A happy song!

@TheHorse (220226)
Walnut Creek, California
December 7, 2024 8:16pm CST
I have been stumbling around the internet this evening, listening to happy songs, like James McMurtry's Choctaw Bingo and John Prine's Sam Stone. Do you ever get into a music listening "binge"? I am replacing some strings that were put on my Collings guitar when I got the frets sanded down. I will report about all that in a separate post. Here is San Stone, one of my favorite John Prine songs. This recording is from the 1970s, when John Prine was writing some of the best "folk" music ever. I was turned onto him by my brother, who served in Vietnam. My brother's roommate was a bartender at the Earl of Old Town (in Chicago), where John Prine was "discovered." I hope you enjoy the tune.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69003)
• United States
8 Dec
I can’t listen to that song, but I’ll tell the world what a great song it is.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
Eh, it makes me tear up, but what's wrong with that? It confirms that I am still alive.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69003)
• United States
8 Dec
@TheHorse — I walked right past a place where a Marine on duty ate the barrel of his service revolver when I went to the command center one morning going to get the messages. It hadn’t been cleaned up too long (the sidewalk was still wet where they’d washed his blood off the ground). It’s a little TOO real for me.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
@FourWalls That's why we need people like John Prine and Woody Guthrie.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
8 Dec
I have been on a Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson binge. I even listened to a 57-minute version. After that I listened to a concert by the Bee Gees. Have a good day.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
Which Bee Gees? They rolled with the punches.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
9 Dec
@TheHorse Which Bee Gees? Maurice, Robin and Barry.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Dec
@LindaOHio But their style changed a lot over the years.
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Kareng
@kareng (61695)
• United States
8 Dec
Oh yes, that is a great one and very emotional story he is telling!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
Yep. John Prine was quite the storyteller.
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Kareng
@kareng (61695)
• United States
8 Dec
@TheHorse I was playing some of this oldies the other night and my husband asked who that was. I told him and he said that he didn't remember him. Then another song came on and he said, "Oh yeah, I remember him now!"
vanny
@vandana7 (100609)
• India
8 Dec
I am on music listening binge almost always...LOL Our paths crossed because of our love for music. God's numbers are on in the background for now....so...kinda...I will listen to this after that...please. If it is happy number, I think I will love it...evil grin.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100609)
• India
8 Dec
@TheHorse Significance of many words there went over my mind. But it is again a sad song..............you need to be bashed... I have to admit he is a better lyricist than your love song writer.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
@vandana7 John Prine was an excellent lyricist.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
The protagonist winds up "at peace."
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472097)
• Switzerland
8 Dec
This is a good and emotional song.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
"There's a hole in daddy's arm/where all the money goes." That's good writing. A reference to heroin. Many Vietnam vets came home with morphine addictions. Those became heroin addictions once they were home.
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Yumeko
@aureategloom (11404)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
8 Dec
i'm listening to it now. it's a sad song. reminds me of some people i worked with in a rehabilitation center. so many similar stories, so sad. bout music listening binge - i do that sometimes. specially when i "discover" something new.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Dec
@aureategloom It will happen in time.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
@Vandana7 has sent me some lovely Hindi music. I sometimes go down that worm hole.
Yumeko
@aureategloom (11404)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
9 Dec
@TheHorse i would like to hear something, something unique, please
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Dec
I've got the radio turned on all day, so I guess you could say I "get into a music listening "binge"."
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
I sometimes turn my radio OFF, because I hear too much music on any given day.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Dec
I do that occasionally. Mine are classic rock.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Dec
@TheHorse .......They are always enjoyable.
The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
I hope you enjoyed the tune.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
8 Dec
Youtube isn't available here.I search Sam Stone online and see the lyrics ...Had shattered all his nerves and left a little shrapnel in his knee...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
He was a self-effacing musician. His songs all had three or four chords and were pretty simple musically. He liked to joke about that. But he was a brilliant lyricist.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50528)
• United States
8 Dec
I will give it a listen. I listen to a lot of music most every day. It gives me joy.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
I am listening to classical right now.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec
I sure do get the urge but then I have a Favorite list of both English and Latvian songs and while I start out with joy I come across songs that bring bittersweet memories. C'est la vie!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
Oui, c'est la vie. I am OK with bittersweet memories.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
10 Dec
Not a happy song. A sad song.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342060)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec
He certainly wrote some great songs. This is quite the heart-wrencher.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
It's one of those songs from my early teenage years that I have pretty much rememberized. Maybe I'll start performing it.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (5851)
• Calcutta, India
8 Dec
Back in 2021 I used to "binge" listen to Michael Jackson's songs. I evendiscovered some of his not-so-popular musicals as well like Pie Jesu and some songs from his 'Invincible' album. Speechless is my recent favorite.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220226)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec
He was good.