Lammycat Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 "Play a Train Song," Todd Sniderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBjoE__vJs "Silver Train," Stones (Black Crowes do a great cover of it, too):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3c2WUVZ9NQ "Two Trains," Little Feat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBbY0v2sKXg "Mystery Train," Junior Parker (but I'll take the JGB version any day):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGYBdhlxmg "Train in Vain," The Clash:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzBgeI5dpc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Favorite symbol in Grateful Dead songs, pretty extensive list of train songs: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-grateful-dead-and-trains-guest-post.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Knight Rider Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 The Train Song-Flying Burrito Bros. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jff Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Last of the Steam Powered Trains - Kinks It Takes a lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman 5:15 - The Who Click Clack - Captain Beefheart Hey Porter - Johnny Cash Big Train - Mike Watt (might not be the original artist) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Train Train - Blackfoot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brucebanner Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 The Kinks, "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYtOPjPtVS0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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NoJ Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 "Might As Well" by the GD "Big Railroad Blues" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Chez Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 "Southern Pacific" by Eleventh Dream Day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 My favorite is probably "Love in Vain" - the Stones' version off of Ya-Ya's. Of course the lryics are from Robert Johnson - the last verse is one of his best. Jagger sings it great. When the train, it left the station, there was two lights on behind,When the train, it left the station, there was two lights on behind,Well, the blue light was my blues, and the red light was my mind.All my love's in vain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Big Train - Mike Watt (might not be the original artist) I don't believe it is. I've been (re-) listening to Ball-hog or Tug Boat a lot the past week or so. Here's an awesome live clip of "Big Train" (w/ Eddie vedder and Dave Grohl):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkGhQ3bW_pU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Casey Jones-GDBack on the Train-Phish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Southern Pacific by Neil YoungCrazy TrainWhen my Train Pulls in - Gary ClarkLonesome Train - Johnny BurnetteA Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound - Black CrowesTrain to Nowhere - JJ CaleTrain Round the Bend - True Believers Train in Vain is a train song? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Train in Vain is a train song?Well, maybe not per se as in it involves actual trains or train imagery, but the beat/rhythm surely connotates a train rolling down the tracks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Trains-Ryan AdamsTrain Song-PhishGet Back on the Train-PhishTrain kept on Rolling-AerosmithDriver 8-R.E.M.Broken Train-BeckDownbound Train-Bruce SpringsteenJumping someone else's Train- The CureRailroad Man-Eels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Maybe the very best train song ever: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Downtown Train - Tom Waitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja2evWhGWHA Down There By The Train - Tom Waitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gep3Y7EbE9w Train Song - Tom Waitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB9yCMG25J4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Venus Stopped the Train! I Often Dream of Trains - Robyn HitchcockMidnight Train to Georgia - Gladys KnightSlake Train Coming - Squirrel BaitFear of Trains - Magnetic Fields Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worrierking Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The Dixie Flyer-Randy NewmanLocomotive Breath- Jethro TullRed Streamliner- Little FeatWhen You Need a Train It Never Comes-Amanda ShiresTrains-Porcupine Tree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worrierking Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Desperadoes Waiting for a Train- Guy ClarkCanadian Railroad Trilogy- Gordon LightfootAll the Way Home- Spinal Tap (The Thamesmen) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Maybe the very best train song ever: This could have gone in the "Covers" thread for me. I heard the GD do this (and a couple others by her) before I got turned on to her around '87. Nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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