Train In The Distance - Paul Simon

[beckynov7]

Love this song but I prefer the version from the Central Park concert with Bakithi Kumalo accompaning on guitar. It makes it sound more bluesy. Paul is such an incredible songwriter.

[robertquentincobb]

Paul Simon Prove again to be one of the Most versatile Musicians in THE WORLD! Thanks for posting.

[drumr72]

The drums add a real presence to the music, setting up each part with nice little tension and a relentless feel. The mighty Jeff Porcaro everyone. The whole feel he sets up is hypnotic almost. Beautiful song. Got to love that late 70's moog keyboard sound too. Takes you back for sure.

[mtfsant]

What a magnificent song!

[goldengirlwithmyopia]

so beautiful, thank you for sharing this with us...

[jdmfonte]

Simple Simon Jewis Rhyman touches noives I ony wich I could

But dat backup, Makin Me crackup

so ontime and in the groove GOOD

Hearts an Bones breakin like love is makin and not iz a killin thing yeah

still a cooked meal and a friendly ex squeAl makes a train in the distance so REAL...SPENT 7 YEARS IN eUROPE HEARIN THAT SAME SOUND THROUGH THE sTADTWALD. oH YEAH, i HOID IT.

[everton28ish]

remember richard tee, wonderful keyboards and backing vocal

[sixftwarbler]

The romantic haunt of a distant locomotive is one thing, the very real presence of this cacophonous machine right next to us is a very different matter.

[timsekac]

wonderfull it realy makes me cry!

[firestartertwistedfi]

Try and write something as good as this, Bob Dylan, I dare you!

[shakeshaftthomas]

@firestartertwistedfi hurricane, maggies farm, home sick blues, . . . . . . for ever young. . .

[firestartertwistedfi]

@shakeshaftthomas All good songs, but good in a different way - this kind of nails something about human experience in a way that Paul Simon can't be excelled at.

[124toeknee]

Paul Simon is a Genius. Straight up. A special talent for lyrics. Thanx for all the postings.

[cyberqat]

WOnderful song

[MetronomePolyvalent]

Please notice the ones who love watching trains close from them ^^

[thefabulousthomasj]

My favorite Paul Simon song.

Thank you for posting this. . .

[benbainbridge]

simply one of the best

[DrGrumbles612]

This is the 2nd best 'end of love' song for me...right behind "For No One" by the Beatles.

[Chyken3600]

Oos is the whistle of the train

[blindichi]

Such a beautiful love song; so full of LONGING.

[34airflow]

I heard a tiny bit of this on the radio--yes, the radio :-) --and it was killing me to know the name of the song so I could hear it in full. Now I've found it and boy am I happy. It's quickly become one of my favourite Paul Simon songs.

[mtfsant]

Genius!

[cowgirlmoon]

This is a great song.... woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains....

Thanks for posting this!

[XxLetsTalkGamesxX]

i listen to this song every morning :)

[redsfanstu]

"Duncan", "Something So Right", "I Did It For Your Love", and many others that escape my memory at this time, but please include this quirky little ditty, as sure as evryone thinks it's true, "Train In the Distance" further examplifies Paul Simon's penchant for writing real sexy songs!

[Finko00]

Its great, belching carbonate.

[costellodan]

This is one of my favourites of all time. GENIUS composition work.

[wombatboter]

One of his best songs... the images are so strong and in a couple of minutes he captures life itself. Funny that the whole album Hearts and Bones is considered a "flop" (even by Simon, he gives me that impression) while I think it may be his best. Graceland is more pleasant to listen to (and is a milestone) but the messages on Hearts and Bones are so strong and get straight to your heart.

[soundwave000]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS I LOVE YOU FOREVER!

[staaleandor]

A song about life. About forgiveness. Beautiful piece!

Lovely voice!! Hugs from Norway

[dp1101dp]

@staaleandor You got it 100%. This is one of my favorite Paul Simon's songs, and I like almost all of them...

[john57sharp]

I'm featuring this on TrainSongoftheDay (add a dot com to get the link) in a day ot two - lots more train songs there - thanks for posting this.

[gsjbaldwin]

Though his body of work is so full of great songs as to resist any attempt to select a "best", this song note for note, line for line, is for me as perfect a song as Paul Simon ever wrote. The sentiment, the image is such a heartbreaking metaphor for human longing itself, which he tosses off in an almost casual fashion, his musical understatement making the lyric even more powerful. Doesn't get any better than this. Probably listened to it a thousand times. Think I will again now.

[thefabulousthomasj]

Thank you for posting this.

For sentimental reasons, this is my favorite Paul Simon song. . .

[RandomFairyUK]

Pure Class...thanks for posting it

[somebdy19]

Most favorite song in Hearts and Bones for me

[Keeper123455]

Thank you for posting this.

I love this song! :D

[seuss14]

Thanks for posting this song. I have also been waiting for this. The best song he performed from Central Park the electric piano is awesome

[AliciaMonardo]

Esta canción golpea, porque pocas cosas son más difíciles que tener un matrimonio estable, y nos hace entrar en catarsis, porque nos identificamos con lo que cuenta. ¡Gracias por subirla sin poner imágenes!

[jfefan97]

Thanks for posting this. Been waiting for someone to post it.

[billybumbler13]

Thank you for posting this song, I always feel somber and reflective whenever I heard it, like what might have been...