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user-inactivated  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Johnny Mandel: Suicide is Painless - 1970

I knew that it was his son, but I didn't know anything else about the production of the song. I was under the impression that this 14 year old kid wrote a really depressing song and his dad decided to use it for the movie.

I'm not sure if it takes away from the song or not, for me. It's certainly interesting.