"The Last Train to Clarksville" is the debut single The Monkees. It was released August 16, 1966 and later included in the 1966 self-titled group album, released on October 10, 1966. Songs written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, were recorded at RCA Victor Studio B in Hollywood in July. 25, 1966 and was at the Boss Hit Bounds on August 17, 1966. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on November 5, 1966. The main vocal was performed by The Monkees drummer, Micky Dolenz. "The Last Train to Clarksville" featured in seven episodes of the Monkees TV show; at most for Monkees songs.
Video Last Train to Clarksville
Song
Songs written by duo songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, have been compared to The Beatles "Paperback Writer", especially the "jangly" guitar sound, chord structure, and vocal harmonies. The Beatles song has become number one on the US charts three months earlier.
The lyrics told a man who called the woman he loved, urging him to meet him at a railway station in Clarksville before he had to leave, perhaps for good. There is no explicit reference to the war in the song but the last line, "And I do not know if I ever came home", is an indirect reference about a soldier who left for the Vietnam War.
It is often assumed that the song refers to Clarksville, Tennessee, near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home of the 101st Airborne Division, which currently serves in Vietnam. However, according to songwriter Bobby Hart, it did not happen. Instead, Hart says, "We're just looking for a name that sounds good.It's a small town in northern Arizona that I used to pass in the summer on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called Clarkdale.We ditched the name, and when we got to Clarkdale, we thought Clarksville sounds better.We did not know at the time, [but] there's an Army base near the city of Clarksville, Tennessee - which should be in line with a fine bill for the storyline "We can not be too direct with The Monkees. We can not really make a protest song out of it - we sort of sneak in. "
Although "Clarksville" is in the title of the song, the video that accompanies the song on the Monkees TV show shows a sign pointing to "Clarkesville".
Hart got the idea for the lyrics when he turned on the radio and heard the end of The Beatles "Paperback Writer". He thought Paul McCartney was singing "Take the last train", and decided to use the line when he found McCartney actually singing "Paperback Writer". Hart knows that The Monkees TV series is pitched as a music/comedy series in the spirit of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, so she hopes that by imitating The Beatles, this song might leading to a successful single, which did work. To help ensure that, he decides to include a distinctive guitar riff and writes in the lyrics "Oh No-No-No, Oh No-No-No" in answer to the famous Beatles "Yeah Yeah Yeah".
Although LA "Wrecking Crew" provides instrumental support for many of Monkees' early songs, Boyce and Hart Candy Store Prophets band performs a working session for this song. The main guitar section was written and played by a Hollywood session musician, Louie Shelton who will eventually become the mainstay on Monkees recording.
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Riblja? orba version
" Zadnji voz za? a? ak " (trans. "The last train to a? ak") is a song by Serbia and former rock band Yugoslavia Riblja? Orba, from their 1987 album Ujed za du? U .
B-side features the song "Lud sto posto" ("100% Crazy").
This single is not available in stores, but is presented as a gift with the Politika Ekspres issue
Listen to the track
- "Zadnji voz za? a? ak" - 2:44
- "Lud sto posto" - 4:15
Personnel
- Bora? or? evi? - vocals
- Mi? a Aleksi? - bass guitar
- Vidoja Bo? inovi? - guitar
- Nikola? uturilo - guitar
- Vicko Milatovi? - drums
Other versions
- Four Peaks covered the song on their album Reach Out, released in July 1967.
- Kids Incorporated covered the song in 1985 in episode 2 of "The Abominable Show-Man" Season.
- The independent Australian band, Woodlock, covers the song in 2016.
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
- "Zadnji voz za? a? ak" in Discogs
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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