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Friday's - "Songs that will make a grown man cry thread" (vanity)

Posted on 09/16/2011 7:47:20 AM PDT by Scythian

Okay, I'll start off, this one really gets to me, here's a classic video in HD of Dan Hill singing "Sometimes when we touch" with the classic touch of being introduced by Wolf Man Jack, but then, it's hard to tell who is the real wolf man in this video. However, this is a great song nonetheless, go ahead and cry you big burly freepers, it's okay, it's been almost three years of Obama, you can always blame it on that if somebody see's you.

Sometimes When We Touch (Live Midnight Special)


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: crying; songs
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To: Pharmboy

Voted #1 country song of all time. It takes a lot of hard bark to get through this one.


81 posted on 09/16/2011 10:24:10 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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To: Scoutmaster

“My wife’s favorite Guy Clark song is “Like a Coat from the Cold,” written by Guy as a wedding present for his wife, Susanna, because he had no money.”

But Susanna wrote “You’re a Hard Dog to Keep Under the Porch” for him because, well, I guess we can figure it out.

Happy to see all this appreciation for Guy and his music.


82 posted on 09/16/2011 10:24:10 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Yaelle

Phil Collins, “Another day in Paradise”


83 posted on 09/16/2011 10:30:57 AM PDT by gunner03
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To: smalltownslick
But Susanna wrote “You’re a Hard Dog to Keep Under the Porch” for him because, well, I guess we can figure it out.

Yeah, I guess we can figure that out. And the rest of the lyrics of Like a Coat from the Cold acknowledge that Clark was not an angel. They're still married after - what, about 40 years? - so something worked out.

There's nothing like a Guy Clark concert when he simply walks onto the stage in boots, jeans, a white dress shirt, and a rustic sport coat. His guitar. That silver leonine head of hair and gravely voice. And he just talks to the audience and takes requests. His son plays acoustic (not stand-up) bass on some songs.

That's it. He just sings, says a few choice words.

I'm a big fan of Nanci Griffith too, from my days at the University of Texas listening to her play at the Cactus Cafe.

Their harmonies on Clark's Dublin Blues are particularly nice.

84 posted on 09/16/2011 10:37:09 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: smalltownslick
But Susanna wrote “You’re a Hard Dog to Keep Under the Porch” for him because, well, I guess we can figure it out.

Susanna Clark is a painter, too, isn't she? I think she painted the denim shirt painting hanging behind Guy on the mid-70's album, "Old No. 1."

85 posted on 09/16/2011 10:40:17 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Scythian
"Into the West" by Annie Lennox
[from Lord of the Rings: Return of the King]

My late wife died shortly after "Return of the King" was released and I have to admit that I broke down completely on hearing this song. I created the following page, printed it, and have it framed on my wall in the office. Even now, it reaches into my memory and into my soul ...


86 posted on 09/16/2011 10:44:11 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Secede?! Y'all better just be thankful we don't invade ...)
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To: Pharmboy
Ok, Freepers, top this!

I don't think you're allowed to link that video without being called an Obama supporter by a lot of Freepers.

George Jones is playing a Martin D-45.

87 posted on 09/16/2011 10:47:32 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Scoutmaster

Yes, she is.


88 posted on 09/16/2011 10:50:20 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Scythian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw


89 posted on 09/16/2011 10:50:45 AM PDT by GOPJ (126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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To: airdalechief
She was born in 1920 in a little community in East Tennessee called Glen Alice.

I've lived in East Tennessee all my life, and that was a new one to me. It's about 45 miles from where I live. I know the area, but not the town.

90 posted on 09/16/2011 10:51:40 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: Scythian

The Wreck on the Highway

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/acuff-roy/wreck-on-the-highway-453.html

Who did you say it was brother?
Who was it fell by the way?
When whiskey and blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray?

CHORUS
I didn’t hear nobody pray, dear brother
I didn’t hear nobody pray
I heard the crash on the highway
But, I didn’t hear nobody pray.

When I heard the crash on the highway
I knew what it was from the start
I went to the scene of destruction
And a picture was stamped on my heart.

There was whiskey and blood all together
Mixed with glass where they lay
Death played her hand in destruction
But I didn’t hear nobody pray.

I wish I could change this sad story
That I am now telling you
But there is no way I can change it
For somebody’s life is now through.

Their soul has been called by the Master
They died in a crash on the way
And I heard the groans of the dying
But, I didn’t hear nobody pray.


91 posted on 09/16/2011 10:51:46 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Rats carry plague)
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To: Scoutmaster

Oh boy...GJ supports a union shop! Good eye, and thanks for pointing this out.


92 posted on 09/16/2011 10:51:56 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Scythian
"After all these years"
Jim Brickman and Anne Cochran

I framed and gave this to my late-wife as an 25th anniversary present just two months before she died.


93 posted on 09/16/2011 10:57:48 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Secede?! Y'all better just be thankful we don't invade ...)
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To: tnlibertarian

I couldn’t find it Google maps

I live in East Tennessee too


94 posted on 09/16/2011 10:58:28 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Rats carry plague)
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To: bert

I found it on Mapquest. Roane County south of Rockwood


95 posted on 09/16/2011 11:06:10 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: Pharmboy
Oh boy...GJ supports a union shop! Good eye, and thanks for pointing this out.

Actually, no. C.F. Martin is not unionized.

Fender isn't unionized.

Taylor Guitars isn't unionized.

Collings isn't unionized (and - gasp! - it's in a right-to-work state!).

The U.S. guitar industry isn't unionized.

The 'fact' that Gibson's the non-union shop in a sea of unionized guitar manufacturers is just like the 'fact' that Sarah Palin "said' she could see Russia from her window or backyard. Neither is true no matter how many times it's repeated.

What is true is that Gibson was a union shop in Kalamazoo. Production was moved in stages to Nashville from 1974 to 1984. It was owned by Norlin at the time.

96 posted on 09/16/2011 11:19:36 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Scoutmaster

Hmmm...I had just heard snips of the guitar story in the last week or so, but did not know the background as you explained it. Thanks once again for taking the time to educate me (and a few other Freepers, I would guess).


97 posted on 09/16/2011 11:34:45 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy
Hmmm...I had just heard snips of the guitar story in the last week or so, but did not know the background as you explained it. Thanks once again for taking the time to educate me (and a few other Freepers, I would guess).

No problem, and I apologize if I came off rude to you.

Most Freepers are not interested in the Gibson background. Among other things, people still post that Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is a Republican.

98 posted on 09/16/2011 11:56:42 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Scythian

My Mom and Dad danced to this song on their 50th wedding anniversary. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, including my Dad’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObQhcpewig&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Vince Gill,”Look At Us”


99 posted on 09/16/2011 11:57:06 AM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: Scythian

The musical theme to Brian’s Song, “The Hands of Time,” was a popular tune during the early 1970s and has become a standard.[1] The music for the film was by Michel Legrand, with lyrics to the song by Marilyn and Alan Bergman. LeGrand’s instrumental version of the theme song charted for eight weeks in 1972, peaking at #56.[4] Nashville pianist Floyd Cramer performed a popular version of “The Hands of Time”.


100 posted on 09/16/2011 12:09:40 PM PDT by Eddie01
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