Honey, I love you, by Bobby Goldsboro; A Recording Both Ridiculed & Cherished.

March 11, 2015 | Lee Martell

[stephenjohnbanker]

This ain’t the worst syrup song.

[BigCinBigD]

I have it on my phone.

[NEMDF]

I personally never tied it to MLK death. “Honey” was a sad song, though.

There was a country song about “just one more day” or along that line, which skyrocketed right after 9-11, IIRC.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I wanna spew chunks just thinking about it!

[SamAdams76]

Another big Bobby Goldsboro hit around that same era was “Watching Scotty Grow”.

[forgotten man]

I hated that song as much as I hated “McArthur Park” (”..somebody left the cake out in the rain, it took so long to bake it, and I’ll never have that recipe again...”) I still can’t get that crappy music out of my head 47 years later. There were a lot of bad events in 1968, and honey, I don’t miss you!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Not sure which is more depressing. This song, or Gilbert O'Sullivan's Alone Again, Naturally

[Gay State Conservative]

This came out in my late teens.”God...please make it stop” I'd say.Today,it's still not anywhere near a favorite but knowing something about death...about loss...my opinion of it is less negative.Definitely a chic song though.

[BigCinBigD]

“But there’s a six lane highway down by the creek
Where I went skinny dippin’ as a child
And the drive in show where the meadow used to grow
And the strawberries used to grow wild.”

Don’t it make you want to go home...

Joe South.

[jobim]

clips of top songs of 1968

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Where, Oh Where could my baby be? “

“Patches”

BARFMAO !!

[BigCinBigD]

Alone again hands down! Guy's gonna jump off a tower fer peat's sake...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I hated that song as much as I hated “McArthur Park”

The only thing that made that song truly putrid...other than the lyrics...was Richard Harris 'singing' it. It's like listening to William Shatner 'singing' "Rocketman".

[InterceptPoint]

You can find anything on YouTube

And, if you know what you are doing, you can download anything from YouTube. An amazing resource.

[lee martell]

What song are those lyrics from; Moonlight Feels Right by the group Starbuck? I remember it from someplace. I have heard of a Joe South from that era, but know nothing about him.

[SJSAMPLE]

The late 1950s/early 1960s were famous for “splatter platters”: records about tragically lost loves, usually in car crashes.

[lee martell]

Thanks for posting it.

[BigCinBigD]

“Dont it make want to go home now”

Joe South

[Lizavetta]

Remember Terry Jacks’ “Seasons in the Sun”? Another song about someone dying.