I was just joking with a friend that I have no idea how he took so long to be diagnosed with autism when he has a playlist dedicated to songs about trains; he made this playlist after randomly having 3 songs about trains come on in a row when he put his music on shuffle, and decided to start collecting them in a playlist. There aren’t too many on there at the moment, and he’d like to collect more, if anyone has any suggestions.

I will share the resulting playlist on here afterwards as either an edit to this post, or a comment reply. If you want to be pinged about this, let me know in your comment, and I’ll make sure you receive a link to the playlist.

Bonus question: if you’re autistic, what are your opinions on trains? I’m personally ambivalent about trains, but they also feel like they’re my culture, because of how many of my fellow autistic nerds like trains.

  • SkaraBrae@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    She caught the Katy - Blues Brothers or Taj Mahal*

    Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

    Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival or Leadbelly*

    Love in Vain - Robert Johnson*

    Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

    Barricades and Brickwalls - Kacey Chambers

    Train to Nowhere - Savoy Brown

    Hear My Train A Comin - Jimi Hendrix*

    *There have been loads of songs about trains or that mention trains in American blues history… I’m barely scratching the surface, here. In the early days of the 20th century the blues artists used to travel around by hopping on freight trains to get from town to town, so they featured in many, many songs. There would have been even more songs written to the rhythm of a rolling carriage, too, that don’t even mention trains at all.