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Hi everyone.  What exactly is the song "Night train" about?  What does it mean to be on the night train?

Thanks,
Keith

It's about a type of kool aid

its about Nightrain.. the refreshing drink that makes you, not only relaxed, but drunk at the same time...

to be on the nightrain is to be... drunk i guess.... :p

We were living in the Gardener Street studio, where we had one little box of a room. We had no money but we could dig up a buck to go down to this liquor store. It happened to have this great wine called Nightrain that would fuck you up for a dollar. Five dollars and you'd be gone. We lived off this stuff.
Duff - Hit Parader March 1988



/jarmo

thanks :)

its a fine apple wine, great stuff...i pint would f me up as a 6 pack, cheap but effective

Go to any cheep ass liquor store here in california/usa and one can pick up a bottle of this "citrus wine" for about 4 bucks. While the flavor isnt the greatest, its super easy to guzzle down (like a wine cooler) and at 17.+% packs a decent punch.

The best strategy for drinking Night Train is to make sure it's ice cold and chug it from a pint glass (allows you to down it faster than straight out of the bottle).  You could also use a beer bong I guess.  If it's ice cold and you pound it, it actually doesn't taste that bad.

You can get hammered for $4-5.  It's a good deal if you're looking to get drunk for cheap

I had it once about 17-18 years ago (just once!)... didn't seem like a big bottle, went down pretty smoothly, actually easier than beer did for me at the time, so I followed it up with a 40oz bottle of beer.  Bad idea.  It's possible I've been living on one lung since then because I might have puked it out of my system that night.

Actuallt the best way to drink it is water it down w/ piss..

If you drink Night Train any way other than ice cold and really fast, you'll know what Axl means when he says "I'm a mean machine drinking gasoline" in the song

Very cheap, very shitty wine..

If you drink Night Train any way other than ice cold and really fast, you'll know what Axl means when he says "I'm a mean machine drinking gasoline" in the song

I'me DriNKen sum now. Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oa oa oa oa oa oa oaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

it's in the same family as Mad Dog.  MMMmmmmmmm.....  whenever i drank Mad Dog, night train, wild irish rose, etc. it always made me feel like i did about 10 shots of whiskey and 5 lines of coke. (not a bad combo either.)  drink a whole bottle yerself and be prepared to get into trouble 
 : ok:

oh yeah -- and for an added touch of class, leave the bottle in the brown paper bag

i gotta try this stuff : ok:


is it really as bad as some say?

The song it's better than the wine...  : ok:

A fun game to play is to start the song and drink an entire bottle before it's over  : ok:

This is a song about a walk in the park...
-Slash at the Ritz

I don't think they make it anymore.

They sure do!!

I have a bottle in the other room. This is the second thread about good ol' Night Train Express: the drink.

Thats exists mabye.. i've seen a whole lot over the years  :hihi:

I have 2 bottles. ? Someone was nice enough to send them to me. ? ?I haven't cracked them open yet.

Where can I get this stuff?  I mean.. what part of the USA?  I'm in Ohio and I have never seen it.

What I do is call aroud to some liquer stores and ask them to order a few bottles.... Its made by a big name in the wine bussiness... shouldent be a problem... Some might laugh and not order it, cause they think its to cheap... But fuck those ones  ;D

I can't believe how many of you people actually like that shit. : ok:

It makes you feel drunk AND like you're tripping on acid... supposedly. 

Wow who told you that?? It gets you drunk, but to much just makes you blackout and sleep..

yeah, if you can't handle it.

You must be a lightweight.

Ok there tough guy  ::)

Thats why GNR wrote a song about how much it messes you up... They musta been lightweights too eh?  :rofl:

I've been looking for this stuff in the UK, can't find it anywhere.  Our local is a super cheap place, stocks all kinds of bum wine (like MD 20-20 and Thunderbird) but no Night Train Express and the proprietor won't order it for us either.  Very annoying. 

Chill out.

Check your PMs? : ok:

Heres an Inflatable bottle of Nightrain i ran past on ebay, it stands 2 feet tall, first time i seen one of them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Night-Train-Express-Inflatable-Bottle-New_W0QQitemZ230157293563QQihZ013QQcategoryZ804QQcmdZViewItem

That fucker is sweet  :o

But you know how much Nighttrain you could get for that price?  :hihi:

oh i know,  Gallons of it,  but that inflatable bottle is wickit for a GNR Collection.

They normally don't sell it in nicer parts of town or rural areas.  If you go to a convenience store or a wine shop in a seedier part of town they'll usually have it there

Does anyone know of a site or supplier you can order it from over the net. I'm in Sydney and would love to get a couple of bottles. They would make an awesome gift for me and another mate who is a big gunners fan.

Im in sydney too, mabye we could order a bit and share the postage?? :beer:,

anyone know where me and the hinge link can grab a few pintes of the crisp lager?

Hello everyone ....i am wondering if you can import night train to sweden ? anyone knows how to get it here?
im hoping someone can help me ... have it good fellow gunners ........

Ok... I  had made a post about this a while back, but didnt get enough responses...

If you're interested in nighttrain please PM me with how many bottles you'd like.. If I can get enough orders i'd be glad to help everyone out!!

http://www.bumwine.com/nighttrain.html

I'm on the nightrain
An I'm lookin' for some
I'm on the nightrain
So's I can leave this slum

looking to purchase 3 or 4 bottles of Nightrain if anybody can help me out please?
am in UK so would need em posted over here but willing to pay some extra dollars for your effort  :beer:

drank it once...once!

Drank every other "wine" in the bumwine link as a teen, but I have never had Night Train; don't really think I want to.

Ok so,

I had this offer in the latest Night Train thread, but I figured i'd start a new topic so people would be a little more aware!!


I'm gonna see about sending out some Night Train to people(to basically anywhere).. I will need a solid order of 20-24 bottles(as I can only order a case at minimum)..I'm not looking to profit a whole lot, as I will be selling each bottle close to my cost, and shipping will be rounded up... If interested PM me, i'll keep count on orders, and once I have enough, we can discuss payments!! All I will require is a scan of a photo ID!!

PM me if interested!

Don't drink it, for the love of God, just don't.  Gasoline tastes better.  I had some years ago and it made Mad Dog taste like kool-aid in comparison.  Horrible to last forced down drop!!

One of my fantasies is drink that wine as long as I listen Nightrain, does that wine exist yet?

Yeah they just invented it!! 

I'd like two bottles, but I guess you already knew that ;) I'm gonna reinstall my scanner tonight to scan my ID. Check your PMs in a couple of hours :).

You know what really fucks you up fast? shots of devils springs vodka....   :rofl:

i have a bottle right here lol good shit  :beer:

Any updates on the order ?  :peace:

yeah, was thinking that too. sent a pm but never heard anything

Same here. Update us, Loaded Nightrain ;).

Waiting on the Liquor store for prices!! I should know within the next few days guys!!

http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/apr/04-10-97/photos/jaswkdghettowines040997.gif

Well lets get this train rollin  :hihi:

I just got off the phone with all necessary parties.... Everything is a go... So what i'm gonna do is request everbody PM and confirm you order...

Please include Number of bottles AND e-mail addy.... In the order I recieve PMs I will reply with further instructions, (cost were to send payments)... From there I will ship out in the order I recieve payments....

FYI There is a flat international shipping fee of $42.00 US for up to 20 lbs(approx 3 bottles!!)

thats quite expensive shipping! almost double what i expected

It does seem expensive doesn't it. A bottle shouldn't be any more than 2.2lbs or so each, so 3 bottles should only be 6.6lbs~ + the weight of the packaging.

You're right...

I just found an empty bottle of Nightrain, filled it with water.. It came to 2lbs 9.6oz(thats about 2.6lbs).... I've gotta round that up to 3lbs per bottle to be on the safe side... Plus I want to package these things up really well so you guys dont have broken bottles....

So I recant my statement, i'll send up to 5 bottles in one package for the above price.. Sorry about that guys...

That was my experience when I drank this in a park across from the university Campus I attended in 1988 after seeing GNR with Aerosmith at the Pacific Amphitheater.. .....TOtally passed out with a few friends, 4 of us on a glaoon of the stuff!.lol GOOD TIMES!

Hmm, but surely packing can't weigh a huge amount.  Would it not be possible to squeeze six bottles in?  I mean, bubble wrap is mainly just fresh air, it can't come close to weighing two pounds..surely?

Go to usps and check what the flat shipping rate is , ass bag   : ok:

2 posts in a row and you're still talking out of you ass  ::)

And I've told people i'd refund a little if I was way off...

so why is it a flat shipping rate for upto 5 bottles?. what if i just want 2, then cant the shipping be like $10

Bath tub wine.....

shipping is expensive man expeically when your shipping glass products,? ?do u guys think a little bubble wrap is gonna stop glass from breaken, it has to be packed solid and it can be heavy.? i sell alot on ebay and learned alot from my shipping expierences.?

Loaded Nightrain is doing us a favor here,? if you dont like the price dont buy, crackedvenom just likes to hear his voice fuck him.

Am i still good to go for a couple bottles man,, i was on vacation and just got back a couple days ago.

Damn, for $40 you could get a good 10-12 year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Why would you want to drink wino crap.

Flat shipping rate means ANYTHING up to 20lbs is one set price..... I dont set the rates...


Finally someone who gets it! Thank you axl29rose...

Like I said i'd hate to have you guys hafta sift glass and suck carboard, just to drink nightrain.... I've already had some people apolgize because they cant afford the shipping rate.. Which is fine and understandable... If I was making profit off of shipping, I woulda took $10 off the price, to make a sale... But the PO wont do it for me, so neither can I!!

BTW axl29rose drop me a PM!!

so everything i buy from ebay from america should cost $40 flat shipping, no because each item is weighed individualy. i rekon if you go to the mail office and weigh a package with just 2 bottles it will be no where near $40. if it is the case where shipping is $40 for 2 bottles then im gonna have to miss out on this one. not because i cant afford but because of the principle. ive looked on the usps site at shipping rates and i see where it says the flat shipping rate, so i see where your coming from and im not having a dig at you. i just dont see why they dont treat every package as individual and price it accordingly.

Selling alcoholo across state lines.Hope everyone is 21+.

Exactly it sucks, I know... When I go to ship and If can get a lower shipping rate, I'll let everyone know.. And like I said, i'll give anyone who overpaid for shipping, a fair refund...


 


Not all countries age is 21... Thats why I ask for IDs

Just to let everyone know... The Post Office told me I cant ship wine.. I had called the 800 number(where they transfered my call overseas  ::), and they said I could)... Sorry guys I tried  :(

I just went to my local Liquor store here in Connecticut and asked about Nightrain.  The guy then asked me, "are you a fan of Guns and Roses, or do you just want to get wrecked for cheap"?  :rofl:  He looked in his order book and told me that he can get it in if I want.  So I purchased 2 bottles for $4.89 each.  Doesnt taste nearly as bad as I thought it would, I have only had a taste so far though.  One thing that surprised me is how it says right on the label to serve very cold, as I have not dranken many wines that need to be refrigerated.  ;D Anyway, Just a thought, but it doesnt hurt to go to your local liquor store and ask. :beer:

And more to the point why the hell wasn't it included on the greatest hits album ?????????

It doesn't go with the chosen sequence of songs.

You're fucking joking.It wipes the floor wirh Knocking On Heavens Door and Ain't It Fun (i mean that was pure shit).

Watch the language there mate.


And try to find other words to express yourself with.

Oppps are we consored here .....i'll watch my P's & Q's if so :-[

Speaking for myself, I don't dig that kind of language.

Try to elaborate on why you reckon KOHD and Aint it Fun are "pure shit"........you don't like the rhythm, the beat?

I'm of course, talking musically. If you look at the GH setlist, I'm not sure which song it should go after.

That's what I meant when I said that "it doesn't go which the chosen sequence of songs".

Doesn't mean it's not a good song.

When i was first getting into GN'R, Nightrain was one of my favourite songs off of Appetite..., i just loved the riffs and Axl's high pitched screaming at the end, as well as the use of having Axl record his vocals twice and use them together at the ensd verse/chorus.

Stop telling people how to post here.

We don't have a problem with swearing.


We do have issues with people spamming threads with nonsense.




/jarmo

By using the word mate at the end, my comment wasn't meant to be used as an order.

It's an aussie way of speaking.

I made an observation about the sequence of songs on GH and why I thought Nightrain wasn't on it.

I then explained my post in more detail to the poster.

Is that spamming?

Considering how often you post without adding anything to the discussion, I'd say roughly 9/10 of your posts are spam.




/jarmo

On the contrary, I do believe that my posts do contribute to the discussion.

What I say is always considered.

Though I do agree with you Jarmo, there has been alot of actvity on the board today.

Really?  ???

Anyway... Nightrain is one of the best Guns song... it should have made into the GH without any doubt.

Yes, in answering your question Ines (see not spamming, answering.....)

I sometimes forget to take off my 'teacher's cap'......

I'm just bemused as you would be offended by someone saying Fuck on a thread when were actually we're here because we liked a band who are known for having the word Fuck in several of their songs ?

Yes, well Guns N' Roses is a band full of contradictions!

But seriously, why don't you like "Aint it Fun" and KOHD?

Is it possible to ban Stolat ? Or atleast erase her post count again ? ;D

Seriously, Nightrain could have made GH, along with It's So Easy.

The could easely replace Since I Don't Have You and Sympathy For The Devil.

On the subject of the best Nightrain performance, hats off to the Rock Am Ring '06 one. To me that's the best version of the song so far.

Axl's voice and Ron's solo just kick major ass !

I just dislike the whole plodding mess of Heavens Door, its been done to death by other people and reinforced critics opinions that they where becoming this bloated carictature of a once great rock band........Aint It Fun just drags and has no power or balls to it.

Each To Their own

The Greatest Hits tracklisting was awful and not a good representation of GnR.  They have what 4 or 5 covers on there?  From a band with as much great original material as GnR that sucks

Nightrain at Rock am Ring is amazing.  : ok:

Axl's voice is cool , but the whole feeling like space brain sounds really weird and off.  The izzy part of the solo blew , Ron is awesome but the shredding has to stop he is nailing most of that solo and it sounds good but sometimes the licks are WAY off like the last lick of the solo.

In terms of guitar work and solos this is the best IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHcnv_jOhbs

It's also the best for gorilla drumming.

Well the point is, its a greatest hits.  I think the tracklisting is pretty cack as well, they missed out on several fantastic songs.  But Nightrain only made it to #93 on the US and #17 in the UK.
KOHD; US, wasn't released, UK #2.  Ain't It Fun made #9 in the UK. 

So, from a chart position, these songs were the bigger 'hits' than other, far better songs like Nightrain, Mr Brownstone, Dust N Bones, 14 Years, or any other number of songs that would be on a "Best Of" Guns n' Roses. 


And that version of Nightrain posted by RageNirvanaNIN is horrible.  I think 'best for gorilla drumming' is an apt summing up.  Has no groove whatsoever. 

hahaha  :beer: I heard that version and thought damn Slash is ripping it but come on matt , tuning is off , playing off.

Good thing I pay no attention to drumming, anyway.

Kinda why I said best for GUITAR WORK

From what I can remember KOHD was huge. It went down so well with the public, to see the biggest band at the time do a power rock version of the Dylan song. It does represent GN'R and the direction they were going in at the time quite well.

Not for me sir, not anymore.

Is this also for sale in Ontario? More specifically Hamilton, London and/or Toronto? Want to pick up a few bottles when I go to canada at the end of the month and bring 'm back home :)

never seen night train in ireland  :hihi:

Im assuming its similar to our "Buckfast".  Which some people refer to as "Fuckedfast".

its cheap, really horrible, but will mess you up quickly. 

i find that different drinks give me a different kind of drunk.  This was not a nice drunk.  :)

Its nothing like Buckfast, Thunderbird is probably the closest thing to it taste wise.

I can get it here in the states and i'm going to the Hamilton shows, but i'm not risking bringing it over the border....

Why not lol? I'm sure small amounts are legal?

Maybe, but i'm not gonna chance getting held at the border cause some guy is having a bad day :hihi:

Pitty ;)
Think you can buy me a couple of bottles and send them over to the Netherlands? Depending on how much shipping will be lol, I bet really expensive?

I've tried that before, but my local post master told me that was a no-no

Bottoms up!

You're allowed 1 bottle a person.  I go to Ontario every year and we are allowed 1 bottle or 1 case of beer per person. But like you said, it is better to be safe and take nothing.

Sucks ass, how the hell am I going to get my nightrain?!;)

haha. in parts of Glasgow Buckfast is referred to as "commotion potion" and "wreck the hoos juice"......

 :rofl:

Still no nightrain lol. I'll be in Los Angeles during guns' residency. Does anybody know where I can buy nightrain there? There's this site called bum wine and that lists one address, I'm not sure if they still sell it. That website looks outdated..