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Thread #74564   Message #1302349
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
20-Oct-04 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: The effect of country music on suicide
Subject: RE: The effect of country music on suicide
"Makes country music appear quite cheerful. Hell, it makes Leonard Cohen sound quite upbeat. (And the man who wrote it ended up jumping out of a high window.)"

Don't forget what happened to the guy who had a hit with

"Don't worry, be happy"!!!!
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"Perhaps what happens is that, feeling really low, you tune into listen to a miserable song to help you make it through the night. And out comes some really jolly number about how happy everyone else is - and it leaves you feeling that you can see no alternatve but to blow your brains out. "

Got it in one, McGrath!