I was listening to an album of 70's ballads and I noticed that in between the love songs I noticed that some of the ballads of the 70's were depressing and I cannot figure it out? For example I found Robert John's song Sad Eyes and if you listen to the lyrics Sad Eyes is about a guy's crush leaving him and I cannot figure out how in the world Sad Eyes became a hit? Another song I found was Just When I Needed You Most by Randy Vanwarmer and that too is a depressing song about a guy's crush saying goodbye and why it was a hit I cannot understand. Was it because ballads were huge hits in the 70's and they came up with a theme to fit the songs? Another song that was a hit for John Denver was I'm Sorry which was also a breakup depressing song. I was shocked that the 70's had songs like this and i'm glad we don't see many of these songs in music today
Bestie

Some of these ballads might have sappy lyrics but some of them also have great melodies and in my opinion it's the melody that makes the song and the lyrics are secondary. Lots of great music was made in the 1970's, my favorite decade for music.