For all you dummies out there, Kris was a Rhodes scholar, and this song was based on a scene from the Liberal Bible The Grapes of Wrath. Read it sometime, it's great.
HEY what the heck happen !!These big companys have to pick on one little guy ..that was actually helping promote Kris to young and old!! I was putting those great songs on FB telling family and friends to check -out the sound of under the gun ,the hero,shipwreck,and thanks to Krisbiggestfan it happen....then they had to come and take all a way !!It's sad because i was going to buy it ..my brother already bought it!! Leave good enough alone..worry about China and India..not one little guy!!!!
Kris is a good ole boy who writes and sings from his heart , dumb asses who comment negative on his God given talent are just lame clueless fools , love ya Kris !
I just can't believe anyone, ever, could not love this wonderful man!! He is so talented and true. Kris is a living legend. Long, long life to you Kris. We need more like him, too bad there can never be another.
I was working at the time in Saudi Arabia helping train the Saudi Army in early 1977. I met a retired Master Sargeant from the US Army (Ben Clark) who was one of the last ones to leave the US Embassy in Saigon and he gave me a cassette tape of Kris' songs and I have been a fan since then. I kept several of his tapes and kept playing them especially in the dead of the night when I was feeling low. He helped me keep my sanity. Thank you Kris.
Here is Kris Kristofferson, this man could have had a brilliant career in the military and he chose to be come an artist. I love this guy. This guy is the most underated person in show business. He is an unreconized genious. If I could have lunch with anyone in the world it would be Kris K..
@Dave29671 You and me both! I think it would make for a very interesting lunch. The man is awesome! I will see him Feb. 26. He will be preforming together with Merle Haggard in Omaha, Nebraska. A dream coming true for me.
kris pitched johnny cash songs for two years at columbia recordings seeing as he was a ganitor there at the time, after about two years of knowing cash he decided to make an impression and landed his helicopter in his garden with a demo of "help me make it through the night" john chose not to record it, and a few months later Kris gave him the "sunday morning coming down" demo. which he then chose to record with great success. love ya Kris, thank for the love and brilliant music you have given
kris pitched johnny cash songs for two years at columbia recordings seeing as he was a ganitor there at the time, after about two years of knowing cash he decided to make an impression and landed his helicopter in his garden with a demo of "help me make it through the night" john chose not to record it, and a few months later Kris gave him the "sunday morning coming down" demo. which he then chose to record with great success
johnny didnt discover him.he landed his helicopter in johnnys yard asked johnny to do sunday morning coming down.he heard chris sing it.and the rest is history.im a huge fan as u can see.chris writes words like no else.steve earl is a close second.
I have judged this man for the past 20 years of beign a symbol of he past and a degenerate. Now that I have learned myself of the world and politics, I understand this man was right and courageously was fighting in the name of truth !!
so instead of rewarding the waitress for her generousity is there some reason the truck driver couldn't have taken pity on the kids and bought them some candy????
Check out his Canadian concert on YouTube. If anything, his voice if even better and his subtle mocking of how serious he was when he was young is okay, too. I know what you mean, though. When I first heard the album of Silver Tongued Devil and I in 1972, I cried all the way through it.
@25soapsuds I think some are not aware of the impact Stephen had on Kris's music, and many others too. He wrote many of the great songs out there that others have covered and won aclaim for. Many vids of Stephen here on youtube. I visited his grave this past week and the rest of my day was a mess. Won't do that again before going into work. Love and miss you Turner Stephen Bruton
kris is one of the true rock and country heroes and hes so real even johnny cash would say he is reality me and bobby mgee song of woodstock and the sixties
@gittar1 in '76 Kris did " A Star is Born" with Barbra S. ....... were you part of that movie? I really liked that movie, I was almost 18, graduating from H.S. and had a girlfriend with a big nose!..... LOL nice memories! stay cool and rock till ya drop!
The song is "Here comes that rainbow again" and the ACL DVD is "Kris Kristofferson - live from Austin, TX" (recorded 1981) ... I'm curious why they didn't disable your vid? It's impossible to have any ACL video here for a longer time... I love this DVD; 16 songs, great performance.
I saw Kris back around 06, and there was a commotion in the audience as he was being heckled by a few protesters. Just when things looked like they might get out of hand, Kris told the audience to just let them yell, it didn't bother him, and asked them politely whether that was all they had to offer because he had seen and dealt with a heck of a lot more in his lifetime. So cool.
Kris is just great at everything he does... "Don't let the bastards get you down..." Maybe no-one can hurt him anymore. But those fools must have bothered the people who wanted to listen to and enjoy his songs... I would have kicked their a...
I am 29 and don't know how I have lived for so long without hearing about this guy. But I just heard this song for the first time and there are tears welling up in my eyes. Beautiful!
@yetimach Discovered by Johnny Cash... Kris has also made several movies...
Kris toured with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and himself as the Highwayman ... Check out this on You Tube... this and others... but youll love it...
Kris Kristofferson - They killed him - The Highwaymen
Well, I am 64 years old and after decades of listening to Kris the particular song still brings tears to my eyes. Kris does not write songs, he writes epics.
Well, I am 64 years old. After decades of listening to Kris, this particular song still brings tears to my eyes. Hank Williams once said "Can you make folks feel what you feel?" Well thats what Kris does. He does not just write songs, he writes epics.
@yetimach Check him out with "The Highwayman"- J Cash, Willie, Chris & Merle Haggard. Some great tunes. Did u know that he was a Rhodes Scholar, graduate of West Point, US Army Capt. that drove helicopters but was denied service in Vietnam. They made him a teacher at West Point, so he left the Army and moved to Nashville. You know the rest?
Yes, you are so right.And when I have been to Kris ' conscerts,he always told this was the Johnny Cash favourite song.(But I think there have been many more).
I really miss Stephen,too.He was Kris' "right hand" .R.I.P. Stephen.
Love you always.And Kris deserves all the best in th world.He has a so great heart,too, together with deep human lyrics, powerful voice, and a CHARMING man.
My wife loves this song, one of her favourites. I made her a disk of Kris with his best songs and some Southern Gospel. She plays it all the time. She says when she hears Rainbow she can imagine a small cafe, the kids and the truckers. Kris can do that to you. I have an eclectic taste, C&W, Southern Gospel, Neal Diamond, The Highwaymen, Charlie Rich, but somehow it will always be Kris for me.
Saw Kris last night in Hartford. Absolutely one of a breed still left. WGTHEMAN is right. Willy is still with us. He and Kris should form up, call themselves "The Bandits". They sure could steal you heart and leave you in tears.
I've been a Kris fan for 39 years and I never tire of hearing him sing or watching him play. His great integrity shows in everything he does all you have to do is pay attention to the words.
@margylynn I first heard Kris on the radio in about 1971 when he released Lovin' Her Was Easier. I was about 12/13 at the time. I only heard it once or twice before buying it as a single ... it blew me away then and it still does. I've seen him half a dozen times over the years and he is as good as ever.
I can never get enough of Krostofferson; a poet and a wordsmith as good as any the US has ever produced. This song really shows his genius, as he adapted it from an actual scene in "The Grapes of Wrath", by verbalising and adding music to that scene. Pure gold!
In a world of daily grind, troubles, worries and loss, we often forget the power of a small kindness. This song demonstrates how a small gesture of kindness can radiate warmth beyond the immediate act into a sometimes bleak existence. Kristofferson is a beautiful story teller.
kris and politics ??? as long as he is more awake then most of the americans it goes very good with me,look at the problems we are in right now,, thanks to bush adminstration and "liberal" economy , everyone pays the price now, the ones responsible for the mess are asking for tax money now. ?? so what, ??? more peopel should be critical about there leaders and be more aware...hope obama will be able to reform and clean up mistakes,it is time for a change,obviseuly, cant get worse than that !!
my wife and I were painting faces for kids down in key west one year and two poor kids came up and asked how much it was. They only had 1 dollar. I said we were running a dollar special. (it was $5 per) Turns out Dr. Bronner's (the soap giant) son was sitting close and saw the whole thing. He came over and spent the day talking with us. When it was time to go he put a big ass wad of cash in my hand and told us to take care. I just discovered this song. .but it reminds of how that can happen.
"In the news" - too political??? Where do you live? His songs from the later 1980s were much more, but never too political. I admire and love him for taking care what's happening around him and for taking sides and standing his ground. He's always been true and honest and smart. And he is the absolute best.
me too!!! my earliest memories are of dancing around the house with my mom to his music...his voice is my childhood, even at 40 it brings a smile to my face and tears to my eyes
by his own admission he ain't no singer.. but he's a songwriter and one hell of a feeling expresser. Voice isn't the greatest but I love the feeling in it.
He is Kris Kristofferson, simple as that, all his good sides, all his bad, as everyone on this earth, he can't really sing (so what's it to you) he CAN write songs and people love him, me included. And i hope he writes many songs in the future still
Oh my God this is so nice I loved this song from the first time I heard it THANK-YOU so much,Kris is great, so glad I saw him perform twice, once in Moncton and Charlottetown
first concert I ever went to, Kris at an amusement park in K.C.about 1980.I was 10 and hooked for life.Probably already was though my Dad had all his albums from Kristofferson through I think To The Bone was his latest release then.I've heard,and agree with,Waylon, Kris,John and Willie are "the Mount Rushmore of Music"Waylon and John are gone and we better cherish the days we got left with Willie and Kris
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great songwriter...but his voice is horrible...shoulda stayed on the sidelines like carol king,neal diamond and neal sedaka and let others sing his great songs!!!!
Show Kris back in 1995 at a little tiny place in Earville NY. Big thrill for me. Big fan since the beginning. I sat not more than 10 feet away from him while he played. Also saw John Fogerty a couple of weeks ago - also a musical hero for me. very exciting.
..and describe the problems that has caused me (mainly manifesting as antagonism directed at me by ranting nationalists who regard anyone sitting through the national anthem as having committed an appalling act of unpatriotic betrayal). I'd be willing to continue this discussion, civilly, and in the total absence of any dialogue pertaining to fence-posts, shrubbery, or overly hairy cunts. If you're willing to talk on those terms, feel free to send me a pm.
I did not mean for "I have you where I want you" to be strange or creepy. It is just an expression that means that you have your opponent properly positioned in an argument or contest. I never made the claim that the USA is "the greatest nation on earth". "The greatest immigrant nation", yes.
Did you at all follow that the point that I was trying to make is that our willingness to accept refugees and poltical exiles and in general the castoffs and downtrodden and poor from all over the world is to me evidence of American humility?
Although I believe mine to be a wonderful country, with many aspects of "greatness", I most certainly do not believe in the concept of a supreme nation. I do have contemporaries who will look you straight in the eye and in a calm tone of voice tell you that the USA does in fact have the moral authority and a perfect right to dictate terms for the rest of the world to live by. And if you take issue with them, you will certainly experience
Now Irishraingirl, I have to admit that I am new to the world of cybercommunication, at least in respect to communicating with people I don't even know, and therefore I am "ignorant" as to the meaning of "pm". Post mark? E-mail address? My name is James Crane, and my e-mail goes to.......well hell, I don't know where it goes. My wife changed service providers and my old name wasn't available. I'll get back to you on that.
Well, it appears we have called a truce James Crane - thank God for that! lol. pm means 'private message'. If you click on my username at the top of any of my comments (you can pick the one you found least offensive! ha ha) it will bring you to a screen where you'll find a button that says 'send Irishraingirl a message' or words to that effect, then you just write away and hit the send button on the bottom of the screen..
..To retrieve your own messages just hit 'my account' at the top of your screen. The beauty of the pm function is, should we end up rowing again, at least we wouldn't be making a holy show of ourselves in front of every Kris Kristofferson fan surfing youtube!! Isnt the internet a wonderful thing?!
Now, please scroll slowly backward through our dialogue, and show me where that I proclaim that the USA is "the greatest nation on earth". I await your reply. I do not think that you are ignorant. I believe that you are highly intelligent. I truly would like to continue this dialogue, on a civil level.
..and I do not regard myself stupid as a result. I'd like to point out that you don't "have me", where you want me, or anywhere else. I found that a strange and illusory comment. Also, I think you have mistaken a lot of my comments as directed solely at the US, but I do not condone the globally divisive nature of nationalism itself, regardless which nation it relates to. I could explain for you why I do not stand for the Irish national anthem, or any national anthem,..
..America is "the greatest" nation on earth and I am putting it to you that you are simply delusional on certain points. For example: you maintain that America has bestowed upon its citizens "the greatest multitude of blessings given to any group of people on this planet". Ok, let's start talking sense here - since you're so adamant about that, presumably you'll have no problem listing those blessings for me?
Okay, now I've got you where I want you. I apologize for calling you a cunt. But in the part of the world that I am from, calling someone ignorant is a vulgarism. In this country, we do not sling that hateful word at someone just because they have a different opinion.
..it's just an unfortunate side-effect of the fluid nature of linguistics: but ignorance and stupidity are wholly separate entities, they can and do co-exist, but they often also thrive in the absence of one another. To be ignorant on any given subject simply means to be lacking awareness on some particular point. It doesn't make a person stupid, and it is not, in itself, an insult. There are many things in this world I am wholly ignorant of, simply by dint of non-exposure,..
I am genuinely pissed. Someone from Ireland is going to lecture me about our problems????
Medicare (not Medicate) and Social Security are American programs for American people, and therefore none of your fucking busness. And the great achievements of Ireland???? The production of an endless supply of drunks, and potatoes (usually not enough to feed your children). Fuck you, you ignorant cunt.
..country, and I find it JUST as ignorant and ridiculous and potentially dangerous here. You have been so infuriated by somebody shining a light on American problems you've been moved to react with filthy vulgarisms, but all countries have their problems; I could list at least as many Irish ones and would have no problem doing do, and that, jamcrane3, is the difference between your mindset and mine. You are telling me that you maintain..
Ah, I see now where you've cultivated your sense of offence; but in the part of the world I come from we're probably less inclined to confuse ignorance with stupidity, and I'd imagine so because 'ignorance' is not considered a "hateful word" here. Words are accepted and expected to portray their accurate and intended dictionary meanings; not imprecise meanings society has mistakenly ascribed them. That's no ones fault by the way (in case you received it as a charge against the US, lol!)..
Man, .... I love this song.
SmokeRingsPipeDreams 3 months ago
just found this same song done by Johnny Cash and Waylon on video ID kR5920Rapds
inspiration4him1 4 months ago
Donnie Fritts on keys!!
bummerwolf 5 months ago
For all you dummies out there, Kris was a Rhodes scholar, and this song was based on a scene from the Liberal Bible The Grapes of Wrath. Read it sometime, it's great.
sford5006 6 months ago
Much love and Respect Kris!
Snoopysunderground 6 months ago
never heard this before but boy am i glad i have heard it now.
irishpaddy99 6 months ago
HEY what the heck happen !!These big companys have to pick on one little guy ..that was actually helping promote Kris to young and old!! I was putting those great songs on FB telling family and friends to check -out the sound of under the gun ,the hero,shipwreck,and thanks to Krisbiggestfan it happen....then they had to come and take all a way !!It's sad because i was going to buy it ..my brother already bought it!! Leave good enough alone..worry about China and India..not one little guy!!!!
wantwoman100 6 months ago
hearing this for the first time just made my night.
elvisobsessor 6 months ago
Oh by the way, I won 2 grand at the Lucky Star Casino before our last show! :)
Snoopysunderground 7 months ago
Happy Birthday Kris!! Can't wait to see you again! :)
Snoopysunderground 7 months ago
LOVE
karenjeankeller 8 months ago
Legend.
76sagi 8 months ago
this song is from a scene in the GRAPES OF WRATH
3Spikes2glry 9 months ago
My soul is steeped in this man's music.He's the reason I started writing songs.
cuyahogajoe1 9 months ago
Kris is a good ole boy who writes and sings from his heart , dumb asses who comment negative on his God given talent are just lame clueless fools , love ya Kris !
thebeastic 10 months ago
ole boy always could write one to tug at your heart.one of the last of a dying breed ..hope he lives forever
dbeater1 11 months ago 3
I just can't believe anyone, ever, could not love this wonderful man!! He is so talented and true. Kris is a living legend. Long, long life to you Kris. We need more like him, too bad there can never be another.
countrygirl2397 1 year ago
Cool song !
SOMAN1983V 1 year ago
isnrt Kriss a GOD
RWOODWARD64 1 year ago
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Kristofferson is a talentless piece of shit.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready .....and he became a widely loved and famous songwriter/singer.............................uh..so what does that make YOU?
Answer: Less than nothing.
MikeyGonebad 1 year ago
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@MikeyGonebad He never could sing for shit. I hope he will die soon.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready For someone that doesn't like Kris you sure do make the rounds to all of his videos. Why? Me thinks you protest too much.
Bluesbabesrv 1 year ago
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@JuanMacready No you stupid bastard... you are the piece of shit.
mosacorp 1 year ago
Just maybe there's hope for the human race after all!
philgiesbrecht 1 year ago
I was working at the time in Saudi Arabia helping train the Saudi Army in early 1977. I met a retired Master Sargeant from the US Army (Ben Clark) who was one of the last ones to leave the US Embassy in Saigon and he gave me a cassette tape of Kris' songs and I have been a fan since then. I kept several of his tapes and kept playing them especially in the dead of the night when I was feeling low. He helped me keep my sanity. Thank you Kris.
magsasaka1027 1 year ago 2
Here is Kris Kristofferson, this man could have had a brilliant career in the military and he chose to be come an artist. I love this guy. This guy is the most underated person in show business. He is an unreconized genious. If I could have lunch with anyone in the world it would be Kris K..
Dave29671 1 year ago 2
@Dave29671 You and me both! I think it would make for a very interesting lunch. The man is awesome! I will see him Feb. 26. He will be preforming together with Merle Haggard in Omaha, Nebraska. A dream coming true for me.
50peacegirl 11 months ago
kris pitched johnny cash songs for two years at columbia recordings seeing as he was a ganitor there at the time, after about two years of knowing cash he decided to make an impression and landed his helicopter in his garden with a demo of "help me make it through the night" john chose not to record it, and a few months later Kris gave him the "sunday morning coming down" demo. which he then chose to record with great success. love ya Kris, thank for the love and brilliant music you have given
mmcestate 1 year ago
kris pitched johnny cash songs for two years at columbia recordings seeing as he was a ganitor there at the time, after about two years of knowing cash he decided to make an impression and landed his helicopter in his garden with a demo of "help me make it through the night" john chose not to record it, and a few months later Kris gave him the "sunday morning coming down" demo. which he then chose to record with great success
mmcestate 1 year ago
johnny didnt discover him.he landed his helicopter in johnnys yard asked johnny to do sunday morning coming down.he heard chris sing it.and the rest is history.im a huge fan as u can see.chris writes words like no else.steve earl is a close second.
garywhite67 1 year ago
I have judged this man for the past 20 years of beign a symbol of he past and a degenerate. Now that I have learned myself of the world and politics, I understand this man was right and courageously was fighting in the name of truth !!
A real American.
acabramzach 1 year ago
so instead of rewarding the waitress for her generousity is there some reason the truck driver couldn't have taken pity on the kids and bought them some candy????
vlunney 1 year ago
@vlunney
The era was The Great Depression. Everyone was struggling. The truck driver
witnessed an act of kindness and did one of his own. A sort of "pay it forward"
idea.
bobg628 1 year ago
This guy has his fingerprints on more songs than most will ever know.Singer songwriter poet been a fan for over 40 years.
19thSFGA 1 year ago 2
@IndieKirby Kris Kristofferson.... more like Kris KrisKrapperson!
SuburbanMenace 1 year ago
God has to love Kris.
Brownee46 1 year ago
This song depicts a scene in the movie Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda by John Steinbeck.
wjsoc07 1 year ago
Check out his Canadian concert on YouTube. If anything, his voice if even better and his subtle mocking of how serious he was when he was young is okay, too. I know what you mean, though. When I first heard the album of Silver Tongued Devil and I in 1972, I cried all the way through it.
hschmc 1 year ago
Wonderful
90Sovereignty 1 year ago
R.I.P stephen bruton!!!
25soapsuds 1 year ago
@25soapsuds I think some are not aware of the impact Stephen had on Kris's music, and many others too. He wrote many of the great songs out there that others have covered and won aclaim for. Many vids of Stephen here on youtube. I visited his grave this past week and the rest of my day was a mess. Won't do that again before going into work. Love and miss you Turner Stephen Bruton
Bluesbabesrv 1 year ago
@Bluesbabesrv your right !!! by the way thats my uncle glenn clark on the keys!!!
25soapsuds 1 year ago
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Possibly the world's most overated musician/actor/whatever in history.
SuburbanMenace 1 year ago
@SuburbanMenace I think you mean "underrated" musician/actor/whatever - Kris Kristofferson rocks! One of our most talented songwriters ever
jujustarz01 1 year ago
@SuburbanMenace you are an idiot.
IndieKirby 1 year ago 2
i sure was in that "movie"! i plaqyed guitar in "kris's band ..i wasw the guy who slapped "striesand "on the ass"..{ i had "the " perm '!
gittar1 1 year ago
Huge vote for humanity...the world needs more roadside cafe waitresses and waiters to make this world a better place.
elyulsessence 1 year ago
kris is one of the true rock and country heroes and hes so real even johnny cash would say he is reality me and bobby mgee song of woodstock and the sixties
TheJUNGLESURFER 1 year ago
Kris Kristofferson is one of the best songwriters of all time.
1BarefootStranger 1 year ago 2
Im glad to grow up now while we got music like this in the world.
shotgunwillie68 1 year ago
The lyrics for this song are take almost verbatim from Grapes of Wrath. That's an original way to come up with lyrics.
stehenallein 1 year ago
@stehenallein Kris often says, before he sings this song, that it was inspired by a scene from The Grapes of Wrath.
mejeruchst 1 year ago
@mejeruchst yes its in the book. i dont remember if its in the movie.
hippiechic65 1 year ago
love this song one of my favorite if we could all live that way there would be no one in need
dragonflychainsaw 1 year ago
What Shakespeare was to literature, Kris is to music.
rpaltoo1 1 year ago
Like a fine wine, kris just gets better with age (RIP Stephen)
keybird76 1 year ago 2
i had the pleasure of playing guitar in kris;s band 1974 --1978.. great songwriter .. probably the best ! gm
gittar1 1 year ago 11
@gittar1 Wow!!
WolfgangHolzmann 1 year ago
@gittar1 in '76 Kris did " A Star is Born" with Barbra S. ....... were you part of that movie? I really liked that movie, I was almost 18, graduating from H.S. and had a girlfriend with a big nose!..... LOL nice memories! stay cool and rock till ya drop!
floridajeet 1 year ago
He was on ACL tonight solo, and this song sounded better now that he's older and on his own
whubel 1 year ago
I like his songs but not when he sings them. I like him even more as an actor.
bohs1984 2 years ago
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Kris is a satanist and a pedophile
nashville-CIA connections
PantsThatDontFit 2 years ago
You can see everything Kris sings. Maybe the best song writer ever
crynsky 2 years ago 3
unbeleivable song defiently one of kris's best piees of work :)
jameswalshe09 2 years ago 2
reminds 'the gambler' by kenny rogers :)
EerieNim 2 years ago
much love Kris... your awesome and i love your work!
luvnonlucky 2 years ago
GREAT SONG.
MAKES ME CRY.
This is a song of rural hard life and its just perfect.
elirednecker 2 years ago
Kris and Tom Skerritt are not brothers. Sometimes, the things I read on here, I'm amazed that the commentators can type.
zackepple 2 years ago
The song is "Here comes that rainbow again" and the ACL DVD is "Kris Kristofferson - live from Austin, TX" (recorded 1981) ... I'm curious why they didn't disable your vid? It's impossible to have any ACL video here for a longer time... I love this DVD; 16 songs, great performance.
biggestkrisfan 2 years ago
I saw Kris back around 06, and there was a commotion in the audience as he was being heckled by a few protesters. Just when things looked like they might get out of hand, Kris told the audience to just let them yell, it didn't bother him, and asked them politely whether that was all they had to offer because he had seen and dealt with a heck of a lot more in his lifetime. So cool.
stvo2009 2 years ago 4
Kris is just great at everything he does... "Don't let the bastards get you down..." Maybe no-one can hurt him anymore. But those fools must have bothered the people who wanted to listen to and enjoy his songs... I would have kicked their a...
biggestkrisfan 2 years ago
TO EVERYONE ,,, Kris Kristofferson & Tom Skerritt are brothers . LOL
1989Alcira 2 years ago
@1989Alcira ----------------You are SO wrong.
idgit2442 9 months ago
I am 29 and don't know how I have lived for so long without hearing about this guy. But I just heard this song for the first time and there are tears welling up in my eyes. Beautiful!
yetimach 2 years ago 28
It's based on a scene from the John Steinbeck novel and The John Ford Film, The Grapes Of Wrath.
zackepple 2 years ago
@yetimach Discovered by Johnny Cash... Kris has also made several movies...
Kris toured with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and himself as the Highwayman ... Check out this on You Tube... this and others... but youll love it...
Kris Kristofferson - They killed him - The Highwaymen
onstageagain 1 year ago
@yetimach
Well, I am 64 years old and after decades of listening to Kris the particular song still brings tears to my eyes. Kris does not write songs, he writes epics.
BruceTharp 1 year ago
@yetimach
Well, I am 64 years old. After decades of listening to Kris, this particular song still brings tears to my eyes. Hank Williams once said "Can you make folks feel what you feel?" Well thats what Kris does. He does not just write songs, he writes epics.
BruceTharp 1 year ago
Kristofferson was among the brightest lights that ever burned. Great songwriter and singer -- listen to everything you can find.
tothlaw 1 year ago
@yetimach Check him out with "The Highwayman"- J Cash, Willie, Chris & Merle Haggard. Some great tunes. Did u know that he was a Rhodes Scholar, graduate of West Point, US Army Capt. that drove helicopters but was denied service in Vietnam. They made him a teacher at West Point, so he left the Army and moved to Nashville. You know the rest?
NewEnglandBudo 1 year ago
I love this one.
nllleonard 2 years ago 4
you can "see" this song when you listen to it , god bless kk
xevanescencerocksx 2 years ago 4
Yes, you are so right.And when I have been to Kris ' conscerts,he always told this was the Johnny Cash favourite song.(But I think there have been many more).
I really miss Stephen,too.He was Kris' "right hand" .R.I.P. Stephen.
Love you always.And Kris deserves all the best in th world.He has a so great heart,too, together with deep human lyrics, powerful voice, and a CHARMING man.
miehaga 2 years ago 2
I'd never heard this song but when I played it I liked so much,I played it twice.
rob37100 2 years ago 2
and the daylight was heavy with thunder.
the smell of the rain on the wind.
god i love it!
bryanthcin 2 years ago 2
My wife loves this song, one of her favourites. I made her a disk of Kris with his best songs and some Southern Gospel. She plays it all the time. She says when she hears Rainbow she can imagine a small cafe, the kids and the truckers. Kris can do that to you. I have an eclectic taste, C&W, Southern Gospel, Neal Diamond, The Highwaymen, Charlie Rich, but somehow it will always be Kris for me.
burmavet 2 years ago 2
he is just amazing
protbast 2 years ago
Fantastic. I saw Kris Kristofferson some time ago. He wore all black! It was a great concert (outdoors) . Love his music. Great video. thank you
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago 2
I covered this great song. If You want, You can watch it on my profile.
ksufler 2 years ago
The words in this Kris Kristofferson song makes me think of, Pass It On~~ AWESOME,WONDERFUL, HUMAN song~~~
mandycaly 2 years ago
Pure, Authenic.
lucki39284 2 years ago
Saw Kris 4/16/09 here in St. Charles Missouri..... adorable.. just him .. his guitar and harmonica...Still a gifted genius.
Brownee46 2 years ago
Saw Kris last night in Hartford. Absolutely one of a breed still left. WGTHEMAN is right. Willy is still with us. He and Kris should form up, call themselves "The Bandits". They sure could steal you heart and leave you in tears.
feb41936 2 years ago 2
They sure could, but of course we all are happy that Kris and Willie are still with us, but we sure do miss Waylon and Johnny a lot.
CashPresley32 2 years ago 4
definately
floridajeet 2 years ago
His wiki is amazing. Rhodes scholar, finished Ranger school, helicopter pilot, Grammy winner, successful actor...life well lived.
heynow211 2 years ago 2
I've been a Kris fan for 39 years and I never tire of hearing him sing or watching him play. His great integrity shows in everything he does all you have to do is pay attention to the words.
margylynn 2 years ago 16
@margylynn I've been even longer. There's no way to measure his impact on our world.
jamesrfraser1 1 year ago
@margylynn I first heard Kris on the radio in about 1971 when he released Lovin' Her Was Easier. I was about 12/13 at the time. I only heard it once or twice before buying it as a single ... it blew me away then and it still does. I've seen him half a dozen times over the years and he is as good as ever.
123Boudicca 9 months ago
Great as all his songs!
zaaritha 2 years ago 2
Damn good story....maybe even more relevant nowadays.
MikeyGonebad 3 years ago
I can never get enough of Krostofferson; a poet and a wordsmith as good as any the US has ever produced. This song really shows his genius, as he adapted it from an actual scene in "The Grapes of Wrath", by verbalising and adding music to that scene. Pure gold!
shoulderghost 3 years ago 6
Kris is the man.
ProfanityJames 3 years ago 4
In a world of daily grind, troubles, worries and loss, we often forget the power of a small kindness. This song demonstrates how a small gesture of kindness can radiate warmth beyond the immediate act into a sometimes bleak existence. Kristofferson is a beautiful story teller.
arelman 3 years ago 2
kris and politics ??? as long as he is more awake then most of the americans it goes very good with me,look at the problems we are in right now,, thanks to bush adminstration and "liberal" economy , everyone pays the price now, the ones responsible for the mess are asking for tax money now. ?? so what, ??? more peopel should be critical about there leaders and be more aware...hope obama will be able to reform and clean up mistakes,it is time for a change,obviseuly, cant get worse than that !!
siiwy 3 years ago
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Obama and Barny Frank caused this housing crisis
fencerunner53 3 years ago
damn' how d'you figure that out? You must be a rocket surgeon or sumpthin'
newyorkcityted 3 years ago
more than half of this country can't see it.
fencerunner53 3 years ago
no he didnt.
Hustada 3 years ago
Shut up, stupid.
toterola451 3 years ago
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kennethrexroth 2 years ago
I love it, but what's the name of the song?
crimdell 3 years ago
Here Comes that Rainbow Again
rll1954 3 years ago
I read in Johnny Cash's biography that, this song is is favourite song ever wrote by a Singer-Songwriter.
LordLiamo 3 years ago
God damn it, Kris is a songwriting genius. A true poet.
ladianoh 3 years ago 5
Incredible... this song is amazing.
Marnoff 3 years ago 3
all you highly appointed,acclaimed judges of art and music,get a fuckin grain.
MandyMayzy 3 years ago
@MandyMayzy ------get a grain? Hows about you go somewhere you're welcome. You're not, here.
idgit2442 9 months ago
my wife and I were painting faces for kids down in key west one year and two poor kids came up and asked how much it was. They only had 1 dollar. I said we were running a dollar special. (it was $5 per) Turns out Dr. Bronner's (the soap giant) son was sitting close and saw the whole thing. He came over and spent the day talking with us. When it was time to go he put a big ass wad of cash in my hand and told us to take care. I just discovered this song. .but it reminds of how that can happen.
apemanrobotic 3 years ago 4
he is the absolute best. But his new stuff is too political for me. I miss the old stuff. but still the best.
denofassassins 3 years ago
"In the news" - too political??? Where do you live? His songs from the later 1980s were much more, but never too political. I admire and love him for taking care what's happening around him and for taking sides and standing his ground. He's always been true and honest and smart. And he is the absolute best.
biggestkrisfan 3 years ago 3
What you mean is you don't agree with his politics. That's fine, but he was always political. Listen to "Best of All Possible Worlds" for eg
nblumer 3 years ago
On the concert I saw him at on July 21 he dedicated this song to Johnny Cash. May god bless both of them...
Johi2410 3 years ago 2
Yes, Kris wrote that song, and he always tells people, that it is/was Johnny Cash's favorite song of his
GrandNagusRom 3 years ago 2
I'm with Johnny on that.
Marnoff 3 years ago
Did Kris write this song?
cashfan85 3 years ago 2
P fed film'
KriissxD 3 years ago
This song is called: here comes the rainbow again. It is performed also by Johnny Cash. His version I like better.
learnyl 3 years ago
me too!!! my earliest memories are of dancing around the house with my mom to his music...his voice is my childhood, even at 40 it brings a smile to my face and tears to my eyes
anzmomma 3 years ago
He sings off key, he's a Rhodes Scholar, he's an alcoholic, he writes music that makes your soul ache. I've loved this man since forever.
OnlyVal08 3 years ago 4
by his own admission he ain't no singer.. but he's a songwriter and one hell of a feeling expresser. Voice isn't the greatest but I love the feeling in it.
Altnature 3 years ago
@Altnature ---well, he may not be a singer, but the feeling he puts into his songs makes me a listener & enjoyer
idgit2442 9 months ago
He is Kris Kristofferson, simple as that, all his good sides, all his bad, as everyone on this earth, he can't really sing (so what's it to you) he CAN write songs and people love him, me included. And i hope he writes many songs in the future still
GrandNagusRom 3 years ago
That's right.
Marnoff 3 years ago
Wow... He's describing a scene from The Grapes Of Wrath. Amazing.
avitiltal 3 years ago 2
grapes of wrath ,good call!
aknowneemus 3 years ago
One of the coolest guys, ever! Not only is he cool, but he writes some amazing songs!!
GWBsux 3 years ago
Oh my God this is so nice I loved this song from the first time I heard it THANK-YOU so much,Kris is great, so glad I saw him perform twice, once in Moncton and Charlottetown
freddyham 3 years ago
spectacular album. i bought this at the austin airport because i was bored. then i bought every kris album i could find.
FightingPoodles 3 years ago
its a different song i know what one it is and everything its called austin but i guess its too young or old for anyone to know it
capnchaotic 3 years ago
not many people around that can write like kris can. one of the greatest ever!
baileyspapa 3 years ago
That was one good looking mother f^#@er..Good man too by God.
KidSheIeen 3 years ago
He made stars ,thanks for forgoing that life in the airforce.!!
hellno50 3 years ago
Army not Airforce. Helicopter pilot...
coleyman1 3 years ago
wHAT A SONG WRITER!
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY!
rd309 3 years ago
first concert I ever went to, Kris at an amusement park in K.C.about 1980.I was 10 and hooked for life.Probably already was though my Dad had all his albums from Kristofferson through I think To The Bone was his latest release then.I've heard,and agree with,Waylon, Kris,John and Willie are "the Mount Rushmore of Music"Waylon and John are gone and we better cherish the days we got left with Willie and Kris
wgjtheman 4 years ago 2
was it Worlds of Fun, the park?
darkt3 3 years ago
this song is not very original...it is retelling a series of events in the epic Novel "Grapes of Wrath"
he is a great song writer but he kinda stole the premise of the whole song. haha.
rockitproperly 4 years ago
i disagree, i think he took a great story, and put it out for us all to hear in a beautiful way. i don't think its stealing, i think it is honoring
lovestheking 4 years ago 7
I disagree rockit. In a time when hardly anyone can read...muchless read classics, this is a great retelling of a great story.
FXMAN66 3 years ago
Great song and video, forget the rest!
rd309 4 years ago
i am a truck driver in this song hits bass with a good bit of us i figure if we have it we help with it please vot for us the truck driver
jpbtr 4 years ago
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great songwriter...but his voice is horrible...shoulda stayed on the sidelines like carol king,neal diamond and neal sedaka and let others sing his great songs!!!!
yomamadontdanz 4 years ago
Hardly horrible. Its an honest voice and if every singer's voice was cookie cutter then that wouldnt be any fun.
Its not like Bob Dylan has a great voice, but he's a music legend.
DeepRed85 4 years ago 5
Show Kris back in 1995 at a little tiny place in Earville NY. Big thrill for me. Big fan since the beginning. I sat not more than 10 feet away from him while he played. Also saw John Fogerty a couple of weeks ago - also a musical hero for me. very exciting.
dwcarkuff 4 years ago
This is a pretty good song. I don't think I've ever seen Kris playing a twelve string guitar before.
CaptainBulldog 4 years ago
Or perhaps, you are simply the type of person who enjoys poking other persons with a sharp stick just to see what happens?
And maybe you would argue with a fence post if no human, dog, cat, livestock, or shrubbery were available?
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..and describe the problems that has caused me (mainly manifesting as antagonism directed at me by ranting nationalists who regard anyone sitting through the national anthem as having committed an appalling act of unpatriotic betrayal). I'd be willing to continue this discussion, civilly, and in the total absence of any dialogue pertaining to fence-posts, shrubbery, or overly hairy cunts. If you're willing to talk on those terms, feel free to send me a pm.
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
I did not mean for "I have you where I want you" to be strange or creepy. It is just an expression that means that you have your opponent properly positioned in an argument or contest. I never made the claim that the USA is "the greatest nation on earth". "The greatest immigrant nation", yes.
jamcrane3 4 years ago
Did you at all follow that the point that I was trying to make is that our willingness to accept refugees and poltical exiles and in general the castoffs and downtrodden and poor from all over the world is to me evidence of American humility?
jamcrane3 4 years ago
Although I believe mine to be a wonderful country, with many aspects of "greatness", I most certainly do not believe in the concept of a supreme nation. I do have contemporaries who will look you straight in the eye and in a calm tone of voice tell you that the USA does in fact have the moral authority and a perfect right to dictate terms for the rest of the world to live by. And if you take issue with them, you will certainly experience
"delusional nationalistic ranting".
jamcrane3 4 years ago
Now Irishraingirl, I have to admit that I am new to the world of cybercommunication, at least in respect to communicating with people I don't even know, and therefore I am "ignorant" as to the meaning of "pm". Post mark? E-mail address? My name is James Crane, and my e-mail goes to.......well hell, I don't know where it goes. My wife changed service providers and my old name wasn't available. I'll get back to you on that.
jamcrane3 4 years ago
Well, it appears we have called a truce James Crane - thank God for that! lol. pm means 'private message'. If you click on my username at the top of any of my comments (you can pick the one you found least offensive! ha ha) it will bring you to a screen where you'll find a button that says 'send Irishraingirl a message' or words to that effect, then you just write away and hit the send button on the bottom of the screen..
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
May I say that your usage of the English language is beautiful? At least when it is not pointed and barbed? LOL
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..To retrieve your own messages just hit 'my account' at the top of your screen. The beauty of the pm function is, should we end up rowing again, at least we wouldn't be making a holy show of ourselves in front of every Kris Kristofferson fan surfing youtube!! Isnt the internet a wonderful thing?!
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
Too late my lovely Irish lass. I'm already captivated by you. Ha ha ha
KidSheIeen 3 years ago
Now, please scroll slowly backward through our dialogue, and show me where that I proclaim that the USA is "the greatest nation on earth". I await your reply. I do not think that you are ignorant. I believe that you are highly intelligent. I truly would like to continue this dialogue, on a civil level.
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..and I do not regard myself stupid as a result. I'd like to point out that you don't "have me", where you want me, or anywhere else. I found that a strange and illusory comment. Also, I think you have mistaken a lot of my comments as directed solely at the US, but I do not condone the globally divisive nature of nationalism itself, regardless which nation it relates to. I could explain for you why I do not stand for the Irish national anthem, or any national anthem,..
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
Can't we all just get along?
Arguing on the internet is a lot like the special olympics. You can win but you're still retarded.
moregearsnlevers 4 years ago
Bang on those ignorant goggles up your overly hairy cunt!!!!!!!!!!
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..America is "the greatest" nation on earth and I am putting it to you that you are simply delusional on certain points. For example: you maintain that America has bestowed upon its citizens "the greatest multitude of blessings given to any group of people on this planet". Ok, let's start talking sense here - since you're so adamant about that, presumably you'll have no problem listing those blessings for me?
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
Okay, now I've got you where I want you. I apologize for calling you a cunt. But in the part of the world that I am from, calling someone ignorant is a vulgarism. In this country, we do not sling that hateful word at someone just because they have a different opinion.
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..it's just an unfortunate side-effect of the fluid nature of linguistics: but ignorance and stupidity are wholly separate entities, they can and do co-exist, but they often also thrive in the absence of one another. To be ignorant on any given subject simply means to be lacking awareness on some particular point. It doesn't make a person stupid, and it is not, in itself, an insult. There are many things in this world I am wholly ignorant of, simply by dint of non-exposure,..
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
I am genuinely pissed. Someone from Ireland is going to lecture me about our problems????
Medicare (not Medicate) and Social Security are American programs for American people, and therefore none of your fucking busness. And the great achievements of Ireland???? The production of an endless supply of drunks, and potatoes (usually not enough to feed your children). Fuck you, you ignorant cunt.
jamcrane3 4 years ago
..country, and I find it JUST as ignorant and ridiculous and potentially dangerous here. You have been so infuriated by somebody shining a light on American problems you've been moved to react with filthy vulgarisms, but all countries have their problems; I could list at least as many Irish ones and would have no problem doing do, and that, jamcrane3, is the difference between your mindset and mine. You are telling me that you maintain..
Irishraingirl 4 years ago
Ah, I see now where you've cultivated your sense of offence; but in the part of the world I come from we're probably less inclined to confuse ignorance with stupidity, and I'd imagine so because 'ignorance' is not considered a "hateful word" here. Words are accepted and expected to portray their accurate and intended dictionary meanings; not imprecise meanings society has mistakenly ascribed them. That's no ones fault by the way (in case you received it as a charge against the US, lol!)..
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