Planes Trains and Automobiles

November 2007

The very act of travelling has always inspired songwriters and musicians. Whether leaving on a jet plane, floating up, up and away in a balloon, catching the last train, driving in a car or perhaps riding a white horse – there is a song out there for every conceivable journey. The ILN collective will be hitting the road to dig out some obscure gems, along with some unlikely versions of classic travel tracks.

PITCH played

Planes (and balloons, and possibly a rocket):

Leaving on a jet plane - Perry Botkin Jr and his Orchestra
Fly me to the moon - Chris Montez
Teach me how to fly - Design
Information of TUA (intro) - Yoshinori Sunahara
Up up and away - Button Down Brass

Trains:

The Train - Pentangle
Big Train - Max Gregor
Mr Stationmaster - Don Fardon
Down Bound Train - David Clayton-Thomas
Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
Friendship Train - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Waiting at the station - Doris
Which Train you ridin' - Celebration
Soul Train - Roy Head

Automobiles:

Take the road Jack - Suzi Quatro
Silver Machine - Hawkwind
Cars - Gary Numan
Driving away from home - It's Immaterial
Underpass - John Foxx
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Wheels on fire - Julie Felix
Fasten Seat Belt - Space
Highway Driver - Randy Pie
Drive My Car - Black Heat
Jaguar & Thunderbird - Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders

Buses:

Bus Stop - Spooky
Greyhound goin' somewhere - Bobbie Gentry

Magic Carpet:

Magic Carpet Ride - Billy Paul

Walking:

25 miles - Edwin Starr

Various means:

Trains and Boats and Planes - Dionne Warwick

BONGOLIA played

Wilson Pickett - Engine Number 9
The Excursion - Yuggy Buggy
Sandie Shaw - Route 66
Trax Four - Night Train
Frank Chacksfield - Ticket To Ride
Gabor Szabo - Sophisticated Wheels
The Orient Express - Train to Bombay
Kahuna Kawentzmann - Road to Estoril
The Ramrods - Ghost Riders In the Sky
Marty Robbins - Saddle Tramp
The Fiestas - The Railroad Song
Kenny Ball - 900 Miles
Jame T. Horn - The Glory Bound Train
Jeanette 'baby' Washington - Move On
The Dandevilles - Nasty Breaks
The Champs - Gone Train
Marsha Hunt - Hot Rod Poppa
Derrick Harriott and the Chosen Few - Psychedelic Train Pt 1
Senor Coconut - Trans Europe Express
The Tokens - Big Boat

FILTHY RICH played

Automobiles and other road-based transport:

The Royal Shandells - Be Careful with Your Car-Full
Nervous Norvus - Transfusion (it's about car crashes)
Jaguars - Railroad Drag
JP Decerf - EN V8 (it's got car noises in it)
The Showmen - Big Daddy Don (it's about a car)
Mort Garson - Leave The Driving To Us
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
Resonance - OK Chicago (more car noises)
Billy Green - Race (from the Stone soundtrack)
Libre Esprit Moteur - Clubman Roundup
The Charles - Motorcycle

Trains:

RD Burman - Burning Train title music
Electro-Tones - Ghost Train

Rocket:

Electric Team - Rocket Man

Walking/Crawling etc:

Saxons - Camel Walk (part 1)
Strangers - Caterpillar Crawl
Nobelmen - Dragon Walk
Cher - Walk on Gilded Splinters