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(NGC) -John Prine
« on: October 01, 2018, 08:15:16 PM »
Due to early childhood multiple ear infections I was left with hearing damage that makes discriminating sounds a challenge. I cannot understand the lyrics to most songs but John Prine is one of the exceptions. Was listening to him tonight and he caused me to tear up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLaIFTmJF8
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2018, 08:22:37 PM »
He's one of my favorites too.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2018, 08:24:12 PM »
Yeah, John does have a way of doing that to you. 

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2018, 08:28:22 PM »
John is crazy as a loon.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2018, 08:37:33 PM »
My Pandora channel kicks out a few with John and Iris DeMent.  -  In Spite of Ourselves   :thumb:

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2018, 08:44:34 PM »

 Thanks Glider,
 I listen to Undercurrents daily and thank God they play John on a regular basis.  My sister is a nun!

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2018, 09:05:38 PM »
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2018, 09:18:09 PM »
Yea, "Hello In There" really hits home as my mother suffered Alzheimers from her early 90s till she passed just a few months short of a hundred. He just seems to understand.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2018, 11:18:10 PM »
 Burn one with John Prine  :thumb:

 Probably the greatest modern song writer  :bow:

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2018, 03:39:36 AM »
If I burn one with him, I end up with an Illegal Smile.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2018, 06:00:59 AM »
Burn one with John Prine  :thumb:

 Probably the greatest modern song writer  :bow:

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2018, 06:19:37 AM »
John is crazy as a loon.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2018, 06:37:25 AM »
Burn one with John Prine  :thumb:

 Probably the greatest modern song writer  :bow:

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Probably the greatest modern song writer

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2018, 06:59:23 AM »
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Burn one with John Prine
You all realize that was written by Kacey Musgrave, not John? Got to watch them perform that together at Red Rock.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2018, 07:44:36 AM »
Probably the greatest modern song writer

No question!

Back in the day, when his first album came out, Rolling Stone hailed him as the next Bob Dylan. I bought it, but at that time he was too "country" for me.
Since then, I've come to appreciate his music, and have several records and CDs, but IMHO, Bob Dylan he ain't.  :grin:
Dorcia doesn't like him very well, though.. some of the pictures he paints are a little too graphic or melancholy for her.
Just the same, she went to a concert in Indy with me a few years ago and enjoyed it.
I'd say he is one of the few great modern song writers..  :smiley:
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2018, 08:09:36 AM »
“There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes”

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2018, 09:08:55 AM »
�There�s a hole in daddy�s arm where all the money goes�

Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose.

Certainly one of his great songs..
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2018, 10:11:59 AM »
John Prine is a long time favorite of mine. I�ve seen him a bunch, but my favorite show was at Poughkeepsie�s 1894 Bardevon Theater. I think he played every song he ever wrote...and the entire audience joined in. Prine has written a bunch of fun compositions, but I like his poignant stuff best: �Christmas in Prison� and �Blue Umbrella� come to mind. Great post, John.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2018, 02:59:58 PM »
     I've been a Prine fanatic for close to half a century,,, that's a scarey thought,lol.

     I hadn't heard this tune before, it's a beautiful song,,, I've already snagged a tab and will be adding it to my song list.

     Tks very much for sharing.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2018, 04:31:29 PM »
Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose.

Certainly one of his great songs..

Sad songs never last too long on broken radios  :sad:
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2018, 04:46:37 PM »
... IMHO, Bob Dylan he ain't.

Well, at least John Prine only puts his name on stuff that he wrote himself, as far as I know.  :grin:

Don't get too mad. I learned all of Dylan's old songs by heart, but I'm getting tired of reading about his theft of material. Even his Nobel acceptance speech was partly cribbed from the modern day version of Cliff Notes (SparkNotes?), I read.

I'm close to agreeing Prine is the better of the two, and therefore, of course, the best of all.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2018, 04:50:49 PM »
Well, at least John Prine only puts his name on stuff that he wrote himself, as far as I know.  :grin:

Don't get too mad. I learned all of Dylan's old songs by heart, but I'm getting tired of reading about his theft of material. Even his Nobel acceptance speech was partly cribbed from the modern day version of Cliff Notes (SparkNotes?), I read.

I'm close to agreeing Prine is the better of the two, and therefore, of course, the best of all.

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Not better or woorse, just different. Dylan is more of a poet as far as I'm concerned. He's no singer! But I like his music!
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2018, 05:11:03 PM »
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2018, 06:00:04 PM »
Not better or woorse, just different. Dylan is more of a poet as far as I'm concerned. He's no singer! But I like his music!

Oh, yeah he is. Many covers of his songs are just vanilla to me. When he tells me something, I believe it..there is some serious emotion behind it.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2018, 09:09:12 PM »
Oh, yeah he is. Many covers of his songs are just vanilla to me. When he tells me something, I believe it..there is some serious emotion behind it.

I couldn't agree more. Dylan himself says he is basically a singer. Woody Guthrie, lying on his deathbed, opined that Dylan was a better singer than a songwriter. Nobody sings his songs half as well as he does.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2018, 10:15:48 PM »
Just give me one thing, that I can hold onto. To believe in this living, is just a hard way to go.

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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2018, 04:45:50 AM »
Doesn’t do much for me but neither did Cohen back in the seventies. Took me 30 years to appreciate him now I love his stuff.


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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2018, 05:20:49 AM »
Greatest is hard to say-but I will agree he's right up there with Dave Alvin.
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Re: (NGC) -John Prine
« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2018, 05:24:12 AM »
Well ya know I could've beat-up that fella, but it was her that jumped into his car.

 

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