#AT40 Yes, I am singing the backup parts going back to find I know you will dreamin' a superstar but he didn't get far dreams don't always come true, uh uh, no, uh uh - ThreadSky

radiofreetom.bsky.social • 75 days ago

#AT40 Yes, I am singing the backup parts

going back to find
I know you will
dreamin'
a superstar but he didn't get far
dreams don't always come true, uh uh, no, uh uh

Reposted from Jezza Morgan ;

A double dose of Gladys Knight & the Pips -- here's "Midnight Train to Georgia" at #15 - written by Jim Weatherly. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnigh...
youtu.be/jboC9-nL0WA?...

Comments

shoebender.bsky.social•74 days ago

Me too

don-keyhoty.bsky.social•75 days ago

I got to go, I got to go.

sweetaudrey.bsky.social•75 days ago

That song is on my Ladies Night Workout playlist. Cos I get up at 2am & I workout before I teach at 5am. It’s a great song for 3rd shift!

howardbeale.bsky.social•75 days ago

are you doing all the pip moves though?

dawnhulot.bsky.social•75 days ago

I saw Gladys Knight along with the O'Jays in Atlantic City many years ago. Truly one of the best concerts I attended. But Zeppelin topped them all.

vasabjit.bsky.social•75 days ago

The best version in my opinion is her live TV performance with a chorus of Ben Stiller, Anthony Downey Jr., and Jack Black.

pp8010.bsky.social•75 days ago

Timeless.

socialgreedia.bsky.social•75 days ago

tombielefeld.bsky.social•75 days ago

I recently looked up the Amtrak timetables from when this song was written. Turns out there was no midnight train to Georgia!
Departure from Los Angeles: 9 pm (Fr, Su, Tu).
Arrival in Atlanta: 6:40 pm (three days later).
So, her idiot boyfriend gave this wonderful woman the wrong departure time!

larryosterman.github.io•75 days ago

I can relate (I'm right of the center :)) ...

Robin Henderson got the lyrics and the chorus sang the backup parts :).

counselorcarol1.bsky.social•75 days ago

"I'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine."

speaklo.bsky.social•69 days ago

My favorite version was The Pips on the Richard Pryor show (yeah. I'm old) https://youtube.com/watch?v=_95Rv68qlvU&si=KQ6mx4MBhr2wiHJH

kcwilson.bsky.social•75 days ago

A Pip you are not.

doubleupagus.bsky.social•74 days ago

Was today years old when I learned this song owes its existence to Farrah Fawcett and an off hand comment about a trip to Houston.

citrineglitter.bsky.social•68 days ago

How are you with precision dancing?

fangorn04.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wow. Never listened to Gladys Knight & The Pips before. She’s the only singer who thrills me like Aretha did. Thanks for posting.

miaganga.bsky.social•75 days ago

Back when you were judged only by your record collection🔥

zadett.bsky.social•75 days ago

How I thought some of the turbine times back then is now a cakewalk compared to what's about to happen

historian1661.bsky.social•75 days ago

"Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia-woo woo!!"

zacherle.bsky.social•75 days ago

Remember to make the train whistle sound.

gavinesq.bsky.social•75 days ago

Hearing "D'yer Maker" by Led Zeppelin followed by "Who's in the Strawberry Patch With Sally" was a jarring experience.

The 70s were a weird time.

mapp.bsky.social•75 days ago

Such a great song!

saintmaker.bsky.social•75 days ago

I would pay to see Tom getting his Pip on. Just sayin’…

mead6520.bsky.social•75 days ago

But are you also doing the backup singer dancing, too?

scribemarjie.bsky.social•75 days ago

dadoalex.bsky.social•75 days ago

But are you directing traffic?

A bit on SNL very long ago wherein a Motown group got their moves as parking attendants directing traffic. Wish I could remember more.

dawn-a-musing.bsky.social•75 days ago

At least there are a few winners in this horror show #AT40.

ilk.org•75 days ago

It was pretty much a '73 Pinto until #21 with a few bright spots, but it has been *lit* since then.
#AT40

ilk.org•75 days ago

#AT40 Aaaand Steve Miller drives it right off into a ditch.

davesnothereman1.bsky.social•75 days ago

It has (IMHO) gotten progressively better

richieoldhockeyguy.bsky.social•75 days ago

#AT40, whenever I hear it I'm good for at least one "WOO, WOO"!

sailbarque.bsky.social•75 days ago

Steve Allen reading Be-Bop-A-Lula.

parksidegal.bsky.social•75 days ago

Love this song! 🔥

johnbiz.bsky.social•75 days ago

Sang that backup myself many times

tracydaniel.bsky.social•74 days ago

I’m always the Pips when this song comes on.

lazeeye.bsky.social•75 days ago

Not many people know that Gladys Knight and the Pips recorded the best-ever version of Heard It Thro’ the Grapevine.

june29.bsky.social•75 days ago

me me

moonpenny101.bsky.social•75 days ago

The dancing. Reminds me of my dad ♥️

smarks.bsky.social•75 days ago

Do you remember when “… And The Pips” appeared on the Richard Pryor special?

https://youtu.be/NP0bot4-qmM?si=eT8fK0QotkWpU0BV

(Music starts at about 2:00)

#AT40