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Anyone else have songs, or bits of songs that make your heart hurt?

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AntsDeck · 15/01/2018 17:15

Because they are 'that good'? I realise different songs may affect people differently Smile

I have lots:

The last part of Do the right thing, Simply Red
The last part of Light my fire, Will Young
The whole of Sandstorm, Darude
The chorus of Love Love, Take That
The chorus of The Flood, Take That
The whole of Praying for time, George Michael
The whole of Sing Hallelujah, Dr Alban
The last chorus, to the end Confusion, ELO
The last bit, to fade, Rise, Gabrielle
All of Don't You, Simple Minds
All of Shine, Years and Years
All of Paradise by the dashboard light, Meatloaf
All of Home By The Sea, Genesis

Just off the top of my head Smile

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AntsDeck · 23/01/2018 19:26

I'm not sure how long it takes MNHQ to decide if they will put this in Classics, because they have said that they are considering it Smile

Just hope they decide before the thread goes 'poooooof' and we lose all of these lovely songs and lyrics Smile

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LifeLaundry · 23/01/2018 19:12

@WindyTriller i dont know how to post a link to it or anything but its called MN Happy Playlist and it was uploaded by Maddy Matthews - Williams. Hang on, see if this works open.spotify.com/user/1122569004/playlist/4O5DwW0U87Q2FFWJxvpyBO

Hopefully it does

WindyTriller · 23/01/2018 18:38

@LifeLaundry I'd love details of that playlist please!

wubbers · 23/01/2018 12:39

Get Here by Oleta Adams Sad Never fails to give me goosebumps!

Wowweeee · 23/01/2018 12:36

God yes and You Are My Sunshine. My great nana used to sing it to me.

Wowweeee · 23/01/2018 12:33

"And thanks for the trouble
you took from her eyes,
I thought it was there for good
So I never tried"

And The Green Fields of France.

LifeLaundry · 23/01/2018 11:55

I forgot one before

I am a rock by Simon and Garfunkel, also Blue Period by The Smithereens

One time there was a thread of happy songs and some clever person put them all on a spotify playlist. I still listen to it.

WindyTriller · 21/01/2018 02:06

Oh and Stay On These Roads - aHa

WindyTriller · 21/01/2018 02:03

These Days - Bon Jovi

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

The Rose - Bette Midler

A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris De Burgh

I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

No Regrets - Robbie Williams

I'm sure there are loads more but this is what immediately springs to mind.

Ftumch · 20/01/2018 23:34

Ani diFranco - Both Hands
Joni Mitchell - Last time I saw Richard
Incubus - Wish you were here

CoolCarrie · 20/01/2018 23:26

The Waterboys original version of How Long Will I Love You is brilliant, as I’d Whole Of The Moon” I saw the rain dirty valleys, you saw Brigadoon, I saw the planets, you saw the whole of the moon”
This Woman’s work Kate Bush

QueenoftheSilverDollar12 · 20/01/2018 23:09

Has anybody mentioned (will you meet me on) Clare Island by the fabby Saw Doctors yet?

LucyMorningStar · 20/01/2018 23:06

Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed

SevenOf1981 · 20/01/2018 22:53

Oh goodness!
The REM ones mentioned, but also strange currencies and a cover they did called Arms of Love. Holy shit that gets me every time.

Barenaked ladies - what a good boy. Especially the live version. Also, their secret song after 'tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel' on maroon.

Flower by the Eels.

Eat that up it's good for you by Two Door Cinema Club has an amazingly uplifting instrumental break in it.

Everlong by the foo fighters.

Teen angst by M83.

Dogsmom · 20/01/2018 22:43

Dance with my father again. Sums up perfectly how devastated I feel to have lost my Dad.

Somewhere from West side story.

user764329056 · 20/01/2018 22:31

And Window of Hope, Oleta Adams, what a voice

An older song called I Won’t Let You Down by PHD

In The Ghetto, Ellis Presley

The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel

mummyof2munchkins · 20/01/2018 22:27

This perfectly sums up how i feel about my children... Can't even read the lyrics without getting teary.

Ellie Goulding, How long will i love you

How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer, if I can.

How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to
Follow their plan.

How long will I be with you?
As long as the sea is bound to
Wash upon the sand.

How long will I want you?
As long as you want me to
And longer by far.

user764329056 · 20/01/2018 22:25

Oh gosh, If You Could Read My Mind, had forgotten about that, beautiful

Also from that era Wonderful by Colin Blunstone

Run To You, W Houston, gets me

SciFiFan2015 · 20/01/2018 22:17

Don't Cry Daddy by Ellis

"Don't cry Daddy, Daddy please don't cry, you still got me and little Tommy, together we'll find a brand new Mommy,
Daddy, Daddy please laugh again, Daddy ride us on your back again, ooooohhh Daaaddy please don't cry"

m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8YHBvX4QtM

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AntsDeck · 20/01/2018 22:12

@DotCottonDotCom me too Sad

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DotCottonDotCom · 20/01/2018 22:03

Oh heck just thought - Leona Lewis doing Run. I cry. Even in the office. I just can’t.

abundantlyclear · 20/01/2018 21:58

Etta James I would rather go blind

I would rather, I would rather go blind boy
Than to see you, walk away from me child, and all
So you see, I love you so much
That I don't want to watch you leave me baby
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free no

abundantlyclear · 20/01/2018 21:56

Snow Patrol - you could be happy

You could be happy, and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played on lips till it's madness in my head …

greedycushionhoarder · 20/01/2018 21:38

I may know the word by Natalie Merchant is beautiful.
The whole of the moon by the waterboys.
Hello world by lady antebellum, I challenge anybody to watch the video and not be moved by it.

Nervousrex · 20/01/2018 21:17

I'd completely forgotten about Pink Floyd's The Final Cut - I know a lot of people think the album was a real donkey, but I really like it, especially The Gunner's Dream.

Floating down through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
In the space between the heavens
and in the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream
I had a dream
Good-bye Max
Good-bye Ma
After the service, as you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream.

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