Jeri Dansky

#ThursdayFiveList
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Five songs about feeling disillusioned, jaded, empty, cynical.

Shades of Gray - The Monkees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ZxRjItD1o

In Tall Buidings - John Hartford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7fhb-Y0jEc

Easy To Be Hard - Hair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3WtOVndWk

Stones in the Road - Mary Chapin Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6VpuEzgMDY

Suicide Is Painless - theme from M*A*S*H
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMNRW1iZEg

Shades of Gray (2007 Remaster)

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Oct 10, 2024 at 4:35pmWeb
Show threadDave HeumannOct 10, 2024
@jeridansky Easy to be Hard was the best song from Hair, hands down
Show threadJeri DanskyOct 10, 2024
@dave_heumann I'm also very fond of Good Morning Starshine — and I like the whole album — but I won't argue with Easy to be Hard being the best. 😀
Show threadDave HeumannOct 10, 2024

@jeridansky That's a good one too, as is Let the Sunshine In/Age of Aquarius.

The reason Easy to be Hard has my vote is mostly because of the lyrical content. No other popular song of that era expressed that sentiment that I can think of.