Talk:Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)

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There is a parody of this song, called Sugar, which came out soon after the original. It includes the line "now the yard is filled with moss where Sugar used to sip her sauce..." John D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.122.14 (talk) 22:36, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I know this song has been voted worst song ever in a number of polls, am trying to get that source that has been asked for. Will provide it as soon as I can. (looking online, etc) 69.204.6.21 18:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

So did his wife kill herself? The lyrics suggested she suffered from depression. Czolgolz (talk) 21:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

If you were married to someone who would write and sing this song, you might start looking for a friendly pistol, too. Brett Buck (talk) 05:22, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Howard Stern played this song on the Morning Show intending to goof on the lyrics but was moved to tears, along with others in his crew. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.178.178 (talk) 00:40, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

A disturbing song
I can remember this song when I was a kid. It's a haunting melody for me and it dredges up deep feelings in me about death. From my perspective, the guy in the song lost his wife. She just died one day while he was away. Probably the most tragic thing that could happen to anyone. And he sings about his memories of her...very sad. Why would anyone want to listen to this song and even purchase it? I can see why it's been voted the worst song ever. It's amazing to me that it was a number one hit. I think it's interesting that all of his memories of her are unpleasant moments for her. He laughed at her when she planted the tree, he laughs at her when she slips on the floor, he calls her "kinda dumb", she wrecked the car, he catches her crying needlessly in the middle of the day. I can see why some think that she committed suicide. But my thinking is that she just died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.49.65 (talk) 21:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's guilt. He was reminiscing and punishing himself in the insides about how much of a jerk he was (or perceived he was) to her while she was alive! Very sad song 124.184.20.63 (talk) 12:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Why the song was popular
Probably the ambiguity of the song in trying to explain a sudden death is what made it (and makes it) "work." Was Honey suffering from depression? Did she have an undiagnosed brain tumor? If you listen to the lyrics carefully, you can hear clues—but none of them are definitive.

Even the mention of the death is ambiguous: "the angels came." Some have suggested it really means "the Hells Angels came," and that she ran off with a motorcycle gang, leaving her husband (or was he just her live-in boyfriend/shack-up lover?) by himself. You can take the song at (more-or-less) face value, but you can never be sure what "really" happened. 64.85.224.70 (talk) 04:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Contradictory information
The infobox says the song was recorded by Bobby Goldsboro in 1967 and released in 1968. But the section "The story behind 'Honey'" says that Goldsboro first heard it "in early 1968." Which is correct? 108.246.206.139 (talk) 06:29, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Voted saddest song
I was listening to the radio many years ago and the DJ said this was named the saddest song ever by some notable organization. I agree ! The song that’s a close second in my book is Tears In Heaven. I can’t imagine why it was named worst song - maybe for a person that lacks sentimentality I suppose ... Dianne93101 (talk) 17:16, 25 February 2018 (UTC)