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  • From: John <jphono1 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Saddest Song Ever?
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:53:39 -0800 (PST)

oh lonesome me - neil young

James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com> wrote:I've been having this discussion
too. My ideas are:

Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
Georgia Lee - Tom Waits
A Rose For Emily - The Zombies
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Last Kiss - The Frank Wilson version not the Pearl Jam
one
Holocaust - Big Star
Unsatisfied - The Replacements

etc.


--- Fred Stutzman wrote:

> A few years ago, there was a discussion on the WXYC
> list where we tried to
> decide the sadddest song ever. If I recall
> correctly, consensus pointed to
> R & L Thompson's 'I want to see the bright lights
> tonight'. Apropos
> nothing but upcoming Valentines Day, what's the
> saddest song ever?
>
> -fred
>
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I second that on the Zombies' A Rose For Emily.

For some reason, "Wild World" by Cat Stevens has been making me tear up
lately.

--Sarah



Quoting James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>:

> I've been having this discussion too. My ideas are:
>
> Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
> Georgia Lee - Tom Waits
> A Rose For Emily - The Zombies
> Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
> Last Kiss - The Frank Wilson version not the Pearl Jam
> one
> Holocaust - Big Star
> Unsatisfied - The Replacements
>
> etc.
>
>
> --- Fred Stutzman <fred AT metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
>
>> A few years ago, there was a discussion on the WXYC
>> list where we tried to
>> decide the sadddest song ever. If I recall
>> correctly, consensus pointed to
>> R & L Thompson's 'I want to see the bright lights
>> tonight'. Apropos
>> nothing but upcoming Valentines Day, what's the
>> saddest song ever?
>>
>> -fred
>>
>> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
>> alt.music.chapel-hill --
>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>>
>
>
>
>
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