What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Sad to say, but the song that should win this years Silver Scroll is obvious.

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The greatest songs let us revel in our emotional storms, let us feel comfort in tears, let us ripple with the goosebumps that arise from memories of loss and pain. Yes, the greatest songs are the saddest songs.

And that’s why, when they announce the 2018 Silver Scroll for the year’s best songwriting at a bash at Auckland’s Spark Arena on October 4, they’ll surely announce the winner as Marlon Williams for his break-up ballad Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore.

Part of me doesn’t want this utterly heartbroken song to win. Part of me wants the soulful, sun-worshipping, pagan prog funk of Troy Kingi’s Aztec knowledge, or the tender trundling melody of Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Hunnybee, or the fuzzy, grungy guitars and gleeful harmonies of the Beths’ Future Me Hates Me, or the f--- you break-up pop of Chelsea Jade’s Laugh It Off to show that bold, uplifting songs hold this world together.