Railroad Pictures

[Grandma Ruth]

My sister-in-law got me a calendar with pictures by Edward Hopper, one of my favourite artists. Some of them are railroad-related so I thought I would share them with you.

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The proper title is "Hotel by a Railroad" - you can just see the tracks.

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This is actually called "Automat" but I'm convinced it's a railway station cafe.

[Redband]

Grandma Ruth, I was looking on youtube for a video of 'Town Without Pity' by Gene Vincent and found this.

Town Without Pity - The Paintings Of Edward Hopper

Thought you might like to look at it.

[Hawk]

Grandma Ruth, I was looking on youtube for a video of 'Town Without Pity' by Gene Vincent and found this.

Wouldn't that be Gene Pitney?

[Grandma Ruth]

Very nice indeed. I've never heard that song before but it certainly fits the pictures. Thanks!

[pure al]

Beautiful interaction between individuals and their environment. Just like in Nighthawks

[Redband]

Grandma Ruth, I was looking on youtube for a video of 'Town Without Pity' by Gene Vincent and found this.

Wouldn't that be Gene Pitney?

Thanks Hawk, a couple more of my few remaining brain cells must have quit on me .

[Hawk]

Thanks Hawk, a couple more of my few remaining brain cells must have quit on me .

My pleasure!
One of my favorite songs when I was a kid.
Did you ever see the movie that used that song for it's theme song. It stared Kirk Douglas. It was about some service men stationed in Germany during WW II that raped a German girl.

Ruth - Town Without Pity was a song released in 1961 here in the states.

"It isn't very pretty what a town without pity can do"

[Grandma Ruth]

I showed the video to my husband and he remembered the song and the film. 'Course he is some years older than me!