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Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - pdq - 02-05-2021
...”Midnight Plane to Houston”. (LA proved too much for the girl...)
Really.
And the guy who wrote it got the title from Farah Fawcett, pre-Charlie’s Angels.
RIP, Jim Weatherly.
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - btfc - 02-05-2021
She couldn’t take it...
Now the song is in my head.
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - JPK - 02-05-2021
This could be one of more "random" posts in a while. But thanks for the trivia.
JPK
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - rgG - 02-05-2021
Glad they changed it.
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - jdc - 02-05-2021
Since you mentioned trains, and planes and sutormobiles... How about "The Good Ship Lollipop"?
Not a ship... but a
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - DavidS - 02-05-2021
I saw this a few days ago. Interesting, if true.
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - August West - 02-05-2021
"...Right away, I bought me a through train ticket
Riding across Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flier out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
There's people there who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy down
Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hands
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land..."
Re: Huh. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally written as... - hal - 02-05-2021
Anyone else remember the awesome SNL skit, "...and the Pips"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4