if you could, where would you take a midnight train to?

[datasuspect]

me, it would be berwyn.

yes, i'm leaving, (leaving) on that midnight train to berwyn (leaving on a midnight train)

[skygazer]

1. Anywhere

I love to travel by train. Though it's not what it used to be. And "Leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to anywhere (leaving on a midnight train)" doesn't really have the right ring.

[datasuspect]

2. although it's one quite wonderful gladys night and the pips song

and i rather enjoy the sentiment it expresses:

L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.
He's leaving,
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopes
and he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,
He said he would
Be leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)

[Connonym]

7. Joan Osborne does a cover of that on her new CD

It's very pretty. The whole CD is pretty good actually -- Breakfast in Bed. I love Joan

[Beer Snob-50]

8. so did the indigo girls

just had to pop it up on my ipod.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Oak Park.

Metra Union Pacific west line goes there. But I'll take an earlier train, because midnight is WAAY past my bedtime these days.

[datasuspect]

9. is south oak park more like north berwyn?

or are they two different animals.

i got into a heated discussion with an oak parker about this once.

they want nothing to do with the taint of berwyn.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. I am not real familiar with north Berwyn...

And though south Oak Park isn't the historic district, Berwyn does have a reputation that Oak Park probably prefers not to be associated with.

I'm still a Far North Sider at heart. Always will be.

[datasuspect]

11. i'm a near southwest sider at heart

last i heard, they took the old neighborhood and started slapping condos in it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. They're building condos....

everywhere they can. Or converting older buildings. You'd be amazed at all the condos being built downtown. I don't know where all the people with enough $$$ to buy them come from.

[datasuspect]

13. last i read they replaced close to 94,000 rental apartment units

with close to 120,000 or so condo units in the city of chicago.

i hardly even recognize it anymore. they should call it naperville.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. That's one shitload of condos....

I rarely get downtown anymore, but spent last Saturday at Navy Pier. Downtown has changed so much since I last worked there in 1995 that I think I could easily get lost.

[RetroLounge]

4. Pittsburgh

yes, i'm leaving, (leaving) on that midnight train to Pittsburgh (leaving on a midnight train)

and I think I just might do that soon... One way.

RL

[datasuspect]

5. i hear tell they got good pizza there

i'm on the road right now (posting from a library in dallas) maybe i'll see if i can catch out that way.

[RetroLounge]

6. Pizza Pie, yes...

:hi:

RL

[Squatch]

14. Jamaica. Does the midnight train go to Jamaica?

[datasuspect]

15. booyakasha wag wah

get on the rude boy train

The rude boy train is comin' now
The rude boy train is comin' now
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

The rude boy boat is comin' now
The rude boy boat is comin' now
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

The rude boy plane is comin' now
The rude boy plane is comin' now
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

Rude boy get up a circuit chart
Rude boy get up a circuit chart
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

Rude boy a loot an' a shoot an' a wail
Rude boy a loot an' a shoot an' a wail
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

Double oh seven is back on the scene
Double oh seven is back on the scene
Dippy dippy dooey - dippy dippy dooey

[BlueIris]

16. If I were smart, I'd post NYC. That would be fun. But right now,

I'm more in the mood to head to the Bay.

[Joe Fields]

17. Vegas, baby!

[wildhorses]

18. to vallhalla

i want to eat ambrosia and drink the nectar

[datasuspect]

19. i want to go there for the lovely maidens

that each viking is granted upon entering that hallowed place.

[CottonBear]

21. USA: New Orleans. Europe: London to Paris, Venice and Prague. I love trains! n/t

[geardaddy]

22. Nirvana

yes, i'm leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to Nirvana (leaving on a midnight train).

[Arugula Latte]

23. Florence.

Italia... *sigh*

[cwydro]

24. London.

[kwassa]

25. The TGV to Paris

tres grands vitesse, or something like that!

took it from Switzerland, once