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| From | "david henwood" <henwooddavid@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: (Really) Murderous songs |
| Date | Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:17:10 -0400 |
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At 12:49 PM 6/19/2003 -0700, Michael Coxe wrote:
> >As pennance I tracked down the David Geddes tune, and have it on repeat.
> >God, this was a hit !? Thankfully I quit listening to AM radio by 1975.
>
>Every time I hear a song like "Run Joey Run" or similarly melodramatic fare
>like "Alone Again (Naturally)" or "The Night the Lights Went Out in
>Georgia," I'm utterly bowled over by the fact that songs like these were
>honest to god, mainstream AM radio hits!
>
>Good lord, no wonder people in the '70s were gobbling Valium by the
>fistful! Apparently everyone was suicidally depressed!
How about "Dust in the Wind", "Lonely boy" by Andrew Gold," All by myself"
by Eric Carmen or any David Gates/Bread track (If, Diary, the list goes on
and on). Damn it now I'm depressed.
>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: (Really) Murderous songs
>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:07:09 -0400
>
>At 12:49 PM 6/19/2003 -0700, Michael Coxe wrote:
> >As pennance I tracked down the David Geddes tune, and have it on repeat.
> >God, this was a hit !? Thankfully I quit listening to AM radio by 1975.
>
>Every time I hear a song like "Run Joey Run" or similarly melodramatic fare
>like "Alone Again (Naturally)" or "The Night the Lights Went Out in
>Georgia," I'm utterly bowled over by the fact that songs like these were
>honest to god, mainstream AM radio hits!
>
>Good lord, no wonder people in the '70s were gobbling Valium by the
>fistful! Apparently everyone was suicidally depressed!
>
>I'm not particularly proud of this, but I've always kinda liked "The Night
>Chicago Died," dorky as it is. However, if we're talking truly
>indefensible stuff, I'll see your "I've Never Been To Me" and raise you
>"Dear Mr. Jesus."
>
>S
>
>
>
>
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