30.04.2026: Radiozettel #118 | Pop Crimes #43

[Herr Rossi]

Die Stadt mit ihren ganz wunderbaren Plattenläden

Einer von vielen guten Gründen, mal wieder hinzufahren.

[Joliet Jake]

Nach all dem, was Du bisher gespielt hattest (OK, vor TvZ...), hätte ich John Prine am allerwenigsten erwartet.

[Jan Lustiger]

Der Text gehört zu den besten, die je geschrieben wurden m.E.

Sam Stone came home
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas
And the time that he served
Had shattered all his nerves
And left a little shrapnel in his knees
But the morphine eased the pain
And the grass grew round his brain
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
With a purple heart and a monkey on his back

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios, mmhmm

Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios, mmhmm

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
There was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios, mmhmm

[Herr Rossi]

Bei Prine muss ich noch aktiv werden. Habe ihn eigentlich erst mit seinem Abschiedsalbum wirklich wahrgenommen.

[RadioZettl]

Nächstes Songwriting-Genie:

....

In der Tat. Schön, ihn heute zu hören.

[Jan Lustiger]

Nach all dem, was Du bisher gespielt hattest (OK, vor TvZ...), hätte ich John Prine am allerwenigsten erwartet.

Ich tanze auf vielen Hochzeiten, aber ich bin im Herzen vor allem ein Freund von großen Songs im wahrsten Sinne, also ganz einfach von der Kunst der Kombination von Melodie und Text. Da ist John Prine einer der Allergrößten gewesen.

[Kinkster]

Nächstes Songwriting-Genie:

John Prine
Sam Stone
John Prine
1971

Klasse

[Kinkster]

Bei Prine muss ich noch aktiv werden. Habe ihn eigentlich erst mit seinem Abschiedsalbum wirklich wahrgenommen.

Dann mal los … da kann man nicht viel falsch machen

[Joliet Jake]

Der Text gehört zu den besten, die je geschrieben wurden m.E.

Oh, ja.

[Jan Lustiger]

Auch das hier: Pop-Song-Genius

Big Star
September Gurls
Radio City
1974