Trivia; the Southern commuter songbook

[yorksrob]

"Holmwood Bound (I wish I was)" by Pull(si)Man

 

[Busaholic]

I'm an occasional lurker on this site, and this thread has made me join purely to ask the OP this question.

Did you amend Gene Pitney's "24 Hours from Tulsa" or Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's "24 Minutes from Tulse Hill"?

Showing my age, the great Gene Pitney - saw him on a bill with Roy Orbison once. Bit like caviar with lobster, and all at a price that an ordinary working guy like me could afford without sacrifice! Regret to say I've never heard of the other one you mention, but I shall attempt to listen to it as I'm always open to new experiences.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

"Holmwood Bound (I wish I was)" by Pull(si)Man

Or by the same artiste, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover('s Walk)"...

 

[Deepgreen]

A few, mostly un-tampered:

'Get into my (4) car' - Billy Ocean
'Walk Like an East Grinsteadan' - The Bangles
'Last Train to Clapham' - The Monkeys
'End of the Line' - Travelling Wilburys
'Everything Must Change' - Nina Simone
'Helplessly Hoping' - Crosby Stills and Nash
'Peace Train' - 10,000 Maniacs
'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' - The Clash
'Sitting in Limbo' - Neville Brothers
'Turbo Thumping' - Chumbawumba
'Waiting for a Train' - Mississippi John Hurt
'We Shall Overcome' - Joan Baez

 

[Traveller54]

The six-five special coming off the line
The six-five special not on time........

 

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A few, mostly un-tampered:

'Get into my (4) car' - Billy Ocean
'Walk Like an East Grinsteadan' - The Bangles
'Last Train to Clapham' - The Monkeys
'End of the Line' - Travelling Wilburys
'Everything Must Change' - Nina Simone
'Helplessly Hoping' - Crosby Stills and Nash
'Peace Train' - 10,000 Maniacs
'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' - The Clash
'Sitting in Limbo' - Neville Brothers
'Turbo Thumping' - Chumbawumba
'Waiting for a Train' - Mississippi John Hurt
'We Shall Overcome' - Joan Baez

You've just reminded me that Status Quo had a sing called End of the Line. Wouldn't have been recorded possibly 2-4 years before the Traveling Wilburys one but I'm sure that's where the similarities ended.

Slow Train - Status Quo
Railroad (no trains remix) - Status Quo
I Want to get Home - Queen
29 Ways (to not make it to my destination by train) - Willie Dixon
Good Luck - Basement Jaxx
Get me off (this train) - Basement Jaxx
Good Luck (at the getting to your destination remix) - Basement Jaxx

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[Cowley]

Goodbye Crawley World - Pink Floyd. And not quite the South East but -
Enter Sandown - Metallica.

 

[yorksrob]

Or by the same artiste, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover('s Walk)"...

Ah yes, reminds me of "In The Depot" by Elvis !

If we're allowed to stray into the territory of the old Southern Railway, I'd like to invoke "Moquette Man" by Eltham John.
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Goodbye Crawley World - Pink Floyd.

Didn't they also do "The (central) Division Bell" ?

 

[Cowley]

Didn't they also do "The (central) Division Bell" ?

Yes, and Canterbury numb.

 

[yorksrob]

Yes, and Canterbury numb.

Ah yes, I always liked "The Great CIG in the sky"

One from the 1920's, "Don't send your daughter to Portslade, Mrs Worthington" by NOL Coward.

 

[Busaholic]

I (can't) Get Around - Beach Boys

For those, along the south coast in particular, resorting to alternative transport:-
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round

Asking your average Southern commuter who is to blame for the fiasco, the answer could well be
Both Sides Now - sung by the incomparable Judy Collins

 

[Cowley]

Oh yes. New (Iron)Maldon - Bring your daughter to Blackwater.
Let her go, let her go, let her go.

 

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Shear Heart Attack (at thei thought of another cancelled train) by Queen
I Saw It Standing There [the train as it was going nowhere due to lack of crew] by The Beatles
Not Going Home by The Blues Band
Stuck at the Station by Steelers Wheels

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[61653 HTAFC]

Going Out [on Strike] by Supergrass...
Unfair by Pavement (which could also be an anthem about the TPE 170 fiasco for the line "The south takes what the north delivers")
This Train [don't carry no guards] by Girls At Our Best.
Beneath the Southern [and very] Cross by Patti Smith.
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A Quarter to Three [and I should've been home by seven] by Sleater-Kinney
Oh, and "Waiting Room" by Fugazi.

 

[2HAP]

Widening it to tunes/instrumentals

Bluebell (Railway) Polka - Trad.

 

[tsr]

"Halt the Line" - Toto
"Fifteen Minutes Late" - Snow Patrol
"Wheels Aren't Turnin'" - REO Cattlewagon

Widening it to tunes/instrumentals

Bluebell (Railway) Polka - Trad.

I raise you "Merstham in Darkness" and "He Who Brings the Night Bus Replacements" by Two Steps From Hell... a band whose name doesn't really need changing!

 

[BurtonM]

ELO - Last Train to London
Dire Straits - Southbound Again
ZZ Top - Waitin' For The (Rail Replacement) Bus
Manfred Mann - Davy's On The Road Again (because there aren't any trains)
The Clash - Train in Vain

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Tom Waits (for a long time) - Downtools Train.

 

[yorksrob]

"Halt the Line" - Toto
"Fifteen Minutes Late" - Snow Patrol
"Wheels Aren't Turnin'" - REO Cattlewagon
!

Classic Rock

 

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Going Out [on Strike] by Supergrass...
Unfair by Pavement (which could also be an anthem about the TPE 170 fiasco for the line "The south takes what the north delivers")
This Train [don't carry no guards] by Girls At Our Best.
Beneath the Southern [and very] Cross by Patti Smith.
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A Quarter to Three [and I should've been home by seven] by Sleater-Kinney
Oh, and "Waiting Room" by Fugazi.

You've reminded me of the following song
Southern Cross by Hawkwind or in this case
Southern (I'm very) Cross by Hotair

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[leightonbd]

a little less conversation, a little more action

 

[Busaholic]

Reminded by the 50th anniversary of England World Cup win that very current then was

Out of Time - Chris Farlowe.

Then dredging my memory for other ditties then popular:-

(Wait til the) Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett and, more subtly.

First Cut is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold - now why wasn't she a big star with that voice?

 

[Cowley]

She's got no ticket to ride (she's hiding in the bog) - The Beatles.
Nightmare train - Guns n Roses
In the summer time when the weather is fine, air conditioning is all in the mind - Mungo Jerry.

 

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Going Nowhere - Status Quo
How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf

Sorry is the hardest word (unless it's a train delay or cancellation announcement, then it's easy as we make them so often) - Elton John
Sorry (it's another train cancellation) -Demis Roussos

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[Cowley]

We're not ride on time - Black box OTMR.
Yesterday I thought my timetable was here to stay, now they've taken all my trains away - The Beatles.
Lewes Lewes oh no, you can't go - The Kingsmen.
Last train to Mashville - Alabama 3 (that's an actual song that one).

 

[Traveller54]

(Un) Sentimental Journey

"Seven, that's the time I leave at, seven (if I'm lucky!)"

 

[yorksrob]

"(We won't get) Back In Time" by Huey Lewes and the lack of news on your departure.

 

[Busaholic]

Winchelsea Lineman
Hey Mr Tadworth Man (play a song for me)
Red Hills in the Sunset
Walkin' Back to Happiness
The 6.5 Special's Coming Down The Line, the 6.5 Special's Right on Time (customers please note - this train will not be stopping here this morning)

 

[Cowley]

Good morning Brighton (I'm afraid the 0733 to London Bridge has been cancelled, we apologise for etc) - Aztec Camera.
Industrial Action Disease - Dire Straits.
666 The Number of the Bus Replacement Service - Iron Maiden.

 

[BurtonM]

Crazy train...