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Skeeter Davis — The End Of The World
Album: The End of the World
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Released: 1963
Length: 2:34
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Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
'Cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know its the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye
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 bitbanger wrote:

I think this was originally released in 1962. Classic country, furshur!




Yes!!
Why don't I just...you know...do it?
Why oh...why....@
If we all could go back in time, we would tell her to sing about 2022. :)
Oh, Skeeter…find yourself a nice hobby. Please.
Released 1 year after or during the cuban missile crisis. which is weirdly appropriate for today (Nov 2022)
I think this was originally released in 1962. Classic country, furshur!
I'm not sure I've ever heard this but I do appreciate the lesser known 50s/60s/70s songs rather than the overplayed hits.
 
Kind of crazy that this song came just 10 years before Kung Fu Fighting, Edgar Winters Group, Santana, and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition".  What a massive change the 1960s brought to music.
great segue!



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 VH1 wrote:
Geez, so much self pity is nauseating!{#Fever}{#No}

Did you skip your teen years or are you just in denial?
Geez, so much self pity is nauseating!{#Fever}{#No}
R.E.M., "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Elvis Costello, "Waiting for the End of the World"
U2, "Until the End of the World"
Blackfield, "End of the World"
Skeeter Davis, "The End Of The World"

Loved that Mayan Apocalypse set, Bill.  One of your best sequences ever.
Well done Bill, thanks for helping us to ring in the end of the world in style.
Glad it's all over now.

I actually held my breath when Bill paused for a long moment at the end of this set. The end of RP would have been the end of the world. 
Hilarious list of end of the world songs
What fun!


The proper artwork...
I love you Skeeter!
 mandolin wrote:
...bill, you win the internet today...
 
Yeah, I'm going to reddit the *fuck* out of this. 
...bill, you win the internet today...
Am enjoying today's rapturous playlist immensely...
I'll be sure to donate tomorrow (if I am still here...)!  

Last Played: Never
Were they waiting for this such special day?


Eschatologic overtones!  How fitting!
THIS is why I listen to RP. Eclectic variety!

Thank you Bill!


Nice to hear this classic again! 
Perfection