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Why are pop songs getting sadder than they used to be?
Aeon ^
| February 4, 2020
| Alberto Acerbi, and Charlotte Brand
Posted on 02/19/2020 12:27:56 PM PST by C19fan
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To: dp0622
So you did. My bad. One of the saddest songs ever is also one of the most beautiful, Nights In White Satin by The Moody Blues. The memories it brings back are extremely painful but I still like listening to it.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:07:12 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
Average age on here is 50s doo-wop... What Pop music...?
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:10:04 PM PST
by
dakine
To: Gil4
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:10:40 PM PST
by
xp38
To: Texas Eagle
How about “He Stopped Loving Her Today”.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:10:52 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dakine
“Rock n Roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.”
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:11:47 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Like that one, too. O, my gosh, what about For the Good Times?
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:13:22 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:13:53 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: C19fan; All
Those three songs were number one charted hits, although the Spike Jones version only reached number 4.
We might mention "Patches" (not the Clarence Carter song, the Dickey Lee song), "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry or "Sukiyaki" (Ue o Muite Arukou) by Kyu Sakamoto which were dark in the 1960's but by-and-large I agree that modern songs are darker on average.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:14:04 PM PST
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: Texas Eagle
LOL, that’s why they say when you play a country song backwards,
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend Jack back
You get your truck back
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:16:27 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Texas Eagle
I like the song but never listened to the words closely.
I will listen with the lyrics on screen.
I am sorry they bring back painful memories but I am glad that you can still listen to the song and like it.
I got one of those from a break up with a fiance.
Big difference is it hasn’t bothered me for maybe 10 years now.
That particular girl wasn’t worth it :)
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:22:02 PM PST
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:24:31 PM PST
by
dakine
To: C19fan
Moody River, your muddy water
took my baby’s life.
Pat Boone
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:26:43 PM PST
by
Drawsing
(Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
To: C19fan
Most songs today do not have enough content to be sad. Go back to 60s/70s... Ugh. To start, almost any song from The Carpenters, Bread... for specific songs:
“That’s the way I always heard it should be” Carly Simon
“Send in the Clowns” Judy Collins
Oh and, of course:
“I don’t like Mondays” Boomtown Rats
80s picked up quite a bit thanks to the synthesizer but a couple were out there:
“Dancing with Tears in my eyes” Ultravox
“Think of Laura” Christoper Cross
To: VA is for Freepers
“Tears in Heaven”, now there’s one.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:29:07 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dp0622
Feathered Hair , platform Shoes - and easy women.. What a time to party!!
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:29:16 PM PST
by
dakine
To: mjp
We can fly by the Cowsills was the happiest song ever written, was a hit in 1968 The Real-Life story of The Cowsills was anything but happy.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:31:03 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: C19fan
One of my all-time favorite bands The Smithereens (RIP Pat!), had a bunch of ‘em.... Especially “In a Lonely Place” which featured a then unknown Suzanne Vega, great song!
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:33:10 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:44:40 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
About 98% of the songs I like are from the 50s and 60s.Most of the rest are from the 80s.I couldn't care less about anything made since then.
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posted on
02/19/2020 2:47:21 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/19/2020 3:01:55 PM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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