Bill Murray’s version of “Casey Jones” stuck out to me from the rest of the recordings of the song. It is the oldest version of the song in the playlist, and yet it had a slightly more modern feel to me. The sound of the song feels larger in this version than in the others. The singer is accompanied by brass instruments as opposed to just fiddles. In addition, there is a small group of back up singers in this version for portions of the chorus. These different elements of the song produce a more layered, or textured sound.

The juxtaposition of the tone and sound of the song to the lyrics I find very interesting in the Bill Murray version. The tone of the song is upbeat; it feels almost bouncy. The lyrics however are the story of a man who dies and whose children have another father—not the happiest of tales. The lightness of the mood in the song lets the listener find some humor in it. Some of the final lines of the song come across as the punch line of a joke. Unfortunately for poor, dead, Casey Jones, it is at his own expense.