john prine...hello in there..

had this posted in another life...time it was back up here ..beautiful..

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[siddyx]

Aint it funny how ya dont really need to be a first class singer to be awesome. John never fails to make the hairs on my arms stand on end! This song is so melancholy, i feel as though im looking at his life through his eyes when i listen to it. The same feeling i get when i hear Chet Atkins singing " Still cant say goodbye". Now thats a propper tear jerker.

[im4out]

@siddyx ...always thought, john , was singing about my problems....and i've got a few....lol..every album...was. for me......but now. i know john ...much too clever..he reached millions......just like a forgotten dream......john's words.....wow.....old people just grow lonesome............magic...

[siddyx]

Ahh memories of times n folks !

[im4out]

@siddyx ...yes.  indeed.. memories...

[LSMO57]

saw JP in KCMO last night and have been listening to his music for a long time. As I have aged, this song has changed in its meaning to me. First, it was 'be kind to older people because its a kind thing to do'. Later it's 'these are my aging parents he's talking about' and then finally 'this will be me and all of us eventually'.

[im4out]

@LSMO57 .. yes..i agree with your sentiments.....thanks for comment..

[lochridgegirl]

I first heard this song on Bette Midler's "Live from Cleveland" in the 1970's... it ripped my heart apart and left me soaked with tears... ever since then I've tried to make eye contact with old people, greet them, smile at them... as I look in the mirror these days I realize, soon I will be "old people"... will you do the same?

[im4out]

@lochridgegirl ...you know......i've been listening to this song for about forty years.....i'm sixty now.......and guess what.......i think it's the young folk that need a hello in there.........and that's the truth......take it easy...lochridgegirl......and thanks for comment...

[MrMattcoker]

I hope the new generation grabs a hold of some real life down to earth music and carries it forward so that this doesn't fizzle out.

[smiley8990]

yes, beautiful...and reading all the comments is like sitting with old friends

[Samjeno]

@im4out Oh no there abother branch!

[SuperWeinerschnitzel]

@didjndrums I couldn't agree more. This song, and John Prine (though we are all getting old) never get old.

[didjndrums]

This is perhaps one of the most beautiful renditions of what is perhaps one of the most beautiful songs in the world. Not enough people even know who John is.

[baddoggie101]

Why does he look precisely as I expected him too look?