Midnight Train to Georgia by Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the PipsGladys Knight & the Pips
Presented by: Molly Riley
Lyrics:Lyrics: L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,He said he's goin' back to findOoh, what's left of his world,The world he left behindNot so long ago.He's leaving,On that midnight train to Georgia,And he's goin' backTo a simpler place and time.And I'll be with himOn that midnight train to Georgia,I'd rather live in his worldThan live without him in mine.He kept dreamin'That someday he'd be a star.But he sure found out the hard wayThat dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopesand he even sold his old carBought a one way ticketTo the life he once knew,Oh yes he did,He said he wouldBe leavinOn that midnight train to Georgia,And he's goin' backTo a simpler place and time.And I'll be with himOn that midnight train to Georgia,
(Leaving on the midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)I'd rather live in his worldThan live without him in mine.Go, gonna board, gonna board,Gonna board the midnight train.Gotta go, gonna boardGonna boardGonna board the midnight train(repeat, fade)
Song’s meaningSong’s meaningThis song is basically giving a
message of love. The original singer (Jim Weatherly) of this song is singing to his loved one saying “I’d rather live in her world. Than live without her in mine”.
GeorgiaGeorgiaThe song was originally recorded as
“Midnight plane to Houston”. Recorded by Jim Weatherly. A man in Atlanta requested to cut the song for Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy. Cissy wanted the song to be a little bit more R&B sounding, so she asked if she could change the song to “Midnight Train to Georgia”
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Jim WeatherlyJim WeatherlyHe was the original writer of the song. He
wrote the song about Farrah Fawcett who was visiting her parents in Houston and took a plane at midnight.
His recorded version of the song is a lot slower but still has a Motown ring to it.
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MotownMotownGladys Knight and the Pips recorded
on the music label called Motown. Motown was great for the
African American artists, and that’s when it became very popluar!
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African American artists African American artists include:include:Some of the most known Motown
artists of the day are those who sung those awesome songs you hear on old radio stations. Sometimes you might know them as ‘Soul Songs’.
Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder…and many more!
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Gladys Knight and the Gladys Knight and the PipsPipsGladys Knight started singing
around young age of four. She’s known for having the most
divine voices filled with soul.She was the first person to ever
come forth to the head of Motown. Midnight Train to Georgia was her
top hit!!Bizacckkk, yo.
5 literary terms5 literary termsAllusionCoupletOnomatopoeiaRepetitionLyric
AllusionAllusionreference to a well known
person, place, thing
In the song, it’s referencing to the state Georgia.
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CoupletCoupletA pair of rhyming lines
In the song;That some day he’d be a star(A superstar but didn’t get far)
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OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeiaA use of words to imitate sounds
In the song;(Leaving on a midnight train to
Georgia, woo woo)
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RepetitionRepetitionA use of many elements
In the song;On that midnight train to Georgia
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LyricLyricIt expresses the observations and
feelings of a speaker in a musical way.
In the song, Gladys Knight is expressing her love and how much she misses her loved one.
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citationscitations "Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips." SONGFACTS. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 11 May 2010. <http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1940>.
Fontenot, Robert. "About." Rev. of Gladys Knight and the Pips, ed. Robert Fortenot. About. Robert Fortenot, n.d. Web. 17 May 2010. <http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/p/gladysknight.htm>.