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Thread #23577   Message #3135849
Posted By: GUEST,Alan Whittle
15-Apr-11 - 01:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Dona Dona
Subject: RE: Origins: Dona Dona
I confess to being the weelittlr drummer who started all the soul searching on this thread.

I suppose my dislike of the song goes back to 1960's folk clubs when young girls used to sing it, looking a bit like Joan Baez, only prettier. I still feel about the song, a bit like some people feel about

How can you tell me that you're lonely
And say for you the sun don't shine

How dare you dismiss another person's agony - just becauise you're lucky enough to be not standing in their shoes? However playing Streets of London has helped put the food on the table some weeks, so fair play! Well done ralph!