Title: “Long train runnin'”
Format: Single
Written by: Tom Johnson
Performed by: The Doobie Brothers
Genre: Pop/Soul
Taken from: The Captain and Me
Year: 1973
Acclaim: No. 8 in the US and again no. 7 in the UK on its re-release twenty years later.
I was never a fan of the Doobie Brothers, but for some reason I still can't remember I bought a double-live album by them when young. I can't remember if I liked it – probably bought it for “Minute by minute” or “Listen to the music”, and probably second hand at that – but this was on it and I do remember it. Apparently worked out from a jam they used to do on stage, it became one of their biggest hit singles. Does it even feature the title in the lyric? Don't think so. Not surprising as it was called various things before it finally became a proper song.
Things I like about this :
1. That funky guitar opening and recurring riff
2. That vocal harmony
3. Then the percussion kicks in
4. That sweet blues harmonica!
5. The sudden slowing down near the end
Things I don't like about this:
Nothing
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