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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" is a song by the English rock band The Kinks. It first appeared on their 1968 album ''The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society''. It was written by The Kinks' principal songwriter, Ray Davies.
==Background==
"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" was inspired by "Smokestack Lightnin'", a rhythm and blues track by Howlin' Wolf. The track, first released in 1956, became a standard number for blues bands at the time to perform (including The Kinks).〔 However, as time passed, R&B began to lose its appeal, with pop music taking over.〔 In "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains", Davies not only references the blues musically, but acknowledges this situation lyrically.〔
When talking about "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains", Ray Davies said, "Again, like the 'Walter' song it's really about not having anything in common with people. Everybody wanted to know about steam trains a couple of years ago, but they don't any more. It's about me being the last of the renegades. All my friends are middle class now. They've all stopped playing in clubs. They've all made money and have happy faces. Oddly enough, I never did like steam trains much."〔
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