David Geddes.... hmmm.... rings a bell..... no..... nooooooooooooooooooooo.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FC3Ld7HRY&list=RDH_FC3Ld7HRY&start_radio=1
Most death songs are corny - but some are just too saccharine - e.g. "Ebony Eyes" by The Everlys does nothing for me. But Elvis' "Don't Cry Daddy" works.
I tend to agree - e.g. Richard Thompson's "The Old Changing Way" about the two brothers gets me every time - but corn it ain't.
Yup - the point is that it's understandable to be moved by a song that is corn-free and great. But I'm 62, and still heaving sobs at "Puff"... Maybe some psychoanalyst could explain it, but let's not go there...
A very sentimental song from the late 1980s that stirs up emotions for many by one of THE leading singer-songwriters of the new traditionalist country era:
I love the song - and Bobbie Gentry was a genius for coming up with this kind of material - but I'm too much of an admirer to think of it as corny. But as someone further up said, a lot of people will think it's corny, so I guess I'll go along with it. I'm just delighted to hear from another person on the forum who likes this kind of stuff.
Nothing corny about this, but this is a classic sentimental piece from a master of the sentimental pop song:
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan. In a little while from now If I'm not feeling any less sour I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top Will throw myself off In an effort to Make it clear to whoever Wants to know what it's like when you're shattered Left standing in the lurch at a church Were people saying, My God, that's tough She stood him up No point in us remaining We may as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally To think that only yesterday I was cheerful, bright and gay Looking forward to who wouldn't do The role I was about to play But as if to knock me down Reality came around And without so much as a mere touch Cut me into little pieces Leaving me to doubt Talk about, God in His mercy Oh, if he really does exist Why did he desert me In my hour of need I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally It seems to me that There are more hearts broken in the world That can't be mended Left unattended What do we do What do we do Alone again, naturally Looking back over the years And whatever else that appears I remember I cried when my father died Never wishing to hide the tears And at sixty-five years old My mother, God rest her soul Couldn't understand why the only man She had ever loved had been taken Leaving her to start With a heart so badly broken Despite encouragement from me No words were ever spoken And when she passed away I cried and cried all day Alone again, naturally Alone again, naturally Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: O Sullivan Raymond / O Sullivan Gilbert Alone Again (Naturally) lyrics © Grand Upright Music Ltd
I saw a rerun. IIRC the same show had Mason Williams doing Classical Gas and Dion doing Abraham Martin and John. All three Grammy winners.
Yep, I loved that show, my whole family used to watch it. I'm pretty sure I saw the Who when they were on...I was about 11 at the time.
