John Prine - Dear Abby (Live) Best Version

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @joegig
    @joegig 12 лет назад +100

    That's me saying 'Yeah!' after John says 'Italy'.
    New Paltz, NY circa 1973.
    My 1st record...

    • @doughesson
      @doughesson 6 лет назад +6

      Bet he didn't give you writers credit for saying that.

    • @rorystorm4284
      @rorystorm4284 6 лет назад +4

      That was you? I thought so!

    • @Bill-xx2yh
      @Bill-xx2yh 5 лет назад

      It makes it.

    • @fordcolby8329
      @fordcolby8329 3 года назад

      i know Im asking randomly but does anyone know a method to log back into an instagram account??
      I was stupid forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.

    • @pedroares8773
      @pedroares8773 3 года назад

      @Ford Colby Instablaster =)

  • @davidfalterman8713
    @davidfalterman8713 Год назад +2

    I still quote “If it weren’t so expensive I’d wish I were dead” on a regular basis. Classic!

  • @terryjohnson6505
    @terryjohnson6505 5 лет назад +57

    I'm a Nam vet with ALS. In 1976 John Prime's music and the poetry in it, helped me to put a lot of things behind me ,and allow me another 44 yrs. With her. Thank you

    • @deedeesavage4293
      @deedeesavage4293 4 года назад +3

      Terry Johnson thank you!!!! I'm so sorry that you've suffered so much , I hope you know , probably more than ever you were very appreciated, you did what you were told to do, I'm pretty sure you were not even 20 when you were asked to do the inexplicable and you believed what you were told and followed "orders" my heart goes out to you!!! God Bless and thank you AGAIN !! You gave up so much of your life, heart and soul for us!

    • @Fnberg744
      @Fnberg744 4 года назад +3

      Bless you buddy

    • @davidmccardle8734
      @davidmccardle8734 4 года назад +2

      God bless ya Brother

    • @lost-again-farms1396fungi
      @lost-again-farms1396fungi 4 года назад

      Thanks for serving the free world. God bless the soldiers the politicians that send them well ......

  • @JusticeAlways
    @JusticeAlways 3 месяца назад +1

    John Prine...Doc Watson....Jerry Garcia....my favorites.
    😊

  • @1957DLT
    @1957DLT 4 года назад +24

    Ah, John, we are lesser for you leaving us. Rest well, you magnificent bard.

  • @jessicaleclair2543
    @jessicaleclair2543 11 лет назад +33

    what is great about this guy is one song can make you cry inside and the next brings the laughter out before the tears can form

  • @adamnicholson1273
    @adamnicholson1273 8 лет назад +46

    Dear Abbey Dear Abbey
    John Prine is the man
    Writes music and lyrics that no one else can

    • @telsport
      @telsport 8 лет назад +3

      doin pretty well there yourself Adam !

    • @adamnicholson1273
      @adamnicholson1273 8 лет назад +3

      Appreciated, I spend a lot of my time writing songs. Glad you picked up on it :) I did a few Highwayman lyrics too. I posted them on the Highwayman video if you want to check them out

    • @pamelahansel2217
      @pamelahansel2217 7 лет назад

      good turn of a phrase ther Adam lol

  • @timo2422
    @timo2422 3 года назад +2

    I saw John at Northern Kentucky University in the 70s. He came out with a guitar. And 4 large glass es of Beer. He played for almost 3 hrs. . he was Great!!!!!

  • @colerainfan1143
    @colerainfan1143 6 лет назад +17

    Who else could have written this? What a treasure John is.

  • @SkunnyWundy
    @SkunnyWundy 4 года назад +30

    First of the Coronavirus tragedies to really hit home hard. Love you John!!

    • @dangerouslysane
      @dangerouslysane 4 года назад +1

      He will be sadly missed. May he Rest in Peace.

    • @lewiswereb8994
      @lewiswereb8994 4 года назад

      What condensed horse shit. What the fugg does terminal cancer have to do with corona virus? Do you believe everything the goddam government tells you through the lying bastard media?

    • @anthonyfoutch3152
      @anthonyfoutch3152 2 года назад +1

      And damn you Covid.

  • @terryleach8111
    @terryleach8111 6 лет назад +11

    40+ years of admiration. Thanks John Prine for making my life richer. Sent from a 16 year old kid in 1978

  • @MrMd5555
    @MrMd5555 2 года назад +2

    Greatest songwriter of all time. Even his unpopular songs are great!

  • @sirmike18630
    @sirmike18630 10 лет назад +40

    I've never known an artist that captures the real world in song like he does......He is truly what country and western should be...about reality...not fantasy!!

    • @sherryengelman7121
      @sherryengelman7121 6 лет назад +1

      Was introduced to John Prine songs many years ago, immediately fell in love with all, bought a cassette tape of his so I could listen in the car going to and from work, i would get home from work and just sit in my car listening to him, I also had 4 young teenage sons who are now pushing their 40's. At first they told me to listen to real music etc, etc. Funny thing is all these years later each and every one if them knows all the words to most of his songs. And we all went to see him when he was in Des Moines, IA. One of the best.

    • @mikehemens9359
      @mikehemens9359 Год назад

      County and western should just be country and western - why change any genre? Prime is a singer songwriter entertainer which is cool as well. It should not be a competition.

    • @krypticviper1613
      @krypticviper1613 Год назад

      Jim Croce

  • @daveberswick5372
    @daveberswick5372 4 года назад +8

    Bless you're soul John you brought me and many others great joy You're legend lives on. RIP

  • @judygoss9853
    @judygoss9853 2 года назад

    Saw John in steamboat springs Colorado in 1975 very tiny bar.

  • @horsewomn
    @horsewomn 4 года назад +6

    Miss him. American Icon!

  • @jimtownsend7899
    @jimtownsend7899 5 лет назад +4

    This song and all the other songs of John Prine (to that date) always take me back to chilly nights outside of Memphis, sitting in R. Steve Peters' backyard. Gathered around the bonfire, we'd break out the flattops and regale the ladies with songs through the night. Steve gets the credit as the one who turned me on to John Prine. Oh, the times we had! So many days have passed, as have many of the people we knew and loved. It's amazing when one reflects on how those we have known have impacted our lives. I can still hear their voices, their laughs; I can see them plain as day before my eyes, and remember the times we shared, the memories we made that I will carry with me to the end. Thanks John. You have, in a very literal way, written the soundtrack of my life.

  • @DanDDirges
    @DanDDirges 12 лет назад +10

    John Prines best version is as good as his worst version. Thats what makes him so great. Great song

  • @jayib55
    @jayib55 10 лет назад +9

    "I'll be half way to heaven with paradise waiting, 5 miles away from where ever I am" John Prine

  • @standingwave73
    @standingwave73 11 лет назад +10

    No one else like him. A real American treasure.

  • @timshelley8635
    @timshelley8635 2 года назад +1

    Miss you Brother! Good times! Cheers!

  • @juliahamilton6389
    @juliahamilton6389 8 лет назад +24

    One the great American songwriters! The best!

  • @tampafinest2010
    @tampafinest2010 4 года назад +5

    John Prine - Dear Abby (Live)
    Lyrics
    Dear Abby, dear Abby
    My feet are too long
    My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
    My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
    Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call
    Signed bewildered
    Bewildered, bewildered
    You have no complaint
    You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
    So listen up buster, and listen up good
    Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
    Dear Abby, dear Abby
    My fountain pen leaks
    My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
    Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
    If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
    Signed unhappy
    Unhappy, unhappy
    You have no complaint
    You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
    So listen up buster, and listen up good
    Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
    Dear Abby, dear Abby
    Dear Abby, dear Abby
    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
    Noise-maker, noise-maker
    You have no complaint
    You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
    So listen up buster, and listen up good
    Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
    Dear Abby, dear Abby
    Well I never thought
    That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
    We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
    With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
    Signed just married
    Just married just married
    You have no complaint
    You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
    So listen up buster, and listen up good
    Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
    Signed dear Abby

  • @91Kingscrib84
    @91Kingscrib84 12 лет назад +9

    It is absolutely the best version. I loved it on the album, but he really makes it personal here! :-)

  • @jdgzan1634
    @jdgzan1634 9 лет назад +11

    Saw him at the Power Center in Ann Arbor decades ago -- amazing show. Prine is the king of both silly and poignant songs.

  • @danaconley469
    @danaconley469 9 лет назад +17

    I used to sing John Prine songs out loud while wearing earphones at work at RCBE, driving others trying to work in their cubicles crazy.

  • @marcelstjean
    @marcelstjean 7 лет назад +9

    John is the man.

  • @apriladair3181
    @apriladair3181 8 лет назад +10

    love this man still!!!

  • @cowboyroy1961
    @cowboyroy1961 4 года назад +7

    RIP John.....😢

  • @drpiggins1
    @drpiggins1 7 лет назад +1

    Prine has always been over the top. --- listened to him in the 70s at a Kenosha tavern when I was supposed to be at AMC work but decided to go in late or not at all. DP

  • @geocam01
    @geocam01 10 лет назад +19

    Got a call one Sat back in the late 70's and asked to take John from TO to London for a show he had to do. I was in shorts t-shirt and rubber boots and he said come on, and so I did. A wonderful solo show, very captivating. Needless to say I was barefoot at the show. Thanks to Ronnie for the party after at his Hotel.

    • @galeh6904
      @galeh6904 6 лет назад +1

      +George Campbell. Cool story!

  • @DawnGilmore72
    @DawnGilmore72 4 года назад +4

    Awe gosh this song brings back so many memories. Thank you for many years Mr. John Prine! Would have loved to burn one with John. Prayers still being said for all John's family, friends & fans. Gid bless Mrs. Fiona

  • @Godsfavoritegirl1
    @Godsfavoritegirl1 4 года назад +8

    Such a part of mine and my husband's dating years and marriage. My heart is sad.

  • @rramsay57
    @rramsay57 8 лет назад +24

    Many years ago while trying to hitch a ride out of Denver Colorado, I came upon a lost verse someone had penned on a light post. (note to potential hitchhikers, never be without your magic marker.) Here it is, ahem.
    Dear Abbey dear Abbey
    My feet are frozen
    cigarettes are gone
    ten thousand cars
    no one has heard
    and every damn one
    has flipped me the bird.

    • @DKCCPA
      @DKCCPA 6 лет назад

      rramsay5

  • @smooothvelvet
    @smooothvelvet 8 лет назад +6

    He is one of the greatest singer.

  • @sandynoe5601
    @sandynoe5601 10 лет назад +13

    The first John Prine song I was turned on to, since I have became a big J.P. fan and to think I find that I lived 75 miles away from him! wow was I disappointed to know that.

  • @rosemaryb-c4927
    @rosemaryb-c4927 4 года назад

    Pray for John Prine, in critical condition this hour, with the Covid Virus 19. Play his songs...

  • @friendofbeaver6636
    @friendofbeaver6636 4 года назад

    So glad to be alive while John Prine was doing what he had to do.

  • @idiotwind2248
    @idiotwind2248 5 лет назад +4

    Classic

  • @handmadestitchbystitch6528
    @handmadestitchbystitch6528 10 лет назад +7

    Love this song!

  • @cliffhooker5208
    @cliffhooker5208 7 лет назад +8

    The first time I saw John Prine , Bill and Taffy Danoff opened for him. The second time John Lee Hooker opened the show. A guy sitting behind me wanted to here "Dear Abby" and yelled out Dear Abby before every song. Finally, John sang "Dear Abby" and the guy immediately yelled out Dear Abby. We all busted out laughing. It's been over 40 years and I remember it like it was yesterday . John's the best, and I wish him the best. I look forward to his new book. I've heard so many story's over the years and I'm sure the book will cause them to flood back in!

  • @normanvincent1217
    @normanvincent1217 4 года назад +4

    RIP

  • @lucettabutt839
    @lucettabutt839 4 года назад +1

    Hope ya get better John!! Corona virus 2020...

    • @beverleygauntlett8064
      @beverleygauntlett8064 4 года назад +1

      Lucetta Butt love Johns music. Praying he’ll pull through 💕

    • @lucettabutt839
      @lucettabutt839 4 года назад

      Me too Beverley!! Good old Dear Abbey!!!

  • @jordynstory6988
    @jordynstory6988 11 лет назад +2

    love this songgg

  • @yjimwhy
    @yjimwhy 6 лет назад +1

    All over again, John is up for the RcokAndRoll hall of fame this year. Why oh Why isn't he a charter member?

  • @SteveJobs1216
    @SteveJobs1216 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you WFPK

  • @jasoncarpp7742
    @jasoncarpp7742 3 года назад

    R.I.P. John Prine.

  • @remya4050
    @remya4050 7 лет назад +14

    Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
    My feet are too long
    My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
    My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
    Won't you write me a letter, Won't you give me a call
    Signed Bewildered
    Bewildered, Bewildered...
    [Chorus:]
    You have no complaint
    You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
    So listen up Buster, and listen up good
    Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
    Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
    My fountain pen leaks
    My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
    Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
    If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
    Signed Unhappy
    Unhappy, Unhappy...
    [Chorus]
    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
    Noise-maker, Noise-maker
    [Chorus]
    Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
    Well I never thought
    That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
    We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
    With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
    Signed Just Married
    Just Married, Just Married...
    [Chorus]

  • @pastor-tom-sims
    @pastor-tom-sims 10 месяцев назад

    It's pretty much how Abby answered about everything and she was usually right 🙂
    "...You have no complaint.
    You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't.
    So listen up buster and listen up good.
    Step wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood."

  • @jimfarley4731
    @jimfarley4731 7 лет назад +2

    i first heard this in 1979

  • @NickleJ
    @NickleJ 12 лет назад

    i love the second verse

  • @halimlittle
    @halimlittle 6 лет назад +1

    Signed "unhappy", I like that.

  • @basilleonardo
    @basilleonardo 12 лет назад +1

    Attaboy Joe! That's cool.

  • @musicdoc55
    @musicdoc55 9 лет назад +1

    From his live album...

  • @pamhaburn3456
    @pamhaburn3456 11 лет назад +1

    how comes you are always in rome italy

  • @user-un6yp7bo9z
    @user-un6yp7bo9z 7 лет назад +1

    {{{{{ John Prine }}}}}

  • @ashleighalthauser113
    @ashleighalthauser113 4 года назад +1

    o yea

  • @spokelseX
    @spokelseX 6 лет назад +5

    An American Treasure.

  • @lesphelps3741
    @lesphelps3741 7 лет назад +4

    29 people ain't what they ain't.

  • @alfie4357
    @alfie4357 4 года назад

    Star😎🚖

  • @janleonzeiler7319
    @janleonzeiler7319 2 года назад

    🧡❤💜✨🌎👍🙏

  • @davisonh1
    @davisonh1 11 лет назад +1

    I FOUND IT!

  • @gagmangraham
    @gagmangraham 8 лет назад +7

    The man..Lets all talk dirty in Hawaiian.

  • @DSilvergun
    @DSilvergun 8 лет назад +1

    Performed in 2011?

  • @michaelshanereynolds3458
    @michaelshanereynolds3458 6 лет назад

    MY DEAR ABBY FOR TODAY IS ........IF ONLY ROSES WHERE TRULY RED YOU MIGHT NOT TAKE THREE SHOT TO THE HEAD OR BE DEAD.......

  • @bonitapritschet5847
    @bonitapritschet5847 7 лет назад

    SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @phillipfrazier8501
    @phillipfrazier8501 3 года назад

    Let this be noted that this man was using funny computer user and Facebook names before Anyone come on now bewildered unhappy noise maker legend

  • @PaulRReyesActor
    @PaulRReyesActor 2 года назад

    'Ole Bob Dylan's got nothing on John...'

  • @mdhj67
    @mdhj67 2 года назад

    I wonder if my kids know who "Dear Abby" is.

  • @CharlesHess
    @CharlesHess 10 лет назад +2

    I'll never eat at Chili's.

  • @paulatulkens1001
    @paulatulkens1001 9 лет назад +1

    Funny

  • @dennishardt9687
    @dennishardt9687 4 года назад

    .

  • @brasilianrose4583
    @brasilianrose4583 8 лет назад

    hilarious

  • @kellymurray2780
    @kellymurray2780 3 года назад

    View my last comment

  • @doubleganger2
    @doubleganger2 5 лет назад

    I saw him live some years back. I suspect he was sick to death of singing the same songs over and over. When the crowd wanted dear abby he shouted it more than sang it like: DEar ABby DEAR ABby. Not at all like his recorded versions. It wasn't pleasant and we just left.

  • @rosemaryb-c4927
    @rosemaryb-c4927 4 года назад

    Pray for John Prine, in critical condition this hour, with the Covid Virus 19. Play his songs...

  • @lonelycubicle
    @lonelycubicle 4 года назад

    Funny