What This Hobby Really Needs

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Are songs. Lots and lots and lots of songs.

Upbeat songs, sad songs, bluegrass songs, doo-wop songs.

Beach Boys songs.

To the tune of “Be True To Your School”, I give you:

Be True To Your Scale

[b]

When some loud braggart tries to put me down
And says he hates my scale
I tell him right away
“Now what’s the matter buddy
Why you gotta hate my scale
It’s number one in sales!”
(Hey, hey Take It Away!)

So be true to your scale now
Just like you would to your girl, guys
Be true to your scale now
And let your colors fly
Be true to your scale

I’m a Master Model Railroader
I wanna tell you up front
And I handlay my track
I scratchbuild everything
When I cruise around
The other parts of the town
I wear my engineer’s hat

So be true to your scale now
Just like you would to your girl, guys
Be true to your scale now
And let your colors fly
Be true to your scale
(Do it again, do it again, we like it, we like it!)

COME Friday We’ll be operating by prototype rules
It’ll be a grand sight
We use Sergent couplers
My wife will be working on the way freight, now
And she’ll be an engineer tonight

So be true to your scale now
Just like you would to your girl, guys
Be true to your scale now,
And let your colors fly
Be true to your scale.
(Push Em Back, Push Em Back, Waaay Back)

Rah, rah, rah, rah, sis boom bah

Rah, rah, rah, rah, sis boom bah

Rah, rah, rah, rah, sis boom bah

Be true to your scale.[/b]

Andre

2

what about some Jazz, blues, maybe even some hip hop for us youngens [{(-_-)}]

3

City of New Orleans…Arlo and Willie do a fine job, and immediately put me into a conductors chair along some lonely fallen flag’s line.

4

How about something in the style of Beethoven or Mozart?[:-^]

5

We need more accurate and less expensive models before more songs.

6

Andre,

Now THAT’s funny. (A litle too much time on your hands?[:D])

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Very funny, Andre!

I really did think you were going to say “a good 5¢ HO-scale cigar.” [^]

Lynda

8

You’re forgetting the best type:

Gilbert and Sullivan songs![:D]

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You mean like “A Modern N Scale Modeler”?

Or “Three Little Scratchbuilders So Cool Are We”

Andre

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Unless you can convince a couple of million more people to join the hobby and give some returns to scale to the manufacturers, it ain’t going to happen.

OTOH, we can laugh about things any time.

Andre

11

I’m retired. Whaddaya think?

Andre

12

Just thought you’d like to know, the country group ‘Lonestar’ has released a version of “City of New Orleans”. It’s from a special album of country stars doing old time hits. Not sure of the exact name of the album.

“Big Iron Horses” by Restless Heart is also a good one.[:)][8D][{(-_-)}][tup]

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Sheesh, there are so many who are pointing out already existing railroad songs.

They’re totally immaterial, people. I’m talking fractured lyrics to popular songs regardless of genre.

Think of what you could do with some of the songs from musicals like, say, “The Music Man” , “Oklahoma”, “My Fair Lady”. Songs from the doo-wop era like a fractured version of “One Summer’s Night” or “Get A Job”. Beach Boy songs. They’re actually among the easiest to alter. Songs from the Disco era, like Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”, Donna Summers’ “Hot Stuff” (suggested title “Hot Glue”) or the Pointer Sisters “Slow Hand”.

Here’s a partial from “The Cowman And The Farmer” from “Oklahoma”

[b]Oh the operator and the builder should be friends,

The operator and the builder should be friends

The operator likes to switch with lists

Which makes the builder’s knickers twist

But that’s no reason why they can’t be friends

Model railroading folks should stick together

Model railroading folks should all be pals

Operators dance with the builders’ daughter,

Builders dance with the operator’s gals.

I’d like to say a word for the operator

The path he chose is difficult and thorny

He operates for hours on end with a dispatcher for a friend

And a non-stop meet will make him kinda horny

Model railroading folks should stick together

Model railroading folks should all be pals

Operators dance with the builders’ daughter,

Builders dance with the operator’s gals…[/b]

Andre

&nbs

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[quote user=“andrechapelon”]

Sheesh, there are so many who are pointing out already existing railroad songs.

They’re totally immaterial, people. I’m talking fractured lyrics to popular songs regardless of genre.

Think of what you could do with some of the songs from musicals like, say, “The Music Man” , “Oklahoma”, “My Fair Lady”. Songs from the doo-wop era like a fractured version of “One Summer’s Night” or “Get A Job”. Beach Boy songs. They’re actually among the easiest to alter. Songs from the Disco era, like Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”, Donna Summers’ “Hot Stuff” (suggested title “Hot Glue”) or the Pointer Sisters “Slow Hand”.

Here’s a partial from “The Cowman And The Farmer” from “Oklahoma”

[b]Oh the operator and the builder should be friends,

The operator and the builder should be friends

The operator likes to switch with lists

Which makes the builder’s knickers twist

But that’s no reason why they can’t be friends

Model railroading folks should stick together

Model railroading folks should all be pals

Operators dance with the builders’ daughter,

Builders dance with the operator’s gals.

I’d like to say a word for the operator

The path he chose is difficult and thorny

He operates for hours on end with a dispatcher for a friend

And a non-stop meet will make him kinda horny

Model railroading folks should stick together

Model railroading folks should all be pals

Operators dance with the builders’ daughter,

Builders dance with the operator’s gals…[/b]

Andre

15

Okay, Andre. Got anything for “Livin’ La Vida Loco?” [(-D]

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Well all you out there in model railroad land, it’s time to slow down the tempo and listen to some of that good soul music. So here’s Percy Sledge with that soul classic, “When A Man Builds A Layout”.

[b]When a man builds a layout
Can’t keep his mind on nothing else
He’ll trade the world
For the good thing he’s built
If it’s bad, he can’t see it
He can’t see what’s done wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he put it down

When a man builds a layout
Spend his very last dime
Tryin’ to capture the world he sees
He’ll give up all his comfort
Sleep out in the rain
Even work under the layout on his knees

Well, this man built a layout
He gave it everything not to fail
Tryin’ to build truly faultless trackwork
But his bloody trains, they still derail

When a man builds a layout

Down deep in his soul
It can bring him such misery
If it shows him for a fool
He’s the last one to know
Lovin’ eyes can’t ever see

When a man builds a layout
He can do no wrong
He can never even go out with gi-r-r-ls
Yes when a man builds a layout
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause come hell or high water it’s his world

When a man builds a layout…[/b]

Andre