Just a little while ago. I was really hoping he would pull through. I bet his flag decal still gets him in.
Just a little while ago. I was really hoping he would pull through. I bet his flag decal still gets him in.
I've been to dinner at Jimmy Buffet's house, and I've eaten it at a homeless shelter. And there's great joy and harrowing terror to be found in both places.
-Todd Snider
KeefeCato (05-03-2021)
Damn. I was set to see him later this month (before all the cancellations.) A genuis songwriter.
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
KeefeCato (05-03-2021)
I firmly believe there are two camps of people: Those who consider John Prine one of the best songwriters of all time, and those who haven't heard him.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
KeefeCato (05-03-2021)
kaldaniels (04-08-2020),KeefeCato (05-03-2021),SunDeck (04-08-2020)
WildcatFan (04-08-2020)
I saw Ryan Bingham in concert in like 2010 or 2011 and loved it. A buddy of mine told me to listen to John Prine after that and he blew me away.
He had kinda fallen out of my Spotify rotation so to speak, but after he got sick the other day Stephen Colbert posted a song they did together like 2 years ago online and it honestly made me cry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokTQSGNj3Q
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
This one hurts. John Prine has just always existed and always would, as far as I was concerned. Kicked cancer to the curb twice and even admitted he liked what the second bout did to his old voice. As far as his music goes, I can't think of a songwriter I like more than Prine. He always said to me through his music, "The world's not fair, so what? Things can go to pot, so what? People can be crappy, so can you. So what. We're all in this together, be nice to one another, it'll be more fun that way."
"Blow up your t.v. throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find jesus on your own"
"That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round."
Last edited by SunDeck; 04-08-2020 at 01:20 PM.
Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.
RichRed (04-16-2020),WildcatFan (04-08-2020)
This is the one I can't get enough of today.
"The moon and stars hang out in bars just talkin'
I still love that picture of us walkin'
Just like that old house we thought was haunted
Summer's end came faster than we wanted
So come on home..."
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
BuckeyeRed27 (04-08-2020),NebraskaRed (04-08-2020),SunDeck (04-08-2020)
I had only heard a smattering of John Prine songs, Dear Abbey and Don’t Bury me were the mai ones, my uncle had that album and played it all the time. Hearing of his death made me dive into his catalogue and got to say I’m a fan. RIP
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
redsfanmia (04-09-2020)
I've been to dinner at Jimmy Buffet's house, and I've eaten it at a homeless shelter. And there's great joy and harrowing terror to be found in both places.
-Todd Snider
SunDeck (04-10-2020)
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