I would like to start this post by wishing you all a happy Train day! I say this because Train’s new album California 37 came out today and that makes me one happy girl. Train has been one my favourite bands for 10 years now. They are also probably the most important band to me. I have a huge amount of love for Train, and I will always love them no matter what.
My love of Train began when I was 14. There was this song on the radio that I loved, the piano was cool, the lyrics were unique, and it kept getting stuck in my head. The song was Drops of Jupiter, and every time it came on the radio I would sing along. My Dad bought me the album of the same name that year for my 15th birthday and it was literally the only thing that I listened to for months, until my Dad bought me Train’s first album. After that I was hooked, and I still have not let them go.
The next year Train released their third album, My Private Nation, and I bought it the day it came out as soon as I was out of school. I locked myself in my room determined to have the songs memorised by the time I had to go to bed. My Private Nation is my favourite Train album; there are so many great songs on it. A couple months later I got to see Train live for the first time. My Dad took me, and it still remains one of my favourite concert experiences. I got to go to Toronto, just me and my Dad, and see my favourite band. I was so close to stage that I could see the sweat dripping down Pat Monahan’s face, and I sang along to every song. It was a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life, the band walking out onto the stage, opening with Calling All Angels, and being so excited that I could hardly stand it. Both my Dad and I were so pumped after the show that we spent the entire drive home recounting all the great things that happened, very loudly because my Dad went sort of deaf due to how loud the music was. If I could relieve that concert over again, I would.
The next album that Train released was For Me, It’s You and while it is not their best album it is still one that I love. This album includes some great songs, but there is one that I believe to be the best song that Train has ever written, Skyscraper. Skyscraper is amazing, and I don’t think that it is possible to actually describe why it is so good; I think that you just have to listen to it. I wish that For Me, It’s You would have done better, but I understand why it didn’t. It is very different from what they had been doing previously, and not everyone likes change, but I still love it.
After taking a much needed break to sort out some issues within the band Train finally released a new album in 2009 called Save Me San Francisco. It, again, was very different from their other albums, but I was so happy to have the boys back. It took me awhile to get use to the new sound, but soon I was in love with this album as well. Parachute is the best song on the disc, and the song that I fell in love with first, even before Hey, Soul Sister. I am happy that they had a big success with this album, and as the new album approached I hoped that they wouldn’t try to replicate Save Me San Francisco. I wanted Train to blow my mind again with something different.
This brings us to today. I want to let you know that I am not disappointed. California 37 is different and, so far, I am loving it. I love the direction that Train is taking their music, and they sound so much like I want them to sound. I’m also really loving the lyrics; they are so cool, well written, and thoughtful. I have never been let down by Train’s lyrics. I haven’t listened to California 37 enough to really review it, but maybe in the next couple of days I will write up a review for you. So far I like what I hear.
Train is just one of those bands that I will always love and always support. They make good music, and they seem like awesome people. Train is the band that I share a bond with my Dad over, and I know that we will continue to go to Train concerts together in the future. I hope that Train continues to make music for a long time because their music makes me happy.
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