weyes Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 i thought that "to trainspot" meant to recognize a song, but it seems so lofty a word. am i missing something, or is that why, when a dj fucks up, it is called a trainwreck (meaning that the two are related and that i am on to something)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorla Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 you're correct about trainspotting, and i think you're onto something with trainwrecks, too, although i just thought it was called that because that's what it sounds like when the beats clash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rothko Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 on a side note,, in the movie trainspotting, it was called that (as I understand it) because trainspotting is something that bums do to pass the time, seeing if they can get all the numbers of the trains. Irvine Welsh decided to call his novel Trainspotting, because he felt that, much like doing heroin, the bums were doing something completely useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorla Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 good call, rothko. hey, i didn't know you were oldschool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rothko Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 I didn't know either....I think I started in... Aug '00? Is that right? too bad they don't post the dates anymore. When did you start junior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 I read the book before I saw the movie..and the book was so much better..written in a way that one has to really focus and concentrate on each word because it is written exactly how the characters speak.One of my all-time favorite movies..luv it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynMaverick Posted December 25 Report Share Posted December 25 i thought trainspotting meant knowing your shit, but i dunno...people also call trainspotters those idiots that sit next to the DJ and look at every record to ID the songs...SOOOOOOOOOO what we learned today is.... I am not a trainspotter cause I rarely go up to the booth to look or ask for a song. Only if the song is extremely good do I bother and that's only sometimes. Otherwise, it's all off my memory..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfreshdc Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 lolIn the movie, trainspotting was a reference to shooting up. Your veins are 'train tracks' and the bumps u get from sticking a needle in one spot too many times is a 'train station'. Hence the name 'trainspotting' for a movie revolving around heroin use.FF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby76 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Originally posted by funkyfreshdc lolIn the movie, trainspotting was a reference to shooting up. Your veins are 'train tracks' and the bumps u get from sticking a needle in one spot too many times is a 'train station'. Hence the name 'trainspotting' for a movie revolving around heroin use.FF actually funkyfreshdc...the young lady above...rothko...had it right the first time...the name actually comes from bums that sit next to traintracks and watch the trains roll by, and i got that straight from the horse's mouth (an interview w/ Irvine Welsh i read)...but that is not to say that there aren't any connections to what you referenced above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfreshdc Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 hm....well if its from the horse's mouth i was living in the UK at the time of the movie's release and that (see my last post) was the common interpretation of "trainspotting". not that popular belief is ever right about anything. but i'd be surprised if Welsh hadn't explored this definition also when he chose the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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