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TRAINS and STONES

Bob SeverinBob SeverinOGR Forum Member

Well, the Rolling Stones may be my favorite group of the sixties and early seventies.  Yeah, I know they are still around, as am I, but I thoroughly enjoy their earlier stuff.  Growing up, you were probably a Beatles Fan, or a Stones Freak.  I fell into the latter group, both then and now.  So, what does this have to do with trains, you ask?

 

The Stones had a song, Love In Vain, that has quite a few train references within the lyrics.  Following is the part of the song that grabs me each time i hear it:

 

 "Yeah, when the train left the station
 It had two lights on behind
Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind"

 

Okay, just where am I going with this?  I want to bash a caboose, and make it a sort of tribute to the song, and the Stones.  Of course, it will have the "Two Lights On Behind".  I'm thinking of some stickers or some type of Rolling Stones transfers, but I haven't looked for anything yet.  Any ideas out there?  

 

 

 

 
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Matthew B.Matthew B.OGR Forum Member
Hey Bob do you still have any vinyl albums?
I remember some of the album sleeves had thumbnail views of other albums some were even printed on a gloss paper.
 
Or, You could probably download the album art from google images and manipulate it in a photo editing program.
 
Sounds like a fun project goodluck
 
Originally Posted by Bob Severin:

Well, the Rolling Stones may be my favorite group of the sixties and early seventies.  Yeah, I know they are still around, as am I, but I thoroughly enjoy their earlier stuff.  Growing up, you were probably a Beatles Fan, or a Stones Freak.  I fell into the latter group, both then and now.  So, what does this have to do with trains, you ask?

 

The Stones had a song, Love In Vain, that has quite a few train references within the lyrics.  Following is the part of the song that grabs me each time i hear it:

 

 "Yeah, when the train left the station
 It had two lights on behind
Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind"

 

Okay, just where am I going with this?  I want to bash a caboose, and make it a sort of tribute to the song, and the Stones.  Of course, it will have the "Two Lights On Behind".  I'm thinking of some stickers or some type of Rolling Stones transfers, but I haven't looked for anything yet.  Any ideas out there?  

 

 

 

 

 

Bob SeverinBob SeverinOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by POTRZBE:

I've been a stones fan since forever but that song is from the late, truly great delta blues singer, Robert Johnson.  The post office honored him with a stamp some years back.  That's the one where they photoshopped the cigarette out of his mouth in the name of public safety I guess.

I just listened to the youtube version of the Robert Johnson song.  Thanks for the information.  I did not know about Robert Johnson.  It's amazing how lots and lots of songs have been re-recorded over and over by singers throughout the years.  I really like to the old blues and old folk songs from the thirties and forties.  They had real feeling in them, and the artists that sang them made them great without a bunch of mixing and dubbing and all the stuff done now to enhance folks who can't do it on their own.

 

 

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