Finally, I think we have arrived at our destination, and so we come to last batch of songs about trains. This time we will leave the 1970’s behind and move into more recent times. “Downbound Train” is a song that appears on the 1984 Bruce Springsteen album Born in the USA. The song is a […]
Trains – 3rd Stop
I thought at this point that I might be able to move forward in time to the 1980’s and beyond but researches have uncovered that Wikipedia lists more than 1000 train/railway related songs and at a quick glance I noticed that I have missed some classic songs from the past. So our third stop is […]
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee” is a traditional gospel song that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, “A Closer Walk” is perhaps the most frequently played number in the hymn and dirge section of traditional New Orleans jazz funerals. The title and lyrics of the […]
Trains – The Second Stop
Today we continue our exploration of songs related to trains and the railways. So far we have barely made it into the 1960’s and so beginning there, we move on to explore the 1970’s. “Rock Island Line” is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a […]
Train – Departure
A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally run along a railway track to transport passengers or cargo (also known as “freight” or “goods”). The word train comes from the Old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning ‘to pull, to draw’. “Freight Train” is […]
Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers usually for a fare. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type is the singer decker, with larger loads carried by double decker and articulated buses, and smaller loads […]
Roads
Having thought about cars we now turn our attention to the roads on which they travel. A Road is a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use. Roads consist of one or two carriageways, each with one or more lanes and any associated […]
Car Makers
After yesterday’s post about the generic motor car, today, we turn our attention to songs that specifically reference the manufacturer of the car by name. “Brand New Cadillac” (also recorded as “Cadillac”) is a 1959 song by Vince Taylor, and was originally released as a B-side. While not successful in the UK, it got a […]
Cars
A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one-to-eight people, have four wheels and mainly transport people rather than goods. Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend on them. The year 1886 is […]
Pilgrim
In keeping with our theme of travelling and transport, our post for this Sunday is centred on the Christian practice of Pilgrimage with goes back to the very beginnings of the faith and continues even to this day. Geoffrey Chaucer in the 13th Century fashioned his Canterbury Tales around the practice. John Bunyan’s epic ‘The […]