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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI've posted this song in the Music section but I wanted to post it here and get your opinon on my thoughts.
By the way Patti Smyth sings this song so passionately makes me wonder if she was a victim of child sexual abuse.
What are your thoughts.
I definitely tear up every time I hear this song.
Freddie
(9,584 posts)Ive seen them in concert many times. They explain what this song is actually about
and I cant remember!
If you get a chance to see them they do a great show.
MarineCombatEngineer
(14,293 posts)It was a kick ass concert.
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(54,042 posts)The Hooters arguably had its finest moment with its 1986 hit Where Do The Children Go, a haunting ballad that tells of children being led astray by a deadly piper between the bright night and darkest day.
In a phone call last week from Boston, where he was taking a few days off from the bands current tour, The Hooters singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eric Bazilian again told how he was prompted to write the song based on an article that Stephen Fried wrote for Philadelphia Magazine."
The lyric opened up to include the theme of childhood loss of innocence. Its a song with different meanings.
The Hooters singer and songwriter Eric Bazilian, speaking about the song, "Where Do the Children Go"
The article was about an unfortunate series of events where a number of kids had taken their own lives in the Quakertown area, Bazilian said.
The lyric opened up to include the theme of childhood loss of innocence. Its a song with different meanings.
The poignant story
Frieds 1984 article, Over the Edge told the story of how the body of Michelle E. Qurashi, 16, was found near a rural road in Richland Township, outside of Quakertown, with a gunshot wound to the chest.
She had been despondent over the death of her boyfriend, Marc Landis, 17, who, along with another Quakertown Community High School student, Daniel Furdock, 16, jumped to their deaths Nov. 19, 1983, into an East Rockhill Township quarry.
In a prior interview, Bazilian said Frieds story broke our hearts. The song came from that article and talking about the shock and sadness that went with it.
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MarineCombatEngineer
(14,293 posts)What ever the reason for this song, it's a beautiful song sung by a beautiful woman with a fantastic voice.
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(54,042 posts)I really like hyman's "simple" harmony on Cyndi lauper's "time after time"
MarineCombatEngineer
(14,293 posts)I always thought that Cyndi Lauper was a great singer and song writer.
Freddie
(9,584 posts)Im from Quakertown and remember that very well indeed. Graduated HS with the girls brother. Her boyfriend was a well-known ministers son. Still a disturbing story all these years later.
DoBW
(1,887 posts)i found this link , maybe helpful:
https://inthesong.com/the-hooters/where-do-the-children-go
also, never knew they came out of Philly
MarineCombatEngineer
(14,293 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(23,618 posts)She's just a great singer.
MarineCombatEngineer
(14,293 posts)She does have a beautiful voice to go along with her stunning beauty.