I’m a bona fide sucker for a guitar tremolo effect…throw in a voice that melts into the song and yea…I’m hooked. During the last part of the first verse backup singers come in and give it a short gospel quality. That makes me warm inside.
John Hiatt did the solo whistling and backing vocals.
The song was written by singer-songwriter Ben Vaughn, off his 1990 album Dressed In Black. Vaughn grew up in the Philadelphia area. He has said that At age 6, his uncle gave him a Duane Eddy record and forever changed his life.
In 1983, he formed the Ben Vaughn Combo. The band was together five years, releasing two albums and touring the U.S. several times. They received rave reviews in Rolling Stone and People magazine and video airplay on MTV.
Vaughn started a solo career in 1988 and has released over 17 albums. He is very versatile… he plays Rock, blues, jazz, folk, soul, R & B, country, Bossa Nova, movie soundtracks, easy listening and more, all with Vaughn’s musical slant.
Too Sensitive For This World
Ev’ry day starts with a broken heart
I must be too sensitive for this world
Well I know it ain’t right to cry ev’ry night
I must be too sensitive for this world
And the world is such a careless place
It’s a wonder, hummm it’s a wonder
It’s a wonder
Anyone survives
The clouds in the sky just make me cry
I must be too sensitive for this world
I don’t think I can last until these bad times pass
I must be too sensitive for this world
Solo
And the world is such a careless place
The world is such a selfish place
And life is such an awful fate
It’s a wonder, hummm it’s a wonder
It’s a wonder
Anyone survives
I must be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Vaughn
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I like that guitar sound too. This song is sublime. I don’t think I’ve heard of Ben Vaughn before.
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I hadn’t heard of him either…another blogger mentioned him and this is the first song I came across…I loved it.
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Nice mellow music.
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I have heard his name but not his music…how did you come across him?
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A blogger CB told me about him and this was the first song I came across…I really like the song.
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Thanks for the intro Max to a great song and a great artist! Loved it.
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I’m always happy when I can find one you like Bruce!
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I’m generally easy to please (said the bishop to the actress).
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…by the way…after Saturday…she is gone!
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Ha!
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Right up my alley, Max. The guitar sound is great. I also love the keyboard in the background and the gospel style singing. Makes me want to listen to more music by Ben Vaughan. Had not heard of him before.
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CB is the one that told me about him…this is the first one I found and I went with it…cool song.
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Never heard of this guy. I guess even back then there was too much music to keep up with everyone.
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and not a way to keep track of it all like now.
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Heck no. You had to visit a record store to know what was out.
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Sounds good Max. Ben would appreciate you spreading the word. I love when people whistle in songs.
“Sing it one time. Sing it two times ..”
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I didn’t know it was John Hiatt whistling.
I got great feedback from this song. I’ll do another one pretty soon.
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You made a good first pick. I love the way Ben takes it out with those last lyrics. Great stuff. Hiatt is an American treasure.
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I totally agree.
CB…after looking for more Ben Vaughn I ran across Robyn Hitchcock…know any about his music?
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Some Hitchcock but not a lot. He’s good.
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This is great. I have one of his albums from a few years ago… Texas Road Trip. I don’t know this one, though… I’ll be checking out the album in due course.
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I just found out about him…I’m liking what I am hearing. CB told me about him and I’ve been listening ever since.
I will warn about the album cover…totally not appropriate… I know he didn’t mean it bad but yea it would not fly today.
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CB won’t steer you wrong… he’s always got good recommendations (good chance that’s where I picked up on Vaughn from…)
Just checked out the album cover… yup… that was a bit ill judged.
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He does…he has a very wide taste and will pick ones under the radar.
Yes…you know I’m not Mr. PC but no…I would NOT go there.
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