ビル・ヤノヴィッツ. “Train in Vain”. Song Review. オールミュージック. 2012年7月31日閲覧。 “a, b) Despite being hidden ? it was originally not listed on the sleeve, for the band felt it was too commercial (imagine any late-'90s " alternative" bands taking a similar stance) - "Train in Vain" cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. This was remarkable in 1980 for a so-called punk rock band. The song was literally the hidden gem of the master-stroke London Calling. d, e, f) Masters of pale pop Third Eye Blind recorded a weak sugar-coated, suburban hip-hop version in an ill-advised " tribute" on Burning London: The Clash Tribute (1999), which is almost a disaster from start to finish. On the other hand, on her 1995 album Medusa, Annie Lennox manages to pull off what Third Eye Blind seemed to be attempting: a soulful, dance-beat cover of the song. The differences are that Lennox can actually sing and the production and arrangement are thought-out and well-crafted. In addition, Dwight Yoakam turns in a fine, countrified rendition on Under the Covers (1997).”
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ジョニー・ブラック (2002年5月). “The Greatest Songs Ever! "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More” (ASPX). ブレンダー. 2009年2月21日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2007年12月2日閲覧。 “a, b) Thrown together at the last minute in the dying hours of sessions for the Clash's classic 1980 album, London Calling, "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" was not even listed on the record’s cover. It was the Clash song that almost wasn’t, but it turned out to be the one that brought the band into the Top 30 for the first time. c) "Train in Vain," written in one night and recorded the next day, was initially going to be given away as a promotion with the British rock magazine New Musical Express. Only after that failed to happen did the band consider the song for inclusion on the album. d) As Wessex Studios' manager and house engineer Bill Price points out, "Train in Vain" was "the last song we finished after the artwork went to the printer. A couple of Clash Web sites describe it as a hidden track, but it wasn’t intended to be hidden. The sleeve was already printed before we tacked the song on the end of the master tape." e) The meaning of the song’s title is equally obscure. Sometimes it seems as if every little boy who once dreamed of growing up to be a train engineer became a songwriter instead. With the Clash, however, things are never quite what they seem ? and no train is mentioned in the song. Mick Jones, who wrote most of it, offers a prosaic explanation: "The track was like a train rhythm, and there was, once again, that feeling of being lost." f) Another curious aspect of "Train in Vain," given the Clash's political stance and reputation for social consciousness, is that it's a love song, with an almost country-and-western lyric that echoes Tammy Wynette's classic weepie "Stand by Your Man." g) If the Clash were hard-line British punks who despised America as much as their song "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." suggested, why did "Train in Vain" have such a made-in-the-U.S.A. feel? Strummer has admitted that despite the band's anti-American posturing, much of its inspiration came from this side of the Atlantic Ocean. "I was drenched in blues and English R&B as a teenager," the singer says. "Then I went to black American R&B with my [pre-Clash] group the 101ers. Mick had heard a lot of that stuff too, and he had this extra dimension of the glam/trash New York Dolls/Stooges scene." h, i) "Train in Vain" ... has become a Clash standard, covered by artists as diverse as EMF, Dwight Yoakam, Annie Lennox and Third Eye Blind. Its influence crops up elsewhere, too: Listening to "Train in Vain" and Garbage's "Stupid Girl" in succession makes clear where Garbage drummer and producer Butch Vig located "Stupid Girl" 's distinctive drum loops.”
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マーカス・グレイ (2007年10月26日). “Marcus Gray on the ongoing pop influence of 'Stand By Me' - Guardian Unlimited Arts”. Arts. ガーディアン. 2007年12月3日閲覧。 “In 1979, the Slits released their highly idiosyncratic avant-punk dub single Typical Girls. The titular girls worry about clothes, spots, fat and smells, and conform to one of two stereotypes: either they're femme fatales or they're downtrodden drudges who "stand by their men", a reference to the Tammy Wynette song. Typical Girls stalled at No 60 in the UK, but one man paying attention was Mick Jones of the Clash. His volatile relationship with Slits guitarist Viv Albertine had recently come to an end, leaving him distraught. His band's third album, London Calling, was nearly complete, but he was inspired to write a last-minute addition. It opens with the line, "You say you stand by your man ..." - a misreading of Typical Girls, wilful or otherwise - and its oft-repeated chorus is, "You didn't stand by me, no, not at all." Lyrically, then, it follows a chain of reference back to both Wynette and King, and offers a negative echo of both: the "walls come tumbling down", and the jilted protagonist can't be happy or keep "the wolves at bay" without the woman's love and support.”
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“The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash”. NME (ロンドン: IPC Magazines) 3. (1991-03-16). ISSN0028-6362. OCLC4213418. ""Train In Vain" isn't listed on the sleeve credits for "London Calling" because it was originally going to be a flexi give-away with NME. Unfortunately, the idea proved too expensive and the track went on the LP instead." 関連記事:
“Train in Vain The Clash”. The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ローリングストーン (2004年12月9日). 2007年11月22日閲覧。 “"Train In Vain" was the hidden track at the end of the Clash's London Calling, unlisted on the sleeve or on the label. It didn't even have a proper title; fans initially assumed it was called "Stand by Me," after the chorus. But it became a surprise U.S. hit, with hard-charging drums and weary vocals from guitarist Jones, who wrote the bitter love song in his grandmother's flat.”
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ガーリン・ピルニア (2007年10月25日). “Radio Free Chicago : Shout Out Louds w/ Johnossi @ Logan Square 10/19/07”. Radio Free Chicago. 2007年12月4日閲覧。 “Half way through the song, the group burst into "Train in Vain" by the Clash then back to their song. The Shout Outs successfully conquer America and our hearts.”
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ジョニー・ブラック (2002年5月). “The Greatest Songs Ever! "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More” (ASPX). ブレンダー. 2009年2月21日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2007年12月2日閲覧。 “a, b) Thrown together at the last minute in the dying hours of sessions for the Clash's classic 1980 album, London Calling, "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" was not even listed on the record’s cover. It was the Clash song that almost wasn’t, but it turned out to be the one that brought the band into the Top 30 for the first time. c) "Train in Vain," written in one night and recorded the next day, was initially going to be given away as a promotion with the British rock magazine New Musical Express. Only after that failed to happen did the band consider the song for inclusion on the album. d) As Wessex Studios' manager and house engineer Bill Price points out, "Train in Vain" was "the last song we finished after the artwork went to the printer. A couple of Clash Web sites describe it as a hidden track, but it wasn’t intended to be hidden. The sleeve was already printed before we tacked the song on the end of the master tape." e) The meaning of the song’s title is equally obscure. Sometimes it seems as if every little boy who once dreamed of growing up to be a train engineer became a songwriter instead. With the Clash, however, things are never quite what they seem ? and no train is mentioned in the song. Mick Jones, who wrote most of it, offers a prosaic explanation: "The track was like a train rhythm, and there was, once again, that feeling of being lost." f) Another curious aspect of "Train in Vain," given the Clash's political stance and reputation for social consciousness, is that it's a love song, with an almost country-and-western lyric that echoes Tammy Wynette's classic weepie "Stand by Your Man." g) If the Clash were hard-line British punks who despised America as much as their song "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." suggested, why did "Train in Vain" have such a made-in-the-U.S.A. feel? Strummer has admitted that despite the band's anti-American posturing, much of its inspiration came from this side of the Atlantic Ocean. "I was drenched in blues and English R&B as a teenager," the singer says. "Then I went to black American R&B with my [pre-Clash] group the 101ers. Mick had heard a lot of that stuff too, and he had this extra dimension of the glam/trash New York Dolls/Stooges scene." h, i) "Train in Vain" ... has become a Clash standard, covered by artists as diverse as EMF, Dwight Yoakam, Annie Lennox and Third Eye Blind. Its influence crops up elsewhere, too: Listening to "Train in Vain" and Garbage's "Stupid Girl" in succession makes clear where Garbage drummer and producer Butch Vig located "Stupid Girl" 's distinctive drum loops.”
“The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash”. NME (ロンドン: IPC Magazines) 3. (1991-03-16). ISSN0028-6362. OCLC4213418. ""Train In Vain" isn't listed on the sleeve credits for "London Calling" because it was originally going to be a flexi give-away with NME. Unfortunately, the idea proved too expensive and the track went on the LP instead." 関連記事:
“The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash”. NME (ロンドン: IPC Magazines) 3. (1991-03-16). ISSN0028-6362. OCLC4213418. ""Train In Vain" isn't listed on the sleeve credits for "London Calling" because it was originally going to be a flexi give-away with NME. Unfortunately, the idea proved too expensive and the track went on the LP instead." 関連記事:
