The Best Hangover Song of All Time - Kris Kristofferson | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!

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[@JamesJoyce12]

Rhodes Scholar - Oxford U Grad - Teacher at West Point - Combat Attack Helicopter pilot - US Army Ranger - Boxing Champion - movie star - there is no other singer-composer like him in history

[@parsleyqueen]

Actually factually THE World's Most Interesting Man.

[@SisterMidnite]

And soooo easy on the eyes!!!

[@parsleyqueen]

Got that right, Sister! @@SisterMidnite

[@thomasdowling9434]

The version on "The Austin Sessions" w Steve Earl singing backround, is the definitive version of this song.

[@jtf2dan]

his Oxford University degree was a Bachelor in Philosophy in English Literature. He was offered a position to teach English Literature at West Point but turned it down to write music, so he quit the Army(dont think he actually taught at west point). And he never flew any combat missions or attacked anything, although he was a trained pilot in the army. More interestingly he dated Janis Joplin, and married Rita Coolidge.

[@MrSnitchley]

Kris Kristofferson is primarily a song-writer, and while he recorded his own versions of his songs, it's generally the covers by other artists that are most famous -- this one with Johnny Cash and Me & Bobbie McGee with Janis Joplin being the prime examples.

[@tazjammer]

Even Ray Price. For the Good Times!

[@wjc780114]

Gordon Lightfoot’s version of Me and Bobbie McGee in my opinion is the best of them all.

[@denroy3]

Roger Miller actually had the first big hit with 'Me and Bobby McGee. Joplin was actually dead before hers was released.

[@allenlunde7908]

Me and Bobby McGee was also a favorite Grateful Dead cover.

[@anonymousme2159]

This one with Sammi Smith

[@dkxkee]

Don't remember who said it, but the quote was "This is the song every writer in Nashville wishes they had written." Don't think it's a stretch to say Kristofferson is Nashville's version of Dylan. Great lyrics.

[@rockyroad7345]

This original is the only version for me. Don't forget he was a member of the band "The Highwaymen" with Willie, Waylon and Johnny.

[@HamiltonRb]

Wasn’t a huge fan of his voice when he was solo, but in the Highwaymen he took it to another level with those guys around him

[@cazgerald9471]

Kris is the songwriter, so original from that perspective, but the first recording of the song to be released was by Ray Stevens.

[@scsu5085]

yeah ok for songwriting BUT he cannot hold a note. He was always the weakest link in the Highwaymen. I'd put him in the same category as Lisa Marie, always sounded off key/tone deaf.

[@rockyroad7345]

​@@scsu5085I'll take a songwriter any day...and most of the best aren't even passable vocalists. Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Cash, Willie, Kris...the list goes on and on. A few can sing, but very few can put down the words that last.

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Man. This guy can paint a picture

[@chanceotter8121]

I have known this song my entire life, and loved it, but never gave it much more thought than that. But seven plus years ago my ex-wife died suddenly from a heart attack. As I went to the hospital with our sons, and seeing her in the ER in peace and far away, this song came to my mind. As my son drove me home(I was a mess) I found myself singing this song out loud in a whisper, where our boys could hear but they said nothing. This song was the only way, however the subconscious works, I could process my grief, my disappointment, my regret, my shame, wasted opportunities, and pieces of future we as a family would never know. This song was what my subconscious pulled out as a hymn of comfort for me to process the worse week of my life. Kristofferson is a great American artist.

[@BrentWeiner]

Saw Kris in Colorado Springs when he was 80 years old. He put on a great performance. The crowd was going babnanas and he said it was the best show he ever did. For reals! I love this man's music. He got a job at Sun studios as a janitor so he could be around musicians and get his music out there. It worked!

[@wgj4everlong426]

My son I think was at that show,said him and his wife were the only ones in their20's at it.but Kristofferson is Billy's favorite artist, he went to work at Columbia Records as a janitor not Sun

[@reednewell2164]

My hangover days are well in my past, but I still sing this song while walking the dog every Sunday morning. There are very few instances when a singer’s voice perfectly represents the song material. This is one of those times. It’s in my top ten songs of all time, and obviously an S tier as far as I’m concerned.

[@John_Locke_108]

Yep. And only somebody in their 20's could say that they enjoy a hangover. Wait until you're in your 40's and have to drive to pick up the kids from grandma's at 8 a.m. on Sunday. It feels like you have the flu and you feel crap until Tuesday.

[@t.lee.p9182]

He certainly has a way to put his soul into the lyrics doesn't he ❤

[@bengazeley9730]

'Help Me Make It Through The Night' is his real masterpiece imo.

[@TheFairyintheFishBowl]

I agree. ❤

[@alankinkle5207]

I’d say it’s one of his masterpieces. I like For the Good Times more, but it’s close. Another that always gets to me but I never hear anyone mention is Jody and the Kid.

[@TheFairyintheFishBowl]

@@alankinkle5207 I love that song too…in fact I do prefer it to “Help me make it through the night.” 🤗

[@steelcity4581]

Any super fan of Kristofferson knows he has wrote countless lyrical masterpieces

[@brettg274]

Kris Kristofferson stars as Billy The Kid in a movie, “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid”, and Bob Dylan is his sidekick. My grandfather worked on the movie as an assistant director, so they gave him an extra role. There’s a scene where a gang of guys working with Billy starts to turn on him at a camp, and Billy feels it coming. He starts telling a story that basically lets the men know he’s on to them. My grandfather is one of them, standing next to a wagon wheel, he makes a move for his shotgun leaning against the wheel, and Billy (Kris) guns him down, and then he and Dylan take out the rest of them.

[@ednicholson7839]

Great call out. That movie is also where Dylan's song "Knocking on Heaven's Door" comes from. Really underrated western. Kristofferson is a great actor -- almost as good an actor as a songwriter. Dylan is cool in the movie too.

[@tazjammer]

Watched it 100 times. Old 67 yr old Vet. Ty for recognizing!

[@Citizenesse8]

There's a clip that I watch of Knockin on Heaven's Door from that movie. I've always liked that movie and that song.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

Somewhere in that movie they start knock knock 10:11 knockin' on Heaven's door. Great songs, great movie. You may also like Kristofferson's song, "Why Me, Lord?"

[@histubeness]

C'mon, man. All that about the movie, and no mention that it was directed by the great Sam Peckinpah. --Until now.

[@michaelt.b264]

Written by Kristofferson, originally recorded by Ray Stevens, barely broke the Billboard 100. Johnny Cash took it to number one. The line: Lord I wish I was stoned, caused a lot of controversy. Johnny Cash being Johnny Cash when asked to change the line for television appearances refused.

[@OriginalLictre]

I've always heard that line as "Wishing, Lord, that I was stone. 'Cause there's something in a Sunday, makes a body feel alone." Something of stone can't be feeling the pain and loneliness of a Sunday morning hangover. It can't feel anything, which would be an improvement over the various pains he's feeling.

[@michaelt.b264]

@@OriginalLictre from Wikipedia: "This version was used in the Columbo episode Swan Song in 1974, in which Cash performed it during a garden party. According to Kristofferson, network executives ordered Cash to change the line "I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned" when he performed the song on his TV show, but he refused to comply." I remember watching that Columbo episode.

[@1177kc]

Also recorded by Shaun Mullins-which is how my kids generation knew it.

[@michaelt.b264]

@@1177kc who's Shaun Mullins?

[@michaelt.b264]

I remember that episode

[@kroft6799]

This song, Me and Bobby Mcgee, For the Good Times, and Help Me Make it Through the Night - all on his debut album. Simply one of the greatest songwriters who ever lived. As his good friend and sometime bandmate Willie Nelson once said, "if Kris could sing, the rest of us would be out of a job."

[@surlechapeau]

"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson that was recorded in 1969 by Ray Stevens before becoming a No.1 hit on the Billboard US Country chart for Johnny Cash. "Why Me" was Kris's only #1 single that he released himself (US Country chart).

[@MichaelJanes-ki2in]

We can't, of course, forget that Kristofferson wrote (and recorded) "Me and Bobby McGee" as well. Some third-rate bluesy singer had a nice hit with her own cover version, I think. 😆

[@carterthiessen2664]

​@@MichaelJanes-ki2in I always appreciate the original, but my favorite version of Me and Bobby Mcgee has to go to Gordon Lightfoot. For some reason, his voice fits the song so well. Never cared for Janice's version.

[@dominicbiondi4097]

Kristopherson is a national treasure

[@thegumbychronicles4892]

I first heard this song when my Mom (from West Virginia) brought the album home and played. She liked to listen to bluegrass too. I liked to listen with her. When I hear this song, I remember Mama.

[@sherryheim5504]

Kris Kristofferson is so good. He is a one off, there will never be another like him. Exceptionally good live. Skilled musician and song writer. Kristofferson wrote this song and so many others covered by other musicians. He is close to 90 now so I don't know if he is still performing on not.

[@julieanderson6463]

Hi! I think Kris was part of the concert celebrating Willie Nelson's birthday, a few months ago. He was home, ill, in Hawaii for several years but rallied recently & joined the show. Great to see!

[@chrismcdonagh688]

The best song ever written..."Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt" , we've all been there , and felt the loneliness and depression of a Sunday after the night before.

[@sandyshoenberger2697]

In this song his voice sounds like what you imagine a hangover would sound like.

[@jimd7260]

Glad to hear some Americana on the channel. Give us more!

[@deborahcornell171]

Had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kristofferson back around 2001. Such a kind, down to earth gentleman. Take a look at his bio. He's a true Renaissance Man. Glad you appreciate his talent as a songwriter. Please do more! 💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙

[@adambnyc4875]

"Help Me Make It Through The Night."

[@steveyoung2317]

All this time. What is S . Superb, super, stellar, stupendous? All above?

[@Manageode]

This is the version. Thank you. I had this album.

[@757optim]

Kris wrote it and pitched it to Johnny. It got Kris the CMA Songwriter of the Year award. In addition to this one for Johnny, Kris wrote several songs that became hits for other artists. ("Help Me Make It Through The Night", "For The Good Times", "Me and Bobby McGee"). "Why Me" is a personal redemption song. I like "To Beat The Devil", too. The reference to Johnny in the intro is a little inside baseball, iyk.

[@brendablevins2637]

I remember he stumbled on stage to receive his award. It was killer❤️

[@bretthardin9239]

this is as good as a song gets.. its a good sunday driving song

[@MichaelJanes-ki2in]

With this song (a great choice), I hope @AndyandAlex do a bit of a deep dive into Kristofferson's massive songwriting influence on a generation of musicians. The superb Ken Burns documentary series, "Country Music", explores that and gives Kristofferson his due credit.

[@kphill228]

That is my suggestion too

[@jillsutterkozik8945]

Absolutely! Kris Kristofferson is a genius poet. One of many masterpieces written by him.

[@SkankyYank]

I love Larry Gatlin’s bit in the Ken Burns documentary when he says of KK and this song, “somewhere far away a lonesome bell was ringin' … And it echoed through the canyons … Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday” “Those words have been always been in the English language, but no one ever thought to put them in that order before Kris.”

[@paulcochran1721]

Kris landed a National Guard chopper on the lawn of of Johnny Cash with a demo of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" to get his attention. Johnny's famous version was recorded on Johnny's TV show. Definitely worth a listen.

[@kathybwell]

Damn good tactic for getting someone's attention.

[@Flowerchick1967-tq1vn]

Poetic and full of feeling. Have a soft spot for this one. Happy weekend, all 💐

[@thomasripley1548]

Kristofferson phenomenal writer....

[@silodawg]

Great songwriter. Rhodes Scholar. Good acter and member of the highway men.

[@RoseyPosey545]

Country singer, songwriter, love Kris Kristofferson. He was a Rhodes scholar. And starred with Barbra Streisand in A Star I Born in the 70s.

[@donnalockhart50]

The best version of a Star Is Born ever!!! Loved it!

[@JaJoBros]

My favorite of his is Best of All Possible Worlds

[@thethinkfactory2657]

😂 For sure, a hangover song with a twist of dark humour - "like my thick old tongue was lickin somethin sick and wrong"...

[@lorikislack1504]

3 sport letterman in college, Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Army Ranger, offered a job teaching at West Point....but he knew that wasn't his journey, so he took a job as a janitor at a music studio hoping he'd run into Johnny Cash. He ran in to June Carter Cash and she got his demo to Johnny and that just the beginning. Wrote so many songs that other people covered and made their own.

[@fleurdelis2976]

I love Kris Kristofferson! He was amazing in “A Star Is Born”.

[@allenlunde7908]

If you’ve seen the movie “Blade,” Kris Kristofferson plays “Whistler.” He also has the best “getting discovered” story in music.

[@karehelene]

He had another great song called "Silver Tongued Devil"

[@steveandme63]

Paints such a vivid picture. You can smell the chicken and also the stale cigarette smoke.

[@MuckoMan]

I always thought this was Johnny Cash's song. I'll have to check out KK. Edit Damn I like this version better! Good find guys!

[@acb9231]

So cool you guys did this tune. Grabbed an ice cold brew, lit up a stogie, kicked back, and let KK take me away. What a great song! ✌️

[@InMyOpinion-wl6ut]

😁👍

[@adamdunbar8260]

Wrote so many great songs. He loved Townes Van Zandt and Townes loved Kris. But man, Help me Make It Through The Night, Me and Bobby McGee, Jesus Was A Capricorn, The Pilgrim, Loving Her Was Easier...And as mentioned a Rhodes Scholar.

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I agree with Andy about the organ in the background. The organ to me kinda ties into the lyrics about him passing a church and hearing the distant bell. Good stuff.

[@fredjones7675]

.... the female voice is Rita Coolidge ..... a stellar singer/songwriter as well ......

[@brendahhstiles9992]

I was just thinking that❤

[@jackrichardson6925]

And his wife for a time.

[@carloslozada470]

Johnny Cash has a very good version of this

[@kevinweakley2852]

@TheGunslinger66. Agreed

[@cathyparker4345]

Agree

[@OriginalLictre]

I'll agree that Johnny Cash's version of this is very good, but I think that Cash's version was a little too up-tempo and uplifting, rather than the sombre contemplative presentation that Kristofferson gave.

[@JimGeigerMusic]

​@@OriginalLictreyeah... It's called irony.

[@brettv5967]

@TheGunslinger66 Same. This one is good, but Iprefer Cash’s version

[@cynthiawhite9830]

Kris Kristofferson wrote it. He also wrote Me and Bobby McGee. So glad y'all liked it. There's a great version, a duet of him and Johnny Cash, singing this. Check it out some time!

[@Mikey_Sea]

Haha, yeah I remember Cash singing this in a Columbo episode, way back when.

[@daviddragavon7555]

It was a good song for Johnny Cash to cover. Me and Bobby Mcgee, was covered by Gordon Lightfoot and Janis Joplin (talk about extremes) . Both were hits. When I was about your age, I knew my hangover was over when I would become ravenously hungry! I mean , "not safe for you to have ketchup on your arm" hungry. Yikes!

[@lindaf8397]

He wrote so many great songs.

[@ceeceerider]

Congratulations guys, the channel has now dipped its toe into the Country music pool! Though when released, this song crossed over to other genres. So much more than just a hangover song, but as a hangover song it excels!

[@Manageode]

They also heard Ode to Billy Joe recently. First toe. I would like them to hear Charlie Pride singing the old Hank Williams song Kaw Liga. If a black man made a country hit from covering an old Hank Williams Jr. song, you know he did a great job. ( The live album version; thumbnail is a black and white photo of Charlie Pride. Best version I know of.)

[@harriotteworthington3147]

I fell in love with KK with the remake of A Star is Born in 1976 (he did the role before Bradley Cooper had his second birthday). I liked Lady Gaga’s character more than Streisand’s, and I love BC as an all around actor, but there was something dark, raw, and utterly tragic about KK in that movie. His portrayal was sublime!

[@Shari225]

I'm happy you have discovered Kris! On a par with Paul Simon when it comes to songwriting. I've enjoyed Kris' songs for years. Look up his biography, it's amazing. He got Johnny Cash's attention by flying a helicopter onto Cash's front yard.

[@CajsaLilliehook]

Few people have sacrificed so much as Kristofferson to pursue music. He grew up in a military family and was disowned, despite honorable military service, for leaving the military to pursue music. People cover Kris Kristofferson's songs. He is one of the great songwriters. You loved "Me and Bobbie McGee" that he wrote. You should listen to "Help Me Make It Through the Night" which has been sung by dozens of people, but probably the most known was by Sammi Smith. I;m sure you've heard "For the Good Times" a few times since it's such a popular song for bands to cover. I also really love "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and it's got a parenthetical in the title.

[@iraidaacevedo3723]

Love your reaction guys!! Thanks!! ❤ what a meaningful song!! enjoyed it!! 👏🏻🎼❤️

[@thomascanfield9165]

I once discovered his tour bus when walking around Santa Cruz. It had an amazing mural on the side of a Southwest landscape scene. Best looking art on a vehicle I ever saw !!

[@mve5225]

I first heard this about 50 years ago and it was appropriate for me at the time

[@michaeldowson6988]

You want a hangover song? Look up - 'Just Dropped In(To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' by The First Edition.

[@mattjohn4731]

Kris wrote some classics, had a rad voice, and won a best actor award. He's 87 now, retired

[@reallynow1445]

Rhodes scholar right there. Beautiful lyrics so poetic ❤

[@rogerfleming6354]

Somebody please react to “silver Tongued Devil by Kris Kristofferson! Best song about dating ever!

[@sallyweinreich5769]

Kris Kristofferson is a Rhoades Scholar Very intelligent man You write the songs because he lived them😎

[@jeffdetmer4681]

Written by Kris. 1st recorded by Ray Stevens. Johnny loved it so much he recorded it and took it to #1. Kris also wrote Janis Joplin's big hit Me and Bobby McGee. Check out more of him guys you won't be disappointed. Help me make it through the night , The Pilgrim chapter 33 and many more.

[@claytonhill5066]

I think you guys woukd really like "pilgrim 33" by kris and of course my favorite by him, "Loving her was easier". Both fantastic songs both lyrically and musically. Awesome song writer!!

[@Cheryworld]

Johnny Cash does a nice cover of this. Kristofferson wrote a lot of good songs

[@rickwelch8464]

Shawn Mullins did a fantastic cover of this. This song has been one of my faves forever.

[@1177kc]

One of the great thrills of my life was to hear him sing this live! My kids love it also and it has caused many a Sunday to contain a fried chicken dinner. “Caught the Sunday smell smell of someone fryin’ chicken”. Great lyrics.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

The Pilgrim,Loving her was Easier,Sweet Sinaed,Casey’s Last Ride,Why Me,For the Good Times

[@mbxb]

I was lucky to have caught Kris Kristofferson playing at a small club in NYC right after the release of his first album. His opening act was Carly Simon.

[@russallert]

Kristofferson said that this song came straight out of personal experience. He'd been a Rhodes scholar and a military helicopter pilot, was about to take a teaching job at West Point, had a wife and kids, and he left all of that to move to Nashville and become a songwriter (he didn't even consider being a performer until much later). He moved into a fleabag apartment, took a job as a janitor at Columbia recording studios (where he was forbidden to pitch his songs to any of the artists working there) and was leading a lonely existence. He said that Sunday was the hardest day of the week because the bars were all closed (this was in the mid 60s) and it was not a day to be alone.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

Multi, MULTI talented guy, Kris Kristofferson. His Wiki page is probably pretty impressive, because he was into A LOT, and good at everything he did. This is HIS song. He wrote it. 😊 Anyone who is prone to nasty hangovers can relate, and at least chuckle at themselves. I was young once. Sunrise on Sunday morning was always an undeniable, bitter first taste of reality returning. "It's been real, and it's been fun, but almost certainly, the weekend is toast, and Monday won't be real fun."

[@bluesmoke4967]

All time favourite, thanks lads! Saw Kris live in 2007, brilliant performer and human being 🙂

[@mattjohn4731]

Did Andy rate it? Definitely should hear the song Highwayman

[@pattyliedel6485]

When the whiplash between partying and what’s left when it’s over drains the dregs right out of you. No regrets, but why do I feel like crying? 😁

[@snowbirdlady7221]

I got to see Kris live in a small venue many years ago. I love his songs, such lyrics, and I do love his voice. Great actor too and a very sexy man.

[@lakescarol9131]

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! Love watching ya'll!!! ❤

[@5thumbs762]

You know that Kristofferson wrote "Me and Bobby McGee" on a challenge from his producer Fred Foster to use female name Bobby (his secretary) in a song. First recorded by Roger Miller, then when Janis did it and switched genders in the song it became her song.

[@kathybwell]

Roger Miller, as in King of the Road? That's so cool, I love Roger

[@stephenmonk8787]

Janis never got to perform that song either. She died like a day or two after recording it.

[@tmann8547]

Kristofferson is a recovering alcoholic. I've seen him interviewed about this song. He said it was written back in the day when bars were closed on Sunday. There was nothing worse for an alcoholic than Sundays to remind them how messed up and lonely their life had become. Sundays meant having no place to congregate with people and imbibe in the only that helped you forget everything. Ironically, it was also the main reason your life was messed up in the first place. It's a great description of the hamster wheel of alcoholism.

[@JamesSmith-ti5jc]

Kris, was an Army Officer, & helicopter pilot, he got a job cleaning up @ the bar, June Carter Cash, Johnny’s wife, sang there, he gave her the song, asked her to give it to John, we’ll, he never heard back. So he flew the helicopter, landed on John’s ranch/farm, pitched him the song, he liked it, and made it a hit 👍

[@harveyhc7438]

Was a time, in my life played every sunday.

[@sharonkay8638]

This isn’t just a song, it’s poetry. The lyrics perfectly capture the loneliness and despair of ‘coming down’. Kristofferson is the complete renaissance man and his music is just one of his accomplishments.

[@wpawson]

This song was my father's favorite and one of mine too. Kris made it real. Perfect misery.

[@jamesmichael5475]

A Kris Kristofferson tune, that Johnny Cash owned. KK has lived quite an amazing life, An Oxford Grad, Rhodes Scholar, US Army Vet, Helicopter pilot, close friend of Janis Joplin, witter of "Me and Bobby McGee", which Janis recorded and had released post-humorously following her untimely, but not unpredictable death.

[@rdumontdebeque]

Saw Kris perform live several years ago at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco. He was great!

[@KevinRCarr]

Yah, I always loved that moment when the hangover ended, which was usually about three-fourths of the way through my route as a home delivery milkman, back in the late 70s. Great job. Party until about 2am, nap until about 5:30am when you realize you missed the alarm sounding an hour ago. Make it the loaded truck to leave the dock in a "dammit-I'm-late-again" frenzy. Drink chocolate milk straight from the carton while stumbling through the early deliveries. Hangover starts about 2 hours in when the alcohol buzz finally wears off, and ends about an hour before the route ends. Go home at noon and sleep until about 6pm, party until 2am again....repeat until the weekend.

[@sylviadonnell1329]

Glad you found this - one of the all time greats!

[@jaquestraw1]

Had never heard this, great!!

[@patriciamorgan6545]

When I was in college, ~1980, Kris Kristofferson and Jane Fonda were shooting the movie Rollover. Some of the scenes were shot in our campus center (student union), which had arched elements that were repainted for the film to represent a Saudi oil billionaire's palace. The actors were only there for a few days, but Kristofferson made a point to leave the safety of the roped off security areas to say hello to the students. He also took the time to sign autographs for everybody. He's truly a nice man! (Meanwhile, Fonda stayed in her trailer when she wasn't on set. She was the bigger star, and somewhat notorious at the time, so understandably took a low profile.) I wish I'd known Kristofferson's connection to Janis Joplin and Me and Bobby McGee at the time; it would have made the encounter even more memorable.

[@RicoCosta317]

OMG, such great lyrics, so evocative. Thank you!

[@blueboy4244]

Hangovers are an important tool to keep one humble - - everyone needs one every now and then

[@wallbangerreactions]

Imagine sitting in on an AA meeting and then going home and playing this song. You've just heard someone share about losing everything, and then you hear the lines about frying bacon, the girl on the swing, and the Sunday school song. I think Kristofferson is singing about something much deeper here than a mere hangover. He's talking about things lost, things messed up, opportunities never realized. About feeling apart and alone from the rest of society. And wishing he was stoned (drunk) to get rid of the feeling the narrator has got right now.

[@jccook5353]

This song reminds me of when I moved to Houston, TX after graduating college. I lived by myself, and drank way too much. Often closed the honky tonks down looking for companionship. Way too many Sunday afternoons sleeping off a hangover by the pool, dripping alcohol from all my pores. Such a meaningful song for anybody that has ever been in that situation.

[@herrzimm]

Kris Kristofferson's entire LIFE is worth looking at. Man did far more in life BEFORE turning to music than most people do their entire life....... and that doesn't INCLUDE the song-writing credits he has.

[@lofiloop9124]

One of my all time top 10 list songs. A lot of times it's one of the first two songs I sing when I pick up my guitar.

[@user-fc8lz1cg4x]

Glad you guys weathered the storm, ❤

[@danareynolds1786]

Here's an odd connection, but I see it; while he's going on with his random observations- kid cussing while kicking a can, someone frying chicken - I can see Jimmy Stewart watching his fellow tenants through binoculars in the MOST excellent Alfred Hitchcock movie "Rear Window". Kristofferson's warbly voice style is just SO perfect for this song! Great reaction!

[@choos6919]

Love this song. Love Kris Kristofferson. Perfect evocative storytelling. Kristofferson wrote it. It's not rock, it's country. Check out his The Highwaymen collab with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson. And on the subject of Willie Nelson ... a rabbit hole well worth investigating.

[@genny5309]

I grew up listening to outlaw country because my parents loved it. Kristofferson was an amazing songwriter and a Renaissance man.

[@glennskinner4181]

He is in Songwriters Hall of Fame and Country Music Hall of Fame. Part of the country supergroup The Highwaymen along with Willie Nelson,Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. He was an actor in many major films including Blade with Wesley Snipes and A Star is Born with Barbara Streisand. He wrote this one but it was a big hit for Johnny Cash. He also wrote Me and Bobby McGee famously covered by Janis Joplin. You should check out more of his stuff to check out his songwriting. Some big ones that were hits both by him and covered many times over include Hel Me Make it Through the Night,Loving her was Easier,Why Me Lord or For the Good Times.

[@elaineh7993]

One great singet and actor! Have had a crush on him for years! He wrote Me and Bobby Mcgee, one of my favorite songs!😊

[@armadillotoe]

He is one of those people I would have loved to have a beer or coffee with. Great songwriter.

[@tennesseepossumpatrol3528]

This is where Rock and country kinda walked a fine line with each other. The birth of Southern Rock, outlaw country and so many other things going on.

[@mikepeterson1949]

Kris Kristofferson - At age 22 he appeared in Sports Illustrated for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, American football, and track and field. He and his classmates revived the Claremont Colleges Rugby Club and it remains a Southern California rugby institution. Kristofferson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in literature. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University (UK). He was awarded a Blue for boxing, played rugby for his college, and began writing songs. He joined the U.S. Army, was commissioned as a second lieutenant, and attained the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot. He also completed Army Ranger School, one of the most challenging military schools in the world. He was offered an assignment to teach English literature at West Point, but left the Army to pursue songwriting. In 1965 Kristofferson moved to Nashville. His family disowned him because of his career decision. He got a job sweeping floors at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. He met June Carter there and asked her to give Johnny Cash a tape of his. She did, but Cash put it on a large pile with others. He also worked as a commercial helicopter pilot flying to and from oil platforms. He wrote "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and "Bobby McGee" at this time. Weeks after giving Carter his tapes, Kristofferson landed a helicopter in Cash's front yard, gaining his full attention. After hearing "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", Cash decided to record it, and in 1970 Kristofferson won Songwriter of the Year for the song at the Country Music Association Awards. "For the Good Times" (Ray Price) won "Song of the Year" in 1970 from the Academy of Country Music, while "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Johnny Cash) won the same award from the academy's rival, the Country Music Association, in the same year. This is the only time an individual received the same award from these two organizations in the same year for different songs. He won three Grammys. Then he became an actor appearing about 90 movies. He has been romantically linked with Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon & Janis Joplin.

[@stevenm.6886]

Perfectly encapsulates that feeling of being ready to die and seeing the rest of the world enjoying life 😩 Sunday can be so painful

[@ponton650]

Kris and Rita Coolidge, Help me make it through the night.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Andy! Thanks, Alex! 💎 This song is great. My college friends and I made a parody video for it. #AndyAndAlex #KrisKristofferson #SundayMorningComingDown