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OP The recent spate of poems and songs about birds, and blackbirds in particular, had me thinking about the way I find myself responding to certain poems and songs. Case in point: both Bye Bye Blackbird and the Beatles' Blackbird. Among the definitions of bittersweet, M-W includes: pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret. That's how these two songs make me feel. I get the same effect from Danny Boy. I wonder what other songs evoke similar feelings in listeners.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bittersweet slithy toves 04/29/02 01:44 AM Re: bittersweet hev 04/29/02 03:04 AM Re: bittersweet consuelo 04/29/02 03:26 AM Re: bittersweet WhitmanO'Neill 04/29/02 03:40 AM Re: bittersweet WhitmanO'Neill 04/29/02 03:24 AM Re: bittersweet belligerentyouth 04/29/02 08:58 AM Re: bittersweet wwh 04/29/02 12:55 PM Re: bittersweet WhitmanO'Neill 04/29/02 01:24 PM Re: bittersweet Faldage 04/29/02 03:14 PM Re: bittersweet Wordwind 04/29/02 03:27 PM Re: bittersweet Alex Williams 04/29/02 03:45 PM Re: bittersweet WhitmanO'Neill 04/29/02 04:11 PM Re: bittersweet Faldage 04/29/02 04:56 PM Nother Dylan consuelo 04/29/02 09:49 PM Re: Nother Dylan WhitmanO'Neill 04/29/02 09:57 PM Re: No, no, this Dylan Bingley 04/30/02 05:36 AM
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