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Thread #86310   Message #1605707
Posted By: SunnySister
15-Nov-05 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Subject: RE: When Did You First Hear John Prine??
Thanks Number 6!

I was doing a one-person show on the silences that are found in our society. In "Hello in There," I found John Prine's song about a woman whose gone silent and bone weary as an elderly person who is just dying to talk to be perfect for the show.

Strangely, whenever I sing that song, while I'm singing it and after, I feel very tired. Prine has a way in that song of creating a whole world with such strong feelings and memories for the main character attached to it. A pleasure to perform.