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  • From: Bob Wall <bob.wall AT earthlink.net>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Saddest Song Ever?
  • Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:27:32 GMT

"Patches" by Clarence Carter. When that "flood came and washed all the
crops away", and at the age of 13 he "was standing there carrying the
weight of the whole wide world on his shoulders". Oh man, I shed tears
every time I listen.

And fuck all y'all if you think I'm being facetious or "ironic" -- I
don't play 'round with my love for Patches.

Bob

Okay,

grady wrote:
> Oh god, yes. "Rainy Days and Mondays" is fucking genius. Of course,
> that's partly Paul Williams, but it's Karen's delivery that really makes
> the pathos 4-dimensional.
>
> And fuck all y'all if you think I'm being facetious or "ironic" -- I
> don't play 'round with my love for Miss Carpenter.
>
> Never call me Phil wrote:
>
>> but nothing
>> when compared to anything by Karen Carpenter.
>
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