Thank you for your comment -- I can so relate. That is great news, that Patty has been there for you in her own way, helping you to keep living! I think Patty is a powerful healer. She has been for me and helped me find a way forward, every day when I listen to her. I know she is human, yet I like to think of her as part Goddess.
I know that...I didn't mean for it to sound the way it did, lol. I just thought it serendipitous/ironic in that moment I guess I think everything is related for some reason. Anyway, sorry for sounding like a weirdo.
Being a therapist supervisor in Orlando after the Pulse nightclub shooting and now during the fascist governmental over-reach, this has a special meaning . Thanks Patty!!!
High-school was a hard place for many of us. I'm reminded of a conversation that got recorded and stuck up here - between Micheal Moore and one of the guys who made "South Park." They'd gone to high-school together and were remembering how they were both fringe-element losers there. The alpha-teens - the football quarterback and the head cheerleeder - still live in that town, and sell insurance to each other.
@@pattygriffin3232 Hi Patty!! I love you and your powerful voice, that is your songs, living through you. I strive to keep coaxing my voice out in music. I love how you say that you begin with the words, to voice what you want to say, then fit the music to the song. I am close to writing my own songs and that gives me a notion of where to begin. Thank you from my heart for being you!
i had the pleasure of meeting Patty back in 1999 in NYC thru a mutual friend - and I begged her manager to allow me to make a video for this Beautiful Song TONY. Sadly I was told it was not a song they were promoting (at the time). Still holds up after all of these years.
@The Darren Hunter -- I can barely imagine what the pain of a loss like that would feel like. I would turn to Patty too, especially were I in your shoes. I'm a 'female Tony' you could say and Patty's music soothes me immeasurably, making perpetual forward motion a possibility.
@@OldTimeDJ Thank you (Darren, I presume?)! I like that; that you are sending me love and light; much more substantive than 'hope and prayers'. Please accept the love and light I am sending you.
Does anyone remember Tony A quiet boy, little over weight He had breasts like a girl When I wasn't too busy feeling lonely I'd stare over his shoulder At a map of the world He always finished all his homework Raised his hand in homerooom He called the morning attendance With the pledge alligence to the gloom Hey Tony, what's so good about dying He said I think I might do a little dying today He looked in the mirror and saw A little faggot starin back at him Pulled out a gun and blew himself away I hated every day of high school It's funny, I guess you did too Its funny how I never knew There I was sitting right behind you They wrote it in the local rag Death comes to the local fag I guess you finally stopped believing That any hope would ever find you Well I know that story, I was sitting right behind you Hey Tony, what's so good about dying He said I think I might do a little dying today He looked in the mirror and saw A little faggot starin back at him Pulled out a gun and blew himself away Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying Hey Tony, what's so good about dying He said I think I might do a little dying today He looked in the mirror and saw A little faggot starin back at him Pulled out a gun and blew himself away Pulled out a gun and blew himself away Pulled out a gun and blew himself away Tony...
I am a Tony and I didn't blow my brains out cause people like Patty Griffin exists in this World.
Thank you for your comment -- I can so relate. That is great news, that Patty has been there for you in her own way, helping you to keep living! I think Patty is a powerful healer. She has been for me and helped me find a way forward, every day when I listen to her. I know she is human, yet I like to think of her as part Goddess.
I know that...I didn't mean for it to sound the way it did, lol. I just thought it serendipitous/ironic in that moment I guess I think everything is related for some reason. Anyway, sorry for sounding like a weirdo.
Being a therapist supervisor in Orlando after the Pulse nightclub shooting and now during the fascist governmental over-reach, this has a special meaning . Thanks Patty!!!
@@coled2048 Sorry, I don't agree with you. Can you explain fascist governmental over-reach and explain who you are referring to?
@@igloozoo3771 take a look at Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, if you want to know what they mean by fascist government overreach.
“Flaming Red” is my first Patty record. Masterpiece of songwriting and production.
So true, such a great LP. She covers a lot of it in "Sessions on West 54th Street," amazing live.
One extremely powerful piece of songwriting here, folks. Patty, we love you.
I think she's one of the greatest storytellers we will ever have the pleasure of being entertained by.
"I guess you finally stopped believing that any hope would ever find you. I know that story. I was sitting right behind you."
Like a sucker punch to the heart every time I hear that line 😭
Me three
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Patty is the Flannery O'Connor of songwriters......so great
really well said. You're right.
Explain please
High-school was a hard place for many of us. I'm reminded of a conversation that got recorded and stuck up here - between Micheal Moore and one of the guys who made "South Park." They'd gone to high-school together and were remembering how they were both fringe-element losers there. The alpha-teens - the football quarterback and the head cheerleeder - still live in that town, and sell insurance to each other.
Crying still
I freaking love Patty - one of my very favorite female singers. Great song too!!
❤️
@@pattygriffin3232 Hi Patty!! I love you and your powerful voice, that is your songs, living through you. I strive to keep coaxing my voice out in music. I love how you say that you begin with the words, to voice what you want to say, then fit the music to the song. I am close to writing my own songs and that gives me a notion of where to begin. Thank you from my heart for being you!
C'est tout simplement génial....et que ça dure😜
Pledge allegiance to the gloom,
great line Patty!
There's no other like Patty. So many songs that pack a punch.
i had the pleasure of meeting Patty back in 1999 in NYC thru a mutual friend - and I begged her manager to allow me to make a video for this Beautiful Song TONY. Sadly I was told it was not a song they were promoting (at the time). Still holds up after all of these years.
You should make one anyway as a tribute. Just don't profit from it and it will be respected?
o good lord... patty griffen i love you
Such a huge talent !!!
Amazing...I love her so so much ...my favorite singer songwriter ever !!!!!!
We all knew Tony...
The voice of an angel
Love this album! Amazing!
Love her
❤️
Best songwriter since Townes
Thank you for this song Patty 💚
Wow.
thanks for posting!!
Great song.
Amazing song and performer. I've seen her three times. By the way, my son also pulled out a gun and blew himself away..
ACIM
@The Darren Hunter -- I can barely imagine what the pain of a loss like that would feel like. I would turn to Patty too, especially were I in your shoes. I'm a 'female Tony' you could say and Patty's music soothes me immeasurably, making perpetual forward motion a possibility.
@@EchosLens Thank you Sara, sending you lots of love and light
@@OldTimeDJ Thank you (Darren, I presume?)! I like that; that you are sending me love and light; much more substantive than 'hope and prayers'. Please accept the love and light I am sending you.
@@EchosLens Wholeheartedly! Thank you!
does anybody have lyrics to this song PLEASE
Does anyone remember Tony
A quiet boy, little over weight
He had breasts like a girl
When I wasn't too busy feeling lonely
I'd stare over his shoulder
At a map of the world
He always finished all his homework
Raised his hand in homerooom
He called the morning attendance
With the pledge alligence to the gloom
Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
He said I think I might do a little dying today
He looked in the mirror and saw
A little faggot starin back at him
Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
I hated every day of high school
It's funny, I guess you did too
Its funny how I never knew
There I was sitting right behind you
They wrote it in the local rag
Death comes to the local fag
I guess you finally stopped believing
That any hope would ever find you
Well I know that story,
I was sitting right behind you
Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
He said I think I might do a little dying today
He looked in the mirror and saw
A little faggot starin back at him
Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying
Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying
Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
He said I think I might do a little dying today
He looked in the mirror and saw
A little faggot starin back at him
Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
Tony...
Anyone know when and where this was recorded? Who the band members are?
Not sure when but it’s Austin city limits
@@Mark-ku9bn they actually give the credits later in the show