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- From: entrpoop@access.digex.com (Dexter Medley)
- Subject: Re: The Absolute Worst Song of All Time.
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:23:33 GMT
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- hilary@netwise.com (Hilary Lane) writes:
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- >>Ain't No Sunshine, which boasts this chorus:
-
- >I sent this one in, too, only I didn't know the name of it, nor did I know
- >the artist. Glad you knew (I just gave him the gist of the song, saying there
- >were 47 "I know"s in the lyrics).
-
- By Bill Withers, a very popular song covered by zillions of performers in
- fields from folk to country to blues to jazz. BTW, the passge you quoted
- is just that, one passage - *not* a chorus. I would venture that it's
- possible to find some people who don't like essentially any song you
- can name, but IMHO it's pretty tough to lump "Ain't No Sunshine" in with
- dreck like "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small, "The Function at the Junction"
- by Shorty Long, and my personal favorite, "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston
- (and I've been flagellating myself for decades over that one, 'cuz it's
- the first record I ever bought, and I hated it!)
-
- -- Larry
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