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   Ron Seiden to All   
   long lost song...   
   08 Mar 07 04:12:07   
   
   From: subronseiden@verizon.net   
      
   Back in the early/mid 1960s there were many of what I call "clean cut folk   
   groups" -- generally named things like The [ ] Trio, The Four [ ]s, etc. In   
   the same time period, alienation was a popular topic, producing songs like   
   "Little Boxes". During this period there was a very haunting song put out by   
   one of these wholesome male quartets (I *think* it was a quartet) and all I   
   know of it is the refrain: "The houses have no numbers. The streets, they   
   have no names. The people have no faces. And the children play no games."   
   Last time I heard it was on the radio back in college somewhere around   
   1967-69, and the DJ seguéd right into the next song without ever mentioning   
   the name of the song, the group or anything else identifying (much to the   
   aggravation of my roommate & me, who were the only two people I ever knew   
   who knew of the song).   
   Can anyone help me identify the song, its composer, the group that recorded   
   it, or anything else that might lead me to securing a copy of it? I'd like   
   to find it before I die (not the least to prove to people that I'm not   
   completely nuts).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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