i'm another gene pitney fan...liked "24 hours from tulsa" a lot. a few years ago i ran across some of his albums in italian, it seems that through out his career, when he released an album in english he also released it in italian..."liberty valance" in italian really kicks.
The sad death of Gene Pitney
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FlyingHighNow
Thank you for posting this. I didn't know.
I loved Town Without Pity. It was very nicely immortalized in the movie Hair Spray!(you should watch it, Blues Brother) But, I'm old enough to remember Gene when his songs were new, though I was a tiny child. I liked Liberty Valance and Baby, The Rain Must Fall.
You know, come to think of it, Town Without Pity could easily be about the borg and "apostates", in a symbolic way.
Town Without Pity
by Gene Pitney.
When you're young and so in love as we
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so
Only those in love would know
What a town without pity can do
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a town without pity can do
The young have problems, many problems
We need an understanding heart
Why don't they help us, try and help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart
Take these eager lips and hold me fast
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity -
FlyingHighNow
I forgot about It Hurts To Be In Love. When it comes on the radio in my car, I can't help but grin and sing along. It makes me feel like a kid again.
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blsrose
reading those lyrics, wow! you are right, paints a sad picture of the attitude some witnesses, it truely is a Town Without pity!!
As a child of the 60's, it saddens me to learn of his death!! what a voice!! Our local oldies radio station recently switched the oldie catagory from 50's and 60's to 70's and 80's, i was busy being a witness and raising my family and cannot relate with that era, I miss hearing Gene, Roy, 4-seasons,Bobby Vinton, can't name them all, but it was a great time to be a teen
You will be missed, Gene!!