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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!trump
- From: trump@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Jason Lewis)
- Subject: Re: worst song & lyrics
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.032702.9254@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <1992Nov18.224907.22048@advtech.uswest.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 03:27:02 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- In article <1992Nov18.224907.22048@advtech.uswest.com> jmatthews@uswat.advtech.uswest.com writes:
- >Forgive me if this is a repeat - i'm new to this group (but not to being a
- >loyal Dave Barry follower, of course)
- >
- >how about the absolutely atrocious pop ballad "Seasons in the Sun"?
- >It's about this guy who is dying, and includes such awful lyrics as
- >"Goodbye, my love it's hard to die
- >When all the birds are singing in the sky"
- >
- >and my personal "favorite chorus part:
- >"We had joy, we had fun
- >We had seasons in the sun,
- >But the stars we could reach
- >Were just starfish on the beach"
- >
- Hey! First of all, I believe it's also a poem by Rod McKuen. And also, the
- version by Too Much Joy is really good. Although that's supposed to be funny.
-
- - Mike Lewis
- trump@leland.stanford.edu
-
- P.S. Anyone know if the Man is coming through the SF Bay area?
-