Take a Giant Step (song) Take a Giant Step (song) "Take a Giant Step" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and released by the American band The Monkees in 1966. It was also covered in 1969 by singer Taj Mahal. The song was released as the B-side to the band's single "Last Train to Clarksville" and also as the closing track on side 1 of their debut album "The Monkees". Micky Dolenz sang the lead vocal. The song is presented as a plea to a heartbroken girl to move on from her past romantic disappointments, and to "learn to live again
S-train S-train The S-train is a type of hybrid urban-suburban rail serving a metropolitan region. Some of the larger S-train systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble commuter or even regional rail. They are especially common in Germany and Austria, where they are known as S-Bahn, which in the 1930s was an abbreviation of either "Schnellbahn", "Stadtbahn" or "Stadtschnellbahn", depending on the city, but they must not be confused with "U-Stadtbahnen". Similar S-train systems exist also in Denmark, there known as S-tog, the Czech Republic as Esko, Switzerland also as S-Bahn, and northern Italy as