Comments on: RIP John Prine

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:39:30 +0000

A simply fabulous portrait by Tom Piazza.
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1562-living-in-the-present-john-prine
H/T Powerline blog

By: Johann Amadeus Metesky

Johann Amadeus Metesky — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:47:21 +0000

John Prine was a great songwriter whose reflexive leftism tarnished his work.

By: neo

neo — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:09:59 +0000

CV:

My condolences on your father’s death.

By: CV

CV — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:55:17 +0000

Neo, thanks so much for posting that song. I have never heard it before. Beautiful.

I lost my 87-year-old Dad in late January. He had battled heart disease for years, and was a few months into chemo for lung cancer. As hard as it was to say goodbye, in retrospect, the timing of his death was a blessing. He died at home, with hospice care, surrounded by family. We were able to have a “normal,” well-attended funeral for him, which was important to all of us, but particularly to my 85-year-old Mom. If he had lived even a few weeks longer, it would have been a very different situation in many respects.

My Dad was very sharp mentally, until the end of his life, but I have several friends who are caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s and/or dementia. I thought of them when I heard this song.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:48:28 +0000

” if the last gigantic domino in a row crushes you… did you die of the last one, or the first small one that started the progression?” – Artfldgr

See the legal doctrine of “proximate cause.”

By: Estoy Listo

Estoy Listo — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:03:46 +0000

I heard “Hello in There” playing as soon as I heard the news.

By: Texan99

Texan99 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:12:23 +0000

For me, “Hello in There” every time.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:22:56 +0000

I was fortunate to see Prine perform live twice. As good a songwriter as he was – and he was one of the truly great ones – he was incredibly dynamic on stage when backed by a full band.
“Angel from Montgomery” is one of my favorite songs of all time. “Paradise” is one of my wife’s.
RIP Mr. Prine. Your music gave much pleasure to many – you left the world a better place than you found it.

By: Michael Beach

Michael Beach — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:32:02 +0000

The Missing Years is one of my favorite albums of all time. Top to bottom, great songs. And “The Missing Years” is at times goofy, and absurd, and charming, and tragic.

Rest in peace

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:21:50 +0000

covid 19 complications… easy to know… ie pneumonia brought on by covid or fluid.. pluerisy… basically one condition causes a cascade of other things that are the actual cause of death..

think dominoes… if the last gigantic domino in a row crushes you… did you die of the last one, or the first small one that started the progression?

for those who want to see a visual of what i mean:
Amazing Domino Chain Reaction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgvcCiPpO_o

if your under the last big one, which is the thing that got you?

for want of a nail the shoe was lost
for want of a shoe the horse was lost
for want of a horse the king was lost
for want of a king the country was lost

another version (same thing except this has a physics dialogue explaining it) of the domino is called: Domino Chain Reaction (exponential growth in action)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97rBdSYbkg