Gorillaz – Ghost Train

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  General Comment:This was written in a Gospel/Soul style. Gospel can be identified by repetition, call/answer, held out notes and limited instrumentals. The main difference between this and other Gospel-style songs is the obvious minor key.
  
  Added to the minor key are dark lyrics, giving you a sense that something is very wrong. This is all wrapped up in the gibberish near the end of the song, which is unsettling at best. All together, this is Zombie Hip-Hop.

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  General Comment:DONT CALL ME RACIST FOR THIS CUS IM LATINO AND ILL SHOVE MY FOOT THROUGH THE COMPUTER AND UP UR ASS BUDDY :P ok the song reminds my ofback in the days of slavery and people singing about freedom.

  Flag Lizatar5on February 27, 2010   Link

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    It does remind me of a song a slave would sing. Maybe it's about the underground railroad? Meh, maybe not. I wish there was a video for this song. I picture the members of the band riding on an old train at night pulled by a steam engine. You can even hear the train chuffing sounds in the songs.
    

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    Exacly I think the gibirish is some african language (cus there are many) maybe I think this cus I learned about africa wen I first herd this song

    Flag Lizatar5on April 10, 2010  
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  General Comment:When I write a poem or something, it's supposed to have more than one meaning, even for the writer himself it's fun to leave spaces for further interpretation open! Often, I see different meanings breaking through after something's written. In that way, I manage to learn something more about myself, unexpected. What I'm trying to say is that this great, great song I think is just meant to have a lot of different meanings, on a lot of different levels (like: fun, not boring music!, or obscenity-who really cares, or a love story, or deeper meaning maybe, ..)
  
  But what you could say is that it definately puts some life into (a) death (process)! And with the train sounds, the upbeat bass and the part of the lyrics that's understandable, this became one of my favorite songs to run on ('fast like a train'), mentally as well as physically =)
  
  Also, this seems to me like a really cool song to be played at ones funeral! (a girl can dream, right?)
  

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  General Comment:about scary movies?
  interesting, but i think ur answerin to quick
  Gorillaz are better than that
  agent hunt has is dead on, or at least what i think the song is about.
  I don't know EXACTLY what Gorillaz were aiming for on this, but def not just about scary movies.

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  General Comment:About scary movies, and such. Once again, not very hard.

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  General Comment:when i listen to this song i can see the members of the band on this dark scary train and 2d is sitting down near the front shaking and singing and murdoc is the train driver person (lol) and then they reach their destination and then everyone gets off the train celebrating "come on come on come on ghost train!!!"
  the end.
  yes i know i just think alot.

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  General Comment:oh yeah those robot deep voices....i think its just gibberish.......

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  General Comment:does anyone know what the deep voice is saying? im' sure i could hear 'bitch' in it

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  General Comment:pretty sure the words GHOST TRAIN say it all.
  
  for those of you that don't know what a gost train is, its a spiritual train (or even bunch or horses and carts)filled with ghosts, that appear in hainted area, that go speeding straight into walls and disappear.
  
  sounds like his baby is dead, so he killed himself to ride the ghost train with her. (hope it's a her)
  
  once you grasp that context, the rest of the song kinda falls into place. i dunno.
  
  i love that dark sounding dude in the middle that goes off on a little rant about nothin

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  General Comment:this song is really. dark. it means a lot of things.

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