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That's the sound somebody makes when they're getting away
Leaving next week's hanging jury far behind them
Prisoner only of the choices they have made
Night Train...
Night Train...
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
The moon is floating somewhere out at sea
On an island in the blur of noise and color
Alcatraz, St. Alina, Patmos and the Chateau D'if
Night Train...
Night Train...
And everyone's an island edged with sand
A temporary refuge where somebody else can stand
Till the sea that binds us like the forced tie of a blood oath
Will wear it down, dissolve it, recombine it
Anyone can die here they do it every day
It doesn't take much effort though it goes against the grain
And the ultimate forgetfulness of violence
Sweeps the landscape like a headlight of a train
Night Train...
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
And the mind's eye tumbles out along the steel track
Fixing every shadow with its stare
Night Train...
Night Train...
And in the absence of a vision there are nightmares
And in the absence of compassion there is cancer
Whose banner waves over palaces and mean streets
And the rhythm of the night train is a mantra
Stuff you learn on RP...
c.
"clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are sayin' to the railroad track 'well if you go you can't come back"
...is that killer bass line from Billy Cobham's "Stratus"?
Believe it's a fretless standup.
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That bass line is sick!
Sick indeed, in a good way of course.
Bass player is Rob Wasserman, who I must confess I am not familiar with. Looks like he's won a few fans with this offering.
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Stuff you learn on RP...
c.
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and in the absence of compassion there is cancer . . .
this song moves me in so many ways...
Along with Mad Dog 20-20 (Mogen David), Ripple, Irish Rose, and dozens of others...
Night Train is a brand of "fortified wine". Think: Welch's grape juice with a heavy
dose of Everclear...Otherwise known as "bum wine"...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Familiar with all of those, thanks to a misspent youth in OneHorseTown, SC.
You forgot Boone's Farm. It came in two flavors ... although I don't remember either.
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it was a great loss to civilization when rail lines switched to diagonal breather switches instead of parallel ones.
Hello? Is that Sheldon Cooper?
it was a great loss to civilization when rail lines switched to diagonal breather switches instead of parallel ones.
Good one!
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I'm going to have to seek out some more Rob Wasserman, that's some amazing bass work!
8 --> 9 for that fabulous bass playing!
it was a great loss to civilization when rail lines switched to diagonal breather switches instead of parallel ones.
Stuff you learn on RP...
c.
it was a great loss to civilization when rail lines switched to diagonal breather switches instead of parallel ones.
I'll take your word on that.
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It doesn't take much effort, though it goes against the grain
And the ultimate forgetfulness of violence
Sweeps the landscape like a headlight of a train
Night Train...
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
And the mind's eye tumbles out along the steel track
Fixing every shadow with its stare
Night Train...
Night Train...
Along with Mad Dog 20-20 (Mogen David), Ripple, Irish Rose, and dozens of others...
Night Train is a brand of "fortified wine". Think: Welch's grape juice with a heavy
dose of Everclear...Otherwise known as "bum wine"...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
A 'Night Train' indeed!
Bruce is a kick-ass guitar player.
Amen!
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Bruce Cockburn: Acoustic and Electric Guitar and Vocal
Gary Craig: Drums, Percussion
Rob Wasserman: Bass RIP
Jonatha Brooke and Patty Larkin: Vocals
Bruce is a kick-ass guitar player.
Leaving next week's hanging jury far behind them
Prisoner only of the choices they have made
These lines alone make this a 10 for me.
"Anyone can die here, they do it every day
It doesn't take much effort, though it goes against the grain "
does it for me.
Agreed. Maybe Down at the Henry Moore or the locally overplayed Farmer's Song. Still like them all.
I know it. Suggest it! Upload it (if requested).
Any folks from the Ottawa area remember Sneezy Waters?
Has an almost Jaco feel.
Leaving next week's hanging jury far behind them
Prisoner only of the choices they have made
These lines alone make this a 10 for me.
Amen to that!
It doesn't take much effort, though it goes against the grain
And the ultimate forgetfulness of violence
Sweeps the landscape like a headlight of a train
Night Train...
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
And the mind's eye tumbles out along the steel track
Fixing every shadow with its stare
Night Train...
Night Train...
Jonatha Brooke on background "ahhhs" -
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Agreed.
Hey Bruce, my beloved Cockburns!
Bill likes Mr. Cockburns - I do not!
(Amazing statement - is it not?)
Enjoy your weenie roast ….
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So were you, dear. So were you...
Hey Bruce, my beloved Cockburns!
Bill likes Mr. Cockburns - I do not!
(Amazing statement - is it not?)
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KFAT forever....
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Note to self... Might have to bump this to an EIGHT.
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Well, that's what happens when you listen to new wave and classic rock for too many years.
I'll give this a 7 right away.
I'm sorry, but as a Canadian I feel the absolute opposite and have never understood why people like what he produces.
And though he apparently has legions of fans, its a resounding 1 from me.
For old school Canadian music I'll take Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot any day of the week.
Bruce is a contemporary with these guys. Murray Mclaughlin is another that was in the "folk scene" in Toronto at this time.
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I'm sorry, but as a Canadian I feel the absolute opposite and have never understood why people like what he produces.
And though he apparently has legions of fans, its a resounding 1 from me.
For old school Canadian music I'll take Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot any day of the week.
What about Neil, Alex and Geddy? The best drummer in the world, an outstanding guitarist, and a great bass player and all around musician (maybe not the best vocalist....)
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Yes, a man that Canada, and therefore the world, can be proud of.
I'm sorry, but as a Canadian I feel the absolute opposite and have never understood why people like what he produces.
And though he apparently has legions of fans, its a resounding 1 from me.
For old school Canadian music I'll take Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot any day of the week.
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I can think of one good reason to pronounce it the way he does. I would, too.
Yes, a man that Canada, and therefore the world, can be proud of.
There's no good reason, just the perversity of English which regularly mangles pronunciations.
I can think of one good reason to pronounce it the way he does. I would, too.
What a great album this is!
In all cultures, pronunciations blur and morph over centuries. In literate cultures, spellings tend to persist unchanged, even as the pronunciations evolve. I would add "Worcestershire" ("Wooster") to that fascinating list. :-)
Did not know that about Cockburn = "Coburn". Makes me curious how James Coburn got that spelling. Ellis Island, perhaps?
Ermm..."Worcester" is pronounced "Wooster". You can leave the "shire" out...although save some of that sauce for me. In MA, a lot of people pronounce "Worcester" as "Woostah."
The British have a lot elisions and contractions when it comes to pronunciation of town and city names. I've wondered whether that habit is a way of quickly pronouncing a long or complicated name, something that took hold over many generations of a largely stable population.
And places like Worcester in England have been around for many generations. My parents learned on their honeymoon that towns ending in -cester, -caster and -chester were sites of Roman camps (Castra, Castrorum). The Roman suffix "-castra" got changed over the years into recognizable variations.
The strangest pronunciation I've heard of from the UK was "Featherstone" being pronounced "Fanshawe."
https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Fanshawe
As for Bruce...well, even the British don't quite agree.
https://www.forvo.com/word/cockburn/
Next to Neil, Bruce is my 2nd favorite Canadian musician, and like Neil one of my ultimate favorites. I was separated and took my estranged wife to see Bruce in Eugene, OR and we ended up together again after this show.
perhaps if you were a left-thinking Canadian...
Agreed, one of his best albums.
I used to love listening to "Night Train" after my night shift at work, on the way home, years ago....seemed so fitting to be driving empty roads at 2am with this song blasting...it just fit.
There's no good reason, just the perversity of English which regularly mangles pronunciations. "Coburn" is a standard pronunciation of "Cockburn" in the UK. On a par with other manglings, such as Belvoir ("Beaver"), Beaulieu ("Byooley"), Cholmondely ("Chumley"), and many more. Now that I think of it, most of the mangled pronunciations look to be of upper-class person and place names...
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In all cultures, pronunciations blur and morph over centuries. In literate cultures, spellings tend to persist unchanged, even as the pronunciations evolve. I would add "Worcestershire" ("Wooster") to that fascinating list. :-)
Did not know that about Cockburn = "Coburn". Makes me curious how James Coburn got that spelling. Ellis Island, perhaps?
Good chugging music and his lyrics are almost always thoughtful. But why is he pronounced "Coburn?" It's not like he's French or anything, eh?
There's no good reason, just the perversity of English which regularly mangles pronunciations. "Coburn" is a standard pronunciation of "Cockburn" in the UK. On a par with other manglings, such as Belvoir ("Beaver"), Beaulieu ("Byooley"), Cholmondely ("Chumley"), and many more. Now that I think of it, most of the mangled pronunciations look to be of upper-class person and place names...
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Ice cube in a dark drink shines like star light
Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
Simply Beautiful.
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Yep. Digging on the bass....
Yep. Digging on the bass....
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A Bruce Cockburn Minute by ~cathmads
Cathie ©2010 ~cathmads
Our area Folk Festival was honoured to have this wonderful musician perform!
Was super Lucky and saw Bruce Cockburn in Bozeman Montana a few years ago ..................WOW in the top three shows of my lifetime, he had a smokin band with him and he can rip it up on the G string !
You forgot Boone's Farm. It came in two flavors ... although I don't remember either.
When I was 19 I was fixing my car in my parents' driveway with an open bottle of Boone's Farm beside me that someone had donated. I accidentally knocked it over and it ate a stain into the asphalt like gasoline. The stain remained until someone tore up the asphalt and replaced it with pavers many decades later.