Title: “Runaway train”
Format: Single
Written by: Dave Pirner
Performed by: Soul Asylum
Genre: Rock
Taken from: Gravedancers Union
Year: 1993
Acclaim: No. 7 in the UK, no. 5 in the US
The first time I heard this (and subsequent times, before I found out who was singing) I could have sworn it was by Tom Petty. It's so like the kind of song he would write, and sing, and the vocal sounds uncannily similar to Petty's, so much so that I, in my naivete when I found out it was by Soul Asylum, thought it might be some pseudonym for Petty or some other project he was working on. It also didn't help that Petty also has a song called “Runaway trains” (although this one is pluralised), which I thought was this song. Great song in the end though, and a powerful video accompanying it about runaway children who have yet to be found, alive or dead.
Things I like about this :
Everything
Things I don't like about this:
1. Just the fact that he sounds so much like Petty, and I wasted time listening to Petty's “Runaway trains” before I found out who this was by. Gah!
Rating: 