Yesterday Once More

25 Aug 2024

Alone and Lonely

50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Music, Nostalgia, Songs

This episode features songs about loneliness and being alone. 

Songwriters like to write about emotions. One popular theme is to write about loneliness or being alone. Irish singer Gilbert O’Sullivan starts off this week’s program with his poignant Alone Again (Naturally). The Bee Gees follow with a rather anguished Lonely Days. Legendary singer Roy Orbison reminds us of his fine voice with his first hit Only The Lonely. Another sublime voice is Karen Carpenter’s as she gives a knockout performance on the Neil Sedaka song Solitaire. Other songs are Neil Diamond’s Solitary Man and Linda Ronstadt’s fine rendition of Blue Bayou. But one of the greatest songs ever written about loneliness is Eleanor Rigby from The Beatles.

PLAYLIST

• Alone Again – Gilbert O’Sullivan
• Lonely Days – Bee Gees
• Solitaire – The Carpenters
• Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt
• Only The Lonely – Roy Orbison
• Lonely Is The Night – Air Supply
• The Fool On The Hill – Lana Cantrell
• Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold
• Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
• Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
• Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
• Only The Lonely -The Motels

Yesterday Once More is presented by Rob and Mossy each Sunday afternoon at 5
Alone and Lonely was broadcast on Sunday August 25, 2024
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