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Man, that's tough to hear. I've been listening to John Prine since the 70's...his songs have always been a big part of my life and there's never been a better live performance I've been to than his. He's always written about things we can all relate to... but in his very own clever, humorous, and sometimes downright sobering style....his songs mean something. Nobody writes like him. Bob Dylan names John Prine as his favorite songwriter. His lastest album just a couple years ago is as good and fresh as his first was.
As an amateur guitar picker and singer, I play some of his songs pretty much every day. He's already survived a couple bouts with cancer over the years ... I pray that this doesn't knock him down for good.
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Yes, songwriter extraordinaire!
The following is a A-Z list of all songs by John Prine: (I'm seeing plenty that aren't in this list)
A Good Time
Aimless Love
Aint Hurtin Nobody
All Night Blue
All The Best
All The Way With You
Angel From Montgomery
Automobile
Aw Heck
Baby Let's Play House
Baby Ruth
Be My Friend Tonight
Big Fat Love
Billy The Bum
Blue Umbrella
Bruised Orange
Chinatown
Christmas In Prison
Clocks And Spoons
Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
Common Sense
Crooked Piece Of Time
Daddy's Little Pumpkin
Day Is Done
Dear Abby
Donald And Lydia
Down By The Side Of The Road
Everybody
Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
Everything Is Cool
Fish And Whistle
Forbidden Jimmy
Grandpa Was A Carpenter
Great Rain
He Forgot That It Was Sunday
He Was In Heaven Before He Died
How Lucky
Humidity Built The Snowman
I Had A Dream
I Just Wanna Dance With You
I Love You So Much It Hurts
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
I Want To Be With You Always
If You Don't Want My Love
If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man
Illegal Smile
Iron Ore Betty
It's A Big Old Goofy World
It's Happening To You
Jesus The Missing Years
John Prine Christmas
Just Wanna Be With You
Killing The Blues
Lake Marie
Leave The Lights On
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
Living In The Future
Loose Talk
Love Love Love
Love's On A Roll
Maureen Maureen
Me Myself And I
Mexican Home
Middle Man
My Own Best Friend
New Train
No Name Girl
Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
One Red Rose
Only Love
Onomatopoeia
Paradise
People Puttin' People Down
Picture Show
Please Don't Burry Me
Quit Hollerin At Me
Rocky Mountain Time
Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
Saddle In The Rain
Saigon
Sam Stone
Same Thing Happened To Me
Shop Talk
Silent Night All Day Long
Six O'clock News
Sleepy Eyed Boy
Slow Boat To China
Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love
Sour Grapes
Space Monkey
Storm Windows
Sweet Revenge
Take A Look At My Heart
Take The Star Out Of The Window
That Close To You
That's The Way That The World Goes Round
The Accident
The Bottomless Lake
The Frying Pan
The Great Compromise
The Hobo Song
The Late John Garfield Blues
The Oldest Baby In The World
The Sins Of Memphisto
The Torch Singer
There She Goes
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
This Cold War With You
This Love Is Real
Ubangi Stomp
Unlonely
Unwed Fathers
Way Back Then
Way Down
We're The Lonely
Wedding Day In Funeralville
When Two Worlds Collide
Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
You Got Gold
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Damn. Bummer bummer bummer. Hope he makes it. I have his entire catalog - 236 tunes. I hope it's complete, anyway. Love listening to it on rides. Saw him at Redrocks - Emmy Lou Harris opened for him - they did the duet In Spite of Ourselves. I used to fish at Lake Marie in Kenosha County. Lake Elizabeth, too. Absolutely a favorite songsmith.
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Yep! My favorite! Didn't see it on the extensive list (could've missed it though, unless it has a different title). |
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Did he write, You're the reason our kids are ugly?
One of my favorite performers, and I've turned my son on to him as well. Best wishes John.
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Did he write, You're the reason our kids are ugly?
One of my favorite performers, and I've turned my son on to him as well. Best wishes John.
Nope, but I see how you're thinkin' he coulda! Right up his alley! Had to look it up, but I do remember chuckling hearing Loretta and Conway blaming each other on the old am radio. John really covers the gamut of emotion, and can bring me from a belly laugh to almost crying baby tears. He's a storyteller and like I told msb in a pm the other day, he has a way of giving some dignity to the everyday loser... Almost feels like a good friend is in the hospital. |
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Indeed, this does hit at home as John has been in the family for many years. John's tunes have been carrying me from the early 70's while hitchhiking the Pacific Coast (with rocks in my pockets and dirt'n my shoes), to raising my kids, to me hacking away at his tunes on the guitar to this day. His were the first I was determined to learn and finger pick. It was a special moment back in 07 when my son Nick bought tickets for us and for my old school/hitchhiking chum Sean that originally introduced John's soul touching music to me.
For me, personally I think Iris brings the duet tune "In Spite of Ourselves" home the best, YMMV.
Hoping for a successful outcome John!!!
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Not to hijack this John Prine thread, but on the side, their duet inspired me to source more of Iris Dement's music. She did the song that concluded the Northen Exposure series, "Our Town". Acclaimed as the best music match to a film, ever. This tune still brings tears to my eyes. Well Done. Here she is with Emmy Lou. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HIHere it is again, the official soundtrack for the last scene of the last episode of Northern Exposure - only Iris doesn't appear there. A landmark TV series - I have the entire series on DVD and now on MKV video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9IUj1mDENg |
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Excellent tune. The sound quality is much better on the second version, but I'm a big Emmylou Harris fan as well. When Emmy was younger, I thought she was scrumptious! She has actually blossomed into a very attractive "old hide", too! Saw her in Telluride, beautiful voice. Saw Alison Krauss there, too. Another voice like an angel singin'. |
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:'( Speechless. R. I. P. Background music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTJBQBRxFHpUvruP4sSTvNs-1cyd_-xW Top 100 50 playlist John Prine career achievements : Songwriters Hall of Fame member Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Grammy Hall of Fame member Two-time Grammy Award winner The first artist to read and perform at the Library of Congress Americana Music Honors Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting recipient Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member PEN/Song Lyrics Award recipient https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-prine-an-american-treasure-is-now-gonehttps://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/04/07/john-prine-dies-coronavirus-covid-19-age-73/2967248001/https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/john-prine-grammy-winning-singer-songwriter-dead-at-73-from-coronavirus/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmgYCI3OWw4 Pease Don't Bury Me "Please Don't Bury Me" Woke up this morning Put on my slippers Walked in the kitchen and died And oh what a feeling! When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say John, it happened this way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head And all the angels say Just before you passed away These were the very last words That you said: Please don't bury me Down in that cold cold ground No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up And pass me all around Throw my brain in a hurricane And the blind can have my eyes And the deaf can take both of my ears If they don't mind the size Give my stomach to Milwaukee If they run out of beer Put my socks in a cedar box Just get "em" out of here Venus de Milo can have my arms Look out! I've got your nose Sell my heart to the junkman And give my love to Rose Give my feet to the footloose Careless, fancy free Give my knees to the needy Don't pull that stuff on me Hand me down my walking cane It's a sin to tell a lie Send my mouth way down south And kiss my ass goodbye https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aRuyIexfpEk Lonesome Friends of Science Those bastards in their white lab coats Who experiment with mountain goats Should leave the Universe alone It's not their business, not their home I go to sleep and it never rains My dog predicts a hurricane She just smell a storm a mile away That's all the news we have today Uh-huh https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-pRJxCKR8Enjoy Heaven John!When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel; ain't the afterlife grand? And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl 'Cause this old man is goin' to town! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=solQA118jOY Everything is cool Big ol' Goofy World https://youtu.be/ZACwVOJXpn0Crazy as a loon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS8RjCRolSMhttps://youtu.be/nXbEFTv9zr0 Summer's End... sh!t virus |
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Am just relieved it was not our J.P. from down south, I know he has had a lot of health issues
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Am just relieved it was not our J.P. from down south, I know he has had a lot of health issues
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That's for all the great tunes John. I wish you could have stuck around for a few more. Heaven must have one hell of a band by now.
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JP and JD (joe diffie) both gone, so sad.  not to change subject, but heard now not just healthcare and police, emergency staff getting this but now spreading into grocery store workers. I heard a lot of grocery store workers nationwide are still not wearing gloves, etc. but even my local small town grocery store the workers were wearing gloves and masks for the most part. May or may not help, but if used properly with correct preventive measures, cannot hurt I guess. death toll from 4K to over 12K since April 1st, not good. |
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Inspired me to learn to play guitar in my late teens, and I've been listening to him and playing his songs ever since. Best concerts I've ever been to, and the lyrics to his songs have hung around me and mirrored events and times in my life all these years. If you ever attended a live performance, you felt that you knew him...and the characters in his songs. Had a great rapport with the audience, especially telling stories about how some of his songs came to be. No gimmicks, just outstanding and very original, poignent, humorous, meaningful lyrics and great melodies were all that was needed. Loved all of his stuff right up to his last release in 2018, but this is my favorite era with just Jason Wilber on lead and Dave Jacques on bass for his live performances. This whole concert is on You Tube...never get tired of watching it. This particular song describes to a tee, the time my first "serious" girfriend broke up with me...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ujOTP8oPpY |
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This is an odd one....
Disclaimer - I'm not denigrating the man or his legacy in any way!!!! SINCERELY!!!
When I heard he was ill, I'd never heard of him.
I asked my wife, who grew up as a country girl, she'd never heard of him.
Asked my parents, who were of the right generation for this.
They'd never heard of him.
Asked my in laws, also country folk of the right age.
They'd never heard of him.
Asked about a half dozen other friends of various ages and backgrounds, and no one had ever heard of John Prine.
I looked up John Prine's greatest hits, found a listing of his top 10 biggest hits.
I listened to every single one of them.
...I'd never heard any of them in my life.
Anyway, once again, NOT trying to denigrate the man, his fans, his legacy, his skill or influence, etc!!!
I've been reading up on him and seems I was missing out on quite a bit.
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I've seen many legendary artists from a wide spectrum of genres. msb I'M GREEN WITH ENVY that you were fortunate enough to have seen J.P. live. I think that would have taken the cake. Serk I was reading an article the other day that described him as, "the greatest artist you've never heard of," or something to that effect. Course a lot of us have. I tried to find the article but couldn't. It's never too late to unfold some of his magic, his music is real deal. As far as song recognition, if you like Sh!t kickin' country like I do, you may know this. David Alan Coe made it popular. Prine co-wrote it with someone else. Cool song but not one of my all time J. P. faves. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiLqHTvbKE |
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Serk I was reading an article the other day that described him as, "the greatest artist you've never heard of," or something to that effect. Course a lot of us have. I tried to find the article but couldn't. It's never too late to unfold some of his magic, his music is real deal. As far as song recognition, if you like Sh!t kickin' country like I do, you may know this. David Alan Coe made it popular. Prine co-wrote it with someone else. Cool song but not one of my all time J. P. faves. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiLqHTvbKEYup, seems I did know him, I just never even called him by his name...... https://999ktdy.com/john-prine-dead-at-73-you-never-even-called-me-by-my-name/ |
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Disclaimer - I'm not denigrating the man or his legacy in any way!!!! SINCERELY!!!
When I heard he was ill, I'd never heard of him.
I asked my wife, who grew up as a country girl, she'd never heard of him.
Asked my parents, who were of the right generation for this.
They'd never heard of him.
Asked my in laws, also country folk of the right age.
They'd never heard of him.
Asked about a half dozen other friends of various ages and backgrounds, and no one had ever heard of John Prine.
I looked up John Prine's greatest hits, found a listing of his top 10 biggest hits.
I listened to every single one of them.
...I'd never heard any of them in my life.
Anyway, once again, NOT trying to denigrate the man, his fans, his legacy, his skill or influence, etc!!!
I've been reading up on him and seems I was missing out on quite a bit.
.....I've got some catching up to do.
To a certain degree Serk, that is the point about John Prine and others like him. Marketing, mainstream radio play, gimmicks, for the most part promoting causes, etc. are not what they've ever been about. It's really just about the song itself, which is why there are so few at this level, and why a lot of them go through their careers unknown to many...they really don't care, they just have something of substance to say. If you do get into listening to some John Prine and of course I recommend that you do, go on You Tube and see some of his live performances....there's tons of them. Listen to the lyrics...what they say and how they're structured. He wrote "Hello in There" when he was in his early 20's. He was a mailman and part of his route included some seniors' homes. Some of the residents had few visitors and always looked forward to him coming by with their mail to break up the loneliness, so he wrote about it from an elderly couple's perspective. That song hit me way back in the early 70's helped inspire me to go out of my way to engage older folks...all these years later and now I'm an older folk, and I now see that song from the opposite side of the spectrum. Just like many folks have never heard of Towns Van Zandt or Guy Clark, two songwriting legends in their own right from your neck of the woods and also favorites of mine...not the greatest vocalists or instrumentalists maybe, but certainly at the top of the list in terms of writing original and meaningful songs that normal people can relate to. |
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I've seen many legendary artists from a wide spectrum of genres. msb I'M GREEN WITH ENVY that you were fortunate enough to have seen J.P. live. I think that would have taken the cake.
Saw him live 3 times here in BC over the years, had tickets to see him again last Summer but his tour was cancelled due to illness  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiLqHTvbKECo-wrote with Steve Goodman, his best friend and writer of the iconic City of New Orleans. |
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« Reply #38 on: April 08, 2020, 12:30:36 PM » |
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Just like many folks have never heard of Towns Van Zandt or Guy Clark, two songwriting legends in their own right from your neck of the woods and also favorites of mine.
I'd throw John Hartford in there too, maybe.
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« Reply #39 on: April 08, 2020, 12:54:53 PM » |
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I'd throw John Hartford in there too, maybe.
Yes!!! You and I definitely have to hook up one time when all this sh** is over, you've got great taste in music . Gentle on My Mind is one of the if not the most recorded songs ever, and I love listening to all his songs from his steamboat captain days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqd3RJZM3jI |
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