I think everyone can relate to this song one way or another with parts of their lives as puzzle pieces. Then? everything fits to complete the large picture.. Thanks for the song! Great band.. aloha
@audiotrax2000 Sorry for the gut punch. Really. Music evokes memories of every kind and they're not always good recollections. As is your case with this tune. Think how many Vietnam Vets are haunted by hundreds of this eras tunes pumped out of Radio USA while in 'Nam. It's just what you associate with the sound. Black and horrible? Yes, for some. For others? Can't speak for them. But this song may have saved my life. I think it did. Peace...
@larciabella: I'm a song writer too, and I don't want to anything away from these artists great piece of work. Usually, I'm not morbid like that, and yes, I do believe music is transformative :) Peace to you as well.
@audiotrax2000 Wow,that's sad.For me the song takes me back to when my childhood friends moved to LA, was 1966.I get a sad feeling and this song brings me right back to that time,feeling.It;s a great pop song,being a songwriter myself I love the song.So its bittersweet.Music is transformative.Peace to u.
Bruce Woodley of the Seekers and Paul Simon wrote this and other tunes together when Simon was in London while the Seekers were there charting with hits such as "I Know I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own."
@audiotrax2000 It's weird how music, even when it's all happy and unrelated can make you flash back to the past like that from all those years ago. I loved this song, and then it was like I realised for the first time that sometimes life was just black and horrible for some people. Just hearing those first few happy organ notes makes my stomach instantly feel heavy and nauseated every time. Sorry.
I loved this song when it came out. When I was in 3rd grade I stopped by my friends house to walk with him to school. He looked shocked and depressed when he answered the door. He asked "did you hear the news about Alan's dad last night"? No, what? "A bum went into an abandoned train car and found him with his head blown off all over the inside from his own shotgun". This song was playing on the radio when he said that, and everytime I hear it, I relive that moment again like a gut punch. :(
I think everyone can relate to this song one way or another with parts of their lives as puzzle pieces. Then? everything fits to complete the large picture.. Thanks for the song! Great band.. aloha
makahaLouie 3 weeks ago
Again, I song I always cry when I hear. Helped me thru some tough times in the late 60s
jmweed1861 1 month ago
i should have known you'ld bid me fare well
theres a lesson to be learned from this and ive learned it fairly well
balloonfarmer 1 month ago
@audiotrax2000 Sorry for the gut punch. Really. Music evokes memories of every kind and they're not always good recollections. As is your case with this tune. Think how many Vietnam Vets are haunted by hundreds of this eras tunes pumped out of Radio USA while in 'Nam. It's just what you associate with the sound. Black and horrible? Yes, for some. For others? Can't speak for them. But this song may have saved my life. I think it did. Peace...
greasegun49 1 month ago
@larciabella: I'm a song writer too, and I don't want to anything away from these artists great piece of work. Usually, I'm not morbid like that, and yes, I do believe music is transformative :) Peace to you as well.
audiotrax2000 1 month ago
@audiotrax2000 Wow,that's sad.For me the song takes me back to when my childhood friends moved to LA, was 1966.I get a sad feeling and this song brings me right back to that time,feeling.It;s a great pop song,being a songwriter myself I love the song.So its bittersweet.Music is transformative.Peace to u.
larciabella 1 month ago
Bruce Woodley of the Seekers and Paul Simon wrote this and other tunes together when Simon was in London while the Seekers were there charting with hits such as "I Know I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own."
howzitgoin1970 1 month ago
@SHM1953 Badfinger only recorded one McCartney song.
torchkit 1 month ago
@audiotrax2000 It's weird how music, even when it's all happy and unrelated can make you flash back to the past like that from all those years ago. I loved this song, and then it was like I realised for the first time that sometimes life was just black and horrible for some people. Just hearing those first few happy organ notes makes my stomach instantly feel heavy and nauseated every time. Sorry.
audiotrax2000 1 month ago
I loved this song when it came out. When I was in 3rd grade I stopped by my friends house to walk with him to school. He looked shocked and depressed when he answered the door. He asked "did you hear the news about Alan's dad last night"? No, what? "A bum went into an abandoned train car and found him with his head blown off all over the inside from his own shotgun". This song was playing on the radio when he said that, and everytime I hear it, I relive that moment again like a gut punch. :(
audiotrax2000 1 month ago