Talk:Chattanooga Choo Choo
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[edit] Reference for the gold record date?
Is there a reference to certify the date for the Gold Record status of this song? In a quick Google this morning, I've seen conflicting notations for this event listing both 1941 and 1942. The RIAA doesn't list it because it's 16-17 years before the organization started sponsoring the Gold Record award. slambo 14:55, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Seemingly Conflicting Information
In the main article "Chattanooga Choo Choo" it is stated near the end that "... and it should be further noted that it has never been possible to travel from New York to Chattanooga without changing trains at least twice."
Later in the section titled "Legacy" I noted the statement that "... but there were at least three other Southern Railway trains that ran through Chattanooga direct to Washington and on to New York without changing trains."
Unless New York City collected all these trains, it seems that there should have been a return trip available in like manner. Facetiousness aside, this is not absolutely necessary to have a return trip in like manner, but it seems likely that if a railroad saw a need for no-change service from Miami to New York, there would be a profitable need for a trip in the reverse direction. Can anyone enlighten me? 24.51.88.250 16:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Split into two articles
There are two subjects in this article: 1) the song and 2) the train station Chattanooga Terminal Station. In fact the train station redirects here. It's confusing. Logically, there should be two separate articles, one for the song, and the other for the station. Einbierbitte 22:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
AGREE — Wow. Confusing doesn't adequately cover it, but yeah, it should at least be two articles as you have said, Einbierbitte. Do we have a Chattanoogan (or anyone equally knowledgeable of the subject/s) ready and willing to take the task? — ArkansasTraveler 21:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
People here to read about the song should be able to get a digest about the train station without having to follow a link to another article.Jkolak (talk) 06:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose. The train station and the song share the emotional iconography of 20th century steam railroading. Facts about the song and about the train station form an intertwined narrative with each other. The article itself is not too long (if it were longer this observer's reaction to this proposal would be different). At this length, to split up this article into two or more pieces smacks to this observer of pedantry. Bigturtle (talk) 18:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Song in popular culture
In Family Guy, during one episode, Peter and Lois go to a KISS concert where Lois embarrasses Gene to the point where he and (I believe, but I might be wrong) Paul Stanley leave the stage, leaving Ace Frehley and Peter Criss to sing and do the dance. - NemFX (talk) 05:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
