Arlo Guthrie/ City Of New Orleans
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Publicado 2008-06-30
The video is a live mix and the sound is from our CD titled More Together Again.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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RIP Steve Goodman. 50 years later and your songs still matter.
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Freight yards full of old black men, My uncle was one of those men , Unk worked for Union pacific and made a very good living .this was back in the fifty's folk, Yes I love this song, it's personal.
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This piece is an anthem, not just a song and not just a performance, wonderful as they both are. There is nothing comperable. I am 85 years old and highly educatef snd i am fighting back tears as i write.
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I wish they still made music like this. I am lucky to have grown up listening in an era of the best music ever recorded. God bless, all of you who enjoy this piece.
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One of the best railroad songs ever written. Brings a tear to my eyes. I lived it as a freight conductor on the Santa Fe and BNSF. I hired out August 18, 1979 and retired September 30, 2019 with a little over 40 years of service. I saw a lot of changes in that 40 years.
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I'm a military veteran and this song got me through Iraqi Freedom...I would listen to it every morning before my mission and would think about my beautiful country -- the USA. This song gave me the spirit, strength and courage to face each mission! Wow -- thank you sir!!
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My Dad was a railroader and loved this song, he like Arlo's version the best and bought a .45 record of it so he could play it any time he wanted. He died in 1973 not long after this was released. He was still working and never got to retire, pneumonia took him in a few days. So every time I heard this song I think of him and my eyes fill up with tears. Mom was from a RR family too so I grew riding and loving trains.
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My god why can't we have music like this now back when people still created music dam where did the time go take me back if just for a little while
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Arlo Guthrie singing a Steve Goodman song with Pete Seeger on the stage! It doesn't get any better than that!
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I’ve always loved this song. It tells a story and you feel like your riding on the train and things are so peaceful and you have no cares. I usually listen to it late at night and just imagine the peaceful clacking of the wheels on the track.
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This is another great example of the Guthrie family tradition of keeping it going. Arlo's son on keyboards, his granddaughters on backup vocals. Hopefully we can keep of the great tradition through another generation
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A timeless classic sang by an immortal. I had the honor and pleasure to see he perform it. Not only was he there, but so was John Prime. I felt so blessed!!!
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My dad rode the rails during the Great Depression. As a child he regaled me with tales of how to hop a boxcar, how he ate and survived on the road, his encounters with the Wobblies (Workers of the World), etc. This song always makes me think of him. May he R.I.P.
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This song by Steve Goodman, made perfect by Arlo Guthrie is fantastic. The imagery with Pete Segger playing background. This song is frankly perfect and in my opinion defines American folk songs. My prayer is all the young, "Swiftys" will somehow discover great music like this. Thankyou Steve Goldman and Arlo Guthrie. This is an American treasure.
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In 1962 my best friend and I rode the City of New Orleans from Memphis to the Big Easy to celebrate high school graduation & rode the Panama Limited back to Memphis. This song brings back fond memories.
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This song sounded great when first recorded. Sounds great today. I predict it will sound good in 500 years. Yes a very rich period of fantastic music. We were blessed.
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Arlo and his Dad Woodie are part of American history... they are legends.
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My great grandfather ,who was born in 1864, was an engineer for the Rock Island Lines and was the first 50 year member in the country of the Railroad Engineers. Union.This song always makes me think of him.I was six years old when he died.
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I ride the magic carpets made of steel everyday as a railroader. This song runs through my head, especially passing through towns late at night
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The 3 young women singing backup are his daughters. Just incredible.
