'The L Train Song' Pokes Fun At Pretentious Subway Riders (VIDEO)

This song is for everyone who ever suspiciously peered over a fellow subway rider's shoulder and judged that person by what he or she was reading -- so, pretty much, this song is for everyone.

The "L Train Song," named for New York City's shuttle to ... let's just say the trendy part of Brooklyn, takes aim at the pretentious commuters who would never, ever hold a Dan Brown book on the train, instead opting to read Kafka "REALLY LOUD."

"A lot of the time I think people read books on the train that they have no intention of continuing to read when they get home," Jenny Jaffe, who co-wrote the song with friend Max Ash, told the Huffington Post in an e-mail.

Jaffe and Ash, two thirds of the faux-folk trio Plaidadactyl, dedicated the song to their absent bandmember, Jack Quaid -- who also happens to be the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid.

All in all, you might say the take away message here is that "Raising a child is hard, you know what's harder? Reading Kafka."

For more music from Jenny and Max, check out "Strange Objects," which the duo recently recorded as Poppy Chaos.


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Comments

[El Pinche]

01:01 AM on 09/06/2011

Rebecca Black still sucks.

[Absolute]

06:28 AM on 09/05/2011

Talk about projecting.

[bmora]

09:55 AM on 09/06/2011

Exactly.

[MarkSilverman2]

01:13 PM on 09/03/2011

Disappointing. I used to live there, and ride the L train to the "hipster" part of Brooklyn. There's potential for a funny song -- but this isn't it.

[Teacher Trish]

11:33 PM on 09/02/2011

If you read a book while you're driving on the 91 freeway you'll die.

[SimonBao]

10:29 PM on 09/02/2011

FAIL.

Nobody on the L train gives a damn what other passengers are reading, nobody on the L train gives a damn about anything except they get a seat, get to where they're going, and be left alone in their own little commuter bubble.

Is this a song by a pair of judgmental hipsters who labor under the mistaken belief that everyone else on the L train is as judgmental and insecure as they?

[X E]

09:05 PM on 09/02/2011

yawn....

[watsupdoc80]

06:48 PM on 09/02/2011

I think HP forgot that 99% of Americans don't live in NYC and don't know about the L train, nor could they care less.

[NYC07]

03:07 PM on 09/03/2011

Then I guess that 99% of HP'ers don't feel the need to look at the NY page, Why don't you join them.

[NYC07]

03:08 PM on 09/03/2011

Sorry I posted to the wrong story.

[Michaelwriterguy]

06:02 PM on 09/02/2011

Why is this even on HP?