Nemo2
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Like Prine, I was a mailman for a few years. I'm not saying that provided him with the inspiration, but the job can give you a surprisingly intimate peek into the lives of others sometimes.
Like Prine, I was a mailman for a few years. I'm not saying that provided him with the inspiration, but the job can give you a surprisingly intimate peek into the lives of others sometimes.
You're probably on to something there; I never thought of that.
While digesting Reader's Digest in the back of a dirty book store
A plastic flag, with gum on the back fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside, slapped it on my window shield.
And if I could see old Betsy Ross I'd tell her how good I feel.
But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore.
They're already overcrowded from your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason's for.
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore ....
John Prine was a troubadour, and his songs were very heart felt. He said things other songwriters might hesitate to say--and got away with it. And he had a certain insight on life few others shared. He was one of a kind.
"We are living in the future
I'll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper
Fifteen years ago
We're all driving rocket ships
And talking with our minds
And wearing turquoise jewelry
And standing in soup lines"
I was on the elliptical earlier....listening to Prine....and this seemed apropos:
So many great John Prine songs!!! I only discovered his music about 5 years ago, but man oh man!! his lyrics- outta sight!!
I wonder if you're familiar with Prine's old sidekick, the late Steve Goodman. When I hear "Hello in There" I think of this song by Steve:
I wonder if you're familiar with Prine's old sidekick, the late Steve Goodman. When I hear "Hello in There" I think of this song by Steve:
Just saw this and figured a bunch of us may want to set a recording. Sounds like a party ol’ John would enjoy.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kacey-musgraves-bonnie-raitt-bill-184219086.html
Just saw this and figured a bunch of us may want to set a recording. Sounds like a party ol’ John would enjoy.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kacey-musgraves-bonnie-raitt-bill-184219086.html
I can only hope to live as happily and healthily into my 90s as he did.Carl Reiner, the 95-year-old comedian, writer, actor, and director, has a running gag about life as a nonagenarian. “Every morning … I pick up my newspaper, get the obituary section, and see if I’m listed,” he explains. “If I’m not, I have my breakfast.” He stages a version of this routine for the new documentary If You’re Not In the Obit, Eat Breakfast, airing Monday night on HBO, in which Reiner and a handful of other 90-something personalities mull old age, and the possible reasons for their longevity. “Is it luck? Genes? Modern medicine?” he wonders. “Or are we doing something right?”