO pain and talking with the attendant waiting on a bathroom.
So the light is NOT on in one of the bathroom and Jeff still talking to us opens the door, his back to the loo.
Lady with panties down to her ankles is sitting there and wails like a banshee.
Jeff does not see shit so he closes the door.
Then he says watch this.
And opens the door again.
Sounds:
weeeeeeeeee
*door shutting*
Rheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
*door shutting again*
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:21 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (VofaG)
It doesn't matter because Blue Oyster Cult is the first one you'll ever think of.
Take me away...
https://tinyurl.com/yv3p28r7
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:22 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:22 PM (5YB0N)
They go up, Tiddley up, up
They go down, Tiddley down, down
They enchant all the ladies and steal the scenes
With their up, Tiddley up, up
And their down, Tiddley down, down
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:22 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
The Moody Blues leap immediately to mind.
Black and Blue as well, if you're familiar with mid to late '80s metal.
And Blackfoot had the best train song ever.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:23 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:24 PM (Vj4xA)
Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight
And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas gives a beautiful light
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2025 08:25 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
The Moody Blues leap immediately to mind.
Black and Blue as well, if you're familiar with mid to late '80s metal.
And Blackfoot had the best train song ever.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:23 PM (X+xvk)
Marshall Tucker Band may be tied with them on best train song.
Posted by: Can't you see? at May 02, 2025 08:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2025 08:26 PM (Vvh2V)
I really enjoy the rendition of This Train with Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
To me, everyone was great, but Perkins almost stole the show
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:26 PM (84Rje)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:26 PM (a4NoL)
Then there's somethin' 'bout a boat that gives a man hope.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 08:27 PM (vd6bO)
Fun watch and listen on a cool train ride.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2025 08:27 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (Vj4xA)
How many band names have Blue in it ?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (VofaG)
Jackie Blue
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 08:27 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:27 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:28 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:28 PM (2cS/G)
Good music is a bad influence?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (5YB0N)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: National Air Lines at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (vd6bO)
They go up, Tiddley up, up
They go down, Tiddley down, down
They enchant all the ladies and steal the scenes
With their up, Tiddley up, up
And their down, Tiddley down, down
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:22 PM (gbOdA)
When that song came out I had been working at a small airport near Vancouver Washington after school doing odd jobs and rebuilding antique airplanes. Some of the pilots were hired to fly around Portland in the planes as a PR event. Great fun!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:05 PM (VofaG)
yes but it says the three men I admire the most
Father Son and Holy Ghost
They took the last train for the coast
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:08 PM (gbOdA)
Planes, trains and automobiles. He drove his Chevy to the levee.
Posted by: BonnieBlue at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (c3BRy)
Posted by: davidt at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Asleep at the Wheel
Meghan McCain has considered getting a tattoo with the quote "Buy the ticket, take the ride" by the late author Hunter S. Thompson, though she hasn't decided to go through with it.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 02, 2025 08:30 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:30 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:28 PM (2cS/G)
You're In 2 Deep...
https://tinyurl.com/kkp9veck
Posted by: jsg at May 02, 2025 08:30 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:30 PM (Vj4xA)
Driving songs is a whole ‘ other category.
"Hot Rod Lincoln"
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (Tv15w)
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: davidt at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (i0F8b)
Marty Robbins
A man and a train, a train and a man
They both tried to run as far
And as fast as they can
But a man's not a train and a train's not a man
A man can do things that a train never can.
Posted by: 13times at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (ij9KH)
Posted by: BonnieBlue at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (c3BRy)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (5YB0N)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:32 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:29 PM (W/lyH)
I love that movie and the Great Race.
The Great Leslie.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:32 PM (gbOdA)
Driving songs is a whole ‘ other category.
"Hot Rod Lincoln"
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
-
"Flirtin With Disaster"
Molly Hatchet
Posted by: irright at May 02, 2025 08:33 PM (84Rje)
New York Magazine@NYMag
John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
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Sumbitch hasn’t set his hair on fire! He clearly doesn't understand the situation!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 08:33 PM (L/fGl)
Then there's somethin' 'bout a boat that gives a man hope.
Posted by: Don in SoCo
My morning routine in junior high school. A cold Coca Cola, a Marlboro Red and Blackfoot's "Good Morning." That was the perfect breakfast. Fuel to start the day.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:33 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:34 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:34 PM (gbOdA)
Fight me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:31 PM (5YB0N)
Concur.
Top Gun sound track is good too.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:34 PM (W/lyH)
Merle Haggard also did an entire album of railroad songs, which I loved as a kid and still enjoy today. My Love Affair With Trains.
If you enjoy country ghost songs, “The Silver Ghost” is one of my favorite songs on that album. He also covers the “loss of hoboing” with “Where Have All the Hoboes Gone”.
And since it came out in 1976, there’s also “Here Comes the Freedom Train”, probably the only non-sad-song on the album.
All aboard, America, here comes the Freedom Train!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (EXyHK)
I love the Patty Smyth video. Directed by David Fincher.
https://youtu.be/QFZzKzfxYgo
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (Vj4xA)
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: davidt at May 02, 2025
Isn’t it Clarksville? Maybe your version is a better song!
Posted by: Piper at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (Vnr18)
Top Gun sound track is good too.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:34 PM (W/lyH)
You just like the volleyball scene.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tuna at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 08:36 PM (gZdiR)
https://youtu.be/bMx7lILb_nM
Posted by: Mark1971
Armored Saint! Now that takes me back....
Thanks.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:36 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:36 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Paco at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (mADJX)
John Adams shoveled coal,
Ben Franklin punched the tickets,
Tom Jefferson added soul.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Eastern #1 To The Sun at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (Vj4xA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:38 PM (2cS/G)
Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon
The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon
It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon
We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky
Posted by: 13times at May 02, 2025 08:38 PM (ij9KH)
https://youtu.be/AV7ZTwqC8ZI
Posted by: mindful webworker - well I dremt I flew at May 02, 2025 08:38 PM (7URu6)
Top Gun sound track is good too.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:34 PM (W/lyH)
You just like the volleyball scene.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2025 08:35 PM (gbOdA)
Mrs D sure did.
Me...meh.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 08:38 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 08:38 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 02, 2025 08:39 PM (Vnr18)
"Los Angeles", Sugarcult
https://youtu.be/OpA3ORYlgGs?si=EEylaCQPQPucsBeW
Sadde Six Arrival - LAX
(night landing in Los Angeles)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2025 08:39 PM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Eastern #1 To The Sun at May 02, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)
How sweet it is!
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 08:39 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2025 08:39 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (gZdiR)
Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (OW907)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (L/fGl)
Sometimes I watch thinking how I'd approach a problem differently....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Sorry. No half-measures here. You is or you ain't.
Posted by: The Grand Poof at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (G5+As)
Hello, everyone.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (Mo04G)
I remember smoking on a plane. Smoking section was in the back of the plane.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 02, 2025 08:40 PM (OW907)
As if that helped. They acted like air rushed from the front to the back to clear out the smoke.
ROFL
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:41 PM (5YB0N)
Posted by: Mark1971
"March of the Saint" was my first experience with them. Blasted through Alpine triaxial speakers with state of the art equalizer! Burned a lot of highway with that band...
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:41 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 02, 2025 08:42 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:42 PM (2cS/G)
I was sitting in the light
Of my switchman’s shack
On my post on the mountain.
The storm was pretty bad
And the telephone was dead
But it was just eleven hours ’til the dawn.
Then much to my surprise
The telegraph jumped into life…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 08:43 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:44 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 08:44 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 02, 2025 08:45 PM (cvWHI)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:45 PM (a4NoL)
Don't you go riding on that long black train
Great music video too....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 08:45 PM (QGaXH)
I remember smoking on a plane. Smoking section was in the back of the plane.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Oh girl. I remember sitting next to the smokers. Dipping a skinny, water-soluble airplane cocktail napkin into the last of my water and trying to make a filter over my mouth and nose out of it. On a 14-hour flight from Seoul to LA.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (Mo04G)
- The Animals
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (/lPRQ)
30,000 lbs of mashed bananas.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:44 PM (a4NoL)
When they're bad, they're bad. Just gotta take em out to sea and dump them over the side. Let the bananafish eat em.
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: huerfano at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (n2swS)
https://tinyurl.com/89wmcmnt
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:46 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit in the wind.
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger,
and you DON'T mess around with Jim.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 08:48 PM (X+xvk)
If you enjoy the movie, I recommend watching it with the commentary. It’s Cameron Crowe and his mother.
“Always be careful what you say to your children; they may put it into a movie later.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 08:48 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Wenda at May 02, 2025 08:49 PM (b0psD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 08:49 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Pendejo at May 02, 2025 08:49 PM (92ma5)
Two trains
Two railroad tracks
One going
And the other one comin' back
There goes my baby on that ol' train
I say, come back, come back
https://youtu.be/uNyOr4h2ZLw
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 08:50 PM (63Dwl)
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms, and fields
Passing trains that have no name
An' freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Good morning, America, how are ya?
Said don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2025 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:50 PM (viF8m)
Underrated movie.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:47 PM (viF8m)
Agree. It was too personal not to be.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:50 PM (q7hip)
coming down in three-part harmony.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2025 08:51 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: huerfano at May 02, 2025 08:54 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 08:54 PM (2cS/G)
Silver Bird/Mark Lindsay
https://youtu.be/o1Kyc_M3n_E?si=_5SQaCVdGRhyBYGT
Posted by: Decaf at May 02, 2025 08:55 PM (unUNN)
Cain't be wrong.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2025 08:55 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:55 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 08:55 PM (MFYQF)
"Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the U.S.S.R
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the U.S.S.R"
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 02, 2025 08:56 PM (EvHnz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 08:57 PM (63Dwl)
That's funny right there.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 08:57 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: goatexchange at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (706cY)
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Not great, but... shipwreck
Ballad of Yarmouth Castle... also by Gordon Lightfoot. Dude seems to have an obsession with shipwrecks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (Q4IgG)
https://shorturl.at/EYuws
More info.
https://shorturl.at/FRi5A
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (L/fGl)
I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans, I'll be gone 500 miles before the day is done.
Posted by: Case at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (OrSPY)
Ballad of Yarmouth Castle... also by Gordon Lightfoot. Dude seems to have an obsession with shipwrecks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (Q4IgG)
Great Lake Canuck, I believe.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 08:58 PM (q7hip)
What's rail, but second-rate locomotion?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2025 08:59 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2025 08:59 PM (D7yNd)
(I) I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
Posted by: SMOD at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (D7oie)
It's been playing in my head the past couple days, so I am surprised to see it here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (Mx2pV)
I'm thinking it's engine number 49
She's the only one that'll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (QGaXH)
Man, the press is laser focused on our politicians health concerns.
New York Magazine@NYMag
John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
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I'm listening to a rant about Fetterman on The Bulwark (one of my favorite hate-watches) and it's hilarious how intolerant they are of brain damage when it makes someone occasionally think straight instead of spending their term as a left wing puppet in a permanent state of shuffling, stumbling, stuttering dementia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (Mo04G)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (D7yNd)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (Mx2pV)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (jqrzj)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:01 PM (viF8m)
That's a good one. Anything by Rush- covered by anyone else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (Mx2pV)
Well Dallas is a jewel, oh yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight
And Dallas is a jungle but Dallas gives a beautiful light
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 02, 2025 08:25 PM (Vvh2V)
Good song, but is really a plane song?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (MFYQF)
I like the acoustic guitar played fast. - Doc Watson fast - “Casey Jones was a mighty man ….”
his version of Freight Train Boogie really smokes
Posted by: Common Tater at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (qwEFl)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:03 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:00 PM (q7hip)
Yes, yes. On Track 29.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 02, 2025 09:03 PM (jqrzj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (Mx2pV)
Blasphemy
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (jqrzj)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (WkNQM)
-I used to call Funny Face.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (Mx2pV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 02, 2025 08:26 PM (a4NoL)
Yes! Good thing I searched before posting and repeating. You have great taste in music!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:02 PM (Mx2pV)
Blasphemy
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM
Agreed. Rush sucks.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: davidt at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (2cS/G)
She was a fine girl.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 08:50 PM
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Posted by: Gordon Lightfoot at May 02, 2025 09:05 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2025 09:05 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Case at May 02, 2025 09:05 PM (OrSPY)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (jqrzj)
It's sad to see someone who has had Geddy Lee's shrill whine penetrate the amygdala.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:05 PM (Mx2pV)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2025 09:06 PM (D7yNd)
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"
Posted by: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (dg+HA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Stac-Qg57I
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (vd6bO)
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The Pogues had a really good one, but the shipwreck was just a verse in other terrors.
Drunken Boat
There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear
A ship's bell rings on board a wreck when the air is still and clear
And up above that means another angel's got his wings
But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (gZdiR)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:04 PM (2cS/G)
More hated than the dentist drill voice of Geddy Lee is the Mr Jones and Me...
*throws hood over head*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (Mx2pV)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (ycI94)
Yeah, when the train left the station
It had two lights on behind
Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind
https://youtu.be/yZYhhjyGXoU
Posted by: mindful webworker - well I dremt I flew at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (7URu6)
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"
Posted by: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (dg+HA
Like you needed an excuse, Dad!
*slams bedroom door
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (q7hip)
Excellent suggestion for my cover thread Ben Had.
That was a staple of the Jerry Garcia Band. Great song.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (U2zqT)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: The Cook at May 02, 2025 09:08 PM (mH6SG)
https://youtu.be/vXXRjPUvZnY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2025 09:09 PM (WkNQM)
Join hands (Join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (All the world, now)
Join hands (Love ride)
Start a love train (Love ride), love train
The next stop that we make will be England
Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too
Don't you know that it's time to get on board
And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2025 09:11 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:11 PM (q7hip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy_B6-seDqY
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:11 PM (vd6bO)
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
Posted by: Hank Williams at May 02, 2025 09:11 PM (dg+HA)
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2025 09:11 PM (Q4IgG)
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"
Posted by: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at May 02, 2025 09:07 PM (dg+HA)
Which was a very well done cover of the original, by Charlie Ryan, who really did build and drive a hot rod Lincoln. Model A body on a V12 Lincoln Zephyr frame. Charlie has passed on, but the car still exists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:12 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Hey, you started it at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:12 PM (MFYQF)
++++
I think Commander Cody's version is the standard. They didn't do it first, but they did it best. Like the Righteous Brothers version of "Unchained Melody." No point in anyone else ever trying it again.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Case
Steve Goodman managed to get Arlo to listen to a cassette of his song. Arlo liked it and popularized it. Goodman's most famous hit, out of all the many great songs he wrote and recorded.
___
Not really extending this to waterway songs are we?
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
Posted by: mindful webworker - daylight come and me wan go home at May 02, 2025 09:14 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:14 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM (QGaXH)
++++
Railroads were romantic. Even at their peak under regulation and elite status, airlines sort of never were.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2025 09:15 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM
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Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C....
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 02, 2025 09:16 PM (1Au9i)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbODSEP9m_A
I know, I'm in trouble for posting a Christmas song.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:16 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: National Airlines at May 02, 2025 09:16 PM (dg+HA)
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:17 PM (viF8m)
I can think of train songs that mention railroad lines (Illinois Central, AT&SF, probably others) but can't think of any plane songs that mention airlines...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
BOAC (Back in the USSR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:17 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Introverted Elephocentric Hupochondriac at May 02, 2025 09:17 PM (RjVfA)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 02, 2025 09:18 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:13 PM
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Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C....
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 02, 2025 09:16 PM (1Au9i)
Very good! I knew there had to be at least one out there....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:18 PM (QGaXH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=987iPhplnO0
Posted by: huerfano at May 02, 2025 09:18 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 09:19 PM (L/fGl)
I'm just a son of a son, son of a son
Son of a son of a sailor
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer
Posted by: James William Buffett at May 02, 2025 09:19 PM (dg+HA)
Jonathan Richman (you know him from There's Something About Mary)
I'm a Little Airplane
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 02, 2025 09:19 PM (gZdiR)
El Ten Eleven (as in the Lockheed L-1011)
Instrumental band. I’m a big fan.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 02, 2025 09:20 PM (NWr1F)
Posted by: Short and stout at May 02, 2025 09:21 PM (dg+HA)
Tall and strong she dips and reels
I call her silver heels
And she tells me how she feels.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 02, 2025 09:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 02, 2025 08:19 PM (Vj4xA)
I cannot recall any songs that made it as singles or on albums in the US or UK about the Mustang, Spitfire, Flying Fortress, Hurricane, Thunderbolt, Lancaster, or any well-known Pacific Theater aircraft. Those Krazy Krauts got all the attention from the rock groups, it seems. References: Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for the Devil;" Al Stewart, "Roads to Moscow."
Posted by: Gref at May 02, 2025 09:22 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:22 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2025 09:22 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: TWA at May 02, 2025 09:24 PM (dg+HA)
Reminds me of what Dolly Parton did for Jimmie Rodgers' Muleskinner Blues a while back.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:24 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:24 PM (QGaXH)
The Skye Boat Song, sung by Roger Whittaker
https://youtu.be/zIwLHbskuhE
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2025 09:22 PM (VNX3d)
He sailed for England
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 09:24 PM (LHPAg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbODSEP9m_A
I know, I'm in trouble for posting a Christmas song.
Posted by: Don in SoCo
Hey, thanks. Never heard that one. And always liked Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
I had thought maybe you were going to go with
Watching Joey Glow
Just 'cause they decorated him like a Christmas tree.
https://youtu.be/u0MCQrY_-iM
Posted by: mindful webworker - daylight come and me wan go home at May 02, 2025 09:25 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:25 PM (63Dwl)
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship
Posted by: Sherwood Schwartz at May 02, 2025 09:25 PM (JkO4W)
I booked on Aero Pinochet.
Their choppers never had a crash,
But nonetheless we made a splash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:26 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2025 09:26 PM (VNX3d)
And it's there that I feel my best
The albatross and the whales
They are my brothers
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon like a lover
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2025 09:27 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 02, 2025 09:27 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2025 09:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2025 09:28 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: scottst at May 02, 2025 09:28 PM (ojBxe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:25 PM (63Dwl)
Bowie's first five albums, maybe six or seven, were pretty amazing.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2025 09:28 PM (D7oie)
Hope Walz, the daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, goes on a tirade after a running influencer was invited to the Trump White House.
She claims “running is political” and it’s an exercise only for privileged people.
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That why I don't jog. I want to be as one with proletariat.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (gHSfI)
Let me play among the stars
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (D7yNd)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (2cS/G)
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / Ain't got time to take a fast train / Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home / My baby just wrote me a letter /
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2025 09:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 02, 2025 09:28 PM (D7oie)
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So good that Barbra Streisand covered his Life On Mars.
Yeecchhh.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2025 09:30 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 02, 2025 09:30 PM (gHSfI)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Doc IS here at May 02, 2025 09:30 PM (AOsQT)
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Posted by: James Taylor at May 02, 2025 09:31 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:31 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 02, 2025 09:31 PM (gHSfI)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:32 PM (2cS/G)
Pre-flight
Zero hour: Nine AM
And I think I'm gonna be high
As a kite by then
Posted by: Elon at May 02, 2025 09:32 PM (ojBxe)
Not me!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the mind goggles at May 02, 2025 09:32 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (gHSfI)
She's got the yeast infection, that one.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 02, 2025 09:33 PM (q7hip)
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?
Posted by: SMOD at May 02, 2025 09:33 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Semper Supra at May 02, 2025 09:35 PM (dg+HA)
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Now you have put me in mind of that prick Stoneman.
Posted by: Virgil Caine at May 02, 2025 09:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 02, 2025 09:29 PM (gHSfI)
Jo Stafford version.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2025 09:36 PM (zZu0s)
So many great songs.
So many great memories.
I'm gonna spend the evening catching up on my episodes of the Roadworthy Rescues guy and getting ready for an all-day training with OC Parks tomorrow.
Peace out
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 02, 2025 09:36 PM (QGaXH)
He up and died
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2025 09:36 PM (JkO4W)
De Caprio was singing this while floating in his swimming pool in One Upon A Time In Hollywood
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Doc IS here at May 02, 2025 09:37 PM (AOsQT)
Now you have put me in mind of that prick Stoneman.
Posted by: Virgil Caine
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Yeah, that shit was here too, April of '65.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (XeU6L)
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?
https://bit.ly/3RLsCNO
h/t bitsandpieces.us
Posted by: mindful webworker - the mind goggles at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Doc IS here at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (vFG9F)
Now you have put me in mind of that prick Stoneman.
Posted by: Virgil Caine
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Yeah, that shit was here too, April of '65.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2025 09:38 PM (XeU6L)
Word.
Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2025 09:39 PM (LHPAg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_c0JjXV-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48eW3VL-95g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7_I6gf9pdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kUyV76X-g
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:39 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:39 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2025 09:40 PM (3xZyM)
One of his guitar teachers was Les Paul. Which is pretty cool. The other one was T-Bone Walker.
Dig into the blues my peeps.
https://youtu.be/pFqK6PBq-hA
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2025 09:40 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:40 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at May 02, 2025 09:41 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2025 09:41 PM (dg+HA)
I ain't gonna work on the farm
Lay around the shack 'til the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 09:41 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:41 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:40 PM (vd6bO)
78 RPM, the gold standard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:42 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 02, 2025 09:42 PM (tGJ3W)
We do that one with a cello in place of the electric guitar - gives it a nice feel.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:42 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at May 02, 2025 09:41 PM (d9Cw3)
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The part where the cook says it's too rough to feed ya always chokes me right up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2025 09:42 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 09:43 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:44 PM (vd6bO)
My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again
To find me waitin' for him
Posted by: Sheena Easton at May 02, 2025 09:45 PM (dg+HA)
"From a Window Seat" is a great song by a group not a lot of people know about -- Dawes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1HzHh8uOJI
Posted by: markn23 at May 02, 2025 09:45 PM (u7V1h)
https://youtu.be/S7dIG_h5wak
Ballad of the Green Beret, by SSgt. Barry Sadler
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 02, 2025 09:45 PM (VNX3d)
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America's best
One hundred men will test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Posted by: SSgt. Barry Sadler at May 02, 2025 09:46 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2025 09:46 PM (JkO4W)
When Kamala steps toward a microphone
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 02, 2025 09:46 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2025 09:43 PM (W/lyH)
And where are the survivors buried?
Posted by: Gref at May 02, 2025 09:46 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2025 09:47 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the mind goggles at May 02, 2025 09:47 PM (7URu6)
Central time or Pacific time? Amtrak speed? 737 MAX?
Define your parameters.
Posted by: Auspex at May 02, 2025 09:47 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 02, 2025 09:47 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:48 PM (vd6bO)
"Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground"
Well, the "Flying Machine" JT was talking about there had no wings, but is rather the group he started before deciding to go it alone.
Posted by: markn23 at May 02, 2025 09:48 PM (u7V1h)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:49 PM (2cS/G)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvvUWhckww
Swanee River Boogie, by Albert Ammons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 02, 2025 09:49 PM (MFYQF)
Laden or unladen?
Posted by: mindful webworker - the mind goggles at May 02, 2025 09:49 PM (7URu6)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:49 PM (viF8m)
Well, the "Flying Machine" JT was talking about there had no wings, but is rather the group he started before deciding to go it alone.
+++
We've got stories.
Posted by: Orville and Wilbur at May 02, 2025 09:49 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Sandy from the Bloc at May 02, 2025 09:51 PM (BI5O2)
They meet in Hell. Next question.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 02, 2025 09:51 PM (tGJ3W)
Man, that guy's got one helluva left hand.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 09:51 PM (vd6bO)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Birdmen
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 02, 2025 09:51 PM (XeU6L)
11. Kind of surprised I lived through it. Everyday since then has been bonus time.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:52 PM (viF8m)
She’s a good old worker and a good old pal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
We’ve hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal and hay,
And ev’ry inch of the way I know, From Albany to Buffalo.
Chorus:
Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, We must be getting near a town.
You can always tell your neighbor, You can always tell your pal,
If he’s ever navigated on the Erie Canal.
We’d better look ‘round for a job old gal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
You bet your life I wouldn’t part with Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
Giddap there gal, we’ve passed that lock, We’ll make Rome ‘fore six o’ clock,
So one more trip and then we’ll go, Right straight back to Buffalo.
Chorus:
Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town,
Once a man named Mike McGinty, tried to put it over Sal,
Now he’s way down at the bottom of the Erie Canal.
Posted by: Gref at May 02, 2025 09:52 PM (aBgBM)
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies* movin'
Rawhide!
Posted by: Frankie Laine at May 02, 2025 09:54 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 09:54 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the mind goggles at May 02, 2025 09:56 PM (7URu6)
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
They're taking me to Marrakesh
Posted by: Crosby, Stills & Nash at May 02, 2025 09:57 PM (dg+HA)
Robert Johnson for the win.
youtube.com/watch?
v=iigXKpgrfYo&list=RDiigXKpgrfYo&start_radio=1
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at May 02, 2025 09:57 PM (fY84s)
Thought it was dumb at the time. Have seen nothing to change my mind. 3/10. At least I had enough work to buy beer and enough sense to keep my mouth shut and thus not screw up my screwing opportunities.
But I do like running into the old broke down former jocks crying in their beer because high school ball was the apex of their lives.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 02, 2025 09:57 PM (tGJ3W)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 09:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lincolntf
I don't know. I do know I'm glad I only had to do High School once. That was enough.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2025 10:00 PM (qKYfj)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 02, 2025 10:00 PM (mH6SG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ediaZ5DhYjw
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 10:00 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2025 10:01 PM (M2v2q)
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2025 10:02 PM (qKYfj)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 02, 2025 10:04 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 10:04 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2025 10:04 PM (BI5O2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQvHvYIf0lY
Posted by: huerfano at May 02, 2025 10:05 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2025 10:07 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2025 10:09 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 10:09 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 02, 2025 10:10 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2025 10:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2025 10:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2025 10:13 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 02, 2025 10:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JoshO at May 02, 2025 10:20 PM (995FY)
It's right there in the title.
Posted by: sal at May 02, 2025 11:21 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Kaiju66 at May 03, 2025 07:53 AM (iyKHq)
Last Train to Clarksville,The Monkees (1966)
Last Train Home, Pat Metheny Group (instrumental, 1990)
Posted by: Ashley Squishy at May 03, 2025 08:22 AM (kvDvI)
Springsteen is a Southside Johnny and Dylan Wannabe falling short in both the bar band and bard band categories.
The E Street Band made him not the other way around. Proof is listen to him on acoustic without a band. If he were a busker, you'd take his money for putting you through that. For further proof listen to what Roy Bittan did for Dire Straits on Making Movies (1980) a much better album than the River or any of Springsteen's eighties shit.
Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at May 03, 2025 08:42 AM (uGULU)
The King's "Promised Land".
Best part of "Men in Black"
Posted by: Mildly Retarded Lurker at May 03, 2025 08:47 AM (+nxIh)
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