First Time Reaction To: Mark Dinning - Teen angel (1960)

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[dianefiske-foy]

He pulled her out and they were saved, but she ran back to the car and got killed. She had gone back to get the high school ring he gave her and they found it clutched in her hand. Guy’s did that back then, gave their high school ring to their girlfriends.

[walterpanovs]

She ran back to the car for his high school ring, which was a fatal sacrifice. Lots of teenage "death" songs in that era. "Tell Laura I Love Her, " "Last Kiss, " and "Patches" (the 1962 song and not the 1970 song with the same title) were also among the biggest and most morbid hits from that time. Teenage angst was a big thing in those early rock n roll years.

[anjoleeeickhoff]

“Tell Laura I Love Her” and “Last Kiss by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers.”

[shirleyloydsr]

In the song he did pull her out from the wreckage but she went running back and he ran after her and she reached in and got inside the car to get the ring and he was not able to pull her out before the train ran over the car and killed her that's why at the end of the song he says I'm sorry he was not able to save her in the end

[SavedChampion]

We used to go steady and we traded class rings. Committed to each other. ❤❤❤❤

[NotData]

There was also I Want My Baby Back by Jimmy Cross which was a parody of this trope.

[PumpkinSpice]

He pulled her out, but in the song it says "she went running back"

[bigivan]

A huge YES on Todd Rundgren! "Hello It's Me" is a beautiful song that I've loved all my life. Well, I was probably 10 when I first heard it on AM radio like most everyone did. But he's an incredible talent. Give him a listen. You'll love it!!

[roydownes]

been years since ive heard this. its raw and really hard to take.

[pamagnolia]

I remember this from when I was young. So sad though!

[lmmgt]

this was my high school favorite song easy to sing and play but very sad

[danielgarcia]

As a little boy I never knew what it was about but now phew morbid but beautiful

[BillyEllis-ydtm]

He pulled her out of the car but she ran back to the car and got killed..

[tonyfreeman]

First time hearing this many moons ago was to turn the station but now I hear great singing and tasty guitar licks.

[jasmine.swayze]

This always makes me think about my grandma she would always sing it i always thought it was sad but now that she’s gone I find it absolutely brutal to listen to

[danor]

The teen tragedy songs.. He did pull her out. But she went back for his high school ring, which he gave her. Next you need to hear "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson.

[ShirleyHage]

he did ... but she went back to get his ring which must have been very important to her

[AP-gbeh]

So many oddly dark songs from this era, Tell Laura is another. Romeo & Juliette complex I think because happy nonsense was being pushed on kids so hard that these songs had a morbid attraction

[bigivan]

OK, this is a classic. But Todd Rundgren is on a different level...

[philipdickey]

She went back for his ring that he gave her