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Younger Brother — Train
Album: Vaccine
Avg rating:
7.8

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Total ratings: 6423









Released: 2011
Length: 7:24
Plays (last 30 days): 3
They're all flashing past
So many others moving so fast
I feel my heart smoke
As we go under it and bow down
Nothing left on this island
Upon steel on steel
Through these cuts in me
Ive no question who was here first
Many dreams many lifetimes
Any of which could be me
'cept that I'm the one unable to move
Upon this machine
Upon this machine

Pardon caravan emotion
Loaded crowds just like me
I fell between the moments
I fell between the endings
Cuz when it runs around the windows
Nothing here is still
All the paths have collided
Through all these villages and hills
So many dreams so many lifetimes
Any of which could be me
'cept that I'm the one unable to move upon this machine


Theres no one else, no one else,
no one else, no one else.
Theres no one else, no one else,
no one else, no one else.

Theres no one else,
no one else, no one else,
no one can help me now
Help me Im stuck in this moving thing
Nothing is what it seems
No getting off this machine
Comments (632)add comment
 Smart73 wrote:

I always hear "pommes machine" [pommes means fries in German]



And apples in French.
I always hear "pommes machine" [pommes means fries in German]
This is why I LOVE Radioparadise! I had never heard of this band, but now I have done a deeper dive and now have another “fav” artist! I get kind of a Pink Floyd vibe from these guys which is not bad at all!
Mondegreen time...I keep hearing the last lines as "the promise machine," which is weirdly appropriate.
Love the way this songs shifts moods 
Reminds me a lot of the The Alan Parsons Project (i.e. Pink Floyd lite). Anyone remember him? He was also the sound engineer on Dark Side of the Moon.
This song did not play for some reason, despite refreshing my browser 3x; had to skip ahead
Bleak yet sexy. Morrissey was good with that, er, sensation. 
Always loved this!
When I read the lyrics, this song grew on me.
After a hit of Hidden Pastry, I find this to be very tasty food for the neurons, indeed, Captain! This hits me deep, like a kind of Alan Parsons-techno-Floyd, and leaves me utterly Schpongled, ~Dig...
So glad to have this back in regular rotation.
Very trippy song.  8->9.  Oh yeah.
very Pink Floyd...Great production. Very dynamic high quality recording  too!
 LizK wrote:

Younger Brother manufactures endorphins.  I ride along, with a satisfied mindset.


Exactly. And I've just injected my 4:20 dose of marijuanas!  (See below.)
heavy pink floyds influences
 Lanky_Yoda wrote:

This Vaccine I do trust!



sorry to hear that    it's bad for U
 Zeito wrote:

I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  



Some of us absorb it through osmosis.
My ears have been inoculated. I'm immune from bad news.
 Lanky_Yoda wrote:

This Vaccine I do trust!



I bet Clapton's really anti this album.
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 On_The_Beach wrote:

Opening is very reminiscent of early Tangerine Dream (which is just fine with me).



They give credit where it's due.  
So much love for this song. Love that too.  
 Egctheow wrote:

What a great tune!
I lived in Scotland for a year and would walk to uni. The road that took me there was lined with Japanese cherry blossom trees. What a treat on the brisk spring mornings.  One of the best times of my life. It's funny how this song sort of feeds into these memories. It normally works the other way round.
Thanks for keeping it in rotation. :)



What a great story! 
What a great tune!
I lived in Scotland for a year and would walk to uni. The road that took me there was lined with Japanese cherry blossom trees. What a treat on the brisk spring mornings.  One of the best times of my life. It's funny how this song sort of feeds into these memories. It normally works the other way round.
Thanks for keeping it in rotation. :)
This was a band I never got enough of, and back in 2016 I was wishing this group was still together. 

Well here we are.  More content please!! :)


 Steely_D wrote:

If you like this, then you might really enjoy the "Calling All Stations" Genesis album. Sounds a lot like this.




That's the one... Had Mike and the Mechanics in my head but couldn't quite place it!! Thanks 
If you like this, then you might really enjoy the "Calling All Stations" Genesis album. Sounds a lot like this.
Outstanding playlist Rebecca! Is why I donate.
It looks as if I've only joined recently, but I've been an RP fan for over 10 years now. On those days when I'm undecided what to listen to, I just turn on the puter and click! Most days actually ;-)

HITS ME LIKE A SHOT OF TEQUILA; leaves me trying to figure out what's moving, where we're going, and when it all will stop...  Dig!
 Silvervanman wrote:


A dyslexic addict I know got pecked to death when he tried to inject a heron. 


May be the same one who tried devil worship and sold his soul to Santa? - I'll get my coat
 dwhayslett wrote:

I think it's just this album.  But lately a Borax bath is supposed to counteract ... something.


borax is Xarob spelled backwards, ALL HAIL XAROB
 Silvervanman wrote:

Don't listen to this band, it'll alter your dna   

:-D 


I think it's just this album.  But lately a Borax bath is supposed to counteract ... something.
"the old lady dentist"?  Gotta love those mondegreens...
Pretty universally liked here on RP...a rarity for the almost complete lack of 1's, 2's and 3's....not many tracks don't at least ruin 10% of the listening audience's day by being played against their wishes...
Don't listen to this band, it'll alter your dna   

:-D 
 Zeito wrote:

I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  



A dyslexic addict I know got pecked to death when he tried to inject a heron. 
Lekker nummer
Another song by a band I would of probably never of heard if not for RP! I love every song I have heard by them. Kind of surprised this wasn't a sound track form Snowpiercer. Thanks Bill and Rebecca 
Man, that is one most excellent & moody AF song! 
 mrctrm wrote:

Do you really inject marihuana? Actually, marihuanaS ! Multiple marijuana. But who is Mari Juana?
If ya don't know, leave it alone!! More for the users who use, for more than just "stoned" purposes!!

Younger Brother is exceptionally talented at making me want to sit and vibe and sing along and perhaps comment about it…
This song makes me want to do something street. Rather than go to the country club pool. 
The Bourne theme is in there somewhere....I think...  I like it.
 stevendejong wrote:

After many listens I have to conclude this is a solid 10, not a mere 9.



Me too!
 Zeito wrote:

I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  


Do you really inject marihuana? Actually, marihuanaS ! Multiple marijuana. But who is Mari Juana?
Yet another song/artist/group I was introduced to by RP, and yet another good reason to listen and contribute !!
 SAILINGTHESEVEN wrote:

I coul use some vaccine 😑



I could use a better reality. this one suxxxx!!
 spinoza15 wrote:


The album art would be enough for that.



I'm seeing a guy getting shot at by a cotton candy Gatling gun? What the hell did I just smoke...?
Fantastic!
Sofakinggood... trippy :)
 bruceandjenna wrote:

Also reminds me of Pink Floyd.


The album art would be enough for that.
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Opening is very reminiscent of early Tangerine Dream (which is just fine with me),
 
Also reminds me of Pink Floyd.
 glassman wrote:
 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  
 Inject? There is a lot of ways to administer pot. but injection?

 
ISSA JOKE 

Enjoy the sounds, straight edge or not 
Sort of an Alan Parsons vibe for me.
I coul use some vaccine 😑
 glassman wrote:
 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  
 Inject? There is a lot of ways to administer pot. but injection?

Zeito gets his info from 45. 


 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  
 Inject? There is a lot of ways to administer pot. but injection?

 LizK wrote:
Younger Brother manufactures endorphins.  I ride along, with a satisfied mindset.
 

Can't put it any better than that!
 meanderer wrote:
Love this track!!

Vocals kind of remind me of something by Mike and the Mechanics, or maybe Alan Parsons... Help me out here... Can't quite get it...
 
Maybe Alan Parsons, maybe Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds?
 eileenomurphy wrote:
Good tune! I never heard of them before. ...Thanx RP!
 

Between this station the current from Minnesota KEXP from Washington and WFMU from jersey city. My tastes have broadened 
I voted "godlike", because it is. Truely a gem!
Good tune! I never heard of them before. ...Thanx RP!
 adler_dv wrote:
 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  

It's like saying "this is the music dieters listen to when they snort their salad" 
 

LOL! ...Too funny! ...spot on!
Vaccine? I wasn't expecting this for another 18 months.
Love this track!!

Vocals kind of remind me of something by Mike and the Mechanics, or maybe Alan Parsons... Help me out here... Can't quite get it...
Radio Paradise y sus temazos!! 
 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  

It's like saying "this is the music dieters listen to when they snort their salad" 
Never heard of this band but I like the sound - a bit Porcupine Tree, and that's A Good Thing.
If you guys like this then really check out their first 2 albums, Vaccine is good but it's not a patch on Last Days of Gravity and A flock of Bleeps.

Simon Posford has done so much good stuff - I hear Shpongle on RP all the time - but In Dub by Hallucinogen and Hicksville by Celtic Cross have the most YB feel to his earlier stuff. Simon Posford is an electronic genius. Almost everything he has touched is electonic gold.
 Grayson wrote:
Huh? What's with all those genres I've never even heard of to the right? Just sounds mighty rich & fine. Would really dig this song driving at night through some strange woods, to achieve max effect. On a hot summer night. Getting to the point in my RP career by now that I get a feeling I've said that before, here, about this song. Whatever. 
 

"It's the next wave, Pytrance, Downtempo, Psybient, but it's still Rock'n'Roll to me."
                                                                                 –Billy Joel
Huh? What's with all those genres I've never even heard of to the right? Just sounds mighty rich & fine. Would really dig this song driving at night through some strange woods, to achieve max effect. On a hot summer night. Getting to the point in my RP career by now that I get a feeling I've said that before, here, about this song. Whatever. 
 Solanus wrote:
I would love to hear an acoustic cover of this song.
 
He-ey 
It's reminiscent of You Know You're Right by Nirvana
I would love to hear an acoustic cover of this song.
 wgsu_1978 wrote:

I did. Still sounds, and reads, like warmed over Pink Floyd to me.
 

Sure, but then PF is no longer with us, so carry on Younger Brother.. Love this, and could only imagine how cool it would be to hear it sitting on a fast train staring out the window.
For an all-day train trip from Cartagena to Madrid this song was perfect.
 warddavid1155 wrote:

would be very hard to do that .strange person read your books

Idiotic remark
 

Tasty!  
 mrtuba9 wrote:
"Posted 3 weeks ago by Proclivities:

LizK wrote:
OK, it's derivative. But what is entirely original? I like the way they put the pieces together. Can't complain about an enjoyable song, no matter if ideas- or the cover art - takes off from someone else. Not plagiarism, but inspiration.


Exactly, all music is derived from music which preceded it. It's a pretty cool sound that these guys make."

I was about to post that I have been upvoting many, many songs that I have on my favorites playlist just because I enjoy listening to them. Anyone remember "Seasons in the Sun."
 
You bastard. I'm gonna have that dreck stuck in my head all day.

BTW, I've never heard the B-side of SitS, but I've been told it's even worse. I think it's called 'Leave the Bone In'. Make of that what you may.
This isn't my usual style of music (electronic), but this is pretty cool.
c.
If you dig this, scope out Departure from the Northern Wasteland by the genius progenitor of this genre, Michael Hoenig
How can I upvote this song from a 10?  Every time I hear it I go into the space of "wow".
"Posted 3 weeks ago by Proclivities:

LizK wrote:
OK, it's derivative. But what is entirely original? I like the way they put the pieces together. Can't complain about an enjoyable song, no matter if ideas- or the cover art - takes off from someone else. Not plagiarism, but inspiration.


Exactly, all music is derived from music which preceded it. It's a pretty cool sound that these guys make."

I was about to post that I have been upvoting many, many songs that I have on my favorites playlist just because I enjoy listening to them. Anyone remember "Seasons in the Sun."
 LizK wrote:
OK, it's derivative.  But what is entirely original?  I like the way they put the pieces together. Can't complain about an enjoyable song, no matter if ideas- or the cover art  - takes off from someone else.  Not plagerism,  but inspiration.
 

Exactly, all music is derived from music which preceded it.  It's a pretty cool sound that these guys make.  Anyhow, the cover design for this album was done by Storm Thorgerson, who also designed many covers for Pink Floyd, as well as many other recording artists.
 ziggytrix wrote:

Yes, that's a Storm Thorgerson photo, all right!

Oh, and while I was looking for that confirmation I found an interview Younger Brother did with Thorgerson. Dunno if it's any good yet, but I'm saving it for later.
 Check the "The Last Days of Gravity" cover. Pure Storm

this just does not get old!
I just snortred some marijuana myself.
Rockit9 wrote:


I bet muffin hats & silver spats & that's that Pudy cat.    
 

 Zeito wrote:
I bet this is the kind of music pot users listen to when they inject their marijuanas.  
 

I bet muffin hats & silver spats & that's that Pudy cat.    
I thought I'd finally heard a good song from Train since their first album  but no, this couldn't come from Train, only their younger brother.
Works just fine in bright, sunny 80 degree weather for me, You just need to turn the volume way up :-)

Grayson wrote:
This song requires dreary weather to work its way good into you. A bright, sunny, 80-degree day just ain't gonna do it. Atmospherics. It's all in appropriate atmospherics with this one. 

 

I was in a club half a dozen years ago, trying to hold a conversation with a friend in the mid-afternoon when the dj cranked up this track to 11.
had no choice but to listen, enjoyed it ever since.
This song requires dreary weather to work its way good into you. A bright, sunny, 80-degree day just ain't gonna do it. Atmospherics. It's all in appropriate atmospherics with this one. 
Funky song 'bout a guy who seems to have gotten himself get lost on a train. 
 jaydeman wrote:
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly 

 
Well, who hasn't borrowed from Chuck Berry?
Out of stock at Amazon — added to wish list....
 david@darluthier.com wrote:
One of the reasons I stay tuned in! 

 
Especially at his time of day (night) (it's 23:30 hrs over here).
One of the reasons I stay tuned in! 
Younger Brother manufactures endorphins.  I ride along, with a satisfied mindset.
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Cover looks so familiar. Pink Floyd's photograph or just a tribute?
I do prefer "Ribbon on a Branch" track.

 
Yes, that's a Storm Thorgerson photo, all right!

Oh, and while I was looking for that confirmation I found an interview Younger Brother did with Thorgerson. Dunno if it's any good yet, but I'm saving it for later.
Cover looks so familiar. Pink Floyd's photograph or just a tribute?
I do prefer "Ribbon on a Branch" track.
masterpiece!

I listened this song back in 2011 for the first time and since then it doesn't get boring. Thanks RP for that!

ps: 6 years to figure out the train sound samples within the song, better late than later {#Whistle}
Had it on loud, awesome... 9 -> 10
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly 
New for me, but I like it a lot.

Cheers from The Netherlands
 derekjohnson1 wrote:
Looks like this is on the daily playlist.  Well deserved, I say.  Reminds me of the best Alan Parsons or Mike Oldfield.

 
Definitely hearing an Alan Parsons refrain here. Nice.
 GreenBoyOz wrote:
Me too !!! {#Yes}

 
Me three!!!{#Jump}
 Surfeurseb wrote:

So true! Did the same again {#Cool}

  Me too !!! {#Yes}
 ChrisVIII wrote:
I absolutely love this song :) I want to rate it every time it's played and every time I have the good surprise to see I already gave it a 10 :D 
I've checked more of their work and the quality doesn't disappoint - this is no "one hit wonder" but real talent :) 

 
So true! Did the same again {#Cool}
 dantomberlin wrote:
I LOOOOVVVE the music these guys make! Soothing but cerebral....reaches the receptors that aren't touched very often. Great blending and sliding. Number 10 - Godlike....you bet!

 
{#Clap} !!!
 Check out Simon Posford and his previous projects. You will be happy!
dantomberlin wrote:
I LOOOOVVVE the music these guys make! Soothing but cerebral....reaches the receptors that aren't touched very often. Great blending and sliding. Number 10 - Godlike....you bet!

 

I rode trains almost daily in my 20 years in Japan, and all around Asia and Europe, too... This song really conveys the kinetic concepts!
9 -> 10
'bout damn time too 
I just watched Stranger Things on netflix (it's pretty good, btw) and the theme music is so similar to the intro to this song I had to check if Younger Brother did the score.  Turns out it is a band called Survive.  I haven't explored any of the rest of their catalog yet.

That's the end of that story... I know it didn't have much of a point, but not all stories do. 
Doubter Thomas sings; one dot, two dots, and already in love.
I LOOOOVVVE the music these guys make! Soothing but cerebral....reaches the receptors that aren't touched very often. Great blending and sliding. Number 10 - Godlike....you bet!
I absolutely love this song :) I want to rate it every time it's played and every time I have the good surprise to see I already gave it a 10 :D 
I've checked more of their work and the quality doesn't disappoint - this is no "one hit wonder" but real talent :) 
 lily34 wrote:

me too!

 
I would too but the damn ratings are stuck at 10!!!
Like it more with each listen.
groovy listening to while driving {#Motor}
Amazing!