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George Thorogood - Hellbound Train (Downbound Train)

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2018
  • Lyrics:
    A stranger lyin' on a barroom floor
    Had drank so much, he could drink no more
    And so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
    To dream that he rode on a hellbound train
    The engine was bloody, it was sweaty and damp
    And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
    An imp for fuel was shovelin' bones
    While a furnace rang with a thousand groans
    The boiler was filled with lager beer
    The devil himself was the engineer
    The passengers were most a motley crew
    Some were foreigners and others he knew
    Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags
    Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags
    As the train rushed on at a terrible pace
    Sulfuric fumes scorched their hands and face
    Wider and wider the country grew
    Faster and faster the engine flew
    Louder and louder the thunder crashed
    Brighter and brighter the lightnin' flashed
    Hotter and hotter the air became
    'Til the clothes were burnin' with each quivering flame
    Then out of the distance, there came a yell
    "Ha ha," said the devil, "We're nearin' hell"
    Oh, how the passengers, stricken with pain
    Begged old Satan to stop that train
    The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
    His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standin' high
    He fell to his knees on the barroom floor
    And prayed and prayed like never before
    And the prayers and vows were not in vain
    For he never rode that hellbound train
    Ha ha ha ha ha

Komentáře • 33

  • @Douglasddr8
    @Douglasddr8 Před 2 lety +11

    The darkness mood that George gave to this song is impressive.

  • @jpo1056
    @jpo1056 Před rokem +6

    Best version of this song I've ever heard and on of my favorites from GT. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves.

  • @screwyootube1
    @screwyootube1 Před 5 lety +7

    Love of great rock & roll on Album Rock (AOR) & Classic Rock radio stations brought me here! This is REAL music!

  • @virginiaallison7110
    @virginiaallison7110 Před 4 lety +10

    My what a super talent George Thorogood is and so under rated. I love this but had never heard it. It is so different. TY.

  • @matthewmoore4778
    @matthewmoore4778 Před 3 lety +15

    This was orginaly a poem for those that don't know.

  • @simonverkerk8392
    @simonverkerk8392 Před 4 lety +9

    Really love the mysterious sound and big reverb on this recording~

  • @stevemann3080
    @stevemann3080 Před 9 měsíci

    MYSTERY TRAIN ........ IN DEEEED ..........YEEE HAAAAW 🎧🎧🎸🎸🔊🔊💪💪🙏🙏

  • @user-by2gz2ok4d
    @user-by2gz2ok4d Před 5 lety +3

    Лучшая композиция Джорджа!

  • @richardworden9747
    @richardworden9747 Před 5 lety +5

    I was looking for a cover of the song by SB But didn't know it was nothing like it . Thanks

  • @etiennedelacave
    @etiennedelacave Před 6 lety +6

    great!

  • @RuralTowner
    @RuralTowner Před 2 lety

    Milk truck on a cut-off rampage in front of a semi w/ no trailer brought me here...

  • @frischeswiesel5167
    @frischeswiesel5167 Před 5 lety +7

    Great ....from germany

  • @ryancheney6841
    @ryancheney6841 Před 4 lety +6

    best version of the song, I'm mad Itunes don't carry it

    • @jpo1056
      @jpo1056 Před rokem

      This is too "real" for iTunes. Glad you found it, enjoy.

  • @davidjs74
    @davidjs74 Před 2 lety +8

    This song has one of the best grooves! I haven't heard a song quite like it. The lyrics make me sad though. To George and to anyone else who has the mindset expressed in this song, you do not have to go to Hell. If you think you do, or you think that you are hopeless, you are spiritually blind, because you don't understand your own need of Christ and the hope you can have of eternal life when you die.
    Nor do you understand what the Bible says about the terrible reality of hell. Let me be as clear as possible: There will be no parties in hell. In fact, the Bible indicates the opposite, for hell will be a place of absolute and total loneliness. In hell, a person will be cut off from others and from God forever. Hell, Jesus taught, will be a place of “outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 25:30). Why would anyone want to go there?
    The good news is that we don’t have to go there! The reason is that Jesus Christ died on the cross to take away our sins, and now He offers us salvation as a free gift. The Bible says, “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work” (1 John 3:8).
    I pray for you reading this,, that you will face your own need of God and open your heart and life to Jesus Christ.
    Sambora1forever

    • @robertstan2349
      @robertstan2349 Před 2 lety +2

      where do you think you're already at...? it's just a song; also, i don't think you paid attention to the lyrics

  • @Turbo400Jr.
    @Turbo400Jr. Před 4 lety +1

    🤘

  • @paulmichael778
    @paulmichael778 Před 4 měsíci

    Im the guys that robbed that hellbound train...

  • @johnjones-ri2lb
    @johnjones-ri2lb Před 5 lety

    Arbenig ac ardderchog!!

  • @mikkokalkaja4604
    @mikkokalkaja4604 Před 5 lety +8

    Red Dead Redemption 2 brought me here. No regrets!

    • @alexwoolridge94aw
      @alexwoolridge94aw Před 3 lety

      This was in Red Dead Redemption 2? Damn now I need to play it

  • @inthecards7535
    @inthecards7535 Před 4 lety +1

    Isn't Downbound Train a Chuck Berry original? I always had wanted to cover this scorcher.

    • @JohnSmith-zn4dc
      @JohnSmith-zn4dc  Před 4 lety

      You are correct.

    • @coleparker
      @coleparker Před 3 lety +1

      Actually it was poem first, author unknown.

    • @reubenwhettenmusic
      @reubenwhettenmusic Před 2 lety

      @@coleparker It was written by Retta M. Brown. You can find more details about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gray%27s_Dream

    • @coleparker
      @coleparker Před 2 lety

      @@reubenwhettenmusic Thanks. I have another cover of the song. Cannot remember the singers name right now.

    • @stephenmcguire7801
      @stephenmcguire7801 Před 2 lety +1

      As a poem or folk song it is said to have originated over a century ago as a cautionary tale about the perils of drink. The lyrics differ, notably concerning the "motley" passenger crew: ..."Catholics, Gentiles, atheists and Jews..."
      Fairly ecumenical.

  • @patrickgueguin792
    @patrickgueguin792 Před 3 lety

    Original by Chuck Berry

    • @coleparker
      @coleparker Před 3 lety +1

      The song maybe, but Chuck did not write the lyrics. It is poem, and the author said poem is unknown. Also a couple of verses were omitted in the song.

  • @Monica-C92
    @Monica-C92 Před rokem

    What’s with the downbound ? Lol

    • @JohnSmith-zn4dc
      @JohnSmith-zn4dc  Před rokem

      Track #10 of George Thorogoods album "Half a boy Half a Man", is "Hellbound Train (Downbound Train)". This song is basically a cover / rendition of Chuck Berry's song, "Downbound Train".
      Not sure whats "LaUgH oUt LoUd" about that.