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Warren Zevon — Nighttime In The Switching Yard
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boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 06:10
 
This one goes out to all you "trainspotters" out there.....you know who you are.
BTW....the biggest switching yard in the country is in North Platte,Ne(Union Pacific Railroad).
I'll take trains for a 100 Alex

rathersnappish
(5363 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 06:08
 
This is about my least favourite Warren Zevon tune, but as a huge Zevon it's always a thrill to hear him played on the radio :-)

Alexandra
(The Gem City, Ohio)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 06:06
 
Not used to ol' Warren getting so down and funky with his bad self! Zevon meets James Brown! {#Dance} Love it!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 17:03
 
albumcredits.com says there were three bass players on this cut
Kenny Edwards
Bob Glaub
Leland Sklar

Wonder who's the Funkmeister?


suesblues
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 16:57
 
Funky!!
there's nothing boring about trains, hey, think Jive Talking and how that was inspired by the sound of trains.... it's got rhythm, I like this song

daedalus
(Over your hill)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 20:59
 
Imagine the scenario...
Warren and band are sitting round in the studio - someone says "What's the most boring subject for a song you can think of."
"...bet you can't write a song about a train switching yard Warren."
"Watch me." says Warren.

The rest is history. 

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:11
 
 GT66 wrote:

Don't like funk? If it weren't for the men in the switching yard, perhaps Unstoppable would be more than a fictional action movie. Perhaps Warren was trying to keep the men in the switching yard awake!

 
nice reply
that's deeper than warren's lyrics


Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:09
 
I give it a firm "eh".

GT66
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:02
 
 rtrudeau wrote:
I know I'm going against conventional wisdom here, but ...
YUCK. This whole band needed to lay off of the cocaine.
 
Don't like funk? If it weren't for the men in the switching yard, perhaps Unstoppable would be more than a fictional action movie. Perhaps Warren was trying to keep the men in the switching yard awake!


MarkCz
(Racine, WI)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:01
 
I'm a big Warren Zevon fan, but this one can be skipped.

ubuntourist
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 08:58
 
OK, but probably my least favorite song on that album...

zipper
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 16:38
 
thought it was The Pretenders when it started up. was not disappointed to see I was wrong.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 08, 2010 - 00:53
 
Never heared this before! Not bad!

2Hawks
(Living in Theory -- where everything works)
Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 04:34
 
This piece was boring when it came out. It's still boring decades later. WHAT was he thinking? oh.... forgot. no brain involved on this piece.

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:27
 
I know I'm going against conventional wisdom here, but ...
YUCK. This whole band needed to lay off of the cocaine.

pikester
(Playa del Rey, CA)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:27
 
I was in another room when this song initially came on and thought it was Gorillaz Stylo. Now I'm going to have to listen to them back-to-back.


posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:25
 
 Derecho wrote:


Get it out on the main line...
 
I see traffic lights.



WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:23
 
Play that funky music white boy ... {#Dancingbanana}

LongGoneDaddy
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:22
 
nothin's shakin' on Shakedown Street...


Derecho
(A Land Without Traffic Lights)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 19:07
 


Get it out on the main line...



That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 04:14
 

Thanks Warren, where-ever you are, iff-in' you are, and thanks, iff'in your not. 

peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 06:46
 
 toterola wrote:
What an incredibly great record album! Easily in my All-Time Top 10. {#Clap}
 
{#High-five} Agreed, it's stellar.


milchschnitte
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 06:12
 
this sucks a lot  {#Puke}

Lexapro_Headrush
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 06:11
 
still remember finding this tune on the record while trying to tape "Roland the Headless Thomspon Gunner" from the phonograph to my cassette recorder I stole from my brothers room. Can here myself sneeze somewhere in the recording.

Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 11:39
 
Wow, I forgot about this song.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 11:39
 
...and another one bites the dust...

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 22:04
 
What an incredibly great record album! Easily in my All-Time Top 10. {#Clap}

oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:54
 
Disco Warren{#Dance}

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:54
 
Warren Zevon?....I thought it was Boz Scaggs LOL. But I like it.

naumni
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:51
 
Fantastic song!!  This is a new artist for me and I'd like to hear this song more often.

Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:50
 
Music to railfan by!

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:49
 
Most overrated musician ever. This sucks. {#Crashcomp}

ptooey
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 09:49
 
Meh.  IMO, this is the weakest track on an otherwise spectacular album.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 23, 2009 - 07:54
 
Great song; I haven't heard it in years.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 21:59
 
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