I was just joking with a friend that I have no idea how he took so long to be diagnosed with autism when he has a playlist dedicated to songs about trains; he made this playlist after randomly having 3 songs about trains come on in a row when he put his music on shuffle, and decided to start collecting them in a playlist. There aren’t too many on there at the moment, and he’d like to collect more, if anyone has any suggestions.
I will share the resulting playlist on here afterwards as either an edit to this post, or a comment reply. If you want to be pinged about this, let me know in your comment, and I’ll make sure you receive a link to the playlist.
Bonus question: if you’re autistic, what are your opinions on trains? I’m personally ambivalent about trains, but they also feel like they’re my culture, because of how many of my fellow autistic nerds like trains.
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The Gambler by Kenny Rogers takes place on a train… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo&t=15
Train Train by the Blue Hearts, if no one already mentioned it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSkLe-EOq5U&t=8
Glendale Train by Ner Riders of the Purple Sage
Technically about a train robbery.
Adding:
Monkey and the Engineer by the Grateful Dead
b52s cosmic thing has the word train in it but is not about trains as well.
locomotive breath but its not really about trains just uses the imagery. not autistic (that I now of) but while im not specifically obsessed with trains they are my prefered mode of transit next to walking/biking.
Bob Dylan, “Slow Train Coming” Also, “It Takes a lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” He’s got to have other train songs, too, none others occur to me at the moment.
“Chattanooga Choo-choo” was really big something like 100 years ago.
Can’t believe nobody shared this classic: 「トレイン to トレイン」 AKA Trainroll
UB40 - She Caught The Train
I apologize in advance, just cannot help myself.
B.T Express - Ride On BT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMtbbpM4XM
It’s got a real funky flute on the track
My baby takes the morning train…
The Locomotion - any version you can find, they all rule M.T.A. - Kingston Trio Last Train to London - ELO Moonlight Express (album) - The Ivory Heart Love Train - The O’Jays
stretches: Takin’ Care of Business - BTO ("if your train’s on time…) Rydeen - Yellow Magic Orchestra (licensed for the arcade game Super Locomotive. for a rerelease without the license, they wrote a pastiche called “Ryzeen”) Detroit Medley - Bruce Springstein (has a part about a train a-comin’ that IIRC has never been done on it’s own)
how could i forget Nigh Train! in jazz band in college we’d debate between playing it straight like James Brown or swung like BTTF (and presumably the original), both rule
Wreck of the old 97 Bringing in the Georgia mail Orange Blossom Special
The first is no long considered appropriate.
Lemon Demon - My Trains
Please link me to the playlist even if you don’t include this suggestion, because I am curious.
More like light rail, but
The opening line is her waiting at a train station:
Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts
The folk standard, John Henry
Another standard, Chattanooga Choo Choo
Here by The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge
The O’Jays - Love Train, aka the Soul Train intro song
About a proverbial train
Georgio Moroder - Chase, aka the theme from Midnight Express
Any number of songs about hobos https://www.polarityrecords.com/songs-about-hobos.html
What is/was a hobo, you ask?Not strictly about trains, but it’s prominent in the lyrics of “Casey Jones” by The Greatful Dead.
I mean, he was certainly driving that train, high on cocaine
But seriously though, he gotta watch his speed.
