While were in 70s rock we cant forget the doobie brothers long train runnin’
stay safe
joe
Still haven’t gotten a CD with the song, haven’t even tried finding the video. I do have the words, though.
That song “I’m A Train” sounds familier. Does it go something like: “Look at me I’m a train on the tracks I’m a choocha-train” or something close to that? Some college buddies and I used a digital camera and made a 30sec video of my model railroad. I had an old jumbo post card of a country setting, we used my desk lamp, and I set my model train tracks up and put a white truck pick-up with a little guy on it or behind on the tracks like a MOW. I even put a little tree in there, too. (All HO scale). We took a 5sec shot of no action and multiplied it 5 times on the computer. The last 5sec shot is of train coming by and running him over! POW! Using the computer we layered a song over the 30sec clip. It starts out instumental and then singing starts “Look at me I’m a train on the track I’m a choocha-train” then just as he gets run over the words of the song go “look at me I’m goin’ somewhere I’m a choocha-train” and that’s the end of the video.
I sent it to a bunch of friends but never saved a copy for myself so I don’t know if it still exists. This was about 3 years ago. If I find it I’ll make it available for everyone somehow.
Here are some more Classic Rock & Roll songs:
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
Marrakesh Express - CSN
On the 5:15 - The Who
My favorite Would be
Crazy train By Ozzy
Highway to hell by AC/DC
Goin to California By Led Zeppellin
Did You know---- Led Zeppellin Was Recently voted Still # 1 greatest RnR Band
2 AC/DC #3 Ozzy/ Black Sabbath
AS Of 1-1-04 AC/DC Back In Black Sold Over 25 million copies In the U.S. alone
I Own 2 records Unopened AC/DC Back In Black And Highway To Hell
And The 5 Disc Set AC/DC BONFIRE
FOUND SOME MORE
Tuesdays gone Lynrd Skynrd (train roll on tuesdays gone)
train kept a rollin Aerosmith
dont stop belivein Journey (She took the midnight train goin anywhere)
Hey Jim this ones for you
Goin to Kansas city (might take a plane might take a train)
Also there a song about the frisco my dad said it back from the 40’s
dont know the name.[:)]
Pardon me boys, we’ve forgotten the “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”! Thanks to Glen Miller and the Big Band Era.
Mike
Acouple of my favorites are;
Rock Island Line
Wreck of old 97
Last train to San Fernando
Lookie what I found here:
http://www.trains.com/content/dynamic/articles/000/000/000/286hxeem.asp
Maybe soemone already posted it…
Somewhere down the crazy river - Robbie Robertson
Makes me think of trains
She Caught the Katy (and left me a mule to ride)…Taj Mahal [tup] even the title rocks
Steel Rail Blues…Hank Williams [tup] go to a lonesome bar, buy a beer, put a quarter in the slot and groove
Last Train to Clarksville…The Monkees
Rainy Night in Georgia…Brooke Benton [tup] very soulful
Midnight Train…Spencer Davis Group…so-so but check out their cover of Brenda Holloway’s “Every Little Bit Hurts” [tup]
Freight Train Boogie…Doc Watson
Alabama Bound … " "
Southbound… " " Doc and friends can do a train song [tup] for these
Blue Railroad Train… " "
The Wreck of Old Number 9 "
Wabash Cannonball…Doc "
Mean Old Southern…The Blues Project
Rock Island Line…Leadbelly
Leavin’ Memphis, Frisco Bound…Jesse Fuller
The Monkey and the Engineer… " " [tup] one man band Fuller leaves the engineer with a worried mind, and the dispatcher, and…
Grand Central…Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, et al
The Hobo Song…Old and in the Way (J.Garcia & friends)
Hobo…Linda Ronstadt
Panama Limited…Tom Rush [tup] all-time guitarred train effects tune
Reuben’s Train…The Dillards…maniacally fast mandolin from Dean Webb
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry…Bob Dylan [tup] “Don’t the brakeman look good ma, ridin’ down the double E. Don’t my gal look good ma, when she’s after me.”
Two Trains Running…Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Train Time…Cream
Last Steam Engine Train…Leo Kottke
Clickety Clack…Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Catch That Train…John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers…ever hear Mayall’s torchy piano on “Marsha’s Mood”? [tup]
Mystery Train… " "
Streamline… " "
Orange Blossom Special…Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w/
So many train songs, so few trains to ride…
I don’t think there’s ever been a bad train song. What’s so musical about a train? Everything! Diesel locomotives beat out a deep groove like nothing else but a Fender bass. Ride behind steam instead, and brushes keep the time on a hi-hat cymbal. One jazz tune puts both of those rhythms together, “Last Train Home” by Pat Metheny. The beat goes on and on without any breaks or flourishes, just like a piece of fine machinery. After several instrumental verses of sitar guitar and piano, a chorus of singers sweeps past like a passing train. The tune opens with an engine whistle and fades with a crossing bell. If you have even the slightest tolerance for jazz, it’s a keeper. There other train songs thrughout jazz. Anybody remember some?
On a different note, I’ll never forget a live Lynerd Skynrd concert (is that spelled right? Who cares?) in Memphis, during their heyday. The stage was set right in front of some tracks. As they played their big hit, “Free Bird,” a fast freight barreled past from stage left to right. Whether a lucky break or a crafty showbiz trick, it was some of the best special effects I ever saw at a rock show!
Try as I might, I just can’t shake the “railroad song” in my mind that was the commercial for “Good 'N Plenty” candy…“Choo Choo Charlie was an engineer…love my Good 'N Plenty”.
what about the LOCOMOTION by Little Eva also by Grand Funk Railroad[8D]
Thanks Carl:
I had totally forgotten about “Locomotion”.
"EVERYBODY’S DOING A BRAND NEW DANCE, COME ON BABY, DO THE LOCOMOTION’!
country schmountry here’s a returning thread.
I may not have the lyrics exactly right, but Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” starts like this–“Well we’re still racing out at the trestles…”
The Blues Brothers’ version of “She Caught The Katy” is darn good!!!
And of course there’s the Kingston Trio’s ‘The Train that goes Tomorrow’ if you want to get your head twisted gently (and humourously!).
“Life is a Mountain Railroad”
Gospel tune we picked up in a Mobile Chapel some years ago. We would butcher it by switching railroad terms to trucking terms cuz not all knows about trains. =)
Take care!
Lee