THE SLOW TRAIN (Flanders & Swann) performed by the King's Singers (1977)

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  • Опубліковано 5 січ 2025

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  • @jamesmorelandoliver8897
    @jamesmorelandoliver8897 5 років тому +19

    I thought I was hearing angels. This is one of those rare recordings that is so heartbreakingly beautiful that it can actually be hard to listen to because the tears start to flow. This music reminds me so much of those I love and have lost. A magnificent work that will touch hearts for ages.

  • @TimTheMusicMan
    @TimTheMusicMan 6 років тому +25

    Talented singers, why not at least 50m views. The world has changed not for the better either...

    • @devilsolution9781
      @devilsolution9781 6 років тому

      M CAT says someone using youtube to listen to this & comment?? ALRIGHTY THEN

    • @TimTheMusicMan
      @TimTheMusicMan 6 років тому +3

      I was referring to their voices, not an internet app..

    • @devilsolution9781
      @devilsolution9781 6 років тому

      M CAT A gentle reminder to listen to this song today. 😀😀😀

  • @Whipslinger1
    @Whipslinger1 6 років тому +71

    Did anybody look for this song after watching the slow train of Meth video?

    • @randystevenson3864
      @randystevenson3864 6 років тому +5

      Zorian hells yes just came from there

    • @gavin9732
      @gavin9732 6 років тому +1

      @@randystevenson3864 Yep, it was about 2 months ago though lol

    • @jesse9227
      @jesse9227 6 років тому +2

      Yes. Creepy song

    • @thisisvalkyrie
      @thisisvalkyrie 6 років тому +10

      YES. Insane how much it affected others like it did me. I saw it like two months ago and still think about it regularly. So haunting; it gives me a hollow feeling in my chest but at the same time I can’t stop returning to it.

    • @Whipslinger1
      @Whipslinger1 6 років тому +5

      @@thisisvalkyrie I KNOW RIGHT? It stays with you. It's like that gory car crash that you can't watch the aftermath of but yet you find yourself still having to peek lol.

  • @kitrichardson5573
    @kitrichardson5573 5 років тому +6

    Each and every singer in this group has an amazing sense of pitch and a purity of tone that is unmatched.

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston 3 роки тому +3

    In his autobiography, Swann wrote about this song and the King's Singers arrangement. Swann and Flanders recorded it in 4/4 common time, but the King's Singers reminded him that trains move in 6/8.
    This always brings a tear to my eye, whatever the meter.

  • @youforget1000thingsaday
    @youforget1000thingsaday 3 роки тому +6

    This is so haunting...

  • @francesvansiclen3245
    @francesvansiclen3245 6 років тому +11

    Reminds me of an England that is no more; sad !!!!!

  • @thebluestplanet6768
    @thebluestplanet6768 6 років тому +18

    I don't know why that one person gave this a thumbs down. This is lovely🎶

    • @nealmceneaney3771
      @nealmceneaney3771 6 років тому +2

      Elisa Bell
      Because he’s an asshole and needs attention. Bless

    • @pmonkeygeezer6212
      @pmonkeygeezer6212 6 років тому

      I just gave it another thumbs down. What a load of pretentious rubbish. The kind of music posh upper middle class twats listen to. I bet you're a Tory voter.

  • @brentusfirmus
    @brentusfirmus 4 роки тому +5

    This arrangement of this song makes me cry.

  • @charlesbraun131
    @charlesbraun131 4 роки тому +4

    Totally searched for this tune after the meth video. Such a haunting tune. So bittersweet.

  • @stephentimoney6951
    @stephentimoney6951 6 років тому +6

    Beautiful version of an incredible song.

  • @Keep_Crying_Son
    @Keep_Crying_Son 6 років тому +33

    The slow train of meth video bought me here.

    • @randystevenson3864
      @randystevenson3864 6 років тому +2

      Ol Bloody Chopper Mate hells yes just came from there

    • @alfiesgirluk
      @alfiesgirluk 5 років тому

      Scary video made this song even sadder😢😢😢

    • @Aawsomeguy
      @Aawsomeguy 3 роки тому

      It brought me here too.

    • @charliechristie2949
      @charliechristie2949 3 роки тому

      EXACTLY.........I had to find where the song came from after I saw the video of the three women who threw it all away........I am retired with too much time on my hands !

    • @gillianansaldo9343
      @gillianansaldo9343 Рік тому

      @@charliechristie2949 sorry don't get you,

  • @dwalker1999
    @dwalker1999 6 років тому +3

    The best performance of this song I've heard. Can't say I remember the KS group; but once you hear them perform, their harmonizing just grows on you.

  • @francesvansiclen3245
    @francesvansiclen3245 6 років тому +6

    Beautiful melancholy song !

  • @AndyGerberDenver
    @AndyGerberDenver 6 років тому +6

    Bless you. I've only recently discovered the complete works of F&S, but have been a King Singer's fan for years (seen the current KS in concert a few times). Now you've given me both together. How wonderful.

  • @andrewgalvin844
    @andrewgalvin844 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for putting so much work into this....great job!

  • @mateo_ferranco
    @mateo_ferranco 4 роки тому +2

    soothing.

  • @6442Bonnie
    @6442Bonnie 6 років тому +5

    I would love to do an Acoustic Guitar version of this beautiful song.

  • @Kakashigirl250
    @Kakashigirl250 6 років тому +6

    Makes me sad thinking of all the music that has been lost to time

  • @Engelbird
    @Engelbird 6 років тому +4

    i spent a night in Kirby Muxloe! right outside of Leicester.

  • @CD-hx5kh
    @CD-hx5kh 5 років тому

    Yep...

  • @Whipslinger1
    @Whipslinger1 6 років тому +7

    @Randy Stevenson. Makes this pretty song sound real ominous when coupled with the declining faces of a Meth addict doesn't it?

  • @datdudecollins
    @datdudecollins 4 роки тому +2

    What a creepy fucking song