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Fri Sep-05-03 03:51 PM
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Any John Prine fans here? |
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John Prine, Sweet Revenge or Lost Dogs and missed Blessings? My favorites songs are Spanish Pipedream and Paradise, but I like all his stuff. I know,I know, I've only got 115 posts, but I'm pacing my self for the next Gene Freedom Philosophy thread (just kidding).
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Fri Sep-05-03 03:54 PM
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1. I used to pal around with his brother, Billy. |
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Years ago. I'm not a huge fan, but he is from around here. Mrs. XNASA is a bigger fan than I.
Billy was quite a piece of work. I lost touch with him. Wonder what he's up to?
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Fri Sep-05-03 03:54 PM
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Your Flag Decal Won't Get you Into Heaven anymore/ sam stone
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Fri Sep-05-03 03:54 PM
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3. I saw him in Harrisburg, PA recently... |
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never heard of him until then, and was blown away by the show. He played for almost three hours.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:04 PM
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With an illegal smile, It don't cost very much, But it lasts a long while.
Won't you please tell the man, I didn't kill anyone. I'm just trying to have me some fun.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:14 PM
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Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 04:15 PM by kayell
Paradise makes my 72 year old father, who grew up in a coal town, cry every time he hears it.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:15 PM
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He played about 3 hours each time I saw him once in Charlotte and the other in Raleigh.
Flashback Blues
While window shopping through the past I ran across a looking glass Reflecting moments remaining in a burned out light Tragic magic prayers of passion Stay the same through changing fashions They freeze my mind like water on a winter's night Spent most of my youth Out hobo cruising And all I got for proof Is rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes So goodbye nonbeliever Don't you know that I hate to leave here So long babe, I got the flashback blues. Photographs show the laughs Recorded in between the bad times Happy sailors dancing on a sinking ship Cloudy skies and dead fruit flies Waving goodbye with tears in my eyes Well, sure I made it but ya know it was as hell of a trip. Spent most of my youth Out hobo cruising And all I got for proof Is rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes And ten times what it grieves you That's how much more I hate to leave you now So long babe, I got the flashback blues. Spent most of my youth Out hobo cruising And all I got for proof Is rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes So goodbye nonbeliever Don't you know that I hate to leave here So long babe, I got the flashback blues. John Prine
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:19 PM
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Im a huge fan of this album. It was produced by the late Howie Epstein (was in Tom Petty's band). I LOVE this album. Not really familiar with his other stuff, but this album is a classic and one of my top 20 of all time.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:51 AM
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"The Missing Years" is one of his best albums. Won a Grammy the year it came out.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:20 PM
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8. If you have never seen John Prine live, |
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Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 04:22 PM by Loki
you are missing something you'll remember for the rest of your life. We didn't want to leave, just wanted it to go on forever. I have so many favorites and memories to go with these songs, they are songs I sang to my children when they were little, so they "knew" John Prine before any of their generation did. He's something to pass on. My favorites are Hello In There, Angel From Montgomery, Paradise, Far From Me, Christmas in Prison, The Accident, and the list goes on and on.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:41 PM
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11. Oh yes....Hello in There..great tune! |
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Thats actually a pretty poignant tune on aging.
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:25 PM
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'There's a hole in daddy's arm,' good old Sam Stone.
Didn't he also write 'Chicken Cordon Blues'?
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Fri Sep-05-03 05:23 PM
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12. I think that might have been Steve Goodman |
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Sam Stone - great song. That and Souveniers are my favorites.
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Fri Sep-05-03 05:32 PM
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13. saw them together years ago in Philly |
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Truly an incredible evening. I love John Prine-I would have a hard time choosing a single song as my favorite.
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Fri Sep-05-03 05:34 PM
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14. Steve & John were pals. |
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Steve wrote the great "City of New Orleans"
and also "A Dying Cub Fans Last Request".
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Fri Sep-05-03 06:53 PM
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18. They wrote this one together |
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pretty funny last verse too ... You Never Even Call Me By My Name (AKA The Perfect Country & Western Song) ©Steve Goodman and John Prine)
(as sung by Steve Goodman in London, Aug 8, 1976)
This is a song I wrote with John Prine 4 years ago (1972) and we tried to put into one song, everything that had ever been in any of the country and western songs we had ever heard. Tried to put it all into one song. Serves us right. This is what came out:
Well it was all I could do to keep from cryin' Some times it seems so useless to remain You're the one who always tried to change me And that is why I will always stay the same
Chorus: But I'll hang around as long as you will let me I never minded standing in the rain You don't have to call me darlin', darlin' But you never even call me by my name
No, you don't have to call me Freddy Fender You don't have to call me Charlie Pride You don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore Even though you know you're on my fighting side
Chorus- this verse only: And I'm gonna hang around as long as you will let me I never minded standing in the rain (when nights are cold and lonely) You don't have to call me darlin', darlin' But you never even call me by name.
I've seen my name, a few times in the phone book And on the neon sign above the bar I used to own And there's only one thing I'm really sure of was that sucker You're gonna hear it when my savior calls me home
That's a lot to get into one song. We left out all the good stuff. Dallas, dope, divorce, dead dogs, trains prison Christmas, mothers, farms, and trucks. Mothers, prison, trucks, trains, farms, Christmas, and dead dogs are essential, you can't have a good country song without them things. And with all due respect this song needs mothers, prison, trucks, trains, farms, Christmas and dead dogs and is that it? Whatever it is - it's also 4 minutes long already (they're going 'when's he gonna end, when's he gonna end in the booth back there') So I'll just tack this verse on the end here-
Ever since the dog died and mama went to prison Ain't nothin' round this old farm that's been the same You know when mom broke out last Christmas She drove the getaway laundry truck into a train
Chorus: But I'll hang around as long as you will let me I never minded standing in the rain You don't have to call me darlin', darlin' But you never even call me by my name
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Sat Sep-06-03 09:50 AM
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19. Congrats VancSouthpaw!! 900 posts |
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Fri Sep-05-03 04:39 PM
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10. yeah..right here...he is a gifted lyrcist...Americas Billy Bragg. |
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Hard to think of John Prine and Billy Bragg togther but they have a very similar wit and self-deprecating sensibiltiy in their songs.
I think Angel from Montogomery is probably his best song....
but I like Unwed Mothers too, And Paradise. and Sam Stone, and most everything hes done....he is THAT good....and way underrated.
Come Back to us, Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard.
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Fri Sep-05-03 06:16 PM
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15. prine is one for the ages. |
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aside from his spot on observations about life, can he make up a great song of or about nothing at all or what.
'We were standing, Standing by peaceful waters, Standing by peaceful waters Whoa wah oh wha oh.....'
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Fri Sep-05-03 06:24 PM
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17. I was raised on a steady diet of John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker |
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So for the longest time, anything remotely country was anathema to me. Then I grew up and realized it wasn't all lame and white like the Eagles ;-)
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Sat Sep-06-03 09:57 AM
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20. I was just looking up JP CDs |
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How funny to see this thread here. I need to get a copy of "John Prine" the first album, I think. His best in my opinion.
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Sat Sep-06-03 10:03 PM
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23. I think it may be his best also (and that's saying something) |
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Edited on Sat Sep-06-03 10:03 PM by mitchum
"Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery" and "Paradise" were the first three songs he ever wrote. Incredible!
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Sat Sep-06-03 09:42 PM
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21. He rules. Bottom line, the man is a genius at story telling songs. |
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Sat Sep-06-03 09:51 PM
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22. I've been listening to him since 1971 |
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His lyrics blow me away even to this day. He lives here in Nashville and I've had the pleasure to meet him once. I always likened him to the Bob Dylan of the south.
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Sat Sep-06-03 10:05 PM
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24. "Sam Stone" is a magnificent song... |
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...although my favorite version is by soul singer Swamp Dogg.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:54 AM
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26. I saw John Prine at the Strawberry Music Festival |
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The greatest Festival I've ever attended , it's like a mini Woodstock twice a year ....
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