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I have always wondered if the sound of train horns are what inspired musicians to experiment with dense complicated chords, and the clickity-clack of the wheels inspired synchopated rythm giving birth to jazz. Maybe even as far back as steam boat whistles, compared to barbershop quartet harmonies. <br /> <br />I can picture a young musician riding a train for hours, listening to these sounds. I know that I tend to trance on repetitive sound, and over time it morphes in my mind into ideas for songs. <br /> <br />There is a guitarist named Adrian Belew, who has a very cool train song called "Swingline" that is on his album titled "Lone Rhinoserus". It mimics the sounds of trains in a kind of psychadelic art deco style. It's kind of be-bop 50's style with breaks of backward masking, steam hissing, and stumbling rythm. The lyrics paint rockwell pictures of american backyards as seen from a train. Very cool, I urge anybody to check it out.
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