A song that was written in 1974 just took my breath away, literally

[PeaceLoveAndCandy]

I went out for a long walk and had Spotify making suggestions. This song came up, never heard it before, and it stopped me on my tracks. I had to slow down as I was crying. This song was written in 1974 and I am 50. How have I not come across this song before? The song by the way is Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. Has this happened to you and what was the song?

Travelling Boy by Art Garfunkel

@EddisonTortoise

Abba's Slipping Through My Fingers.

Partly because of how I feel about my daughter and partly because no one felt like that about me.

I came on to suggest this but you beat me to it. Also Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton Heaven...the DJ Sammy & Yanou version

YoureAllABunchOfBastards
Sorry about you're dad in law

Who knows where the time goes by Eva Cassidy- such a pure powerful voice, this song is so haunting especially when she gets to the middle bit.

I discovered Ben Harper during a break up and walking away perfectly summed up how I was feeling. Such a way with words

The poets of pop are definitely snow patrol each song takes such a micro approach to life is amazing... if there's a ticket tie me to it... the beginning of that song when he wraps a thread of hair round his fingers.... lightening strikes followed by lifeboats raises the hair on the back of my neck

Love how music evokes so much emotion.

This always makes me good-cry:

[quote PoirotsMissLemon]I have just been compelled to join mumsnet after lurking for 10 years on the strength of this thread 😂 I have only got to page 12, but so far have added all the songs mentioned up til then on a Spotify Playlist which I’ve made public. It’s at 14 hours already!

It’s called PeaceLoveAndCandy -
open.spotify.com/playlist/2qBJCpQPanamihhTrVNhPr?si=xnKYtuy9SkWQfpmXXEyW4A[/quote]
Thank you!!! I've been trying to search all the songs since about 3pm today lol. Well done.

We had this at DPs funeral....😔 😔 😔

PoirotsMissLemon

@PoirotsMissLemon that's amazing!

I found ‘Into my Arms’ by Nick Cave just after his son died. I’d never heard it before...I literally couldn’t catch my breath I cried so hard. What. a. song.

Wild is the Wind David Bowie, I don’t think that’s been mentioned yet. I came to it late as an 80’s teenager I didn’t know all his earlier work. I discovered just after he died and was overcome. The emotion in his voice as it soars through the song. Beautiful.
Thank you for this thread. It’s wonderful to discover new music.

I’ve made it collaborative so people can add more songs, I’ve given myself RSI of the thumbs 😅

This is so embarrassing but here goes

There's a bedtime song on Cbeebies featuring Tee and Mo and I have no idea why but it makes me weep every time. I think it reminds me of that first baby love; when you're overwhelmed, bewildered, exhausted in that baby bubble. It just gets me every time.

Sorry for lowering the tone.. I'll see myself out
shuffles off

[quote StCharlotte]From The Nutcracker. Particularly at 3:27 and 4:00. It's like a punch in the heart (in a good way).

[/quote] Oh I know exactly what you mean . Lovely. by Schubert taken from Fantasia, follows from the spectacular Night on Bald Mountain and gives me goose pimples.

Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran - makes me think of my mum

@NeedWineNow

Morningtown Ride by The Seekers. I can remember my dad singing this to my little brother to get him off to sleep. My brother is nearly 54, and dad has been gone 25 years ago this December but I still can't hear this without filling up.

The Carnival is Over by The Seekers. So plaintive. I need to make a list of tearjerkers from some of this not Luther Vandross of Mike and the Mechanics though

@Hatstrategicallydipped - brilliant!

Don't know if anyone has said this one but "Nothing compares to you" by Sinead O'Connor.
And Love & Affection by Joan Armatrading

Baby let me hold you by Tracy Chapman. I know it's a break up song, but I lost my closest friend to suicide at 17 and it made me think of all the things I wish I'd said.

[quote AtlasPine]This always makes me good-cry:

[/quote] Wow! She was ten years old when she sang this in 2014.

@PoirotsMissLemon Wow, that's amazing , thanks

Zooxanthellea that song makes me bawl, I lost my mum too.

@FlamedToACrisp

We're All Alone - Boz Scaggs

Outside the rain begins...

I haven’t heard the Boz Scaggs version (I’ve got to play it now) but I loved the Rita Coolidge one.

I’m a bit of a country music fan and three songs always bring me to tears: The Chair, Holes in the Floor of Heaven, and Memories of Us. Realise they are probably standard for US people but in the UK I’ve found hardly anyone knows them unless they were in on that brief 90s linedance phase and continued the country interest. Beautiful songs. Loving this thread. Made me discover a lot of lovely new songs!

Not a song, a whole album. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd. Sit in a warm, dark room with it on as loud as you can get away with. It’s mesmerising!

I discovered Women of the World by Jim O'Rourke this year on 6music from 1999 and it took my breath away. I'd never heard of it or the artist and I'm 43 & I've always considered myself pretty knowledgeable on music!