CanadianSteve
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et said:Continuing the saddest songs theme from the other thread, the MASH theme is actually 'Suicide is Painless' which I think is by Jimmy Smith, but also covered by Manic Street Preachers. The lyrics certainly put a different spin on it.Stranger said:I love the mash and hogans heroes tunes.
The song was sung in the movie version of MASH, with the lyrics. It was very meaningful to the scene in the movie, since "Painless" was the nickname of the dentist who wanted to commit suicide in the story. (He didn't.) I'm pretty sure the song was written specifically for the movie since the words fit the story so well. Unless someone knows otherwise.
The later TV show merely used an instrumental version as its theme music, but never referred to the lyrics TMK.