tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post296245343661960947..comments2024-03-21T04:24:14.674-05:00Comments on PostConsumer Reports: Post-Humous Record Review: This Train's "The Emperor's New Band" and "Mimes of the Old West"PostConsumer Reportshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04382150335755928153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-37340258173933656182018-10-20T23:05:34.242-05:002018-10-20T23:05:34.242-05:00Chris, I'm one on those fans of This Train. So...Chris, I'm one on those fans of This Train. Sorry I didn't know you were looking for me until I found your post tonight while listening to the Mimes of the Old West album online. I too was introduced to the band at a Rich Mullins concert -- but I did by the Mimes CD that night. The concert waa at Eagle Heights Church in Oklahoma City on July 18, 1997 just two months before his death. Thanks for the post. -SteveSteve Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995546536497747609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-44194341195715151662016-09-22T15:46:00.493-05:002016-09-22T15:46:00.493-05:00David,
thanks so much for reading!
Mark Robertson...David,<br />thanks so much for reading!<br /><br />Mark Robertson is still pretty active in the Nashville music scene, and you can also find him on Facebook. He has been doing some work in a band of his own called Prayer Flags: https://www.facebook.com/prayerflagsband/?fref=ts<br /><br />But I don't know if they'll ever release any music....<br /><br />You should try to purchase The Emperor's New Band cheap on Amazon. It's worth it!PostConsumer Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04382150335755928153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-57180915102606639212016-09-22T02:26:25.353-05:002016-09-22T02:26:25.353-05:00I was so excited to stumble across your review ton...I was so excited to stumble across your review tonight, after a search for This Train on Wikipedia failed to turn up anything, and I tried Google instead. I only had one This Train album, Mimes of the Old West, on cassette if you can believe that. I found it in a used music store in Marquette, Michigan, during a summer vacation on the Upper Peninsula in the year 1999. <br /><br />I had heard "We're Getting Nowhere (Fast)" on one of those compilation CDs 7Ball Magazine would put out with each issue, and loved the song, but I wasn't sure if it was just a one-off novelty or what their other songs would be like. I vaguely recall a local Christian radio station here in Los Angeles taking a chance on their cover of Amy Grant's "Baby Baby" from their even more obscure first album. Basically I had assumed they were just a comedy band. So I was really surprised to find such a strong combination of wackiness, wit and depth throughout Mimes. I'd never really listened to rockabilly or "alt-country" or whatever you want to call it before that, but I was amused at their self-deprecating nature and willingness to try seemingly anything once. "I Don't Wanna Know" hit me about as hard as it apparently did you. That might have been my favorite track on the album.<br /><br />What made me think of This Train again tonight after all these years, prompting the search that led me to your review, was the discovery that "Gitchee Gumee" was another name for Lake Superior, apparently based on a native name and popularized in a Longfellow poem. (Thanks, Wikipedia!) That reminded me of the throwaway track "Sandee" from Mimes, where the guy says "On the sandy shore of Gitchee Gumee" at the beginning of it. All these years, I had no idea what that meant and thought it was just cutesy nonsense. Ironically, one of my first listens to that album may well have been while walking along that same sandy shore.<br /><br />I never got around to hearing The Emperor's New Band in full, and sadly, Spotify doesn't seem to have anything by This Train. At least you gave me some YouTubage. May they rest in obscure peace, I guess.Davidhttp://murlough23.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-39487285738093045612014-11-09T11:35:24.605-06:002014-11-09T11:35:24.605-06:00Yep. This Train is da bomb. I have had all 3 discs...Yep. This Train is da bomb. I have had all 3 discs for years.<br />The songs on Mimes are pretty much all major. Major. The band and their work are under appreciated.<br />One of my favorites is "The Missing Link" "Hanger 84" is astounding for it's irony.<br />Thanks for giving me the link to the article!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858573718400180298noreply@blogger.com