Les Allen

<p id="h0-p1" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;">"<span style="color: #00ffff;"><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: none; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #18629d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://soundcloud.com/les-allen/goodbye"><span style="color: #00ffff;">Goodbye</span></a></span>,&rdquo; by the&nbsp;<span style="color: #00ffff;"><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: none; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #18629d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.reverbnation.com/citylimitsband"><span style="color: #00ffff;">City Limits Band</span></a></span>, was the most downloaded MP3 from&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">SDReader.com</em>during the month of January. Follows is an interview with songwriter Les Allen.</p>
<p id="h0-p2" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">This is obviously a &ldquo;love lost&rdquo; song. I like &ldquo;the beauty of everything has changed&rdquo; line. Is that about a specific event or&hellip;?</em></p>
<p id="h0-p3" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;">Allen: &ldquo;Yes, I find that songs almost write themselves when you draw from personal experience. You can touch a listener on an even deeper level that way.&rdquo;</p>
<p id="h0-p4" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">&ldquo;Hello Insane&rdquo; captures the post-breakup phase well. Was there a time when you thought you might lose it over someone?</em></p>
<p id="h0-p5" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;">&ldquo;Not lose it, but as close as I care to get. The subject of love obviously is the number-one reason we write. Good and bad. Everyone can relate.&rdquo;</p>
<p id="h0-p6" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Do you have to be heartbroken at the time to write a heartbreak song, or can you conjure up the feeling later?</em></p>
<p id="h0-p7" class="permalinkable" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em;">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t. But it definitely helps. If you&rsquo;re like me, once your heart gets broken you can usually reflect on how bad it felt and how hard it was to overcome even years later.&rdquo;</p>
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