QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Country from the 40s-50s-60s, especially Bakersfield sound (or the modern day equivalent) -- you know, Buck Rogers, Rose Maddox, Jean Shepherd, Jeanne Pruitt Romance composers -- Marcel Dupre, Widor, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Franck, whether orchestral, organ, or opera "Modern U.S." -- Copeland, Rogers, Bernstein, etc. Early Stones and the like -- not that post-67 crap, old Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kerwin era) Ska -- Skatellites, Dexy's Midnight Runners, English Beat *** Dale and similar, so long as it's instrumental Bluegrass, any era -- Seldom Seen, Louman Bros., Country Gentlemen Modern traditional country -- Junior Brown, Gourds, Old 97s, the Sadies, etc.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN I must suck to have a company truck![censored][D)][|(] Do you put 80-100K on a truck every 24-30 months?, on company business?[}:)] How well do you know Bell City, Paront, Malden, Dexter, Delta, Sikeston? Railroad supervisors and consultants, especially on the track & engineering side, tend to rack up just a few "frequent driver miles" flying about 3 feet off the ground. Comes with the job. [|(][|(][|(] MR C.. can i call you that... your missing the point.. MUSIC is the point.. if you don't have music, it sucks
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN I must suck to have a company truck![censored][D)][|(] Do you put 80-100K on a truck every 24-30 months?, on company business?[}:)] How well do you know Bell City, Paront, Malden, Dexter, Delta, Sikeston? Railroad supervisors and consultants, especially on the track & engineering side, tend to rack up just a few "frequent driver miles" flying about 3 feet off the ground. Comes with the job. [|(][|(][|(]
QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN I must suck to have a company truck![censored][D)][|(]
Originally posted by Mookie Actually - I prefer a station that plays music from the 40's through the 60's. You know, the music that you could actually sing along with and could understand the words.[ /quote] When I am railfanning out-of-town in a rental car I sometimes listen to music from these years. I did hear Mercer's "Atchison Topeka..." when I was in central Virginia once. L.A. radio is largely corporate-congolmerate owned, over-researched, etc., so unless you have streaming audio from a web station, or one of the satellite stations, you won't hear much beyond the mass-appeal stuff. The music directors are either overworked or extremely timid. Reply Junctionfan Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: St.Catharines, Ontario 3,770 posts Posted by Junctionfan on Friday, October 29, 2004 3:46 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Nora I don't have a tape or CD player in my work van either...how do they expect a girl to live like that?! [8D] I picked up a little FM transmitter that plugs into the cigarette lighter, and connects to a portable CD player. It works really well (and my boss doesn't care as long as I don't listen to anything offensive while I have a crew in the van, hehe). I like a lot of fairly obscure stuff and am absolutely obsessive about music. Stacked up on my desk right now, I have Ryan Adams, the Mysteries of Life, Morrissey, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Letters to Cleo, James William Hindle, Camper Van Beethoven, the Old 97's, Hole, the Fastbacks, Radiohead, the Blue Aeroplanes, the Vulgar Boatmen, 10,000 Maniacs, the Jazz Butcher, the Weakerthans, R.E.M., American Music Club, Haley Bonar, Belly, Sarah Harmer, Low, and the soundtrack to the movie Garden State. I guess I really ought to clear my desk off... http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Nora/ The Vulgar Boatmen? Sounds like something for boatfanning instead. Arg arg arg arg arg arg...[oX)] Andrew Reply rich747us Member sinceJanuary 2002 124 posts Posted by rich747us on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:51 AM For me, just about anything. Normally, it's something of a rock music nature. One song in particular thats great to rock out to is by a group called The Elms. The song I'm thinking of is called 'Speaking in tounges'. Although the song itself has nothing to do with Trains, the video for it was fillmed at an Amtrak station on the west coast (hence the Surfliner equipment!). The tune just paints an image in my mind of a 'Z' train screaming down the TRANSCON. You can hear a clip of the song at the group's website: www.theelms.net . Once you get there, click on 'the boombox' in the menu on the left of the page. When there's a tie at the crossing.....YOU LOOSE! STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, AND LIVE! GOD BLESS CONRAIL!</font id="blue"> 1976-1999 (R.I.P.) Reply Junctionfan Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: St.Catharines, Ontario 3,770 posts Posted by Junctionfan on Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:44 AM I wonder if anybody listens to east Indian music while railfaning........ Andrew Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:12 PM KFDI Classic Country at 1070AM in Wichita, KS is located next to theBNSF Ark City Sub and has been at this location for 50 yrs. When Kansas State football is not on the air you can here songs , some which have a rr theme. Midday announcer Johnny Western (who wrote the song 'Have Gun Will Travel') was a long time friend of Johnny Cash and plays his music quite often including my two favorites 'Rock Island Line' followed by 'Hey Porter'. Boxcar Willie also sang good rr tunes of the past. Reply Edit railman Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: Midwest 718 posts Posted by railman on Sunday, October 31, 2004 7:33 PM Wow...I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this thread...we have a varied musical slate on this forum, to put it lightly! And Boxcar Willie? He's great! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 1, 2004 10:05 AM The Scorpions[8D][:D],Steely Dan,Def Leppard,Kiss,Judas Preist,AC/DC, and too many more to mention, then sometimes C.W McCall's " The Silverton" (The Durango and Silverton in Colorado).[8D] Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by Nora I don't have a tape or CD player in my work van either...how do they expect a girl to live like that?! [8D] I picked up a little FM transmitter that plugs into the cigarette lighter, and connects to a portable CD player. It works really well (and my boss doesn't care as long as I don't listen to anything offensive while I have a crew in the van, hehe). I like a lot of fairly obscure stuff and am absolutely obsessive about music. Stacked up on my desk right now, I have Ryan Adams, the Mysteries of Life, Morrissey, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Letters to Cleo, James William Hindle, Camper Van Beethoven, the Old 97's, Hole, the Fastbacks, Radiohead, the Blue Aeroplanes, the Vulgar Boatmen, 10,000 Maniacs, the Jazz Butcher, the Weakerthans, R.E.M., American Music Club, Haley Bonar, Belly, Sarah Harmer, Low, and the soundtrack to the movie Garden State. I guess I really ought to clear my desk off... http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Nora/
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