Yesterday a few comments questioned how Mr. Johnson could have the “lead time” to honor Kris Kristofferson just nine days after his death but Arlo’s musings today leave little doubt that was just what JJ was doing. A couple years ago Willie Nelson summed up the kind of force Kris was. “Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that.”
I have long thought that there’s a place in the world for a new profession: song exorcist. I think it could probably be practiced either in person or remotely.
I am purposely not reading any comments for A&J today because I don’t want to run across someone else’s least favorite earworm and have that in my head all day!
“I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,And was blowin’ sad while Bobby sang the blues.With them windshield wipers slappin’ timeAnd Bobby clappin’ hands, we finallySang up every song that driver knew.”
You’d never know the man graduated from Pomona summa com laude and was a Rhodes Scholar.
(Deliberately misspelled the middle Latin word: GoComics has little grasp of context and other languages.)
Let’s not wait until our favorite artists have passed away. Honor them whilst they’re still alive to know how we feel and/or what their music has meant to us. One of my favorites singers is Grace Slick (and Jefferson Airplane).
“I’ve had a lot of songs on my mind the past few days.”
Could be about the many songs Kris blessed us with. Reasonable.
It could also be about the increasing demise of singers and other artists integral to our youths, creators of fond memories, bits of our pasts coming to an end.
Our local township has (or at least had as we have not looked to see the concerts in the past 5 or so years) free summer concerts at one of the town beaches. They will have a variety of different music over the season.
One year they had Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash, their song and I think one of their daughters and maybe someone else. That was a great concert and one of the ones which stands out in my mind.
The other one which stands out was Peter Noone and a couple of the Hermits from when he was Herman’s Hermits. In the 1960s everyone was crazy for the Beatles, I was enamored of Herman (Peter) and his hermits. I finally got to see them at one of these beach concert when I was in my 40s or 50s. My husband is always upset that I don’t want anything and won’t let him buy me anything – but him finding out about and taking me to that concert was more valuable to me than anything he could have bought me.
gocubzgo about 1 month ago
Losing Kris is really a difficult one for a lot of us.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 1 month ago
RIP Kris, a life well done. I can’t think of him without thinking of “Why Me”. I saw an interview of him on how the song came about.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 month ago
Amazing!
Da'Dad about 1 month ago
Yesterday a few comments questioned how Mr. Johnson could have the “lead time” to honor Kris Kristofferson just nine days after his death but Arlo’s musings today leave little doubt that was just what JJ was doing. A couple years ago Willie Nelson summed up the kind of force Kris was. “Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that.”
cracker65 about 1 month ago
That’s my favorite one Arlo. I’ve played Me and Bobby Mcgee in bar bands. Very fun song to play.
eromlig about 1 month ago
It must be Earworm Season.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 1 month ago
Gonna miss Kris Kristofferson. Johnny Cash did him proud.
I do that song quite a bit although it’s usually just Send In The Clowns.
Anyhoo:
Well, I woke up Sunday mornin’
With no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
I’d smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and songs I’d been pickin’
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playin’ with a can that he was kickin’
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone’s fryin’ chicken
And Lord, it took me back to somethin’ that I’d lost
Somewhere, somehow along the way
On a Sunday mornin’ sidewalk
I’m wishin’, Lord, that I was stoned
‘Cause there’s somethin’ in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there’s nothin’ short a’ dyin’
That’s half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleepin’ city sidewalk
And Sunday mornin’ comin’ down
In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughin’ little girl that he was swingin’
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singin’
Then I headed down the street
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin’
And it echoed through the canyons
Like the disappearin’ dreams of yesterday
On a Sunday mornin’ sidewalk
I’m wishin’, Lord, that I was stoned
‘Cause there’s somethin’ in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there’s nothin’ short a’ dyin’
That’s half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleepin’ city sidewalk
And Sunday mornin’ comin’ down
Cat02 about 1 month ago
Season depression ?
wetidlerjr about 1 month ago
Kris Kristofferson was a musical genius…
zenarmour about 1 month ago
This is a reference to Kris Kristofferson who died recently, not earworms in general.
dwgerb about 1 month ago
Songs of Kris Kristofferson all, no doubt.
gawaintheknight about 1 month ago
RIP Kris. If you’ve never heard Johnny Cash sing this one, take a few minutes and do it.
Jim about 1 month ago
Well, it ain’t Arlo Davy, but Johnny Cash….
mountainclimber about 1 month ago
A poem of loneliness by Kris, one of his best.
RonMcCalip about 1 month ago
…I wish it Lord that I were stoned!Cause there’s somethin in a SundayThat makes a body feel alone…
j_e_richards about 1 month ago
Kris Kristopherson…the music of our lives…
BobMcK Premium Member about 1 month ago
Johnny Cash did it proud but the best ever was Vicki Carr on the album “Nashville by Carr”
wschott about 1 month ago
" I got a brand new pair of roller skates…" Ha, I got you started.
Just-me about 1 month ago
Thanks again to Kris Kristopherson and to Johnny Cash. Good music in my opinion.
HST about 1 month ago
Janis Joplin died October 7th in 1970. Kris Kristofferson died 11 days ago on September 28th.
DawnQuinn1 about 1 month ago
Kris Kristofferson was more than a singer. He was a poet and a story teller, and a good one at that.
mjpalmer about 1 month ago
old songs bring memories
cherylmcmanners about 1 month ago
Kris K. was worthy of remembering. Thanks!
timzsixty9 about 1 month ago
Tribute to and RIP, K.K.
rugeirn about 1 month ago
I have long thought that there’s a place in the world for a new profession: song exorcist. I think it could probably be practiced either in person or remotely.
lorez.1 running on solar energy and batteries about 1 month ago
BJDucer about 1 month ago
I am purposely not reading any comments for A&J today because I don’t want to run across someone else’s least favorite earworm and have that in my head all day!
Emperor Rick about 1 month ago
Homes bring back memories, memories bring back songs.
paranormal about 1 month ago
I hate it when I get a song or tune in my head and can’t get rid of them…
Lynnjav about 1 month ago
Kris will be missed.
brianpesci about 1 month ago
another legend lost forever except in the words of his songs
scinticat about 1 month ago
Who would have ever thought Willie would be the last Highwayman standing? RIP Boys. This world misses you.
Ontman about 1 month ago
One of Cash’s best.
Kidon Ha-Shomer about 1 month ago
Why Me Lord?
Jimmyk939 about 1 month ago
It’s been a tough year, not just for music
Raven OKeefe Premium Member about 1 month ago
and now only Willie is left, the last of the Highwaymen ….
Enoi about 1 month ago
Arlo is feeling the passing of time.
russsc about 1 month ago
That is a great song. Kris was never really mainstream. His songs became hits for others and nobody knew or cared who wrote them.
MatthewJB about 1 month ago
“I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,And was blowin’ sad while Bobby sang the blues.With them windshield wipers slappin’ timeAnd Bobby clappin’ hands, we finallySang up every song that driver knew.”
You’d never know the man graduated from Pomona summa com laude and was a Rhodes Scholar.
(Deliberately misspelled the middle Latin word: GoComics has little grasp of context and other languages.)
Durak Premium Member about 1 month ago
I hope that his passing was peaceful.
Kim Metzger Premium Member about 1 month ago
For me, lately, the earworm has been “Mr. Bojangles.” Couldn’t tell you why.
Heelboy 12 about 1 month ago
At least Arlo didn’t have the theme song to George of the Jungle stuck on his mind this morning…..
Skeptical Meg about 1 month ago
Now spend the next two weeks watching KK movies.
sincavage05 about 1 month ago
Bet youre glad you didn’t buy that house on the coast right now.
davedude205 about 1 month ago
Me, too, Arlo. Me too.
crazeekatlady 30 days ago
Don’t know that one off hand.
Aardvark17 30 days ago
Kris Kristofferson played in my home town in 2013, my wife got to shake his hand. RIP Kris, your songs will live forever.
kdubuque 30 days ago
Kris Kristofferson was a poet.
vacman 30 days ago
I got up at 1:30 am today to Google alligator lizards in the air!?%
brigidkeely 30 days ago
Oof. No wonder Janis sang “Me and Bobby McGee” yesterday.
Cathy P. 30 days ago
Let’s not wait until our favorite artists have passed away. Honor them whilst they’re still alive to know how we feel and/or what their music has meant to us. One of my favorites singers is Grace Slick (and Jefferson Airplane).
lindz.coop Premium Member 30 days ago
Me too.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 30 days ago
“I’ve had a lot of songs on my mind the past few days.”
Could be about the many songs Kris blessed us with. Reasonable.It could also be about the increasing demise of singers and other artists integral to our youths, creators of fond memories, bits of our pasts coming to an end.
exitseven 29 days ago
“Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin.Wiping out the traces of the people, and the places that I’ve been”
mafastore 24 days ago
Our local township has (or at least had as we have not looked to see the concerts in the past 5 or so years) free summer concerts at one of the town beaches. They will have a variety of different music over the season.
One year they had Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash, their song and I think one of their daughters and maybe someone else. That was a great concert and one of the ones which stands out in my mind.
The other one which stands out was Peter Noone and a couple of the Hermits from when he was Herman’s Hermits. In the 1960s everyone was crazy for the Beatles, I was enamored of Herman (Peter) and his hermits. I finally got to see them at one of these beach concert when I was in my 40s or 50s. My husband is always upset that I don’t want anything and won’t let him buy me anything – but him finding out about and taking me to that concert was more valuable to me than anything he could have bought me.
David 8 days ago
Kris Kristofferson on their minds, I guess