Riding With Private Malone
This is perfectly wonderful post!
Every morning is a time for reflection. Here is my contribution today: Veterans Day.
Riding with Private Malone is a song written by Wood Newton and Thom Shepherd, and recorded by American country music artist David Ball. It was released in August 2001 as the first single from his album Amigo. The song reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Ball’s first Top 40 country hit since “Look What Followed Me Home” in 1995. USA Today referred to it as “the country song that tapped most subtly and profoundly into the emotions of its audience” after the September 11 attacks, even though it was released to radio a few weeks before the attacks. This song is long (4:24), breaking the 3-20 rule but it was still a solid hit due to its resonating…
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It was really good one with deep meaning in it. The singer’s voice is 👌
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I loved this song and video ever since it came out.
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I’m so glad yo told me. I was beginning to think no one had heard it before!
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Lol, oh, well I’m from Texas and listen to a lot of country music so I already knew Thinking Problem by David Ball. And then they showed that video with the red convertible on CMT and it always choked me up. Come to think of it, it always choked up my ex, as well as my husband now. It’s kind of like when I hear God Bless The USA. I always get chill bumps.
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I sure know the feeling you’re describing! Thank you, Kerbey!!
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What an interesting story. I learn so much about WWII from reading this blog.
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Thank you, Sheryl.
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Ontroerend
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Ik ben het er zo mee eens.
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Dank je!
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Thanks for this…tears still in my eyes🧡
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You’re not alone!
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Yes, this is a perfectly wonderful post. Thank you, GP.
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I’m so glad you liked it, Jennie!!
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🙂
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GP, thank you for sharing the original post….awesome and very powerful…moved me!
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Then you felt as I did. Thanks for stopping by and reading Allen’s post!
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Thank you for the recommendation, GP! Sounds very interesting, will head over for listening to it. Country is als a music genre i enjoy, most times best for calming down. Michael
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My pleasure, Michael. I’m very happy you’re checking out his site!!
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I can’t believe I never heard this before. What great music for a Tuesday morning.
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Thanks for stopping by, Jacqui!!
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A wonderful post featuring a beautifully sung hair-raising song
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Thanks, Derrick. Allen did a great job here!
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I so love this song. Thank you for posting.
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My pleasure, Linda.
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Thank you for sharing Allen’s moving post, GP.
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I read it and knew one day I’d have to include it here!! Thank you for taking the time to read it, Liz!!
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Excellent reblog! Thank you for sending us Allen’s way!
I left a comment on his blogpost.
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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Fantastic!
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Encountered the Private Malone song a couple of years back.
It is now one of my 450 Spotify downloads.
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Terrific, CP! I’m glad you can appreciate it!
Happy New Year, my friend!
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Thanks, GP, for that wonderful reblog.
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Certainly my pleasure, Don. I’m very happy you like it!
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Super reblog, GP. Thank you
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Thank you. Allen did a great job here!
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Yes he did.
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Glad you enjoyed it John!
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You would have to be a stone not to like it. Thanks, Allen.
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That’s a great story and song, GP. Thanks for the link over Allen’s site!
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My pleasure, Lavinia. I just had to have that story and song included here!
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It reminds me of a true story I was told by a musician friend, many years ago. He had been driving down a long stretch of remote highway, the fog so thick that he couldn’t see the lane divider or white line on the shoulder. As he was beginning to worry about whether he would make it home or not, he said he felt a hand on his shoulder, and a voice said “It’s OK son.” Just then, he saw taillights in front of him, red beacons in the white wall. He followed the taillights for a long way, and eventually got out of the fog. The lights disappeared, no car in front of him. No one around him, anywhere. He was alone, no cars in sight, no signs of civilization where he was. Who knows who our guardian angels are, why some make it home and some don’t.
Here is another song, by Kate Wolf. Read the story from the YouTube channel owner. It is haunting.
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What a fantastic story, Lavinia. It’s tales like that that give me hope.
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I am familiar with Kate’s song – Really moving!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it Lavinia.
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What a wonderful story and song! It reminds me of my son, Matt, actually riding with a Marine, and the car flipped. His friend was driving and the Marine was in the back seat. If not for that Marine who knew what to do, Matt would probably been dead at that car accident.
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I am thrilled to know that the Marine was there to say Matt for you!! Strange things happen in this world that we will never be able to explain.
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Matt hit the dashboard and had his forehead slashed and the Marine broke the window and pulled Matt and the driver out before the ambulance came. He got two plastic surgeries done and the doctor wanted another one and Matt said no. He still got a little scar on his forehead. A badge of courage, he said.
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Correction. Not the dashboard. The window.
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He’s a lucky man!
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Our service members protect us in so many unseen ways.
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Wow. My first car was the wheels of a guy who’d gotten drafted. His mother sold it to me. I didn’t even think of his situation, but enlisted less than two years later and sold it before I went in. The way it was.
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Yes it was. Thank you for stopping by to tell us your story, TW.
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This is going into my favorites playlist. Thank you GP
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I am very happy to hear that! I’ve got to get Allen here to read everyone’s comments!
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I’m reading them all with immense pride. Thanks!
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👍🤗
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It has been on my favorites list for some time.
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Brought a lump to my throat as well!
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Fantastic – then it wasn’t just me!
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Great song and story I hadn’t heard before. Thanks, GP.
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Sure thing. I knew Allen had a lot of people read that post, but I just had to include that story and song here.
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I read this on Allen’s blog a while back. It is worth reblogging. The sensitivity of the author and the songwriter/singer bring a pathos that many of us never think about. Bet this one really resonated with you.
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In some ways – yes it did. I really liked the story of his own car too.
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The two melded together well. 🙂
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The story about my car is 100% true. My friend and I still swap stories about that hunk of steel.
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I’m happy to hear that. Say hello to your friend for us!!
Happy New Year and please stay safe!
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Thanks for re-reading.
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That’s an oustanding reblog, GP. What a story, and the song lyrics brought a lump to my throat.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Isn’t it?!! I copied Allen’s address here and wrote ‘incredible’ on the post-it. It certainly describes my feelings on it. Thanks for listening and reading, Pete.
Have a great day!
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Pete – I am pleased you enjoyed the post. As a songwriter, I feel the same way.
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Thank you.
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