It has been a LONG time since I’ve properly gamed, and I may have over prepared, but I’m HYPE!
@almonihahzrathanzon Oooo, exciting! What are you playing?
We started our Train Game! So far Irene found a nearly-intact ancient building in the middle of nowhere with the potential to make her career, explored inside on her own (she left a note), and fell down a hole into an underground water tower. Good times!
The campaign is officially called End of the Line, but also known as How To Dragon Your Train.
Performed by The Traveling Wilburys Written by Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison
Getting ready for school one morning during 8th grade, we happened to turn on the TV and find this video. Both of my parents and I watched, not sure what we were seeing. “That’s Tom Petty, right?” “That one is George Harrison.” “That’s Roy Orbison in that picture by the rocking chair.”
So, who the hell were these guys? The name at the end of the video called them The Traveling Wilburys. They were playing this from a train car, the drumbeat akin to the sound of a train rolling down the tracks. There were four guys playing guitar (“Is that Dylan?” “I think so, but who’s the hairy dude?”). Jim Keltner, the famed session drummer (“I have no idea who that guy drumming is.”), sat with a snare and tambourine, moving it along with a good pace.
The experience of this “supergroup” was just… Fun. And the stories they tell about putting this together are one of those “damn, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall” tales. If only for the potential tales of debauchery… I mean, you’ve got a former Beatle, the poet Dylan, Orbison telling stories of Sun Records (Elvis and Johnny Cash era), Jeff Lynne and whatever craziness happened during the rise of ELO, and Tom Petty, who’d been in the business barely ten years, soaking it all in.
I only managed to catch this a few times over the next few years, but I enjoyed it enough that when a way to acquire music for free from a peer-to-peer file sharing system came about, it was one of the first songs I downloaded.
Lyrics:
Well it’s all right, riding around in the breeze Well it’s all right, if you live the life you please Well it’s all right, doing the best you can Well it’s all right, as long as you lend a hand
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring (End of the Line) Waiting for someone to tell you everything (End of the Line) Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring (End of the Line) Maybe a diamond ring
Well it’s all right, even if they say you’re wrong Well it’s all right, sometimes you gotta be strong Well it’s all right, As long as you got somewhere to lay Well it’s all right, everyday is Judgment Day
Maybe somewhere down the road aways (End of the Line) You’ll think of me, wonder where I am these days (End of the Line) Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (End of the Line) Purple Haze
Well it’s all right, even when push comes to shove Well it’s all right, if you got someone to love Well it’s all right, everything’ll work out fine Well it’s all right, we’re going to the end of the line
Don’t have to be ashamed of the car I drive (End of the Line) I’m glad to be here, happy to be alive (End of the Line) It don’t matter if you’re by my side (End of the Line) I’m satisfied
Well it’s all right, even if you’re old and gray Well it’s all right, you still got something to say Well it’s all right, remember to live and let live Well it’s all right, the best you can do is forgive
Well it’s all right, riding around in the breeze Well it’s all right, if you live the life you please Well it’s all right, even if the sun don’t shine Well it’s all right, we’re going to the end of the line
