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James Blast wrote:Oh, you're guid! ;D
I'm on half term holiday, say no more.
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aye, I kinda guessed 'cause you're usually crap :lol:
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James Blast wrote:aye, I kinda guessed 'cause you're usually crap :lol:
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Debaser wrote:For Mr Blast 'Freight Train Comin' - Metallica
You mean No Leaf Clover?
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Hom_Corleone wrote:
Debaser wrote:For Mr Blast 'Freight Train Comin' - Metallica
You mean No Leaf Clover?
I have no idea what I mean, I still have to ask where they come from and am STILL to believe it's where people actually say.
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Bartek wrote:does Kylie - Loco Motion, count here ? :lol:
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I'll take the Grand Funk Railroad version ;D
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hmmm...not only the songs about trains but just trains themselves.

my transport when travelling far and also to get to a'dam.

i love long trips on trains...the further south you go here, the more elegant our trains get. the people on trains are the best to watch.

the sound off, replaced with own music in your ears and just watching outside, water, book in bag. the most relaxing adventure always.

except in summer months with loud mouthed tourists! :wink:
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try it on The Island, then report back
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I like trains and I like iLiKETRAiNs ... :D ... great sound ...

been living near a shunt yard for more than 25 years, very nice all the wagons in the morning,
in dust, in mist, in haze, in sunshine, in rain and snow ... I've loved that ... They built a block
of flats around me in the late 90ies. Since then I'm mured ... so of course, I like Runaway Train ... :( ...

... never liked Locomotive Breathe all that much. Rather preferred Motörhead's Locomotive ...

or this one ... :D ... really v e r y nice ... just to my taste ... ;D ... http://sisterswiki.org/Feel_No_Pain

though I do think, it is or should be Speed Jesus rather than Sweet Jesus



oh and I reallly like Giorgio De Chirico, he often used little trains in his paintings ...
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James Blast wrote:try it on The Island, then report back
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fuckingpassport, thanks james, to do things tomorrow ***

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don't think i'll see the island this year. well i've planned up to end of august and then i start studying again so no more travel until next year for me.
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Has been Long Train been mentioned? Probably :lol:
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Andrew S wrote: Has Long Train been mentioned? Probably :lol:
By jings, I don't think it has. :eek: ;D
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Fang Over Lip - Blyth Power

(to be honest, most BP songs mention trains or cricket or Joan of Arc).

47002 - Eastfield

(and about 80% of all Eastfield songs mention trains).

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

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Night Train - James Brown
Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - The Kinks
Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time - Gang of Four
Train Round the Bend - The Velvet Underground
Fear of Trains - The Magnetic Fields
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this little thread back on track! :wink:

Eureka Machines ~ The light at the end of the tunnel! 8) :notworthy:

As the lyrics go....

cause the light at the end of the tunnel
is the light of an oncoming train!

ain't that true! so we get hit by that train and when the sunshine comes, look for that clover and then put on shades and hit the trip on the train again!

oh why not?

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