Kris Kristofferson - Under the gun (Breakthrough, 1989)
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2011
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The song was first released on the "Music from Songwriter" album, the soundtrack to the movie "Songwriter" with Kris and Willie (1984)
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Kris seems to really love it, for he also has a rendition of it on his album
"A moment of forever" (1995), though leaving out a verse on that one.
I DO really love it, and I do love Stephen's guitar solo here...
The Borderlords:
Billy Swan, Stephen Bruton - guitar, vocals
Glen Clark - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Tommy McClure - bass
Donnie Fritts - keyboards, vocals
Sammy Creason - drums
Danny Timms - keyboard, vocals
Under the gun
Kris Kristofferson, 1984
Break a man, break a promise
Break a heart, break a home
Take a long hard look at a heaven
Gone to hell under the gun
See the child, young and hungry
Growing wild, on the run
And he'll die reaching for freedom
He was born under the gun
From the wall, see the soldier
Hear the call, here they come
like a storm over the border
till they fall under the gun
Swollen men, blind with power
Break the rules, one by one
With their lies raising the danger
Of their games under the gun.
No more time, no more chances
No more wars will be won
In the end only the losers
Hold the land under the gun
Hold the truth like a candle
Let it shine like the sun
On the love that's left to believe in
In a world under the gun.
Under the gun
Zerbrich einen Mann, brich ein Versprechen
brich ein Herz, mach ein Zuhause kaputt
Schau einen langen, genauen Blick auf den Himmel,
der zur Hölle gegangen ist unter dem Gewehr
Sieh das Kind, jung und hungrig
wild aufwachsend, auf der Flucht
Und er wird sterben, nach Freiheit strebend
Er wurde geboren unter dem Gewehr.
Von der Mauer, sieh den Soldaten
Höre den Ruf, hier kommen sie
wie ein Sturm über die Grenze
bis sie fallen unter dem Gewehr
Aufgeblasene Männer, blind vor Wut
brechen Regeln, eine nach der anderen
Mit ihren Lügen erhöhen sie die Gefahren
ihres Spiels unter dem Gewehr.
Keine Zeit mehr, keine Chancen mehr
keine Kriege mehr werden gewonnen werden
Am Ende behalten nur die Verlierer
das Land unterm Gewehr
Halt die Wahrheit wie eine Kerze
Lass sie wie die Sonne scheinen
auf die Liebe, an die zu glauben übrig geblieben ist
In einer Welt unterm Gewehr.
Forgot my illness to travel miles to hear him, see him. Old age can't bend Kris. May he stay here until he is 150. Best poet who's ever written a song. And always modest and kind, letting others shine, fighting for the good in all of us. Unbreakable.
I agree with you...but Bob Dylan won the prize for literature. It's true that their style is completely different...
Couldn't agree more Kriss is a complete genius 👏
@@cristinabumbac151Leonard Cohen deserved to win.
Genial
I first heard this song on The Songwriters soundtrack back in the 1980s. It blew me away then, it still does today. Kristofferson is an amazing talent. ✌️
This niga is timeless...helicopter pilot, Oxford graduates, & this masterpieces...living legend.. I hope he lives to be 150
Hope he never dies but that's just hope
Kris will live forever.......
Absolutely.
*KRISTOFFERSON'S STILL THE KING FROM OLD SCHOOL WHEN COUNTRY MUSIC WAS REAL* 'CAUSE *REAL COUNTRY MUSIC IS AN OLD TRADITION* 🏅
*KRIS EMBODIES AMERICAN DREAM* 🙏
*EVERYONE LOVES U, KRIS*
A great song by a great singer 💕
What a version! The Borderlords were a great rockin' soul country band. They could stand with anybody. Stephen's guitar solo is stratospheric. One of my top 10 Kris songs easy.
I wish I could find this concert version to add to my playlist. The band and the more upbeat tempo is so perfect.
Kris' prodigious oeuvre is like a staircase to heaven. From his earliest lyrical masterpieces which have been a foundation for these later orchestrations of genius. What a legacy indeed. You brought me up man.
I owe Kris Kristofferson my life through his songs. I was about to do something stupid, then I heard Sunday Morning…Coming Down. His humanity saved me. Also what he did for one of my favourite artist, Sinead. God bless him and you too buddy.
Thank you 😊
Stay safe mate you must be an awsome man ...love and support from a friend in Wales.
Grew up with his music. Thanks to my dad. Only the best country performer in my books. Thank you Kris!
I love Kris Kristofferson . he is my all time favorite singer.
Mine too
I met Kris in Las Vegas at Calamity Janes in 1992 and the guy was nice as you would expect to me and my wife, he was down to earth as Ol' Waylon, two of my favorite artists evva. His concert was amazing, all his good songs!!!
Great memories! Thanks for sharing them 😊
This man sings with such conviction
My all time favorite anti war song! I heard it for the first time in the movie "Songwriter", I watched several times back then. Thanks for sharing!
I recall watching "Songwriter" with my uncle during my Sr. year in high school. (88-89) We both burst out laughing after the scene where Willie ( he played Doc.) wrapped on a woman's door declaring he was selling vacuums; she said " Someone 20 yrs. ago came here doing the same thing then knocked me up!" Doc deadpanned, " That must have been someone from our service department."
This is the best live band ever, love you guys....and Kris,lol...
I love him so much,one of a kind and the best of the best
Best songwriter of all time.
Absolutely brilliant, Kris at his best, what a band, Kris K simply the best
My all time favorite Songwriter. Love the man & his music!!! Kris is THE TOTAL PACKAGE!
Yep
Go Kris have always love your singing. All your movies. Songwriter no one can do better Love you,
I think he is a torched soul,
Brilliant. One of my all time favorites.
and it brings tears to my eyes to see Stephen Bruton up there. This like watching the real " crazy heart".
He died way too soon... The baby of the band :-)
Check this video out... my favourite one of this song by Stephen
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Thank you so much for posting this...the song's getting me through at the moment.
OMG!!! it`s make me cry!!! what a song!! great Kris....u are the most, for ever and ever!!!! No words about it!!! love u!!! Kris!!!!
I know I've commented before on your awesome posts but again I must say how lucky we are that you find these great posts. I'm going to see Kris at Casino Rama with the love of my life in January. I got sober after meeting Kris's the last time he was here. Now I'm still sober but in love...guy is good luck or what!? I'm pretty sure I've posted my story about meeting him. I was invited backstage (unexpectedly ) and was blitzed, he talked to me for about 15 minutes, admired my Waylon shirt and then when I shook his hand to say goodbye he would not let go of my hand and said "you alright?" I said I was fine (I wasn't ) and he then said "you would lie to me would ya?" As I left I could tell that he was looking at me and may have made a comment next to the person beside him, perhaps wondering if they should let me leave (I was driving sadly). A total stranger actually caring about drunken old me. ..sounds cheesy but it totally changed my life. Such a small (probably forgotten) gesture by him saved my life...never forget it.
an amazing life story to last a life time...Glad you stayed sober...and with his amazing caring personality..i sure he prays you stayed sober ...thank you for sharing
He's not a total stranger, Tommy. He knows you inside out. We're all so much alike. Pass it on when the opportunity presents. We give it away to keep it. My name is Kathy and I'm an alcoholic and if I forget what I am, it won't matter who I am. Godspeed, brother.
@@kathleenb1947 well stated~almost 40yrs sober myself. Stay the Path KB~
@@kennethcrane9848 Thanks for saying hello and for trudging before me. A pleasure to bump elbows with you.
My son and my husband were there with me that night. What a great story you have to tell. I love him even more now that I read your story. Thank you for sharing. My husband was one of the few people who had one of his songs autographed .. Closer to the Bone....We had it framed. I have another one here that is also hanging on our wall....Kris at a private concert in Toronto...One of my friends took the shot my husband had taken of him at an outdoor concert . We sent it back to have Kris sign it while at this private concert.. He signed it and told the person who took it to him to tell Dolly (me) that it was a great shot. I will treasure that lovely shot of this amazing man. Your story moved me so much I wanted to tell you this. I do hope that you are still sober. He really cares about people.
Who will take his place. He sang the TRUTH
His songs will go on singing the truth, thankfully.
Always the very best!!!
What a Great Song,!!!
Amazing beautiful brilliant 👏
Amo questa canzone! Grazie Kris! 😊😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘❤️💋💯🌅
Just an absolutely extraordinary song. Have always loved it Genius
GREAT ! Kris Kristofferson is one of the last giants !!!!! Great, great song 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The greatest songwriter and lyricist of the 20th century ...No one comes close !
And Willie
Soooooo true Kriss is a complete genius 👏
The 20th century's William Shakespeare. Kris has a way of putting words together that any writer would give his left gonad to have.
To Edward Mortary This is a reply from what you said about Kris Kristofferson
I couldn't agree with you more. He is like the modern-day Shakespeare. I have always said. No way. Chris has been able to put the words together just like you said and then they really hit home. They're really from the heart and you can feel those same words in your heart.
I was trying to reply back to Edward Moore oteri's comment. I just said I couldn't agree with him more. That Kristofferson is modern day William Shakespeare I had loved kristofferson's music and his words ever since I can remember. he knows how to put the words together so that they come from your heart. Make it your heart to he is so down to earth. When me and my son saw him a couple weeks ago in Maui. I guess it's been a couple months ago now. Anyways, he was great. It was the best evening in my life and I will cherish that moment forever.
Amazing music !!!! great sound and harmony....What a band !! Kris great writer and what a heart..good singer also !!
This is beautiful, and the Borderlords did a great job too, I loved Danny Timms performance on this one, and Stepen of course :-)
lot of good friends in this video. godalmighty powerful song, glen, and kris. bless you all, here & gone.
Beautiful. For all KK fans, listen to the 2017 version. It will blow you away.
Love this song!
Man I love Kris & his music
Love this❤🎶. Kris is such a forerunner of thought. I love the way he expresses profound wisdom so poetically!!
Kris Kristofferson once professed any song he ever composed he prefers the way some other artist sang it. This tune I have no propensity to hear anyone else sing it but Kris. I couldn't even tell you if this has been sung by anyone else.
Oh, there really are some that he sings better than others (e.g., When I Loved Her). And even when that mayn't be the case, his own renditions lend particular resonances that make them special (e.g., compare his and Cadh's approaches to Sunday Morning...). And at his best, there's the most terrific harmony of voice and poetry and a strong sense of emotional sensibility and/or ethical authenticity. Admirable on so many counts
Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Buddy Brown. This eras greatest songsmiths.
Thanks for the music!
Dont forget Townes van Zant
DAMN!!!!! My all time favorite song.
Thank you for your service
The band OUTSTANDING!!!!
I have yet to find a song of his that I don't like. He is awesome beyond belief. To see him in concert is definitely on my bucket list. Keep writing those great songs, keep singing for us Kris. We love you.
Simply perfect 😍♥️
Love all these singers real music💕
Gods, this just seems so timely right now!
That's my friend, Tommy McClure, on the Bass Guitar. He's retired and lives in Memphis. I eat lunch with him and a friend of mine ever so often.
I'm a fan of yours and all the videos you've made..great work. I use to follow Kris around about, wow, 35/40 years ago. He is a true legend and he's always taken the time to be kind to me when I was lucky enough to be around him. What a Beautiful Man!
Pandora Lestat Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you like the videos
my favorite song of all time. always seem to listen to it at just the right time. means a lot to be able to watch it, too. -thanks for putting it on here to see. -mike
This song is fantastic the lyrics and rhyme are amazing.
it definately is 👍👌😊
I have been listen to this Man since I was around 12 years old. I am now the wrong side of 40 and there has not ever been a man I aint ever met nor will ever have the opportunity to meet-yet I call him my friend.Somehow,someway I gave up trying to figure it out but in so many songs and so many words as the man himself said "You been readin my mail" All I can say to Mr Kristofferson is -"Thank you for understanding a man you aint never gunna meet and thank you for allowing me to share your words"
Kristofferson's music always comes from the heart, which is why his songs are timeless. Thank you for the decades of songs that not only touch the mind but also the soul. ✌️
great song, great band. it was good to see Stephen again.
Absolutely best live band ever!!
Kris is the best. Just great music love his movies Heaven Gate Love it. And all that he singes.
The guy is just a literal genius and a literal legend. Everything about him kicks ass. I’m forever indebted to you sir. Thanks for all you’ve done for the people of the earth. God blessed us with this one for sure.
I really love Kristofferson my very favorite singer and songwriter I went to see him at a concert here in Maui a couple of nights ago and he was really great we really enjoyed we we can watch you at the Mac theater in Maui it was really great I hope he comes back againI think Kristofferson is probably one of the sexiest men alive even if his age now
I hope he's safe from Covid on his Maui property! God Bless
Love him always have for 40 years 😢
Simplemente incomparable. Es perfecto.
A few chords and the truth! Thanks for sharing man, and greets from the Netherlands! T.
True today, almost 40 years later..loved that man.
still love him 😀
Just awesomeness!
Thanks very much for the e-mail,and for posting the great music..God Bless..
This is just Kris, Noboddy else could have wrote lyriks like that. I just love this song and i love Kris and his music.
Sou fã do Kris a muitos anos,está música me remete a boas lembranças,amo!!!
song writer xoxo we need THIS MAN NOW
I've been a fan since I was 9. In 71
I love this song it is ass kicken thanks for the post
All of your Videos are excellent.
I love this song too.
+Dolly Price Thank you!
Absolutely Brilliant!!!
A gifted genius amazing
With out this music is no life for me ,thanks
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this video...Love this song! Thanks so much for sharing this!
You're welcome 😃
A song for right now!
(One of those KK songs that will just go on and on in its message.)
Bellissimo video!grande kris!😊😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💕💋💯🍀🌅
Listen to the 2017 version. Just awesome. Only one KK.
@saumier1234 Glad you like it... thanks for the comment. I've uploaded all the songs from this dvd - all of the same quality as this one here. They are in the "Breakthrough" playlist in my channel.
never happier than when hes on stage with the Border Lords.
I like Kris Kristofferson. So thank you, biggestkkfan
Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is a very real song for the current events going on in our world ❤❤❤
I really like this 1,
Kris Electric? YESSSSS
Brilliant!
Kris is celebrating a birthday tomorrow. We wish many more,
Those were the DAYS!!!
my main man for the last 48 years. Since first getting my hands on a vinyl of Border Lord album. There is no better.😎
Same here.
@@MrFlatroofer great live. Saw him in Auckland. Fantastic.
Same hear, my first album In 1968. Best singer songwriter ever.
Kris is an inspiration.
back for more. Awsome performance.
For me one of the best anti-war songs ever written.
Frustrated to not be able to get a copy of Songwriter which will play in UK, or these recordings, Thank heaven for UA-cam
the Breakthrough concert dvd is available in the UK. It's worth the money 😉 www.amazon.co.uk/Kris-Kristofferson-Breakthrough/dp/B01GWCCBG0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Kris+Kristofferson%3A+Breakthrough+by+Kris+Kristofferson&qid=1665353101&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjc0IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1
@@biggestkkfan1506 Many thanks. Will try. I have part of Songwriter recorded on an old video, probably the only time it was on TV.
Ordered Breakthrough. They sent the box with the wrong dvd inside - 'Fishing with John'!
@@barbaramcnulty7505 that's really annoying
Wonderful Kris, have always admired you and also Rita.
Brilliant.
Hey !! Great to see ya!! back on....BiggestKKfan..I would love have all these songs from that cd..In HD!! sounds amazing..Great to see you on !! All the best always!!
I love him!
KRIS U SAID IT ALL LOVE YOUR MUSIC
I pray to the lord for Peace every day
KK is legend,wordsmith
Kris Kristofferson wurde in Brownsville, Texas geboren. Als Kind bewegte er sich oft, bis seine Eltern sich schließlich in San Mateo, Kalifornien, niederließen. Nach dem Pomona College erhielt er ein Rhodes-Stipendium an der Universität von Oxford in England als zukünftiges Schreib-Talent. Hier begann er Lieder zu singen und zu schreiben, woraufhin er vom Manager Larry Parnes entdeckt wurde. Er nahm Rekorde für Top Rank Records unter dem Namen Kris Carson auf. Die Platten waren jedoch nicht erfolgreich.
1960 schloss er sein Studium der englischen Literatur ab. Er heiratete eine alte Schulfreundin, Fran Beir, und schloss sich den USA an. Armee. Hier wurde er Hubschrauberpilot. Die Armee brachte ihn nach Westdeutschland. Hier bildete er eine Bande von Soldaten. Ein Freund von Kristofferson riet ihm, einige seiner Texte an Marijohn Wilkin, einen erfolgreichen Songwriter aus Nashville, zu senden.
1965 zog er nach Nashville, um ein professioneller Country-Musik-Autor zu werden. Die Familie geriet jedoch in Schwierigkeiten. Der Sohn von Kristofferson und Fran Beir wurde mit einer fehlerhaften Speiseröhre geboren, was zu hohen Arztrechnungen führte. Schließlich trennten sich Kristofferson und Beir voneinander.
Sein erster Erfolg Kristofferson hat mit „Vietnam Blues“, ein Lied, das von Dave Dudley und bei der Leistung hoch war in den USA Land Top 20 im April 1966. Im nächsten Jahr er einen Vertrag mit Epic Records unterzeichnete aufgenommen wurde, wo er Single für Aufnahmen, "Golden Idol" / "Killing Time". Das Lied war jedoch kein Erfolg. Zwischen 1967 und 1969 mehr Musiker hatten große Country-Hits mit Songs, die von Kristofferson, Roy Drusky ( "Jody und Kid"), Billy Walker & Tennessee Walkers ( "Von der Flasche nach unten"), Ray Stevens ( „Sunday geschrieben wurden Mornin 'Comin' Down "), Faron Young (" Deine Zeit ist gekommen ") und Jerry Lee Lewis (" Einmal mehr mit Gefühl ").
Als Songwriter war er zu dieser Zeit mit Columbine Music von Fred Foster verbunden. Roger Miller beschloss, drei Songs von ihm aufzunehmen: "Me and Bobby McGee", "Best of All Possible Worlds" und "Darby's Castle". "Me and Bobby McGee" wurde in dieser Version ein großer Länderhit. Als Künstler erhielt er auch die nötige Aufmerksamkeit dank Johnny Cash, der ihn beim Newport Folk Festival einführte.
Siebziger
Mit Foster unterzeichnete er einen Plattenvertrag mit dem Independent-Label Monument Records. Im April 1970 veröffentlichte er sein Debütalbum Kristofferson, die bis auf ein paar alten Songs wie "Me and Bobby McGee" und "Sunday Mornin 'Comin' Down" auch neue Songs wie "Help Me Make It Through the Night" sind. Das Album verkaufte sich jedoch ziemlich schlecht.
Andere Künstler erzielten jedoch 1970 mit seinen Kompositionen Hits. Johnny Cash erzielte einen großen Hit mit "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (mit "g's"), Ray Price mit "For the Good Times" und Sammi Smith mit "Help Me Make It Through the Night". war bemerkenswert „Sunday Morning Coming Down“ von Bargeld als bester Song des Jahres von der Country Music Association und „Für die Good Times“ gestimmt von Ray Price besten Song des Jahres durch die rivalisierende Akademie der Countrymusik ausgerufen wurde.
Zum ersten Mal wurde Kristofferson auch außerhalb der Country-Musik bekannt, als Janis Joplin 1971 mit "Me and Bobby McGee" posthum einen Nummer-1-Hit erzielte. In diesem Jahr erschien auch Kristoffers zweites Album "The Silver Tongued Devil" und "The Silver Tongued Devil". Dieses Album war ein großer Erfolg und Kristofferson wurde schließlich als Musiker anerkannt.
Im Jahr 1971 wurde Kris Kristofferson von Dennis Hopper gebeten, den Soundtrack zu seinem Film The Last Movie zu schreiben. In diesem Film gab er sein Schauspieldebüt in einer kleinen Filmrolle. Er trat auch auf dem Isle of Wight Festival auf. Im Jahr 1972 hatte er eine größere Filmrolle in Cisco Pike, gegenüber Gene Hackman.
Sein drittes Album Border Lord, das nur neues Material enthält, war kein großer kommerzieller Erfolg. Kristofferson war jedoch in diesem Jahr erfolgreich bei der Verleihung der Grammy Awards. Einige seiner Songs wurden für das beste Lied und das beste Country-Lied des Jahres 1971 nominiert. "Hilf mir, es durch die Nacht zu schaffen" wurde schließlich das beste County-Lied des Jahres. Diese Zahl wurde im selben Jahr von Gladys Knight & the Pips übernommen.
Im November 1972 veröffentlichte Kristofferson sein viertes Album "Jesus war ein Steinbock". Der Verkauf des Albums war langsam, aber als die dritte Single "Why Me" ein großer Hit wurde, stiegen die Verkaufszahlen stark an.
Ab 1973 begann er sich mehr auf Schauspielerei zu konzentrieren. Unter anderem spielte er in "Blume in Love" von Paul Mazursky, aber besonders herausragte er als Billy the Kid in Pat Garrett und Billy the Kid von Sam Peckinpah.
Am 19. August 1973 heiratete er die Sängerin Rita Coolidge und veröffentlichte zusammen ein Album Full Moon. Mehrere Hits kamen von dem Album und produzierten einige Grammy-Nominierungen. Die Single "From the Bottle to the Bottom" gewann den Grammy Award für die beste Country Vocal Performance von einem Du...Grüsse von Elisabeth:-)
it`s make me cry!!!!
Amo esse garoto
He SPEAKS THE TRUTH
This is also one of my favorits with Kris
He’s the best. LA
This is mom 73 you fill my heart full your great live on 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🦌🎻🎸🔊🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🌎🎻⚘🦓🎸📯🎺
I ready have FEELING MORTAL. I REALY INJOY IT.