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  • From: "Randy B." <randyunplugged AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Saddest Song Ever?
  • Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:30:15 -0800 (PST)

My local sad song would be "I am Morris Townsend" by
The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers.

"I had so much love to give when I was seventeen..."

Heartbreakin'.

http://www.prayersandtears.com/mp3/the_prayers_and_tears_of_arthur_diby_sellers_-_wxyc_-_i_am_morris_townsend.mp3

-Randy

--- Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I nominate "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What
> I Want" (The
> Smiths, Hatful of Hollow, 1984)
>
> For a local sad song, I nominate the BF5's "Not the
> Same," especially
> because it's a true story.
>
> d
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:25 PM, Whit wrote:
>
> > 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
> >> \
>
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
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>




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