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Bruce Cockburn — Night Train
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 14:50
 
 msymmes wrote:
Dated?  Sure. Maybe. But still growing on me.
 

 
Note to self...   Might have to bump this to an EIGHT.
 

lbeaton
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 16:23
 
BRUUUUUUUCE! {#Biggrin}


Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley)
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 16:21
 
 notfadeaway wrote:
get to see him live, if you can.....fantastic guitar player!
 
I've seen him a couple times. Many years ago. Would like to see him now.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 16:19
 
Dated?  Sure. Maybe. But still growing on me.
 

notfadeaway
(earlybob land)
Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 14:16
 
get to see him live, if you can.....fantastic guitar player!

Brammer
(Burlington ON)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 06:04
 
It got me dancing.

passsion8
(over the hills and far away)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 07:41
 
Normally cannot tolerate his voice, but the songwriting on this album, along with the guitar and the bass are astounding. Almost all the songs on this album, if you listen and follow the craft of his mind, paint fully realized scenarios. This one and his instrumental album, aptly named Speechless, are my favs.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 07:33
 
This does ever so little for me...in such a non abrasive way.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 21:13
 
Nice to hear at 12:12 am on a Sunday night.  (Well really Monday morning.)

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 13:09
 
Love Bruce Cockburn!  He has the capacity to sing the soundtrack of my life.. but this song is not my fav.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 13:09
 
Hey. I like this.  Never heard it before and I am born and raised in Toronto and still living nearby :)

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. 

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 13:07
 
 bushrat wrote:


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. 

railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 14:27
 
While it's a commercial hit, I like the guts it took to write and record "rocket launcher" and I love his song about the IMF.  Bruce is political when it's easier to be shy about such things.  Thus, he rightfully takes his place with other Canadian singer-songwriters who've challenged us with their work.

Pilgrim301
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 14:12
 
CanCon!

{#Roflol}

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 13:55
 
Not my favorite Bruce tune.  And... he is brilliant.

AlienRelic
(east of Eden)
Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 13:55
 
 bushrat wrote:


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....){#Cowboy}

bushrat
(Chainsaw Ridge)
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 14:58
 
 Hannio wrote:


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. 

tomgately
(HUNTSVILLE. AL)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 12:26
 
Feel like I am on a road trip, driving at night at the speed of darkness, racing to the dawn.

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 17:18
 
He probably comes from a long line of chicken roasters.

 Hannio wrote:



I can think of one good reason to pronounce it the way he does.  I would, too.
 


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 07:43
 
 KaiT wrote:
Oh Bruce. What a musician/ songwriter/ Canadian you are. 
 

Yes, a man that Canada, and therefore the world, can be proud of.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 07:41
 
 fredriley wrote:

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.

KaiT
(Toronto Canada)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 07:41
 
Oh Bruce. What a musician/ songwriter/ Canadian you are. 

inklingmusic
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 07:38
 

What a great album this is!



ozzie1313
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 10:15
 
My favorite Bruce album.

meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 14:43
 
Thanks, Bill! It's twilight in Toronto and I can feel that Night Train a-comin'!

meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 00:00
 
More Bruce please, Bill!!!

kcar
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 20:06
 
 pixel-pusher wrote:

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." 
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Fanshawe 

As for Bruce...well, even the British don't quite agree. 
http://www.forvo.com/word/cockburn/ 

ozzie1313
Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 12:20
 

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.



trissi
(allupinya)
Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 07:38
 
reminds me of upstate NY and a boy who met a tragic ending saving the life of a deer. 

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 10:57
 
 sfoster66 wrote:
I know as a right-thinking Canadian I am supposed to love him, but he's just too meh for anyone still breathing I think.  And yes, I know he is a guitar genius...I've had it explained to me ad nauseum...
 
perhaps if you were a left-thinking Canadian...


Delawhere
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 10:52
 
Cool this is why I listen to RP, to hear shit I can't hear on the FM band... unless you live somewhere cool like Santa Cruz to have a radio station as cool as KPIG. I'll bet they don't play Adele though.

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 09:39
 
 alux wrote:
Everything off Charity of Night is sheer brilliance.  
 
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.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 15:38
 
I love this song - it's so mesmerizing...

pixel-pusher
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 21:28
 
 fredriley wrote:

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... {#Stupid}
 
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?


bachbeet
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 21:24
 
Not liking this one much.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 02:59
 
 Giselle62 wrote:

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... {#Stupid}

sfoster66
(Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada)
Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 11:10
 
I know as a right-thinking Canadian I am supposed to love him, but he's just too meh for anyone still breathing I think.  And yes, I know he is a guitar genius...I've had it explained to me ad nauseum...

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 17:26
 
Another cool Canadian Night Train:



dolfan
(Kingsland, Ga./Jacksonville, Fl)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 22:09
 

Ice cube in a dark drink shines like star light 
Starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair 

 Simply Beautiful.
 



pk53
Posted: Dec 04, 2010 - 18:57
 
it sounded like a train, that bass and snare riff
{#Angel} BlueHeronDruid wrote:

Yep. Digging on the bass....

 



BlueHeronDruid
(petewa)
Posted: Sep 19, 2010 - 16:35
 
 huebdoo wrote:
That bass ... that snare ... perfect
 
Yep. Digging on the bass....


huebdoo
(San Fran)
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 10:59
 
That bass ... that snare ... perfect

nicolewe
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 10:59
 
Like the bass and drums...an easy rhythm {#Motor} {#Drummer}


calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 14:57
 

A Bruce Cockburn Minute by ~cathmads
Cathie  ©2010 ~cathmads

Our area Folk Festival was honoured to have this wonderful musician perform!





alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 14:47
 
Everything off Charity of Night is sheer brilliance.  

Yellowstone40
(Yellowstone National Park)
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 17:44
 

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 !



Segue
(Almost Paradise)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 00:57
 
wow

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 07:33
 
Night Train

livemuzc
(Troy, New York)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:11
 
This is my absolute favorite train tune!!! it can take you away...

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:11
 
Talking bass and the trash can lid percussion. Love it.  This song sounds like a train.