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    I Can See Clearly Now Singer Johnny Nash Dead at 80

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash

    https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/johnn...e-clearly-now/

    Johnny Nash, the guy who sang the incredibly happy and infectious 1970s #1 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now," has died.

    The singer's son tells TMZ ... Johnny was at home Tuesday when he passed away of natural causes. No word on cause of death yet.

    Johnny was born in Houston and made his debut as a major label artist in 1957 with the single, "A Teenager Sings the Blues." However, it was his reggae-tinged hit that topped the charts in November of 1972, and stayed there for 4 weeks.

    Nash sold more than 1 million copies of the single, and it made him an international star, especially in Jamaica ... where he became one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae on the island.

    While he might go down in music history as a one-hit wonder, what a smash. "I Can See Clearly Now" has been covered numerous times after Johnny. A couple of those covers even reached the top 20 -- the most recent one being Jimmy Cliff's 1993 version for the "Cool Runnings" soundtrack.

    His son, John Nash III, tells us, "He was a wonderful father and family man. He loved people and the world. He will be missed within his community. Family was his everything."

    Johnny was 80.

    RIP

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    RIP.

    But damn, I hate that song. I blame Hallmark. (I worked there for a bit and they played that song ALL the fucking time, it got to be annoying)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nic B View Post
    RIP.

    But damn, I hate that song. I blame Hallmark. (I worked there for a bit and they played that song ALL the fucking time, it got to be annoying)
    I can understand that. There are some songs, maybe perfectly lovely songs that get ruined because some jackhole plays them to the point of madness. "You Light up My Life" springs to mind for me.

    meanwhile, I cried because I don't want to have to wait till I'm dead for the "metaphorical" blue skies to come back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by puzzld View Post
    I can understand that. There are some songs, maybe perfectly lovely songs that get ruined because some jackhole plays them to the point of madness. "You Light up My Life" springs to mind for me.

    meanwhile, I cried because I don't want to have to wait till I'm dead for the "metaphorical" blue skies to come back.
    There is one other song that Sears used to play all the time when I worked there, that I got really sick of. No idea what it's called but it goes something like "put up a parking lot" or some shit. Drives me nuts to hear it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nic B View Post
    There is one other song that Sears used to play all the time when I worked there, that I got really sick of. No idea what it's called but it goes something like "put up a parking lot" or some shit. Drives me nuts to hear it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by puzzld View Post
    You're welcome
    Must've been a different version they played because it was a dude who sang it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nic B View Post
    Must've been a different version they played because it was a dude who sang it.
    The Counting Crows did it back in the 90's I believe. Bob Dylan also did a version of it, but my guess is you head the CC version.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raisedbywolves View Post
    The Counting Crows did it back in the 90's I believe. Bob Dylan also did a version of it, but my guess is you head the CC version.
    But for shear bloody annoying, it's hard to top Dylan. Brilliant of course, but...
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    Quote Originally Posted by puzzld View Post
    But for shear bloody annoying, it's hard to top Dylan. Brilliant of course, but...
    Truth. His Son on the other hand, I love his voice.
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