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1986 Top Ten Songs: Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 28 Mar

This certainly wasn’t planned, but it’s so appropriate that this song shows up on the list today. My dear mother of blessed memory loved this song, and today would have been her birthday. So this one’s for you, Mom....

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1984 Top Ten: Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 23 Apr 24

It’s been a great birth month for me. I hope you’ve enjoyed celebrating with me as I look at these timeless songs that somehow have turned 40 and 70 years old. That’s the joy of music: it truly is timeless. Up next on the...

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Funny Songs Top Ten: Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 30 Sep 23

Oh, y’all ain’t gonna like next month’s theme. But that’s for later. I’m back from the women vets’ open house at the VA hospital (which is why I’m late) and ready to give you the song that tops the list of funny...

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“They Wrote It All Down As the Progress of Man” (Part 3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 1 Nov 22

If you’ve listened to John Prine’s song “Paradise,” you know it’s a sad lament for how “progress” destroys towns. Earlier this year I mentioned that the headline in the newspaper when the Paradise, Kentucky post office closed in...

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“When I Die Let My Ashes Float Down the Green River, Let My Soul Roll on Up to the Rochester Dam” (Part 2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 1 Nov 22

The lovely countryside on the banks of the Green River in Muhlenberg County has been immortalized in John Prine’s song “Paradise,” easily one of his best-known and most-covered tunes. The area has been grateful, too. We lost...

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“Daddy, Won’t You Take Me Back to Muhlenberg County” (Part 1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 1 Nov 22

Road trip!! I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I know the trip has been successful. I went to Paradise today. One of the most iconic songs in the great John Prine’s career is “Paradise,” the lament of strip mining...

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Alcohol Top Ten: How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night) (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 11 Jun 22

All that’s left is the ceiling cracks and the latest expense on the house will be finished. I’ll drink to that! Of course, I don’t drink (I don’t like the taste, there’s a history of alcoholism in my family, and did I mention I...

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“The Abandoned Old Prison Down By Airdrie Hill”

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 7 Apr 22

Two years ago today we lost John Prine. He was one of the early famous victims of COVID-19. Prine had been on tour in Europe in February 2020, when news of the virus was just beginning to be talked about. By the time he got...

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Songs Mentioning Songs Top Ten: Please Dont Bury Me (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 11 Jul 21

Will the weather cooperate? Right now it looks okay, but given our history I’m betting on no. But we’ll see. We can’t wait too long because some of the players have to drive a good distance (like Louisville ) to...

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John Prine Meet Kurt Vile And Vice Versa

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 27 Jun 21

Kurt Vile is one of those artists that I think is very underrated for his guitar playing and his songwriting ability. But nonetheless, some years back I found him and became a fan. The first song I ever heard was [i]Life Like...

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Diamond Songs Top Ten: Diamonds in the Rough (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 18 Dec 20

Just think, in eight days we can all return the presents we didn’t want! You won’t be returning diamonds if you get ‘em, and hopefully you’ll enjoy these gifts of songs with “diamond” in the title. Here’s today’s...

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Jail/Prison Top Ten: Christmas in Prison (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 7 May 20

Earlier in the countdown of songs with jail or prison in the title I said there were two people on both countdowns (this one and the songs set in jail or prison without a mention in the title). It is no surprise who one of them...

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Prison-Themed Top Ten: Illegal Smile (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 3 May 20

Along with John’s suggestion of songs with prison or jail in the title I’m adding a list of songs that are explicitly or implicitly set in jail. You know me: get all the mileage you can out of a suggestion! In this case, I got...

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Any One Else a John Prine Fan?

Jo Miller @pjmurphy (2498) • United States 17 Apr 20

It's hard to turn on the television without hearing depressing news these days. I felt especially sad when I heard John Prine had been hospitalized with coronavirus. I knew he'd had lung cancer and had part of a lung removed. I...

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Another icon falls prey to coronavirus - John Prine has died

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382068) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Apr 20

In these times, I feel the need for a few ‘treats’ so, when we shopped on Sunday, I bought myself a packet of crumpets. I shared them with Vince but I had the last two this morning. And now I’ve just learnt that songwriter, John...

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Heartbroken Yet Again.

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 7 Apr 20

When the announcement came, I guess we weren't all that surprised. After all, COVID-19 is taking young and healthy people...so what chance did a guy in his 70s with half a lung missing have? Still, it leaves me heartbroken yet...

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Yes That IS a Real Song Title Top Ten: Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 6 Sep 19

The top three in this countdown of songs I love with oddball titles are obviously real songs, because who would come up with a joke of a title like these?! Two of the three are from old favorites, including today's song. And, to...

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Ten Songs My Mom Loved Bonus: Lets Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 2 Apr 19

This wouldn't really classify as "rock," but it's a song I don't think you'd expect a prim and proper lady born in 1932 to like. But then, you may not think the "regular" countdown song is "rock," either. At any rate, I'm...

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It's TIME for a Rock Countdown: Crooked Piece of Time (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 8 Jan 19

There's a meme on Facebook that's for various states, but the gist of it is: "Nature: You can't have all four seasons in one day! (State): Here, hold my beer." That's how we are here: it was 67 this afternoon, and it's supposed...

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Lyrical Philosophy Top Ten: Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 10 Sep 18

I've been so wrapped up in all of these movies (and the fact that JJ has never seen any of them) that I've been ignoring music. After this one, you may wish I had continued. This countdown highlights lyrics that I...

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