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And of course the whole of The Jam's 'Down in the tube station at midnight'.
It's surprising how often the word train features in a song title including some dubious ones!
Took the Train - Bread
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
Train on a Track - Kelly Rowland
This Train Don't Stop There Anymore - Elton John
Train - Leo Sayer
(Waiting for The) Ghost Train - Madness
Mule Train - Frankie Laine
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
The Day We Caught the Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Train in the Distance - Paul Simon
Midnight Train to George - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
Night Train - Visage
Train - Smokie
Soul Train - Swansway
The Runaway Train - Vernon Dalhart
Trains and Boat and Planes - Billy J Kramer and The Dakoras
The O'Jays - Love Train
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Chas McDevitt (with Nancy Whiskey) - Freight Train
The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys - Last Train To San Fernando
E.L.O. - Last Train To London
Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 (Morning Train)
Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train
Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train
ABBA - Another Town Another Train
Albert Hammond - I'm A Train
The Pyramids - Train Tour To Rainbow City
There must be hundreds...
Recently - 2 x HSTs showing up for no logical reason in 'Hannibal' (a US TV show).
Have we had :
'smoke lingers 'round your fingers; train heave on to Euston'
'and when a train goes by it's such a sad sound'
'and if you ever need self-validation; just meet me in the alley by the railway station'
'I came back to my old city; with fierce determination; and I couldn't find my way out of the station, it's all changed'
And of course the whole of The Jam's 'Down in the tube station at midnight'.
There have been many references to film and tv shows, but don't forget the Ealing comedies and the many references to railways in them, as well as the Great St Trinian's Train Robbery.
In other songs:
Madness - Bingo, on the Liberty of Norton Folgate contains the lines
Half Man Half Biscuit.
Back In The DHSS
Time Flies By (When You’re A Driver Of A Train)
F****n’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus contains the line
Most notable has to be The Coroner's Footnote on 90 Bisodol (Crimond) which regales the tale of a love torn male who plans to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train. Something that sadly occurs too often. It does end by expressing concern for the welfare of the train driver.
I happened to see this on one of the TV music channels yesterday.Sheena Easton 9-5 (search the video on Youtube for the Bluebell Railway)
Sheena Easton 9-5 (search the video on Youtube for the Bluebell Railway)
I happened to see this on one of the TV music channels yesterday.
Flagrant disregard for Health & Safety, and numerous breaches of the Rule Book!
The video to 'Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar' has been very cleverly made with different items of rail side equipment in time with different instruments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM
Breakthru by Queen was on on a preserved line (Gloswarks?)