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Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 4 The Saddest Song Ever? – Bruce Springsteen’s The River

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Simon Sweetman
Aug 26, 2015
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A song, not an album this week.

Some time ago on Facebook, Simon asked, “What’s the saddest song ever?” or something to that effect. I had the same answer as ever – and this is a variation on something I’d previously written on it. It’s also the first time I’m going to talk about Springsteen on here. As you might be able to guess from the blog title, it …

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