― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I only have a live album and the first KK album, which is mostly great. "Blame It On the Stones" is funny, "Best of All Possible Worlds," "For the Good Times," "The Law is for Protection of the People," and obv. "Bobby McGee." And "To Beat the Devil" -- I love that song. Classic, for sure.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I've been loving that album lately.
― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
I only half-agree with this. There are occasional moments on the first album (admittedly, the only one I know really well) where I hear the 'actor' come out (I didn't actually know he was a rhodes scholar) -- moments when his country-isms sound just a little too perfect. I particularly feel this way about "Beat the Devil," a song I find realtively unconvincing compared to the rest of the album (especially in the intro, i.e. when he says "a great and wasted friend of mine")
I don't mean to say that it matters to me whether he actually is a rhodes scholar or an alcoholic drifter, I'm just talking delivery here. But for the most part, Kristofferson is a great *storyteller* -- almost a Garrison Keilor type whose combination of folksy charm and rapier wit seem to exist outside of any class or regional specifics.
When he's at his best, I care no more about Kristofferson's background than I care that Bob Dylan was a midwestern suburban middle class Jew when he sings ballads of poor black southerners. And more often than not, this is the case.
― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Probably one of the best (or maybe *the* best?) bedroom singers, outside of Soul/R&B ("I'd Rather Be Sorry", "Help Me Make It Through The Night".) "For The Good Times" has been mentioned on the rolling Country thread, that sorta fits in as well.
"Highwayman" tho, wtf were they on about on that one. I own three versions of that song (this, Willie Nelson best-of, Cash box.)
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 2 February 2006 21:09 (eighteen years ago) link
I dig Bobby Dylan and I dig Johnny CashAnd I think Waylon Jennings is a table thumpin' smashAnd hearin' Joni Mitchell feels as good as smokin' grassAnd if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass
Chorus:'Cause I think what they've done is well worth doin'And they're doin' it the best way that they canYou're the only one that you are screwin'When you put down what you don't understand
I said, I dig Roger Miller, Merle Haggard; George JonesShotgun Willie Nelson and them rockin' Rollin' StonesAnd Jerry Lee's still gotta be the coolest in the classAnd if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass.
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 2 February 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
ooh this sounds awesome: Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72Over 5 years in the making, and with the attention to detail and elaborate packaging the label is known for, LITA 050 is none other than the never-before-released 1968-1972 demos of Texas-born Renaissance man and maverick songwriting pioneer, Kris Kristofferson. With the outlaw Highwayman's full blessing, Light In The Attic is proud and honored to present Kristofferson s honest and upfront formative takes on the tunes that would eventually become part of the great American songbook.
Since penning these numbers (many of which were written during the mid-to-late 60s while working as a janitor for Columbia Records in Nashville), over 500 artists including patron saint Johnny Cash, one-time lover Janis Joplin, and co-actor Bob Dylan (to name but three), have covered Kristofferson's material. While we shouldn't forget his vast commercial accomplishments as an award-winning recording artist and actor, it's these soul-stirring demos that laid the groundwork for his rough and tumble creative journey. Drop the needle and be transported into the intimate candle lit studio session like a fly on the wall.
Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Demos 1968-72 features comprehensive liner notes by Michael Simmons (MOJO, LA Weekly), including interviews with Kristofferson, the musicians, and other related-folks from these landmark sessions. Plus, dig into a handful of testimonials from friends Dennis Hopper and Merle Haggard. Includes full lyrics housed in a massive 60 page full color booklet featuring unseen photos and archival material, plus a gloriously mastered audio soundtrack.
http://www.amazon.com/Please-Dont-Tell-Story-Ends/dp/B0036ZKL9G
― tylerw, Sunday, 18 April 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I will be picking this up.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 April 2010 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Just picked up Border Lord (which I used to own and seem to have mislaid) and Jesus was Capricorn. Nobody Wins is today's saddest song ever....
― sonofstan, Thursday, 22 April 2010 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Listened to that new collection last night, it's a winner.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 April 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Streaiming on NPR now .... sounds very good: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126169194
― tylerw, Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
So this demos collection... is awesome. That is all. Really nice liner notes too.
― ian, Thursday, 3 June 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
just searched this thread to post exactly that ian. listened to thing in loud cars for a month or so but the first go through at home is just killing it.
― bear, bear, bear, Saturday, 25 September 2010 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
from tracks 4 to 5 alone you get pretty much most of what makes this dude mostly all time, but fuck it, whole thing is ace
― bear, bear, bear, Saturday, 25 September 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, amazing random roles q&a with kris: www.avclub.com/articles/kris-kristofferson,46544/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
tonight is a kris greatest hits night imo
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
My deeply alcoholic friend blames this guy's self-titled album for his problem.
― Publicidad de Sexo (Abbbottt), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
don't blame it on the .... country?
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
blame it on the stones is one of the few kris songs i'm really not down with.. it's just got that goofy production and vibe to it.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
If I had any inclination to drink alone, I could see this as a pretty encouraging soundtrack.
― Uteruses Before Duderuses (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ah yeah, but music to drink to isn't necessarily music that makes you drink.
in fact, i'm going to go & get a drink.
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 April 2011 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
hey, kris has a new one out today -- Feeling Mortal. sounding pretty good. voice just getting more grizzled, but in a mostly good way.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
https://search.mog.com/v2/albums/29523585/image.jpeg?size=800underrated
― tylerw, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
never heard that one, but i'd like to.<3 kris.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
he's the emcee of the Johnny Cash TV show DVDs I've been watching. (Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" from the show was released as a single and won awards.)
Didn't really start his music career til he was nearly 30, after being a Rhodes scholar, and a presumed Army lifer.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
a texas friend quoted KK saying "Garth Brooks did for country music what pantyhose did for finger fuckin'."
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― tylerw, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
great line in the sabre and the rose "when stagger lee had drunk his fill of moonlight / he turned his burning eyes upon my soul"
― tylerw, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/HaalvZ5S4Aw
― Heez, Friday, 24 May 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
this weird thing happened last nighthttps://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1174611_10201727473052288_1320997475_n.jpgl-r: kris, me, lyle lovett
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
okay wow!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
Details!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
i'm kind of distantly related to kris and he and his wife were ridiculously nice/accommodating. lyle was dropping in to discuss their duet during his set. lyle seems like mayyyybe the nicest dude in the world.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
omg!! wow.
are you meeting in a mine shaft or
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
ha, that's just the subterranean backstage of red rocks (http://redrocksonline.com)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
everything about that is awesome, lucky you!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
such a great pic.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
Too bad they hadn't been sharing stories about the women in their lives at that particular moment.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
that rules!
― Brad C., Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
best part was kris telling me about being a helicopter pilot in the gulf of mexico
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
i may or may not have offered to help him write his memoirs. he said he hasn't done it yet because he sits down to start writing, but then decides he would rather be watching a football game.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Kris otm
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
Kris Kristofferson...pilot...Gulf of Mexico...what was he transporting?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
i think he was flying people back and forth out to oil rigs. he was also a pilot in the air force for a while. and was a rhodes scholar. dude had kind of an interesting life even before he became famous, really.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah that helicopter pilot/military stuff has cropped up in interviews I've read with him
amazing pic btw!!
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
also got to talk to him a bit about mickey newbury!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
oooh, what he say about mickey?
― Heez, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
"lyle seems like mayyyybe the nicest dude in the world"
lyle love it
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
(Kristofferson) achieved some success as a performer himself, following Johnny Cash's introduction of Kristofferson at the Newport Folk Festival. Kristofferson had previously grabbed Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard without prior arrangement and gave him some tapes
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
oooh, what he say about mickey?he seemed super excited -- said that he was his best friend, mentor and pretty much "the guy I wanted to be." when kris got fired from his pilot job, mickey was like "great! come back to nashville and pitch songs to the johnny cash show." so they hung out in one of the local hotels where guests for the show stayed and just played songs for whoever. kris also said he thought mickey could've been huge if he just went out and played live but for whatever reason he never liked it. said that his favorite thing was to "play a song and then pass the guitar to someone else." i mentioned "she even woke me up to say goodbye" as one of my favorites and KK pretty much shouted "SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE! Can you believe that title!?"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
ha! awesome.
― Heez, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
she even woke me up to say goodbye, the bitch
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
If I could have been anybody during the '70s, I think I might have chosen him. (I mean, except for myself, of course.) He was definitively a 1970-71 guy, and he got to stay a 1970-71 guy for the whole decade and become more successful and more famous along the way.
I just noticed his RS cover with Rita Coolidge has an American version (with beard) and a British version without:
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/kris-1_zpsa65a2de1.jpg http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/kris-2_zps41ca728c.jpg
The headline changes on the Sex Pistols, too.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
my first association with him will always be:
http://www.moviespad.com/photos/kris-kristofferson-convoy-0cef0.jpg
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
well that's pretty amazin'
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
it's unbelievable
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Awesome
― dmacation problem (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Sad, but he seems to be taking it in stride, and can still perform:
http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/01/26/kris-kristoffersons-memory-loss-worsens-but-his-sense-of-humor-is-great
― That's So (Eazy), Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Sorry to hear.
He frequently pops up in bios of the prior generation of musicians- Arthur Alexander, Charlie Louvin, Johnny Cash- and I am always touched by the respect he accorded these guys. The epitome of a gentleman and a scholar.
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
Also, wow at those RS covers.
Jerrod Niemann sings on his newest album that he, himself, is “no Shakespeare or Kris Kristofferson.”
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 April 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link
The half assed hanging on to the words on the exhalations on "nobody wins" my god
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Friday, 9 February 2018 09:50 (six years ago) link
<3
― ian, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
yea he's a pro
― marcos, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
deserves more
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
like most dorks I fuck w those first two albums but these two from the notably less impressive Border Lord are so good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exDp_PxLcCIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0sfsunaL4
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link