There is a lot going on in that man head good and honest,but he expres him self in music and singing,as he got holder spoke about it,more often,if there be more like him ,it would be a better world,God blessyou merle were ever you are,J!S,
Merle Haggard has never been afraid of telling the truth. I'm so proud of him. Wish the whole US Senate, Congress all of Governors could see and really listen to Merle Haggard"s video. Never mind, I think I will send it to them all.
Lost my dad recently age 82, boy did he love Merle. He would play that album when I was a little girl over and over and sing to me and my twin sister. Hope my dad is listening to him in heaven singing .
Would love to know the date of this interview and what a great piece! I loved to see him not so reserved with his thoughts. Merle Haggard inspired me in many ways, but my song writing is pure and real and I think he had a lot to do with it and I never even knew it; just grew up playing and singing his tunes because they were solid perfection. The man was so pure and simple and deep and his delivery of a song was the smoothest there will EVER be. Listening to his voice always puts me at ease. I loved everything about him - the life he dealt with so humbly, yet was not proud of and did not boast to youngsters as though it were cool to be a criminal - therefore I had so much respect for him. I liked his quirks and the paranoia he proclaimed, the depth and the warmth and sincerity, paired with the perfect amount of foolishness. He was REAL. God now has all that T A L E N T in Heaven ! I will miss him and some say Willie is all we have left... and I adore him, but I say the Haggard sons are incredibly talented and hope we still can hear them. I spent many years traveling to Hag and Red Headed Stranger shows. Thanks for the music....especially the songs... Thanks for sharing this. God bless Merle Haggard and thank you for sending him to us!
The date of this interview was actually older than I thought. I just checked the DVD box and it says 2004. The complete interview in its entirety is on the Merle Haggard Live at Billy Bob's DVD.
+Ben H. Is the interview 10 years old? Regardless when it was, it is great to hear Merle Haggard questioning things. If Merle is talking about it, that tells you something. I like what he is saying. Makes you stop and think. I always loved his music because there was always a true story being told. People identified with him for that reason. He sang passionately in his songs right from the soul. That's why he is so great. He got across to the people who understood through that wonderful voice and his equally wonderful band. He's in Heaven now but people will play his songs forever. He's that good. It seems though he's talking recently because the world is still the same 10 yrs. later. Nothing changed. I think he's right about the poles shifting or mini ice-age. There were cataclysms before and I think we're due for another because I can't see how it can be fixed. Gone too far to bring back sanity. Peace, Merle Haggard. Love you.
+JD Webb Yes, the interview was in 2004. It just seems like it's more recent. I think it just goes to show our country made zero progress in ten years, considering the same topics Merle talks about then, still remain a problem today.
Well put! I feel the same. I truly loved him and miss him every day. Bach, Beethoven, Mozzart, Vangough didn't have NOTHING on him. He was a deep thinker.
Merle spot on. He sees things as they are not what the media and politicians tell us what they are. Wonderful intelligent citizen musician songsmith. America needs more like Merle Haggard. Honest genuine American.
I have sat here trying to stir a comment but can't get anything to surface. I agree with him, his logic and I wish I could have had the opportunity to tell him what he and his music meant, does and will always mean to me and what his work meant to my family. I hope my dad finally got to meet his hero in Heaven! I will try to sing every song Merle ever wrote, and will forever be inspired to continue writing my own style, just as he did. There. I did it!
We are going to take this country back and kick all of those politicians and bureaucrats out of office and take back over our country the way it was when the Constitution was written
Man, he really told it like it was and still is. I never hear anyone else talk like this except for maybe Abby Martin trying to expose the corruption of the world.
Benjamin Franklin said in reference to Government, "[...It] is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." 6-28-1787 The sad joke is on us. We are not the victims of Bad Government, but the cause. Franklin's thoughts were well developed. There was a concern that the wealth of the Continent would lead to Greed (self-centered bs comes with that, btw). All the stuff where no one takes responsibility, and blames the other IS a symptom of the failure. Merle Haggard questioned all things. No one can correctly claim he was on one side or the other. He said he didn't Vote for Obama, but was disgusted by how he was disrespected. His deeply troubled, considerate thoughts (well-documented in his own voice) and a mind that questioned everything wasn't about the tribal crap tearing us apart today. Everybody is wrong. Everybody is the problem. He somehow knew THAT!
It’s seven years later merle and you are dead now. I will say that when you mentioned that you feel manipulated by our government these days, well I agree, I feel the same way. It’s as if our government doesn’t want us to stand tall and be free as you said, and I agree wholeheartedly. From one Bakersfield kid to another I just want I say thanks Merle and damn it I miss your presence in the world.🎶🇺🇸🎶
I agree with Carl. This was a recent interview while Obama was President. Therefore, it actually seems more like Merle Haggard is bashing Obama by talking about how this country has gone so far downhill in this past decade.
+Alex Townsend No ..I don't like people putting words in someone's mouth that wasn't said to placate your political agenda...He clearly stated what he meant and didn't need you injecting your opinion. You seem to have an agenda you wish was accepted and clearly it isn't. His quote " The status quo doesn't want us to stand proud and tall...We are the "warriors" of the world and we will take our country back"...Clearly that is NOT what your POS POTUS Obama stated or even stands for...It isnt even remotely what Obama believes..Take your Libtard troll bullshit and move along...Don't disrespect a proud genuine true American patriot.
I sometimes have a recurring dream. I am down deep within a bunker sorrounded by monitors and communication equipment. me and crew are monitoring our political leaders closest transactions. When they step out of line and do something illegal we give them one warning only.if they continue.they are dealt with...it's only a dream.but it would make a great book or movie.
Merle...If the Fed discovered a Mt. Everest size asteroid on a collision course with planet earth...would they tell ya? Everything that comes out of the USFG of WDC is coldly calculated my friend, COLDLY. RIP Son.
How is he speaking all the things that's happening in our country now he had passed before it was in this troubled country as it is now the things he seying I'm puzzled
@@mrh.1107 omy, i remember my dad playing his songs on an old flatop gibson decades ago. at the time i was to young to understand what a snowball headed for hell meant exactly.
He's right folks gotta love the honesty!
Love Merle his music and so dearly miss him.
Wise man! I am so thankful he knew Jesus! I look foreword to meeting him when I get to Heaven❤️
Red White and Blue for ever we got your back Merle🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💯
I sure miss Merle He was a wise Man !!!
Merle you are speaking truth.
There is a lot going on in that man head good and honest,but he expres him self in music and singing,as he got holder spoke about it,more often,if there be more like him ,it would be a better world,God blessyou merle were ever you are,J!S,
Through his music and his words and his voice and his very presence, this man is a prophet, and his body of work is a gift for all eternity.
I SHOULD HAVE ENJOYED HIM back in the Years..I believe I enjoy him more.. I have unlimited time..Bless all his music and words !!
A very wise man we should have listened to him God bless his family
Merle Haggard has never been afraid of telling the truth. I'm so proud of him. Wish the whole US Senate, Congress all of Governors could see and really listen to Merle Haggard"s video. Never mind, I think I will send it to them all.
God bless America---RIP MERLE
Smart man!! I miss him!!
Lost my dad recently age 82, boy did he love Merle. He would play that album when I was a little girl over and over and sing to me and my twin sister. Hope my dad is listening to him in heaven singing .
This brings everyone even closer to Merle Haggard. It's hard to believe that we could get closer than we were. But we can. ♥️♥️🌹🌹✝️🛐😘
You said it all, Merle. Thank you.
Love Merle -- he was so truthful.
Time is proving him right on a lot..
Best there ever was or ever will be. It's a story that is beyond belief, and yet it happened.
Truer words were never spoken.
This man sure knew something was about to happen to our beautiful world . Shame shame .
Maybe he didn't think,it would be like sodom and Gomorrah
Dam right Hag!!! Fightin side of me.
Amen to what Merle Haggard is saying here. I feel the same as Merle does.
Amen to what Merle Haggard is saying here. I agree with Merle Haggard one hundred percent.
Love this American loving artist!
Would love to know the date of this interview and what a great piece! I loved to see him not so reserved with his thoughts. Merle Haggard inspired me in many ways, but my song writing is pure and real and I think he had a lot to do with it and I never even knew it; just grew up playing and singing his tunes because they were solid perfection. The man was so pure and simple and deep and his delivery of a song was the smoothest there will EVER be. Listening to his voice always puts me at ease. I loved everything about him - the life he dealt with so humbly, yet was not proud of and did not boast to youngsters as though it were cool to be a criminal - therefore I had so much respect for him. I liked his quirks and the paranoia he proclaimed, the depth and the warmth and sincerity, paired with the perfect amount of foolishness. He was REAL. God now has all that T A L E N T in Heaven ! I will miss him and some say Willie is all we have left... and I adore him, but I say the Haggard sons are incredibly talented and hope we still can hear them. I spent many years traveling to Hag and Red Headed Stranger shows. Thanks for the music....especially the songs... Thanks for sharing this. God bless Merle Haggard and thank you for sending him to us!
The date of this interview was actually older than I thought. I just checked the DVD box and it says 2004. The complete interview in its entirety is on the Merle Haggard Live at Billy Bob's DVD.
+Ben H. Is the interview 10 years old? Regardless when it was, it is great to hear Merle Haggard questioning things. If Merle is talking about it, that tells you something. I like what he is saying. Makes you stop and think. I always loved his music because there was always a true story being told. People identified with him for that reason. He sang passionately in his songs right from the soul. That's why he is so great. He got across to the people who understood through that wonderful voice and his equally wonderful band. He's in Heaven now but people will play his songs forever. He's that good. It seems though he's talking recently because the world is still the same 10 yrs. later. Nothing changed. I think he's right about the poles shifting or mini ice-age. There were cataclysms before and I think we're due for another because I can't see how it can be fixed. Gone too far to bring back sanity. Peace, Merle Haggard. Love you.
+JD Webb Yes, the interview was in 2004. It just seems like it's more recent. I think it just goes to show our country made zero progress in ten years, considering the same topics Merle talks about then, still remain a problem today.
BlueRae07 Bbb
Well put! I feel the same. I truly loved him and miss him every day. Bach, Beethoven, Mozzart, Vangough didn't have NOTHING on him. He was a deep thinker.
Merle spot on. He sees things as they are not what the media and politicians tell us what they are. Wonderful intelligent citizen musician songsmith. America needs more like Merle Haggard. Honest genuine American.
Miss you Merle!
I love Merle Haggard he is the best
I have sat here trying to stir a comment but can't get anything to surface. I agree with him, his logic and I wish I could have had the opportunity to tell him what he and his music meant, does and will always mean to me and what his work meant to my family. I hope my dad finally got to meet his hero in Heaven! I will try to sing every song Merle ever wrote, and will forever be inspired to continue writing my own style, just as he did. There. I did it!
We are going to take this country back and kick all of those politicians and bureaucrats out of office and take back over our country the way it was when the Constitution was written
@@kendavis6140yes a Democrat like Merle
Man, he really told it like it was and still is. I never hear anyone else talk like this except for maybe Abby Martin trying to expose the corruption of the world.
Benjamin Franklin said in reference to Government, "[...It] is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." 6-28-1787
The sad joke is on us. We are not the victims of Bad Government, but the cause.
Franklin's thoughts were well developed. There was a concern that the wealth of the Continent would lead to Greed (self-centered bs comes with that, btw). All the stuff where no one takes responsibility, and blames the other IS a symptom of the failure.
Merle Haggard questioned all things. No one can correctly claim he was on one side or the other. He said he didn't Vote for Obama, but was disgusted by how he was disrespected. His deeply troubled, considerate thoughts (well-documented in his own voice) and a mind that questioned everything wasn't about the tribal crap tearing us apart today. Everybody is wrong. Everybody is the problem. He somehow knew THAT!
HE IS SOOOO RIGHT
True American poet!!!
That's a real trick having a recent interview with someone who's been gone for 5 years..
A red, white, and blue American!!!!! He was that and so much more...
Ii agree with this he is a wise man and wonderful singer
love his music! hate drugs of any nature; deceptive.
I alway liked that you couldnt tell what Merles politics were. He just talks about ideas and tries to be honest.
It’s seven years later merle and you are dead now. I will say that when you mentioned that you feel manipulated by our government these days, well I agree, I feel the same way. It’s as if our government doesn’t want us to stand tall and be free as you said, and I agree wholeheartedly. From one Bakersfield kid to another I just want I say thanks Merle and damn it I miss your presence in the world.🎶🇺🇸🎶
Miss you so much Hag
I saw him live one of the greatest day of my life
Same here. Saw him live in Red Bank, NJ about a year before he passed away
It's funny to hear him speak about hypocrisy
HEAR, HEAR!
Merle should have been president of the USA
love you merle
LaDonna Gannon c
I agree with him
You tell em Hag!!! Merle Haggard for President 2016 ;-)
+KLUNKET Given he likes our current President, that makes me smile.
I agree with Carl. This was a recent interview while Obama was President. Therefore, it actually seems more like Merle Haggard is bashing Obama by talking about how this country has gone so far downhill in this past decade.
+Ben H. Maybe he was referring to him when he said we need to come out from under the porch. LOL!
+Carl Curtis Smith I'll just assume you hate anybody who isn't white.
+Alex Townsend No ..I don't like people putting words in someone's mouth that wasn't said to placate your political agenda...He clearly stated what he meant and didn't need you injecting your opinion. You seem to have an agenda you wish was accepted and clearly it isn't. His quote " The status quo doesn't want us to stand proud and tall...We are the "warriors" of the world and we will take our country back"...Clearly that is NOT what your POS POTUS Obama stated or even stands for...It isnt even remotely what Obama believes..Take your Libtard troll bullshit and move along...Don't disrespect a proud genuine true American patriot.
Still going on! Sad to say!
Such a good men
What date did this interview take place
2004 was the year of this interview. It was featured on his Live From Billy Bobs concert DVD
so sad he dies on his birthday
don
@@acroflyer It's erie that he knew that too. He told Ben that he would die on his birthday.
I think ole Merle may have had a toke before this haha
Bet his weed wasn't as potent as yours, idiot.
Zeb South
Wow deep thinker's mind. Like his song are as real as American apple pie.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ what a sweet man he was
I sometimes have a recurring dream. I am down deep within a bunker sorrounded by monitors and communication equipment. me and crew are monitoring our political leaders closest transactions. When they step out of line and do something illegal we give them one warning only.if they continue.they are dealt with...it's only a dream.but it would make a great book or movie.
Lamento muito!
Não entendo nada do que ele fala.
Merle...If the Fed discovered a Mt. Everest size asteroid on a collision course with planet earth...would they tell ya?
Everything that comes out of the USFG of WDC is coldly calculated my friend, COLDLY. RIP Son.
How is he speaking all the things that's happening in our country now he had passed before it was in this troubled country as it is now the things he seying I'm puzzled
He had very good insight on what was going to happen. His predictions were amazingly accurate
Merely burnt himself out on drugs and life, not a great role model in those things but his music was good. And he was a true American.
you say it but that's his life. it's up to people if they do or not.. but yes his music is SOOOOOO FOREVER SWEET LIKE WINE.. RIP HAG..
he's dying 😥
Sadly we lost Merle several years ago, but he was right on target with everything he said during this interview.
@@mrh.1107 omy, i remember my dad playing his songs on an old flatop gibson decades ago. at the time i was to young to understand what a snowball headed for hell meant exactly.
❤️❤️❤️ je t’aime trop today pour le reste de ma vie...frenchparisienne
redneck 4 ever