I'll be 70 and in an Assisted Living Facility with quite a few vets. I just missed Vietnam because my birthday was drawn 113 but they only drafted to 107. I would gone except my older brother was there and because of the Sullivan law I would have been sent somewhere else. I had mandatory ROTC in high school so I would have been an E-2 right away. I had dinner with a guy who's birthdate was drawn #1 and I often wonder what happened to him. My brother went from Air police to OSI and liked it because he could tell base commanders to F off in case they might be corrupt and in on the black market or drug cases he investigated. He never talked about nam and never really adjusted to civilian life after 20 years in the service... Say one for all vets that didn't make back and their families too.
I, too am 67. Trying to get my adult children hooked to some of these fine ol’ musicians while I can. That song always brings me back somewhere comfortable.
@@utetrahemicon I am 71 and a Vietnam Vet.My draft number was 68.Me and my friend decided to volunteer for the draft.Not the wisest decision I have ever made.I made it back.Signed ex grunt from Screaming Eagles.
I noticed the year this video was made 1972 and I had the most amazing memory! My boyfriend and I at the time were young hippies wandering around the outskirts of Vail, Colorado which is now Beaver Creek but it was mostly grass then with sparse housing and this little gazebo kind of thing in the middle of nothing. We heard music coming out of there and walked over. We couldn't believe it but it was John Prine and Arlo Guthrie with their guitars singing! We were sure we were in heaven!! One would sing and then the other and a few together. Maybe by the end, 20 people or so had wandered over. It was an amazing event and one that I truly treasure. They were both so friendly, kind of quiet and of course witty. I still can hardly believe it happened to this day, but it did. RIP beautiful John. Thank you for the memories and the music that is like none other.
Back in the early '70s, I was driving in Ohio. I was listening to NPR and they were interviewing John. He told a story about when he was a mailman. Many of they elderly people on his route got very little mail. They looked forward to receiving their Reader's Digest. Many would greet him at their door, excited to get that magazine. I think that experience was the beginning of "Hello in There". My first exposure to John Prine and I was an admirer before ever hearing him sing.
My favorite Prine song and it's best alone with his acoustic! I first heard this in 1973 watching Prine at Earl of Old Town. Was there early and there was a line and guess who came out and drinking a beer and talked to us all in line.. John! Over the years due to teaching guitar in Chicago and later Phoenix( where he would come each year with Steve Goodman).. I was lucky enough to share some time with John backstage a few times. I count those times as one of the most rewarding in my life .. to meet this humble and genuine soul. Miss him.. but his work will live forever.
He was definitely one of the funniest and saddest in his songwriting. I'm 70 and have listened to it all. I cried when he passed on and still do when I listen to his songs.He wrote simple songs for everyone...some sad,some funny but always about life.
John would have been about 24 when this was recorded. How many young guys in the early 70s took time to think about their elders. A wonderful man full of warmth and humour.
I've been a JP fan for 48 years, in 1977 myself and a friend drove 300 miles one Friday night after work to see him at the Lincoln center in Ft Collins Co. He played 2-1 1/2 hr sets, 2 encores and then without his band, he continued for about 2 hrs to a group of about 30 fans who didn't leave immediately after the encores. "He was halfway to heaven before he died" RIP John Prine Thanks for the good times.
John wrote the most eloquent poetry with the simplest words. He didn't sing songs as much as he told an intimate story to a close and trusted friend, only set to music and on stage. And everyone in the audience felt they were that one friend.
Rest In Peace Mr. Prine. My respects and love to all the parents whose sons lost in Korean War. Thanks God I have lived the same age with Mr. Prine. Thank You. Busan, South Korea
God, no. His passing far too soon brought the gravity of COVID19 home to a lot of people and how terribly it kills. Most of my heroes from when I was a kid are either old or already gone, but this one was especially hard to take, because his perspective was from the first so humane and humorous. Prine was not just a superb songwriter and storyteller, he was a decent and generous man with an uncommonly common touch.
Never realized just how young he was when he created this. Wise beyond his years and just continued getting wiser his whole life. Thanks John you'll always be remembered and missed so badly it hurts.
Kris Kristofferson discovered John singing in a Chicago bar. He said that John was a 200 year old man in a 20 year old body. As others have suggested, he was the "Mark Twain" of my generation.
I love how raw this is. To the marrow of your bones.... "Hello in there"... Younger people please be kind to us boomers; if you live long enough you'll be old too someday. Love to all RIP John
Millions of Boomers have been selfish narcissists with an unearned sense of entitlement at every stage of life. Now they want to steal everything from young people: liberty, joy, hope, courage, dreams, prosperity, freedom of expression and of conscience, and their very lives.
I'm going to play this in the house none stop until one of the kids can sing at least one verse and tell me it's John Prine....one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time....who is going to be so missed. God bless John
1972 I was going to pick up my maternal grandmother and bringing her over for dinner with me and my three children every few weeks. She wasn't exactly the grandmotherly sort, any more than she had been the motherly sort -- but she was lonely and I knew it and did my best. I'd give myself more credit if I'd had the kind of thought process that John had, but I didn't. Which is partly why to this day I am still mourning his loss. He filled up empty places in my soul that made me feel like a better person. The rest? I just loved him, him and his music, and I always will.
I was 16 when this was recorded. From the moment I first heard it until this, I have never forgotten the central message of his genius: recognize and acknowledge the humanity in everyone. He was compassion personified, with a delightfully heartbreaking sardonic twist.
For the last year we put on John Prine in Pandora before we went to sleep. John Prine and others in his style. I had an MRI last week and I had her put on John Prine in my headphones. She said, “I like your Music”, I was the second person to ask, and I believe she will take time to search him out. . I have not cried so much since Sony Bono died (of all the Crazy things) God love him and let us share his music as we carry on.
This is the tune that turned me on to John Prine back in the 70's. I heard it used in a Film Strip Soundtrack in a piece about aging & seniors that I watched in High School Sociology class. I was completely enthralled with the tune. The simplicity of but the rock solid rhythm of the guitar and the rustic voice with a truly heartfelt message really reached me. Two weeks later I heard the song coming from my older brother's room. He had tuned into his favorite local progressive & underground music FM station. I asked him who it was and matter of factly said, "Oh, that's John Prine." The very next day I went to 3 record stores pouring through the racks until I found several. He was a national treasure and shall be sorely missed. Now he can finally meet Blaze Foley again and they can introduce one another to Steve Goodman and Townes Van Zant. RIP, my musical Heroes All.
Mr. Prine, you always did know how to break my heart. I'm gonna play your songs and cry all night. Rest in peace, John Prine, storyteller extraordinaire.
Thank goodness for CZcams! Thank you John for over 40 years of being my friend and sharing your talents with the world! RIP and enjoy a vodka and ginger ale or two or more. Love you💜😎
John Prine was so in tune with everything. A poet, a one-man activist, who could turn one into a fan by just listening to the Prine-Style of guitar and just a verse or two. He had so much more to share, I am sure. COVID-19 saw to it we will live in a blinder world with him gone. Thank you, John, for what you have left us....Rest In Peace and may your Spirit remember your own words of, "When I Get To Heaven".
John Prine seems to be a genuinely humble and a nice guy. He’s clearly an old soul who speaks the language of the heart through his songs... and boy am I grateful.
bobspez *.....”The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John”...........&. “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne”* Revelation 1:1,4 - www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Revelation%201:1,4&version=KJV
I laughed and cried listening to johns songs you were the greatest ever John prine May you rest in peace with Jesus while he tells you about the missing years
Remembering; Born: John Edward Prine October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois Died: Covid 19 April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee at the tender age of 73 Rest in Paradise John 💙
So my wife and I meet some old friends at a bar in Panama City Beach Nov. 2018 ( Donovons ),we had walked over, anyhow, having a good time , quiet , small crowd , good people , conversation , the bartender puts some music on , a guy I never heard of, BA..BOOM its this guy.....and he is nailing it...So thank you from my soul... John Prine....sincerely another boomer .
In 1970, there was no concept of Photoshop... there were no special effects in television. The crew and I invented those effects using video feedback, which involved pointing a camera at a monitor displaying the same image. We created trails and mat colors with video feedback loops. We were young... slightly wild and experimented with everything.
@@undergroundnewsreboot1580 Did you ever release any more of the John Prine performances? It looks like there is Don and Lydia, Illegal Smile, and Your Flag Decal. I think I've seen those 3 teased on these videos.
Growing up in Chicago we rarely were allowed to watch TV, and a colored TV was unheard of as our watching was strictly Black and White. So seeing this tape in color, unscripted with whatever you did to create the colorful fades is mind blowing. UHF antenna life in 1970 was an exciting, frustrating and nostalgic even in the moment as it required aluminum foil and furniture moving. Thanks for John Prine he was a Old Town Urban Myth when I was a student at Columbia College 1980s.
I'm still crying about this huge loss to us all. He meant so much to me in the mid-70s - my sister and aunt and I would just belt out his songs.They're both gone now. I'm devastated but just glad he was with us for the time he was... RIP John Prine. You will be remembered 💔
I’ve been a JP fan since Sam Stone and this by far is my favorite of all his songs. Every word written straight from the heart. His great guitar playing gets overshadowed by his lyrics. His chords always come through as clear as a bell. A very underrated guitarist. We’ll miss you forever John. RIP.
Sharky Bridges June 3.. If I had only 1 record to listen to for the rest of my life it would be a John Prine album and that would be absolutely fine with me! R.I.P. MR.Prine
John wrote and sang from the heart💔not sure there is anyone who writes like him alive! Binging on his 🎶🎶 and wake up with his songs in my mind! Thank you John for your AMAZING observations of humanity and the eloquence use of words! RIP dear man
My guitar still calls me to play this song. My heart tells me that our dearly beloved John Prine has a righteous, eternal spirit fueled by love. Miss you, rest in peace.
HoLY CR*P....thanks for this...hope there's more to come. All of John's work was amazing, but this has to be one of the most astounding first albums ever, anywhere
This is my absolute favorite performance of this song by John. The simplicity and sincerity of the man, his guitar and his music is exceeded only by his profound lyrics. I am reminded of a line from the Aenid by the great Roman poet Virgil: “Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men”. John Prine certainly knew how to comfort me. Aside from that words fail me every time I watch this video. Tears do not.
1972 ..wow I was a little kid in grade school so I didnt find John Prine until the 80s..Been following more closely lately since he got sick . He is so young here and writing music that is so far beyond his years like great prophets and poets do ...I would say RIP but I know your song about when you get to heaven ...So Im sure you got the Vodka and ginger ale and putting together that band ..we sure miss ya down here .
Sad to lose another great one, but glad we had him as long as we did. Imagine the music if Harry Chapin and Jim Croce had lived as long. RIP troubadours. You are missed. Stay home, stay safe and be well everyone.
I was thinking this myself. Stan Rogers also died too young. Guys like Tom waits and John Prine give us a glimpse of what could have been. Peace and progress my friend
Canuck Fundy The good news is underground news also made videos of Harry Chapin and Jim Croce which I intend to release parts of during the upcoming months so please stay tuned
A friend gave me a home recorded cassette of J.P.s first 2 albums back in the '70s and as a budding singer/songwriter at the time it rocked my world to know that you did not need to be a hot guitar player or have a great voice you just needed to have something sincere to say. And that you could be off beat and funny and serious all at the same time. No other person has influenced my songwriting more.
Shark Bridges... I have a good friend who tried to push me toward John Prine some 30 yrs ago and I never gave him a chance back then. I had throat cancer 4 yrs. ago and was down for 8 months from treatments,nearly dead honestly and started listening seriously to what I think is the greatest writer-musisian of all-time and of ANY generation of performers. I apologize to Omar Deal and am kicking the hell out of myself every day for being so hard headed and close minded! I apologize to you also Mr.Prine, and I promise I'm catching up. You're all that I listen to now! R.I.P.
Tony Joe...It is amazing how young people can write such songs, isn't it! this got me to thinking of another song written about being much older than the writer and that is Jackson Browne's great song: These Days. He wrote the song when he was only about 16 or 17...incredible..!!
@@russellesimonetta3835 Yes, some people are just better "tuned in", more sensitive, more aware.....more "empathetic" to those aspects of Life. And we are blessed to hear the music that these people give us.
When you look back at the greatest songs music written in the 60's 70's Brit explosion of great artists...... many were in their teens early twenties. Same in US Canada...very young were writing legend songs.
what gem of a performance. been seeing this on my utub recommendations for a few days now, but refused to watch since I knew how I'd react with such sorrow. when John died, it became the new "day the music died"........
Watching this song by JP makes me immensely sad. We lost JP tragically from COVID and I know there’s a wealth of CZcams of JP but it isn’t JP. As someone else commented, JP was the best friend I never met. His songs were about my life, everyone’s life really So let’s be a little kinder not only to old folks, but to everyone. Peace and stay safe. Rip JP.
and here we are John.. I"m 75, still going.. I'm praying for you and remembering how much I loved your music back in the day.. Chateau Liberte' Santa Cruz mountains...
I wish John Prine could have lived to be "old people, over 80". He was a treasure.
I’m 67 years old and the song brings tears to my eyes. Make sure you say hello and thank you for your service to old veterans.
I'll be 70 and in an Assisted Living Facility with quite a few vets. I just missed Vietnam because my birthday was drawn 113 but they only drafted to 107. I would gone except my older brother was there and because of the Sullivan law I would have been sent somewhere else.
I had mandatory ROTC in high school so I would have been an E-2 right away. I had dinner with a guy who's birthdate was drawn #1 and I often wonder what happened to him. My brother went from Air police to OSI and liked it because he could tell base commanders to F off in case they might be corrupt and in on the black market or drug cases he investigated. He never talked about nam and never really adjusted to civilian life after 20 years in the service... Say one for all vets that didn't make back and their families too.
Hello in there and Thank you for your service.
I, too am 67. Trying to get my adult children hooked to some of these fine ol’ musicians while I can. That song always brings me back somewhere comfortable.
It's important to say hello to all old people.
@@utetrahemicon I am 71 and a Vietnam Vet.My draft number was 68.Me and my friend decided to volunteer for the draft.Not the wisest decision I have ever made.I made it back.Signed ex grunt from Screaming Eagles.
John was the only friend I ever had that I never met
Well said amigo ...
Stop making me cry
Yes, well said
I was thinking that myself. And I'm from India !! How crazy is that !
Beautifully said.
I noticed the year this video was made 1972 and I had the most amazing memory! My boyfriend and I at the time were young hippies wandering around the outskirts of Vail, Colorado which is now Beaver Creek but it was mostly grass then
with sparse housing and this little gazebo kind of thing in the middle of nothing. We heard music coming out of there and walked over. We couldn't believe it but it was John Prine and Arlo Guthrie with their guitars singing! We were sure we were in heaven!! One would sing and then the other and a few together. Maybe by the end, 20 people or so had wandered over. It was an amazing event and one that I truly treasure. They were both so friendly, kind of quiet
and of course witty. I still can hardly believe it happened to this day, but it did. RIP beautiful John. Thank you for the memories and the music that is like none other.
Wow, lucky you!
They should make every school kid listen to this every semester until they are out of high school. This country needs more empathy !
A Person needs to stop and think How Big a Heart John Prine has who in their 20’s Takes the time to shed light on old people being forgotten ?
Well, I'm eighty and I'm still here. I wish you were too, John...
Back in the early '70s, I was driving in Ohio. I was listening to NPR and they were interviewing John. He told a story about when he was a mailman. Many of they elderly people on his route got very little mail. They looked forward to receiving their Reader's Digest. Many would greet him at their door, excited to get that magazine. I think that experience was the beginning of "Hello in There".
My first exposure to John Prine and I was an admirer before ever hearing him sing.
He was a sensitive guy. ❤❤❤
My favorite Prine song and it's best alone with his acoustic! I first heard this in 1973 watching Prine at Earl of Old Town. Was there early and there was a line and guess who came out and drinking a beer and talked to us all in line.. John! Over the years due to teaching guitar in Chicago and later Phoenix( where he would come each year with Steve Goodman).. I was lucky enough to share some time with John backstage a few times. I count those times as one of the most rewarding in my life .. to meet this humble and genuine soul. Miss him.. but his work will live forever.
A great song writer and performer. If this one doesn’t touch your heart, you don’t have one. RIP Mr Prine
He was definitely one of the funniest and saddest in his songwriting. I'm 70 and have listened to it all. I cried when he passed on and still do when I listen to his songs.He wrote simple songs for everyone...some sad,some funny but always about life.
John would have been about 24 when this was recorded. How many young guys in the early 70s took time to think about their elders. A wonderful man full of warmth and humour.
A lot of young people take the time to think of the elders, and always have. I love that he wrote this song, and at such a young age.
Simon & Garfunkel's song "Old Friends" on their 1968 album Bookends was about old people
Raymond McMenemy true
it not as rare as you'd think but it takes a thoughtful person, neil young comes to mind. losing a grandparent can send you down that road.
I just wish i had found him before now....... But at least I have found him ❤️
I've been a JP fan for 48 years, in 1977 myself and a friend drove 300 miles one Friday night after work to see him at the Lincoln center in Ft Collins Co. He played 2-1 1/2 hr sets, 2 encores and then without his band, he continued for about 2 hrs to a group of about 30 fans who didn't leave immediately after the encores. "He was halfway to heaven before he died" RIP John Prine Thanks for the good times.
He was Colorado Springs same tour.
This may be the best quality recording of John's guitar fingerstyle I've heard. Voice was very good too. And I've listened to a LOT of JP's work.
I think that picking style was developed in Muhlenberg County, oddly enough.
John wrote the most eloquent poetry with the simplest words. He didn't sing songs as much as he told an intimate story to a close and trusted friend, only set to music and on stage. And everyone in the audience felt they were that one friend.
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Getting ready to turn 80. This song touched my heart in a powerful way. Thank you John. We miss you.
Rest In Peace Mr. Prine. My respects and love to all the parents whose sons lost in Korean War. Thanks God I have lived the same age with Mr. Prine. Thank You. Busan, South Korea
Am I the only one who got all choked up watching this
😢❤️🇺🇸
no
No, me too. I'm old now, but go way back to the beginning with John. There will never be another...
Not just this song, but a lot of em
God, no. His passing far too soon brought the gravity of COVID19 home to a lot of people and how terribly it kills. Most of my heroes from when I was a kid are either old or already gone, but this one was especially hard to take, because his perspective was from the first so humane and humorous. Prine was not just a superb songwriter and storyteller, he was a decent and generous man with an uncommonly common touch.
No,
Never realized just how young he was when he created this. Wise beyond his years and just continued getting wiser his whole life. Thanks John you'll always be remembered and missed so badly it hurts.
Kris Kristofferson discovered John singing in a Chicago bar. He said that John was a 200 year old man in a 20 year old body. As others have suggested, he was the "Mark Twain" of my generation.
I love how raw this is. To the marrow of your bones....
"Hello in there"...
Younger people please be kind to us boomers; if you live long enough you'll be old too someday.
Love to all
RIP John
Ageism is the only self correcting prejudice
Millions of Boomers have been selfish narcissists with an unearned sense of entitlement at every stage of life. Now they want to steal everything from young people: liberty, joy, hope, courage, dreams, prosperity, freedom of expression and of conscience, and their very lives.
i will never get tired of a song written this beautifully.....
I used to lay on my mattress on the floor in the 70's and listen to John all night; rest in peace my friend.
“If heartaches were commercials, we’d all be on tv” . 😿
Douglas Puett - One of the greatest lines of poetry ever.
Humble guy, humble beginnings, humble songs. Thanks, John. You did us proud! Miss you, man.
I'm going to play this in the house none stop until one of the kids can sing at least one verse and tell me it's John Prine....one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time....who is going to be so missed. God bless John
Such a beautiful song. It's more relevent today than ever. We miss you so much John.
That is the best first time album ever, anywhere.
1972 I was going to pick up my maternal grandmother and bringing her over for dinner with me and my three children every few weeks. She wasn't exactly the grandmotherly sort, any more than she had been the motherly sort -- but she was lonely and I knew it and did my best. I'd give myself more credit if I'd had the kind of thought process that John had, but I didn't. Which is partly why to this day I am still mourning his loss. He filled up empty places in my soul that made me feel like a better person. The rest? I just loved him, him and his music, and I always will.
I was 16 when this was recorded. From the moment I first heard it until this, I have never forgotten the central message of his genius: recognize and acknowledge the humanity in everyone. He was compassion personified, with a delightfully heartbreaking sardonic twist.
I hope somebody makes a documentary about his life and music and his extraordinary talent as a songwriter and great human being!
For the last year we put on John Prine in Pandora before we went to sleep. John Prine and others in his style. I had an MRI last week and I had her put on John Prine in my headphones. She said, “I like your Music”, I was the second person to ask, and I believe she will take time to search him out. . I have not cried so much since Sony Bono died (of all the Crazy things) God love him and let us share his music as we carry on.
Actually great idea would make a great doco
It's always semming to be in his songs.
Give those close to him a while..I expect many are with JOHN
I will miss him forever. When he was young, he was blessed with an old soul.
Kind heart, warm soul. Always with us. Thank you, John.
This "kid" was wise well beyond his years and National Treasure is probably an understatement.Get well John,we love you.
His last album told me he's in a happy place. His last breath told me I'm in a sad place.
This is the tune that turned me on to John Prine back in the 70's. I heard it used in a Film Strip Soundtrack in a piece about aging & seniors that I watched in High School Sociology class. I was completely enthralled with the tune. The simplicity of but the rock solid rhythm of the guitar and the rustic voice with a truly heartfelt message really reached me. Two weeks later I heard the song coming from my older brother's room. He had tuned into his favorite local progressive & underground music FM station. I asked him who it was and matter of factly said, "Oh, that's John Prine." The very next day I went to 3 record stores pouring through the racks until I found several. He was a national treasure and shall be sorely missed. Now he can finally meet Blaze Foley again and they can introduce one another to Steve Goodman and Townes Van Zant.
RIP, my musical Heroes All.
What a great man. His songs will live forever.
I’m crying for John and humanity,
The world has lost another storyteller who spoke to me; R.I.P. John Prine......
A fine poet and a magnificent musician - what a combination! Listening to John Prine makes the day better than it was before tuning in.
Mr. Prine, you always did know how to break my heart. I'm gonna play your songs and cry all night. Rest in peace, John Prine, storyteller extraordinaire.
Being doing exactly that for the last 3 nights.
😭😭😭
I've almost got to the point where i can quit crying. Almost.
Still can't believe it.
Thank goodness for CZcams! Thank you John for over 40 years of being my friend and sharing your talents with the world! RIP and enjoy a vodka and ginger ale or two or more. Love you💜😎
John Prine was so in tune with everything. A poet, a one-man activist, who could turn one into a fan by just listening to the Prine-Style of guitar and just a verse or two. He had so much more to share, I am sure. COVID-19 saw to it we will live in a blinder world with him gone. Thank you, John, for what you have left us....Rest In Peace and may your Spirit remember your own words of, "When I Get To Heaven".
John Prine seems to be a genuinely humble and a nice guy. He’s clearly an old soul who speaks the language of the heart through his songs... and boy am I grateful.
Mark Twain with a guitar.
Giving the middle finger to the 60 people who gave this a thumbs down.....
How can you listen if you got your head up your ass.
God spoke to John, and John spoke to us. We will miss you John Prine.
bobspez *.....”The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John”...........&. “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne”*
Revelation 1:1,4 - www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Revelation%201:1,4&version=KJV
And John talked to God.about that kid and the missing years!
I don't know about god, but I do know about John - Love him and miss him
Still one of the most powerful songs - even 50 years later - that I have ever heard. Rest in peace, my friend.
I miss you so bad
Even that young he had the magic. He wrote some of his works at the age of 24 while working as a mailman.
Love you JP. RIP
I laughed and cried listening to johns songs you were the greatest ever John prine May you rest in peace with Jesus while he tells you about the missing years
Remembering;
Born: John Edward Prine
October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois
Died: Covid 19 April 7, 2020 in Nashville,
Tennessee at the tender age of 73
Rest in Paradise John 💙
The walls of Nashville's Songwriters Hall of Fame have been weeping for 2 days now! Rest in Peace, dear John!
So my wife and I meet some old friends at a bar in Panama City Beach Nov. 2018 ( Donovons ),we had walked over, anyhow, having a good time , quiet , small crowd , good people , conversation , the bartender puts some music on , a guy I never heard of, BA..BOOM its this guy.....and he is nailing it...So thank you from my soul... John Prine....sincerely another boomer .
Bravo.........
In 1970, there was no concept of Photoshop... there were no special effects in television. The crew and I invented those effects using video feedback, which involved pointing a camera at a monitor displaying the same image. We created trails and mat colors with video feedback loops.
We were young... slightly wild and experimented with everything.
Terrific video, would love to see more if you can post it
Have you posted John and Yoko yet? I am sure I remember thembeing n the Underground News
We'd love to see them all; thanks for doing this back then. There must be a lot more shows like yours that were broadcast then.
featherriver2080 I will release a short piece on his next birthday October 9. Thanks for the suggestion
@@undergroundnewsreboot1580 Did you ever release any more of the John Prine performances? It looks like there is Don and Lydia, Illegal Smile, and Your Flag Decal. I think I've seen those 3 teased on these videos.
Growing up in Chicago we rarely were allowed to watch TV, and a colored TV was unheard of as our watching was strictly Black and White. So seeing this tape in color, unscripted with whatever you did to create the colorful fades is mind blowing. UHF antenna life in 1970 was an exciting, frustrating and nostalgic even in the moment as it required aluminum foil and furniture moving. Thanks for John Prine he was a Old Town Urban Myth when I was a student at Columbia College 1980s.
Wow. His guitar playing on this is exquisite ❤️
I'm still crying about this huge loss to us all. He meant so much to me in the mid-70s - my sister and aunt and I would just belt out his songs.They're both gone now. I'm devastated but just glad he was with us for the time he was... RIP John Prine. You will be remembered 💔
I heard John say once, this was his favorite song. It is mine. Already missing you, my friend.
It depends on the year he was asked me thinketh.
I’ve been a JP fan since Sam Stone and this by far is my favorite of all his songs. Every word written straight from the heart. His great guitar playing gets overshadowed by his lyrics. His chords always come through as clear as a bell. A very underrated guitarist. We’ll miss you forever John. RIP.
Sharky Bridges June 3.. If I had only 1 record to listen to for the rest of my life it would be a John Prine album and that would be absolutely fine with me! R.I.P. MR.Prine
John Prine...the real deal. Rest in peace friend. You will be missed.
Oh boy... I will listen to this song my entire life and will love it every time...
John wrote and sang from the heart💔not sure there is anyone who writes like him alive! Binging on his 🎶🎶 and wake up with his songs in my mind!
Thank you John for your AMAZING observations of humanity and the eloquence use of words!
RIP dear man
Saw him a few times in concert. Dec 7, 2019, Clearwater Fla. Loved him so much his dying hurts about as much as anything has hurt in my life.
My guitar still calls me to play this song. My heart tells me that our dearly beloved John Prine has a righteous, eternal spirit fueled by love. Miss you, rest in peace.
I never met you, but you knew me, because you wrote all those songs just for me. Thanks, amigo.
Narcissistic, much?
Not smart much? Roger loves the songs and he can relate to each and every one. Say hi to Justin.
Roger that
Thanks, Roger. We’ve certainly traveled the same roads. 🤠
Me too
Amazing performance,RIN JOHN PRINE.
HoLY CR*P....thanks for this...hope there's more to come. All of John's work was amazing, but this has to be one of the most astounding first albums ever, anywhere
i am one of those old people and i can certainly identify with this beautiful song thank you John rip
JOHN PRIME WAS MAGIC IN A BOTTLE World Lost WHEN He Left IT
Such remarkable insight into the human condition for guy who was in his early twenties when he wrote this.
This is my absolute favorite performance of this song by John. The simplicity and sincerity of the man, his guitar and his music is exceeded only by his profound lyrics. I am reminded of a line from the Aenid by the great Roman poet Virgil: “Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men”. John Prine certainly knew how to comfort me. Aside from that words fail me every time I watch this video. Tears do not.
Rest in peace, John. Say hi to Steve Goodman for me.
Yes, Jack. I hope he and Steve are jamming right now.
man, those guys must be laughing so hard they are crying.... everything they say to each other starts off with “remember when.....”
The first John Prine song I ever heard. It brought tears 😭 to my eyes back then...still does. Miss you, John.
1972 ..wow I was a little kid in grade school so I didnt find John Prine until the 80s..Been following more closely lately since he got sick . He is so young here and writing music that is so far beyond his years like great prophets and poets do ...I would say RIP but I know your song about when you get to heaven ...So Im sure you got the Vodka and ginger ale and putting together that band ..we sure miss ya down here .
His best tune will remain timeless
I'll never tire of hearing John Prine sing one of this songs.
RIP John... You left the world a better place ... you will be remembered long after most of us are forgotten. 💟💔💕💖💗💞❤
Miss you man , RIP.
Straight to the heart. Has a new meaning at 73 yrs old.
John was such a real, down to earth person!
I can't stop crying. He's had my heart since '84. I miss you so John.
Beautiful person of heart and soul . RIP
Sad to lose another great one, but glad we had him as long as we did. Imagine the music if Harry Chapin and Jim Croce had lived as long. RIP troubadours. You are missed.
Stay home, stay safe and be well everyone.
I was thinking this myself. Stan Rogers also died too young. Guys like Tom waits and John Prine give us a glimpse of what could have been. Peace and progress my friend
Canuck Fundy The good news is underground news also made videos of Harry Chapin and Jim Croce which I intend to release parts of during the upcoming months so please stay tuned
@@undergroundnewsreboot1580 Awesome..glad to hear it. I subbed to make sure I don't miss it.
I saw Jim Croce and he was marvelous. He opened a show for. . Woody Allen, doing standup.
John Prine was a great talent. Lord rest him. ♱
If he never released another thing his genius is obvious
Hello in there-O, RIP John. You are missed.
John`s music was brought to my attention many years ago by Bill Chambers, John might be gone but his music lives on. RIP.
john signed this album for me after his newcastle concert with chip taylor rest in peace beautifull man
Fly Home John Prine.
"And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed".
such a writer and performer any one that's not heard John really missed out !!
John is so young here….I’ve always loved his music, he will be missed.
A friend gave me a home recorded cassette of J.P.s first 2 albums back in the '70s and as a budding singer/songwriter at the time it rocked my world to know that you did not need to be a hot guitar player or have a great voice you just needed to have something sincere to say. And that you could be off beat and funny and serious all at the same time. No other person has influenced my songwriting more.
Jack...Well said...well said..!!
Shark Bridges... I have a good friend who tried to push me toward John Prine some 30 yrs ago and I never gave him a chance back then. I had throat cancer 4 yrs. ago and was down for 8 months from treatments,nearly dead honestly and started listening seriously to what I think is the greatest writer-musisian of all-time and of ANY generation of performers. I apologize to Omar Deal and am kicking the hell out of myself every day for being so hard headed and close minded! I apologize to you also Mr.Prine, and I promise I'm catching up. You're all that I listen to now! R.I.P.
How could a 22 year old possibly wrote this? I don't know but somehow he did. Amazing.
Emphathy???
Tony Joe...It is amazing how young people can write such songs, isn't it! this got me to thinking of another song written about being much older than the writer and that is Jackson Browne's great song: These Days. He wrote the song when he was only about 16 or 17...incredible..!!
@@russellesimonetta3835 Yes, some people are just better "tuned in", more sensitive, more aware.....more "empathetic" to those aspects of Life. And we are blessed to hear the music that these people give us.
Some people have old souls that are wise before their time. He was one of them.
When you look back at the greatest songs music written in the 60's 70's Brit explosion of great artists...... many were in their teens early twenties. Same in US Canada...very young were writing legend songs.
what gem of a performance. been seeing this on my utub recommendations for a few days now, but refused to watch since I knew how I'd react with such sorrow. when John died, it became the new "day the music died"........
4 generations of my family loved him
Watching this song by JP makes me immensely sad. We lost JP tragically from COVID and I know there’s a wealth of CZcams of JP but it isn’t JP. As someone else commented, JP was the best friend I never met. His songs were about my life, everyone’s life really So let’s be a little kinder not only to old folks, but to everyone. Peace and stay safe. Rip JP.
Beautiful music
Truly one of the best singer-songwriters of all time. No one else quite like him.
and here we are John.. I"m 75, still going.. I'm praying for you and remembering how much I loved your music back in the day.. Chateau Liberte' Santa Cruz mountains...
Somethin in my eyes..... both of em...... dammit.
RIP John Prine.
More More please
A modern time folk legend , R I P John .