Train riddims

[IdleRich]

I have a soft spot for the Boxtops one.... but yeah I can't really argue.
Nobody mentioned the Doobie Brothers yet have they?

 

[IdleRich]

Jeet Thayil who wrote Narcopolis was in that band (maybe not when they recorded that, I dunno)

 

[IdleRich]

 

[DLaurent]

Daphne Oram's soundtrack to Geoffrey Jones' amazing short film Snow is my favourite

That's brilliant. Brilliant sound design.

 

[sufi]

very good thread DL

That's brilliant. Brilliant sound design.

 

[DLaurent]

 

[Benny Bunter]

Love the doppler effect guitar

 

[Murphy]

Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma

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[DLaurent]

Love Chris Watson when he's not recording bird sounds.

 

[subvert47]

 

[Murphy]

 

[Murphy]

Festival Express (2003) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, History, Music

1h 30m | 15

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There’s the odd train horn in certain David Lynch films, Blue Velvet I think. Almost subliminal acoustics from the American subconscious

 

[Murphy]

Thread derailed

 

[Murphy]

One of my gramp’s records. Still have it somewhere. Field recordings made by rail enthusiasts

No Artist - Trains On The Narrow Gauge

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You have no idea what a Sunday dinner can be like until you’re all trapped in a room in Ynys Mon, listening to narrow gauge sample sets (cheap buy for the production heads among you too)

 

[Murphy]

 

[IdleRich]

I was gonna put Ivor the Engine.

 

[Corpsey]

I happened to be listening to this and I thought about this thread cos this is music that (albeit in a retro way) evokes the pace of horseback riding.

 

[IdleRich]

Wonder if train songs are gonna die out. It's still a totally extant form of transport... but I don't see many hip-hop stars getting on a train or writing about one.

 

[sufi]

Wonder if train songs are gonna die out. It's still a totally extant form of transport... but I don't see many hip-hop stars getting on a train or writing about one.

i dunno i think they have a much better profile that cars already, they have a bunch of symbolism that make them good for singing about otherwise these last couple of pages wouldnt have got filled up like this

i mean a lot more people drive cars but while that form of transport is just as banal, nobody much sings about em (or maybe someone needs to start that thread) or bicycles,

 

[luka]

lots of songs about cars though