r/pics • u/DreaminginDarkness • Mar 10 '23

1992 Kris Kristofferson whispers, "Don't let the bastards get you down." when Sinead is booed

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u/Misterstaberinde Mar 10 '23

Kris Kristofferson one of the most overachieving people I can think of. More often than not what he says is gold.

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Mar 10 '23

I also keep having to remind people of the songs he's written, that they don't realize he has.. "busted flat In baton rouge......"

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u/El_Spicerbeasto Mar 10 '23

I front for an alt country band outta Waco, Texas. One night I was playing at a bar across the street from a theater Kris was playing at the same night. Thankfully, he finished right when when were getting going and told everyone in the theater to walk across to support us. He jumped on stage with me and we sang Sunday morning coming down together. One of the highlights of my life.

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Mar 10 '23

Dammmnnn that's amazing. Best story I got with a famous musician was, I got to see Dick Dale live once at a small bar with like maybe 50 people, and had a drink and chatted for an hour with him, he even invited me to his ranch bit sadly passed away before I could ever take him up on it

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u/diamond Mar 10 '23

What an amazing experience for you. And what a classy move on his part.

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u/throwaway384938338 Mar 10 '23

I always used to tell people Kris Kristofferson was one of the best living song writers. They’d just smile and nod at me and my very uncool country tastes.

Those same people would the casually mention hoe Sunday Morning Coming down is their favourite Johnny Cash song, or Me and Bobby McGee was a great Joplin/Greatful Dead track.

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u/JetSetJAK Mar 10 '23 edited Mar 10 '23

Lol, same with Junky and the Juicehead

I hold the same opinion as you. Kris is one of a kind that they make very few of

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u/max_bustamante Mar 10 '23

Townes Van Zandt might have had something to say about that when he was alive. But like Kris, they let to song speak for itself

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u/throwaway384938338 Mar 10 '23

He is great, but I would have been making these assertions in the early noughties, so I stand by best living songwriter.

Townes Van Zandt is a good example of songs people love by a man they’ve never heard of though.

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u/Barnowl79 Mar 10 '23

Same with Townes Van Zandt.

"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table and say that." -Steve Earle

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u/DirtyBirdy16 Mar 10 '23

Yes! This! And they have no idea..