On 9/30/2021 at 7:35 PM, bannork said:

In the past, Thai train journeys at night were fun and romantic, in the sense of being on a journey.

For over 20 years I worked in Bangkok whilst my Thai family lived in Udon Thani province. Long weekends, holidays, I must have got the night train countless times.

There used to be a buffet car serving beer, food and playing Thai music. It was open windows, no air con. As the train rocked along, gaining speed outside Bangkok, it was great fun to drink, eat and chat to fellow travellers whilst the world outside passed by, so close. You could smell the earth.

Then a Thai railway official raped and killed a 14 year old girl on the night train from the south to Bangkok. He blamed a mixture of alcohol and amphetamines for releasing his inhibitions.

All alcohol on trains and train stations was banned for all!

Then air con trains replaced the older carriages. The outside world was now cut off from those inside the train who by now always turned to their phones for human interaction.

The romance was dead.

 

Wow, how did Marrakesh Express slip by until now?

Nice story about Thailand, bannork.  I'd encourage you to memorialise it here:
 

 

23 hours ago, STALINGRAD said:

 

https://youtu.be/51GuG6N2qHE

Great song. Great cover.

Now the following  would have been a major treat for any of us.
 

 

23 hours ago, STALINGRAD said:

 

https://youtu.be/dh2Y_3lHlYE

Another great song off of one of Elton's classic LPs from what I consider to be his most creative period.  Every album from his '69 Empty Sky debut through at least the '75 Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy album are immortal.

Perhaps there isn't one more beautiful than Tiny Dancer off of his '71 Madman Across The Water LP.
 

 

Cat Stevens had a slew of back-to-back-to-back albums in the early 70's which were near perfect.  Mona Bone Jakon and Tea For The Tillerman in '70, Teaser And The Firecat in '71, and Catch Bull At Four in '72.

 

Father And Son from Tea For The Tillerman.
 

 

Beautiful harmonies from the Roche sisters off of their '82 Keep On Doing LP.  King Crimson founder Robert Fripp on guitar, founding member of Yes Bill Bruford on drums, and King Crimson/Peter Gabriel contributor Tony Levin on bass.

 

 

Peter Gabriel with Shankar and Steve Van Zandt with the B-side of the '87 Biko single, No More Apartheid.
 

 

King Crimson with I Talk To The Wind off of their '69 In The Court Of The Crimson King debut.
 

 

Yes with And You and I off of their '72 Close To The Edge album.
 

 

 

Listening to this guy a lot recently. Very chill beats.

 

 

 

Jimmy Page, Sonny Boy Williamson & Brian Auger with the title track of their Don't Send Me No Flowers album recorded in April, '64.

 

 

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on the Eric Clapton Tour performing That's What My Man Is For live at Royal Albert Hall on 1 Dec. '69.
 

 

Gordon Lightfoot with the title track of his '67 The Way I Feel album.
 

 

Gene Clark with On Her Own off of the Gene Clark Sings For You release.
 

 

Fleetwood Mac with I'm So Afraid performed in Cleveland, OH off of their '80 Fleetwood Mac Live album.
 

 

52 minutes ago, Denim said:

 

Listening to this guy a lot recently. Very chill beats.

 

 

 

A couple of nice tunes there, Denim, but I think you accidentally posted in the wrong music thread.  This is the music thread for old people.  Very old people.  

BTW, nice Emiliano Zapata quote as your signature.

1 hour ago, Tippaporn said:

A couple of nice tunes there, Denim, but I think you accidentally posted in the wrong music thread.  This is the music thread for old people.  Very old people.  

BTW, nice Emiliano Zapata quote as your signature.

Yes. I noticed the mistake myself when it was too late. Silly old duffer. I meant to post in the ' what are you listening to now thread ' bit got myself in a dither.

Its called Corperal Jones syndrome.

 

I'll get my coat.

 

 

Happy Birthday Don McLean.

Wrote one song that meant he would never have to work again, the clever so-and-so.

 

Happy Birthday John Otway, really free. Not really dance music as it is known.

 

 

4 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Yes with And You and I off of their '72 Close To The Edge album.
 

 

Ahn YES. Yes indeed. Since you have shown a passing interest in ' progressive music , and probably still have some flared jeans and satin jacket in your attic , I am going to jump on this opportunity to compensate for my previous faux pas with this masterpiece :

 

 

 

One from Dr. Feelgood

 

Another from Dr. Feelgood:

 

 

https://youtu.be/iymtpePP8I8

 

https://youtu.be/sfR_HWMzgyc

 

://youtu.be/epX8Th4aiMc

5 hours ago, STALINGRAD said:

 

https://youtu.be/sfR_HWMzgyc

The funny thing is at the time of writing the song, none of the band had been to Kashmir.

Their first 4 albums were simply magic. A new sound played by great musicians.

Listening to this on our 50 quid stereo systems or on headphones when we were 14 was mind blowing, we were taken to places neither school nor our parents had ever heard of.

 

 

A different kind of sound from Wilko. 

 

 

Hey Steve Miller. we share the same birthday1 The drinks are on you.

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/CICIOJqEb5c

 

 

Happy Birthday to John Cougar Mellencamp.

i read somewhere that he's full of himself but he wrote a nice tune or two.

 

 

 

High voltage rock,