{"id":1473,"date":"2017-12-25T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T12:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2017-12-25T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:12:45","slug":"someones-done-a-song-about-our-train-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Someone&#8217;s done a song about our train service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone&#8217;s written a song about our train service. It&#8217;s entitled &#8220;A Network Betrayal&#8221;, and it&#8217;s from a popular beat combo from Mossley going by the name of Cabbage.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/ahcabbage.bandcamp.com\/<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not very complimentary about dear old Northern Rail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cabbage - A Network Betrayal\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8w5aK05zdsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCharles Horton\u2019s pay has doubled to half a million<br \/>\nDespite ongoing travel chaos, strikes, cancellations and delays<br \/>\nDavid McDermott suffered catastrophic injuries, while repairing an overhead light<br \/>\nBut if his screams are heard by no one, did it really happen?<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n\u201cWell, well welcome to those who joined us in\u00a0Stalybridge\u00a0today<br \/>\nPlease have all tickets and travel documents ready for inspection\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBow down to my presence, and just so you know<br \/>\nI\u2019ve got a CCTV camera strapped to my chest<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019m not afraid to use it\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\n\u201cFor the next thirty minutes, I withhold the smallest amount of minute power known to man<br \/>\nBut do not make me prove it\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cYou\u2019ve had an opportunity to use your railcard before our boarding boy<br \/>\nAnd you blew it\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 4]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a good job the views across the Pennines will be all charming<br \/>\nBut for twenty quid, I\u2019d expect nothing less<br \/>\nErr, not that\u2019s a service you provide<br \/>\nHead-resting against the vibrating windows [?]<br \/>\nAnd a sense of emotion, which in due fairness, is only offered by the train<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA network betrayal<br \/>\nA nation failed<br \/>\nNetwork betrayal<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 4]<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s utter crime that these private companies have their greasy paws on our historic railways<br \/>\nNorthern Rail appeal to the\u00a0more seasoned, bottom set maths, jobsworth<br \/>\nNot to tail them all under the same brush<br \/>\nHeaven forbid<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 5]<br \/>\nBorn in the changes and not up for the same cultural perks as say a musical festival does<br \/>\nTherefore, why should we be expected to pile our excrement upon someone else\u2019s in the same manner<br \/>\nAnd give as the power grows smaller<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 6]<br \/>\n\u201cIf you\u2019ve noticed anything suspicious, then please report it to a member of this train crew\u201d<br \/>\nIt is bizarre to know how the tannoy pattern varies depending wholly on how much the conductor enjoys the sound of their own voice<br \/>\nClearly a highlight for the blissfully unaware [?]<br \/>\nWho loves to think he is providing much needed local knowledge and humour<br \/>\nI don\u2019t have time to be hanging around Huddersfield station\u2019s lovely little caf\u00e9<br \/>\nI\u2019m on this train because I\u2019ve got actual places to be<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus] x2<br \/>\nA network betrayal<br \/>\nA nation failed<br \/>\nNetwork betrayal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone&#8217;s written a song about our train service. It&#8217;s entitled &#8220;A Network Betrayal&#8221;, and it&#8217;s from a popular beat combo from Mossley going by the name of Cabbage. https:\/\/ahcabbage.bandcamp.com\/ They&#8217;re not very complimentary about dear old Northern Rail. [Verse 1] &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1473\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}