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A diverse offering twixt the interesting, the unusual, and the amusing.
Always new things to learn here.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoyed it.
DeleteI enjoyed waking up to this. Fame is not always fun. Many singers died of drug or alcohol abuse: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison etc. But then there are evidence of the exceptions and who are still alive today: Ozzy Osbourn, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
There are a lot alive today who (by normal standards) shouldn't be. Most of The Stones, for example.
DeleteMore by luck than judgement, Maria.
DeleteI havent listened to this, my attention span wont cover it.
I'm sure you know the song anyway, and if you listened to it you'd be humming it all day.
DeleteI was about 9 or 10 at the time and I remember every word of the song....now where are my keys?
ReplyDeleteAmazing to think that he wrote it aged 13.
DeleteDamn it, I've been humming this all day.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteI remember this singer and tune very well, going back to my own teenage years. I'll come back later to play the video...I can already sing the song (not entirely in tune) from memory.
ReplyDeleteThank you for planting the seed.
Most of us 'of a certain age' will remember the song; and the words.
DeleteThe curse of fame indeed. And yes, I remember the song and the words.
ReplyDeleteIt was an 'anthem' of its time.
DeleteIndeed it was. Memories of teenage years.
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