RIP John Prine

John Prine har lämnat jordelivet i sviterna av Corona.

Läs mer i New York Times: John Prine, who chronicled the human condition in song, dies at 73.

Han var en säregen låtmakare med en alldeles egen infallsvinkel: Humorn fanns där, ibland alldeles uppenbar och ibland dold bakom sorgliga och underfundiga texter.

Några favoritcitat från John Prine's låtar:

I wish you love and happiness
I guess I wish you all the best
I wish you don't do like I do
And ever fall in love with someone like you
Cause if you fell just like I did
You'd probably walk around the block like a little kid.
But kids don't know, they can only guess
How hard it is to wish you happiness
(All The Best)

Woke up this morning.
Put on my slippers.
Walked in the kitchen and died.
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul went thru the ceiling.
And on up into heaven I did ride.
(Please Don't Bury Me)

"Will you still see me tomorrow?"
"No, I got too much to do."
Well, a question ain't really a question
If you know the answer too.
(Far From Me)

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me It's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed Noise-maker
(Dear Abby)

You can't live together
You can't live alone
Considering the weather
Oh my, how you've grown
From the men in the factories
To the wild kangaroo
Like those birds of a feather
They're gathering together
And feeling
Exactly like you
(Common Sense)

Just give me one good reason
And I promise I won't ask you any more
Just give me one extra season
So I can figure out the other four.
(Blue Umbrella)

Jag plockade 2016 ut 20 oumbärliga låtar med denna sångsmed och gjorde en Spotify-lista:



John Prine hade en sällsynt förmåga att få till det... och det gällde inte bara texterna... Melodierna var alldeles förträffliga de med...!

Det blir tomt utan honom.