Originally Posted by
Jerry Oz
"Toby" by the O'Jays is one of the saddest songs, for me. What's sadder than losing your high school sweetheart [[or dog, depending on whose buying the drinks and playing the CD)? "Oh Girl" by the Chi-Lites is another one and it might be matched by "Have You Seen Her". Roger Troutman produced an LP by Dick Smith that had the saddest and most soulful version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" that I can imagine. And since this is the Soulful Detroit forum, I'm going bring up "Ooh Baby Baby" by Smokey.
Finally, I'm not saying that "Boys In Blue" by View From the Hill was a song about a group of British lads who were drafted to go away to war and some of them didn't make it back. It was well-written, excellently produced, and sung with such raw emotion that I may have misted up a little when I listened to it. I am not saying that it made me cry, though, because I'm not going to admit to it.
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