kysmet wrote: 
The song that gets me every time is Patty Griffin's live 'Goodbye'. In the song comments she said she wanted to see Patty in concert. I don't know if she ever did.

 Cynaera wrote: 
Gerry Rafferty — Baker Street

 cc_rider wrote: 
Whoa. This is the last song comment she posted. 

  Cynaera wrote: 
Etta James — The Rock

 cc_rider wrote: 

 kysmet wrote: 
It really does. She'll always be with us. Just like MelissaB. Our friends live on in us.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
Running across her song comments now and then almost makes it feel like she's still with us. This is another lovely one; thanks for sharing.

 Cynaera wrote: 
Roxy Music - Avalon

 Jelani wrote: 
She is remembered in a number of song comments as well. Earlier today Patty Griffin's 'Goodbye' was on, the acoustic version, and it almost made me cry right here in the office. The song comments tell the story, it's just heartbreaking.

We've had a few deaths in our little family, and each one is a punch in the gut. At least we can remember them here, mourn their passings, and celebrate their lives.

Wow, I haven't been on the comment boards too frequently this year and I completely missed this.
How very sad. 
Thanks for the tip Poacher. 

From the Comments page:

"  What?!! I don't understand what you mean. Has something happened to dear Cynaera? Can anyone please tell me? I cherish that woman's spirit.

Ok, I'm sorry, folks. Been just popping in and out lately, not really reading comments very much.  I did suspect, from certain cryptic references here & there. Just found the Forum page. Oh, dear. I'm just blubbering uncontrollably now. Didn't even know the lady, but, over the past few years I've been listening I'd come to respect & admire her for just about everything she pulled out of her hat, comment-wise. My sympathy and condolences go to her family and those close to her. May she be forever more in radio paradise.

Thanks to calypsus_1 for the tribute comment.
John

George Harrison's What Is Life"

Cynaera wrote: Breathe... gotta breathe... A cold November afternoon with a roast in the slow-cooker, the cats sprawled everywhere, and life looking pretty damned good... This song is the perfect icing on the cake. I could die now, and have a beautific grin on my face.  Thanks, Bill and Rebecca. You continue to make me a very happy and contented listener.

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)

Jimmy Cliff — Many Rivers to Cross

...This song gets a 10. How many of us have looked at our lives and seen nothing but mountains beyond mountains, and many rivers?  My uncle had a 600-acre farm in Washington - he grew potatoes, corn, and sugar-beets, and his son had a couple-hundred head of Black Angus cattle.  I got to work on that farm when I was young, and it was HARD WORK. Milking cows, feeding chickens, mucking out the pig pens and the stalls, and helping to get the irrigation system working. I only have sketchy memories of it all, but I know it wasn't easy. I LOVED it.

I wish I'd known about this Jimmy Cliff song back then - I'd probably have been singing it, too...

Only clued in on this tonight.  Sad to hear - especially for someone so young and who made me smile with her positivity in her comments.  As you can tell I don't participate in the forums much, just in song comments..

 My father passed away from the same thing - RIP to them both.

Anyone know where in UT she was from?  I spend a lot of time in Sandy/Little Cottonwood Canyon, and I wonder if I might have run into her at some point.  No matter, just... :(

 Beaker wrote:  It's just more recent. And Cynaera made a lot of song comments. You make a fair point, but they're not really comparable. We could bump The Buffoonery in Melissa's honor though.

 Beaker wrote: 
Here it is...

From "Year of the Cat"

I love Al Stewart. Deep lyrics, and that almost-effeminate voice (I probably spelled it incorrectly, but it's late Saturday night! Cut me a break, okay?) I know I posted this story elsewhere, but it fits here, too...  I was living at home, and one day, I had the radio turned up loud while I was washing dishes. Mom came into the kitchen about the time Al Stewart's "Time Passages' was playing, and she asked imperiously, "What's he saying?  Tying sausages?" And she walked away, muttering, while I tried my very best to smother my laughter in my bent arm... To this day, I can't listen to that song without remembering Mom with a smile and a tear...

Al Stewart will always hold a special place in my heart.

And after we get good and greasy, baby, we can go on home Put the cow horns back on the Cadillac and change the message on the code-a-phone...... I couldn't love this song more if I was twins.

John Hiatt-Memphis In Meantime

 ScottN wrote: You are funny man! 

 ScottN wrote: 
he means copy and pasting the comments with all the html boxes and stuff around it is borking the threads.
just copy the text and all will be fine.

edit: sorry it's not the boxes and stuff that caused it. it was someone's post that used a very long underline. it's now on page 2

 jadewahoo wrote: 
I think the re-posting of her comments is a very good way to respect her absence. 
What else is the purpose of the thread?
In any event, as time passes it will go off the RAFT and join myriad other threads no longer used.