An Old I Never Thought Would Be New Again

August 7, 2006... Lest you think that I only listen to music recorded aeons ago, today's post should dispel that notion. I also listen to music recorded recently that sounds like it was recorded aeons ago.

Danny Michel - Midnight Train

Time for another patented Afterbirth of the Cool contest, os meus amigos. Be the first person to name the song that "Midnight Train" reminds me of and you will win the sense of accomplishment that comes with being the first person to name the song that "Midnight Train" reminds me of.

To make it easier for you, you don't actually have to name the song. You can just describe it.

Think 1979. Think polyester. Think something that rhymes with cocaine. Think something musically and thematically similar to "Midnight Train." Very similar. Come on, you know this one. I guarantee it...

What? You're not familiar with the term "train?" Why, you must be a young whippersnapper! We should get together for coffee.

Now how would I go about describing a train? Lessee... As used in this context, the word "train" is a noun that means "a series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives." Here, this is a photo of a train:

Still drawing a blank, eh? You see, historically, before government subsidies to the automotive and oil industries helped kill it off, there was another mode of transportation called "the railroad." Seriously! Railroads were like real roads except the vehicles travelled on steel rails. It's true! Like, the rails didn't run right into your garage or anything, so you actually had to walk to a station and get on a train with a bunch of strangers, but it was still pretty cool. And get this: in some places, you could even get on a train at midnight and it would go somewhere. That is so messed up!

Anyway, trains disappeared 'round about the time they invented colour. Unfortunately, vapid songs about them did not.

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