Midnight Mixtape: Trains

Trains

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was covering for Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee (for the very first time) to look at listener selections (06/04/2023) with Songs that reference trains!

Songs in contention

• Gladys Knight + The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
• Kylie - The Loco-motion (Little Eva/Lulu? mentioned)
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
• Abba - Another Town, Another Train
• Farm - Groovy train
• S'Express - Theme from S'Express
• Kraftwerk -Trans Europe Express
• David Bowie - Underground
• Blue Nile - From a late night train (mentioned)
• Waterboys - This is the sea (mentioned, although "some of my friends are trains" better)
• The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight (mentioned)
• Elvis - Mystery Train
• Guns'n'Roses - Night train
• AC/DC - Rock n Roll Train
• Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
• Bob Dylan - Slow Train
• Stereophonics - Graffiti on the train
• James Arthur - Train Wreck
• Cure - Jumping someone else's train
• Duke Ellington - Take the A train (mentioned)
• Ethopians - Train to skaville
• O'Jays - Love Train
• Clash - Train in Vain
• KLF - Last train to Transcentral
• Crosby Stills + Nash - Marrakech Express
• Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
• Ocean Color Scene - The day we caught the train
• Everything but the girl - Missing
• S'express - Hey music lover Superfly guy
• The who - 5:15
• Flanders + Swann - Slow train
• W H Auden - Night Mail

Popular Twitter Mentions

Cat Stevens - Peace Train

ELO - Last train to London

Holly Johnson - Love train

Hue + Cry - Looking for Linda

Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line

Monkees - Last train to Transcentral

Pogues - Boat Train

Porcupine Tree - Trains

Roger Miller/Proclaimers - King of the road

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

The Seekers - Morningtown ride

Tom Waits/Rod Stewart - Downtown Train

Casey Jones Theme

Thomas the Tank Engine Theme

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Gladys Knight + The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
2. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
3. S'Express - Theme from S'Express
4. AC/DC - Rock n Roll Train
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
6. Ethopians - Train to skaville
[Side 2]
7. O'Jays - Love Train
8. KLF - Last train to Transcentral
9. Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
10. Ocean Colour Scene - The day we caught the train
11. Everything but the girl - Missing
12. Kraftwerk -Trans Europe Express
Hidden: Flanders + Swann - Slow Train
Hidden: W H Auden - Night Mail

Banned artists?

Paul McNamee mentioned Johnny Cash and Pogues banned by Colin Murray when he is on. For the record, Johnny Cash has been on the mixtape a mere 5 times (and so far never in 2023). "Ring of fire" (12 days of Christmas), "Hurt" (Blood), "In my life" (Beatles), "Folsom Prison Blues" (hello) and "Jackson" with June Carter (Couples).
Pogues have only been on the mixtape 4 times, "Fiesta" (Trumpets), "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (Rivers and Ireland) "Misty Morning, Albert bridge" (Bridges).
Naturally, Abba has never been on the mixtape!