John Prine was called “the Mark Twain of American Songwriting.” He expertly blended the usual with the bizarre, sadness with humor. I think every Prine fan of a certain age had a mixtape or burned CD of some of John’s Prine-iest songs. Here’s an hours worth of my favorite weird, smart, funny, and unquestionably Priney songs.
0:07 Please Don’t Bury Me
2:51 It’s a Big Old Goofy World
7:40 Living in the Future
11:17 Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
14:24 Fish and Whistle
17:21 The Frying Pan
19:07 Christmas in Prison
22:08 Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
27:52 Linda Goes to Mars
30:53 The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)
33:39 When I Get to Heaven
37:17 Dear Abby
41:29 Jesus, the Missing Years
47:57 That’s the Way the World Goes Round
51:14 Illegal Smile
54:27 In Spite of Ourselves
Subtitle lyrics courtesy of www.jpshrine.org
(Subtitles are a work in progress. YouTube has a hard time predicting John’s lyrics.)
