John Prine - Illegal Smile (Live) - Juneau, AK '08

[cooper2cindi]

So many memories in my life are mixed up with Jon prine songs I couldn't begin to count. Thankyou thankyou thankyou

[34652lilac]

have a heart it is fun music!!!!!!!

[maniacaldawn]

It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while.

[CaptRhett1]

Damn !!! I'm gonna go and roll me a doobie !!! I thought I'd never hear this again.... If you're a John Prine fan, check out Tom Waits, too. Happy toking... HEY WILLIE< You got that thing rolled yet?

[dudshumane]

Hey - and body remember the Stone Man from WPLR in New Haven, CT? Back in the 1970's he would close his program with this song. Those were then days!

[micthekwik]

@dudshumane Sure do. I taped many a Stoneman special back in the day. I remember he would either be busy in the can or too stoned to notice the record he was playing had a skip in it and we were featured to the same two lines for 25 minutes. Died in his sleep back in 1984. Damn shame.

[OuchMyGlands666]

"It don't cost very much"

Heh... it does now.

[str8razer007]

@OuchMyGlands666 Not if you grow your own! ;)

[wickedinduck]

this guy never got what i think he deserved!! he has done it all!! and never sold his sole... u have no idea how many shows ive seen over the years where he has shown us that he ranks up there with the very best of the best!!!

[woostergino]

This sucks- and i can't find the original version anywhere. Grrrr!!

[str8razer007]

@woostergino I'm with you! I'm really sick of this live shit! I love seeing live, being live but, listening? Crap.

[xxXZatarraXxx]

So true in the mat su

[mary0mca0gypsy0eyes]

John! long may you play and prosper.how i wished i'd met ya in my younger years :~)

[marlenec333]

Robin, I thought you might enjoy this video by John Prine

[CactassDupree]

I love it when the peeps sing along

[michaelt2u]

Why can't I find the whole song? It was on his first album in 1971. At the time, it changed my whole life, and partially inspired me to learn to play steel guitar.

Michael T. Lawson

[yeehaaheey]

I sat on his lap...i want to meet you again....i was there at the bashville invitational jam....

[yeehaaheey]

John....i sat on your lap at the bashville invitational jam....i would LOVE TO meet you again...sit on your lap...im 37 so i may be a bit heavier now LOL.....

[sra1944]

I first saw John in 1971 in Chicago at the Earl of Old Town...he was stil a mailman..same raspy voice; one of the great phrase turners of all time...he WAS the 70's along with James Taylor, Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel

[TheTinFoilMan]

If they legallize MJ, this song will no longer make sense. Boo Hoo

[meloearth]

@TheTinFoilMan Uhhh (?) Goofy comment.

[zac8856]

legendary song

[toocka45]

I kid you guys not. John Prine is actually my neighbor. He has a house in Gulfport, Florida (it's on the south side of St. Petersburg). Haven't seen him much only a couple times. But it's still cool to know that he lives right across the street from me.

[TheLadlee]

@toocka45 :)

[EamonJgod]

@toocka45 Go over with a tray of brownies and a fat J. Say welcome to neighborhood, would you like to get baked and eat baked goods?

[maxiscool12321]

@toocka45 not to make you feel bad, but i go to school with his son, and see him all the time

[CactassDupree]

@toocka45 I'll be right over..

[CactassDupree]

@toocka45 I'll be right over.. Saw him in Melbourne Fla. Kris Kristofferson openned for him. Had a great time. They came out together for an ovation.

[CactassDupree]

@toocka45 I'll be right over.. Saw him in Melbourne Fla. Kris Kristofferson openned for him. Had a great time. They came out together for an ovation. may13th it was a fri.

[joemama3264]

I hate to burst bubbles here but when John wrote this is was actually about having an extra-marital affair. There are several interviews available where he states this. But I have to agree with you, this song was handed to potheads on a golden platter.

[chong420024]

lsd song?

[ThePunkIrish27]

they played this song on a documentary about the drug war on marjiunana it was brilliant.  john prine is amazing

[doggydog643]

john himself has said that this song was originally not about any kind of mind altering substance...it was about wearing a smile in the face of life's constant adversity...however, as time went on it has taken on a new kind of meaning....funny how people hear what they want to hear....i think this may be the song he was playing when kristofferson discovered him

[PublicHugger]

Sonofagun

[jerhouck]

illegal smile ( live ) john prine , ak '09

october 15, 2009..

[spenserrr]

huh?

[DavidDozier44]

reply to stacybabiees. We can respectfully disagree on lyric interpretation, but I don't know how else to interpret escaping reality with something that doesn't cost very much and lasts a long while. Anyway the title should tell it all.

[407kronikels]

DAVIDDOZIE44 ---This song is about smoking weed! Not LSD! lol Follow the references in the song and you'll know its all about weed!

[zeplinkid17]

Yes, because Hoffman is a weed reference...

[DavidDozier44]

one of the all time great LSD songs

[stacysbabiees]

not about lsd

[30millioncrabs]

Thank You. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, now thats a song about LSD. ......

[bighappyhomelessdude]

that song is irrefutably about Pink Floyd's founder, Syd Barrett.

[bighappyhomelessdude]

that song is irrefutably about Pink Floyd's founder, Syd Barrett,

[Coldeternal]

I love this song..

I'm just trying to have me some fun..well done..hot dog buns... my sister's a nun

[byebyebirdie2]

I have one,...ha-ha!! }:)

[pwhallon]

I could use an illegal smile right about now.

[Musicamante]

with all my overalls... I <3 John Prine!

[oldschoolpunkchris]

im pure punk but nothing sounds as good as john singing a true balled

[Coldeternal]

AMEN my brother!!

[CntryInVa]

A poet, and can play the guitar. When Kriss Kristofferson says of you that you are "the best song writer ever"-----well that pretty much says it all.

[plett410]

preach on

[Therafterman55]

well done

[WALKER406]

I was in the balcony. That show was rad!

[elevatorsfan]

Great song, amazing songwriter!

[clt75964]

John Prine is awesome