Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

Oh man -- just watched the clip Erin brought in again -- it's so good:


It reminded me of another Kris Kristofferson song that is about loving someone who you're not with anymore, "Loving Her Was Easier". Jonathan actually tried to convince me to cover this song as Undine -- I tried but couldn't quite make it work -- but maybe that's because it was destined for this show.

There's a clip of Kris singing it at the same taping where he did the duet with Rita, but I love this version of him singing it as an older man:


And here's a beautiful version with Willie Nelson -- check out Kris' arms, man!


Update: one more clip! Here's him singing the same song in 1972 -- the same taping as the duet with Rita Coolidge! Which blows my theory that he wrote this song about her.


Okay JUST ONE MORE: here's them singing a duet from 1978. What do you read from their body language here??? Also note the amazing set (from Johnny Cash's Christmas show):

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