City of New Orleans -- Steve Goodman
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@08shortstop arlo guthrie popularized it
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Perfect.
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@THEFLYINGREDNECK duh born in 88 and i know that
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@08shortstop HELK YEA A GREAT SOUNG WRITER! HE WROTE "YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME"!
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lightin up my green
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Arlo and Willie popularized it, but you can't beat the original ... great songwriting by a great songwriter ... a piece of Americana.
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Yes folks, that's what made America great- its people. Get out of your easy chairs, drop your wii's and your droids and your iphones and go discover America. Go !!
You live in the best country that ever was and ever will be and you know why??
Because of you and your daddy and your grandpa and your momma and what all they did to make America America. My heart weeps for this nation.
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I take this Train every year from Chicago to New Orleans for Mardi Gras... The 18 hour trip is my time to commune with myself for a while and this song tends to run through my head for the entire trip, just in the background...
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A great song. My favourite train song.
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i love it
Its funny people are saying "great version" and stuff like that. This isn't a "version". this is the guy who wrote it doing it like it was meant to be done. Everyone else does "versions" of it.
seymourbbest 1 year ago 17
@pablocruiser
I saw him perform this song dozens of times in 1971 when I was a freshman at Northwestern. He could come out in front of 10,000 people with just a guitar and a smile and completely charm and rock the audience. He was as sweet as he sounds and not long for this world. What a loss, his passing; and yet I think of him and feel the same love and hope that i did then everytime anyone sings this song. Look at how many people have covered it. What a tribute!
freewayfrank 1 year ago 7