John Prine - The Missing Years
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Artist: John PrineEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-09-24
Music Label: Oh Boy
Soundtracks:
- Picture Show
- All The Best
- The Sins Of Memphisto
- Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
- It's A Big Old Goofy World
- I Want To Be With You Always
- Daddy's Little Pumpkin
- Take A Look At My Heart
- Great Rain
- Way Back Then
- Unlonely
- You Got Gold
- Everything Is Cool
- Jesus The Missing Years
Music reviews of The Missing Years
Music Review: The Sins Of Memphisto, Indeed
Rating: 4 Stars
Parts of this review have been used to review John Prine's "Great Days" album which is pound for pound the best compilation around but if you have extra dough get this one as well.
Over the last several months I have done more musically-oriented reviews that I had expected. One of the themes that have kept cropping up is that for some folk/blues-oriented musical artists like Bob Dylan my attachment was immediate, long time and on-going. For other artists like John Prine it has been more of a recently acquired taste. In fact, my first acquaintance with the work of John Prine, at least that I was aware of, was several years ago when I was requested to get a couple of his CDs for a friend for Christmas. Upon listening to those albums, including this compilation, we both agreed that the best bet was to return them and get something else. Go figure.
I had, obviously, heard Bonnie Raitt do his "Angel From Montgomery" long ago but I never associated his name with that song. Then a couple of years ago I happened to listen to his "Hello In There" and "Sam Stone". Anyone whose has been affected by the Vietnam War experience in any way will gasp after hearing "Sam Stone", a very personal take of the destructiveness of that war for many of those who fought it, found hard drugs and found the black hole as a result. If you want to hear a real anti-war song rather than something wistful like "Where have All The Flowers Gone?" and the like then listen to this one. Yes, this guy has something to say that I wanted to (and on some songs, needed to) hear.
This compilation represents a nice selction of his later work. Mr. Prine is a good guitar player, a very, very good wordsmith who has produced some poetic turns of phrases here that will have you thinking for a while. He also frankly, has the wry sense of humor (in the classical Greek sense of that word) of a man who has been pushed around by life, has pushed back; taken his beatings, dusted himself off and gotten back up again. You know, just the kind of guy that I, and I am sure other guys and gals of a certain age, very definitely can relate to.
So what is good here? Listen to "The Sins Of Memphisto", "Picture Show" Train" and "Jessus The Missing Years". The you will know what I mean by that remark about his wordsmanship mentioned above.
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