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John Prine, 73 has died.
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| FIONA WHELAN PRINE
Posted on 04/08/2020 8:48:59 AM PDT by Dacula
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In spite of ourselves, we will end up living in rainbows...
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posted on
04/08/2020 8:48:59 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
I hope he had his flag decal, just in case. :P
but seriously, RIP to a very talented songwriter.
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posted on
04/08/2020 8:52:49 AM PDT
by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: Dacula
Heard of him but don’t think I’ve ever listened to one of his songs.
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posted on
04/08/2020 8:58:38 AM PDT
by
setter
To: setter
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:02:10 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
From his website;
When I Get to Heaven, which brings a healthy dose of levity to what might have been a grave situation. Prine revealed in 2013 that an operable form of cancer had been found on his lung. Fortunately an operation proved successful. The diagnosis followed a 1998 surgery for neck cancer, which made him give up smoking for good.
That was 20 years ago and I still miss cigarettes, he admits. If somebody lights up, Ill go stand next to them after they’re up so I can get that initial blast. So Id written this chorus about having my favorite cocktail and having a cigarette thats nine miles long. I kept thinking, Where the hell can I do that? The only place I can get away with that it is in Heaven because theres no cancer there. So, the chorus dictated the setting of the song. I made up the verses around that.
To: Dacula
My heart’s in the ice house
RIP John Prine
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:03:26 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Dacula
Wonder if they tried this plus azith on him?
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:07:46 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Bonemaker
He was weakened by cancer and could not recover. I am sure the doctors did everything they could.
John is up in heaven singing to my wife.
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:11:20 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
Thats the way that the world goes around.
L
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:14:03 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Romans Nine
A very interesting theology. Sad he apparently was so deceived.
To: Kriggerel
He was a great wordsmith, but I thought his music was mostly kind of boilerplate folk/country. I guess the words and music worked together somehow, although I was never a huge fan. Nonetheless, RIP to Mr. Prine.
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:20:14 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
("Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither..")
To: Dacula
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:22:29 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Dacula
I am sad to hear he passed. I was really hoping he would beat this.
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:23:39 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
To: JimRed
Who is John Prine? OK, answered.
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:24:34 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: JimRed
He wrote a lot of CW and folk music songs in the 1970’s and 1980’s. He also was performer but most of his stuff others made into big hits.
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:28:11 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
To: Dacula
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:31:02 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: JimRed
To me this is the classic John Prine song:
Sam Stone"Sam Stone" is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose. It appeared on Prine's eponymous 1971 debut album. The song was originally titled "Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues".
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:31:12 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
To: Dacula
"Please don't bury me down in that cold, cold ground.
No, I'd rather have them 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."
-- John Prine
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:32:18 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Dacula
When religion loses vision, that's how every empire falls.
John Prine
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posted on
04/08/2020 9:36:20 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(He's a fake whistleblower. And, frankly, somebody ought to sue his ass off. --D.J.Trump)
To: JimRed
Who is John Prine? Who is John Galt?
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