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The second half of the song (starting at 5:41) was transposed to a lower key starting after the first nine shows of the tour. This was done to accommodate Collins' deepening voice without straining. [ citation needed ] (A recording of an early performance of "Driving the Last Spike" was released as an Atlantic Records promo CD featuring the ...
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
In January 2015, Waterman announced the sale of the bulk of his model railway collection, to fund the training of rail apprentices in restoring his steam locomotives 5224 and 5553, which in May 2015 were moved from Crewe to Peak Rail. In April 2015, the collection sold for £627,229 at the auction in Birmingham. [29]
The origins of the song were traced by D. K. Wilgus, a music scholar and professor at UCLA, to a mid-nineteenth-century broadside ballad printed by Catnach Press in London, entitled "Standing on the Platform", with the subtitle "Waiting for the train". The song recounted the story of a man who met a woman at a railway station, who later falsely ...
"Slow Train" is a song by British duo Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963. [1] It laments the closure of railway stations and lines brought about by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and also the passing of a way of life. [2] Written by Swann in F Major, its slow 6/8 rhythm evokes a steam train slowing and finally stopping.
Another song with a reportedly secret meaning is "Now Let Me Fly" [3] which references the biblical story of Ezekiel's Wheels. [4] The song talks mostly of a promised land. This song might have boosted the morale and spirit of the slaves, giving them hope that there was a place waiting that was better than where they were.
The song is one of Osbourne's best known and recognizable as a solo performer. [7] It was rated 9th-greatest guitar solo ever by readers of Guitar World magazine. [ 8 ] The song was also ranked ninth by VH1 on the list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs [ 9 ] and in 2009 it was named the 23rd-greatest hard rock song of all time also by VH1, [ 10 ...
Le Chant des chemins de fer (The Song of the Railways) is a cantata in B major by Hector Berlioz for tenor solo, choir and orchestra composed in June 1846 on lyrics by Jules Janin and premiered 14 June 1846 for the inauguration of the Gare de Lille.