Lost Song Of The Day 8/24

[jpkansas]

"People Get Ready" - The Impressions (1965)

People get ready
There's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage you just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesel comin'
Don't need no ticket you just thank the Lord

People get ready
Train to Jordan
Picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is key
Open the doors and board them
There's hope for all among the love the most

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own soul
Have pity on those whose choices grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's throne

People get ready
There's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage you just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesel comin'
Don't need no ticket you just thank the Lord

There's a train there's a train there's a train comin' people
There's a train there's a train there's a train comin' people
There's a train there's a train there's a train comin' people
Just get on board

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own soul
Have pity on those whose choices grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's throne

People get ready there's a train a-comin'
You don't need no baggage, just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesel hummin'
You don't need no ticket, just thank the lord.

[H2IZCOOL]

Not bad, but a bit too gospel-ly for my tastes. The Impressions did tend to drift into that genre a lot, but their overall sound was great, and I think that they tend to be underrated today.

[SAT-I need more room!!]

h2izcool said:

Not bad, but a bit too gospel-ly for my tastes. The Impressions did tend to drift into that genre a lot, but their overall sound was great, and I think that they tend to be underrated today.

They can't be TOO underrated-they're in the Hall, unlike Chicago.

[SAT-I need more room!!]

I actually knew the Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart cover first! And Ed's "heard first" rule applies.

[H2IZCOOL]

sat said:

h2izcool said:

Not bad, but a bit too gospel-ly for my tastes. The Impressions did tend to drift into that genre a lot, but their overall sound was great, and I think that they tend to be underrated today.

They can't be TOO underrated-they're in the Hall, unlike Chicago.

Granted they're in the Hall. But go up to someone and ask them: name the top 10 R&B groups of the '60s, and I bet they don't include the Impressions -- and they should.

[SAT-I need more room!!]

h2izcool said:

sat said:

They can't be TOO underrated-they're in the Hall, unlike Chicago.

Granted they're in the Hall. But go up to someone and ask them: name the top 10 R&B groups of the '60s, and I bet they don't include the Impressions -- and they should.

Kinda my point-you don't think of the Impressions, yet everyone knows and loves Chicago, and they can't buy a ticket into the Hall.

[KittyKat - RIP Luciano]

I'm not as familiar with the Impression's version as I am with the multitude of covers.

[m c dornan]

Great song! It's now sometimes descibed as an anthem of the civil rights movement, but I don't see it. It's too gospel-oriented to have any message for the civil rights movement. (which was fighting for very secular ends).

The most ineresting line is:

"There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner,
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own soul."

It's a sharp criticism of someone or something. Wonder how that was taken, theologically or politically, back then.

[Dawn]

Nice vocals on this one. As with Mike I've heard this song referenced with the civil rights movement, but the message is much more gospel in nature.

[Ken]

A great tune