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06-25-2009, 03:20 PM
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Insane
Location: here&there
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"warning" Country, John Prine
I said "warning" because it seems as if the majority of the people here do not like country.....lol
when it says "an error occured" if you double click it , it will go to the video. I'm guessing ,John Prine is best known for the song "Sam Stone". But he wrote some others, real worthy of being listened to , in my opinion. Besides, "Hello In There", which Bette Midler had a big hit with, he wrote a song for a movie him and Billy Bob Thornton was making, called "In Spite of Ourselves" (not the movie, the song) which is entertaining. I especially liked when John Prine said, "and Billy Bob said, hmmm" I'm going to include a few of my favorites by John Prine, in hopes you may enjoy them also. In Spite of Ourselves (written for a movie with him and Billy Bob) The Accident (he is as good as Bob Dylan at making a word fit, even if it doesn't belong there) (or raped by a minorty) Your Flag Decal (their already over crowded from your dirty little war) most of the videos I found were of live performances, and not very good quality, so, I improvised, and added ones that were better. Please Don't bury me (give my stomach to Milwaukee, if they run out of beer) One of my all time favorites by him is "The Great Compromise", but I couldn't find a video on it anywhere. So many more, he is a champion storyteller. I found another one that is a real favorite of mine, although it is not John Prine singing it, and that is a shame, but? I'm going to include the lyrics. It's titled "Crazy as a Loon" Back before I was a movie star Straight off of the farm I had a picture of another man's wife Tattooed on my arm With a pack of Camel cigarettes In the sleeve of my tee shirt I'm headin' out to Hollywood Just to have my feelings hurt That town will make you crazy Just give it a little time You'll be walking 'round in circles Down at Hollywood and Vine You'll be waitin' on a phone call At the wrong end of a broom Yes, that town'll make you crazy Crazy as a loon So, I headed down to Nashville To become a country star Every night you'd find me hangin' At every honky-tonk and bar Pretty soon I met a woman Pretty soon she done me wrong Pretty soon my life got sadder Than any country song That town will make you crazy Just give it a little time You'll be walking 'round in circles Lookin' for that country rhyme You'll be waitin' on a phone call At the wrong end of a broom Yea, that town'll make you crazy Crazy as a loon So, I gathered up my savvy Bought myself a business suit I headed up to New York City Where a man can make some loot I got hired Monday morning Downsized that afternoon Overcome with grief that evening Now I'm crazy as a loon So I'm up here in the north woods Just staring at a lake Wondering just exactly how much They think a man can take I eat fish to pass the time away 'Neath this blue Canadian moon This old world has made me crazy Crazy as a loon Lord, this world will make you crazy Crazy as a loon
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06-26-2009, 03:38 AM
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through charlatans phone
Location: Northcoast
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Very nice subject for a thread.
I just saw him perform in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and really one of the finest shows i've seen in quite some time. Kinda funny when he sang 'In Spite of Ourselves' without a female singer, but he always told us each time she she woulda been singing. He sang for over two hours and pretty much covered every phase of his career. We had to drive 4 1/2 hours to see him, and would do it again in a heartbeat. |
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06-28-2009, 12:22 AM
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Insane
Location: here&there
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This song didn't get played much on the airwaves, I guess because of the violence in it.....but, I like it none the less
She Wore Red Dresses, or Buenos noches From a Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam
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