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#PublicTransportSongs

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Britstralian

@skullvalanche No list of #PublicTransportSongs is complete without two glorious Flanders and Swann tunes:

A Transport of Delight, about the iconic London bus music.youtube.com/watch?v=4UgB

Slow Train, about the loss of local rail lines
music.youtube.com/watch?v=4UgB

Their two albums At The Drop of a Hat/Another Hat are gorgeous - from a long time ago, but still wryly apt all these years later.

I had the great joy of hearing Swann play live - at his home in London, over tea!

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heathen skates

Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #PublicTransportSongs!

Violent Femmes - Waiting for the Bus
Takes me back to high school in a good way.
youtu.be/XXQhYLaQ3jw

Vashti Bunyan - Train Song
Haunting and lovely, just learned about her recently.
youtu.be/hswWRRk4vAo

Allen Toussaint - Last Train
I love the opening piano chords that sound like a train crossing chime.
youtu.be/Vr_0m8K3JGw

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Legend, genius, underrated.
youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI

Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A-Rollin
The original!
youtu.be/ci4EQDD4CqA

Oops my list has six so this can just be the bonus ubiquitous song...
Berlin - Metro
No list of songs about public transport would be complete without this one.
youtu.be/_UXtort76gY

YouTubeViolent Femmes - Waiting For the BusBy aliensundercover
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Still Mad About CD Prices

Songs about public transportation, you say?!

1. The Violent Femmes - Waiting For the Bus
song.link/us/i/1558765210
The objectively best #1 choice.

2. O'Malley - Don't Pay the Ferryman
song.link/us/i/327173230
I like this cover. I like almost every cover better than the Chris de Burgh original played 10 million times on HBO in the early 80s. And holy cow there are a surprising number of metal covers of this.

3. Love and Rockets - Kundalini Express
song.link/i/1309761133
I don't know *exactly* what this express is, but I'm pretty sure it counts as public transport.

4. Ella Fitzgerald w/Duke Ellington & Orchestra - The "A" Train
song.link/us/i/1434902510
Solid. Classic. Ella. Duke.

5. Hadestown Original Company - Road to Hell
song.link/us/i/1466351157
Note: this starts talking about a railway line to hell, so I think it works.

Huh. There is an overrepresentation of hell/underworld/afterlife in my choices. Oh well. I'll allow it.

#PublicTransportSongs
#ThursdayFiveList

Songlink/OdesliWaiting For The Bus by Violent FemmesListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
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Neil Hopkins

#ThursdayFiveList from @D_J_Nathanson with #PublicTransportSongs

I was delighted to find three songs that reference the number 52 bus that I used to catch when I was a student!

The Bus to Crookes by The Human League (song.link/gb/i/1497773841)

Somewhere Over the Bus Stop by The Crookes (song.link/gb/i/387059589)

Scenes from South Yorkshire by John Shuttleworth (song.link/gb/i/431836492)

Bus Stop by Tin Machine (song.link/gb/i/696664005)

Waitin' for the Bus by ZZ Top (song.link/gb/i/1727328824)

Songlink/OdesliThe Bus to Crookes by The Human LeagueListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
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aspeed, a/k/a Dumpster Peacock

Today’s #ThursdayFiveList is #PublicTransportSongs – songs involving many forms of transport, including self-powered ones. Which is good, because there’s probably a metal song about buses, but I don’t currently know it. And the last two are kind of conceptual, but I can make an argument for both.

Pinkshift – Rainwalk

song.link/us/i/1556891252

Aesop Rock – Cycles to Gehenna

song.link/us/i/1516776038

Maya Lakhani – Walk Alone

mayalakhani.bandcamp.com/track

Ume – Suffragette City

asalutetothethinwhiteduke.band

Soul Coughing – City of Motors

song.link/us/i/1349802353

Songlink/OdesliRainwalk by PinkshiftListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
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Pixelcats⁷

Yay! It's #ThursdayFiveList time again, and the theme this week is #PublicTransportSongs .. fun!

My first choice is so predictable, but my #BTSArmy heart will not allow me to choose otherwise! The baby GOT7 MV was irresistible .. sorry, not sorry! :blobcatgiggle: 🚵 🚕 🚄 🚶‍♂️‍➡️

1. RM - Bicycle #2021BTSFESTA
youtube.com/watch?v=6uq3P7zeYy

2. SE SO NEON(새소년) _ Midnight Train(심야행)
youtube.com/watch?v=MgyhJ-F-Ip

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YouTubeRM - Bicycle #2021BTSFESTABy BANGTANTV
#KPop#KIndie#RM
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