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Bei der heutigen Aufnahme der „John Prine“-„Spielräume“ (http://oe1.orf.at/programm/201001102201.html) hat der Tontechniker bei „Sam Stone“ zu grübeln angefangen, wieso ihm die eingängige Melodie so vertraut ist und erinnerte sich an Roger Waters‘ Lied „The Post War Dream“ („The Final Cut“).
Und tatsächlich spielt „The Post War Dream“, der Operner des Albums textlich („tell me true tell me why was Jesus crucified / is it for this that daddy died?) und musikalisch auf Prines „Sam Stone“ an, wovon auch im Netz und sogar schon in Wikipedia, zu lesen ist:
A) Wikipedia: The Post War Dream (song)
… The melody of the first part bears a strong resemblance to John Prine’s 1971 song „Sam Stone“, about a war veteran’s tragic fate. Both songs share the same chord progression, instrumentation, and melody. They are even in the same key (F Major). … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_War_Dream_(song)
B) Hörer-Kommentar
… There are extreme similarities between „The Post War Dream“ and John Prine’s 1972 song „Sam Stone,“ which is also about a war veteran. The two songs share the same chord progression, melody, and are in the same key. …
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1444
Im folgenden Interview kommt Roger Waters auf John Prine zu sprechen, der für ihn auf einer (Hoch)Ebene mit Neil Young und John Lennon steht:
Word Interview Exclusive: Roger Waters
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/word-exclusive-roger-waters
„… I listened to the albums and they just didn’t move me in the way, say, John Prine does. His is just extra-ordinarily eloquent music – and he lives on that plain with Neil [Young] and Lennon. … […] Have you given up hope of finding a replacement for Neil Young or John Lennon? Well, no, I mean no, I haven’t given up hope at all. If one comes along I’ll notice it. John Prine is one but he’s almost a contemporary. Can you think of another?“
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Waters‘ Verehrung für Prine ist belastbar: Immerhin soll Prine ein Duett mit Waters abgelehnt haben:
Prine Nixes „Yellow Rose“
Roger Waters‘ album Amused To Death was released September 1, 1992. It featured a duet between Waters and Don Henley on the track „Watching TV“. John Prine had originally been announced for the duet, but pulled out after he saw the lyrics, in which the narrator sings about losing his girlfriend, his „yellow rose,“ in Tiananmen Square in the abortive Chinese revolution of 1989. Extract from the Don Henley article in Goldmine Magazine March 1993
http://www.rogerwaters.org/92-94.html
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