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Thread started 06/22/04 1:50pm

2freaky4church
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soft rock song of the day, Gilbert O' Sullivan's, Alone again (Naturally)

Anyone remember this song? This is what I call comfort food music--music that sounds good and makes you feel good. Not great art, but healing, even in a superficial way. This is just a well written little tune, with a sweet vocal. Sure, it is shmaltzy, but it just sounds so nice. A good song to calm down any violent tendency. lol.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #1 posted 06/22/04 2:47pm

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wink I always liked this, but the lyrics are very sad...
But Yeah, this and his other hit, "Clair"...
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[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 14:53:25 2004 by paligap]
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Reply #2 posted 06/23/04 2:25am

DavidEye

music this song is yet another reason to love the 70s lol
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Reply #3 posted 06/23/04 2:30am

TheRealFiness

i put this right under seasons in the sun by terry jacks,music to slash ya wrists by.... imho?.. baaaaad choice lol... hate this song.. lol
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Reply #4 posted 06/23/04 2:32am

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TheRealFiness said:

i put this right under seasons in the sun by terry jacks,music to slash ya wrists by.... imho?.. baaaaad choice lol... hate this song.. lol


LOL...we all know you got the 45s of these songs in your collection lol
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Reply #5 posted 06/23/04 2:35am

TheRealFiness

DavidEye said:

TheRealFiness said:

i put this right under seasons in the sun by terry jacks,music to slash ya wrists by.... imho?.. baaaaad choice lol... hate this song.. lol


LOL...we all know you got the 45s of these songs in your collection lol


lol.. well yeah.. but still man... LOL
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Reply #6 posted 06/23/04 3:20am

CinisterCee

This is the song that Biz Markie sampled without permission, and when Gilbert sued him, the song got pulled and it changed copyright law forever.

Hey I like this song, Finess!
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Reply #7 posted 06/23/04 3:46am

DavidEye

I was talking to a friend the other day about how 70s songs had melody ,something that you don't always find in today's music.I mean,just listen to a song like "Alone Again (Naturally)" or "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters....these are beautifully arranged songs produced by people who actually know a thing or two about composing songs.Listen to the lyrics,the chord changes,the lush instrumentation of many 70s songs...it just blows my mind.


When she passed away,I cried and cried all day
Alone again...naturally


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Reply #8 posted 06/23/04 4:29am

CinisterCee

I agree with you on the chord changes, DavidEye... you can literally see this if you look at sheet music of recent (pop radio) songs and look at how static the chord movement is, or how many songs say "N.C." ie. No Chord ! eek (I think I saw that for "Ain't It Funny (Remix)" by J.Lo.)
I think there are still a few songs that still are written with melody and changes that get on radio if you keep your ears open ("White Flag" by Dido) but it is probably ya local "lite" station. confused
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Reply #9 posted 06/23/04 12:59pm

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I think it sounds like a decent Wings hit.
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Reply #10 posted 06/23/04 1:25pm

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TheRealFiness said:

i put this right under seasons in the sun by terry jacks,music to slash ya wrists by.... imho?.. baaaaad choice lol... hate this song.. lol

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