Music Not-Monday: Songs of Our Lives Meme
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chomiji10: A song that makes you sad:
Christine Lavin: The Dakota
"Long before its history was marked by the sound of bullets, thousands of fragrant flowers and crowds grievously singing “Imagine,” the Dakota was just another historic Manhattan co-op where among its famous inhabitants lived a musician named John Lennon.
Before he was gunned down in front of the building 30 years ago Wednesday, he was the seventh-floor resident who brought sushi to the building’s October potluck. He was known as a protective father ...
—The New York Times
"Sharing the Dakota With John Lennon," Dec. 6, 2010
Waterworks. Every time. If it doesn't hit me the first time she sings "Too many good men have been cut down," then the snippet of "Imagine" at the end will do it.
Lavin made her name as a humorous singer-singwriter, but the same keen eye that makes her funny songs so funny also makes her occasional serious songs sharp enough to cut.
