songs to cry to

[comeondover]

I need a good cry. What songs make you cry? I might make a playlist. The Disturbed version of The Sound of Silence gets the tears flowing for me, especially if I sing along loudly, although it's a marmite song here on mn.

Seasons in the Sun

Dire straits, Brothers in Arms.

I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers

The Way Old Friends Do- abba

Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
Run -Snow Patrol
Goodbye- Air Supply
In it for Love - Hannah White

Deffo going to make a playlist of these some great songs here x

Morningtown Ride, by The Seekers (turns me into a blubbering wreck)

Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn

Billy Don't Be a Hero- Paper Lace

Better Days, Dermot Kennedy

The Drugs don’t work / Lucky Man by Verve - his voice always makes me really emotional for some reason

Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen

River - Joni Mitchell

Empty - Ray Lamontagne

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - Pete Seeger

Dear Uncle Sam - Loretta Lynn

The 6 O Clock News/ Silent Night - Simon and Garfunkel

The Lady With the Braid- Dory Previn

Some Adele songs

Geordie- Joan Baez

Where Are You Now My Son -Joan Baez

A Heartfelt Line or Two- Joan Baez

White As Snow- U2

All I Want Is You - U2

Running To Stand Still- U2

All apologies by Nirvana
Mr Bojangles by Sammy Davis Jr
Tell me there's a heaven by Chris Rea.
Better Day by Ocean colour scene
Perfect by Lightning Seeds (cheerful lyrics but very melancholic and beautiful tune).
Mother by John Lennon.
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole (played at my granddad's funeral).
In the ghetto by Elvis.
Gone til November and Gunpowder by Wycliffe Jean.
Don't cry and patience by GNR.
I'll see you when you get there by Coolio
No surprises by Radiohead

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride. Devastates me every time

Also... Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran

Un jour, un enfant Frida Boccara

Pearl Fishers Duet, Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill

Softly, as I leave you softly, Matt Monroe

And the piece de resistance - a truly fabulous performance, the audience was in floods and me also.... Voila sung by Emma Kok

Fix You - Coldplay
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
Perfect - Pink
Let's Go Fly a Kite - from Mary Poppins ☺️

Nothing Compares To You- Sinead O Connor

The living years - Mike & The Mechanics.

No More Drama - Mary J Blige

Another vote for Roberta Flack.

And also I'd never heard this one before but a friend sent it to me when I was going through a break up and it made me sob for days!

Now - The Carpenters

I guess why they call it the blues by Elton John

Amazing song, amazing Sparks.

Have you seen the documentary Sparks brothers.

I Get Along Without You Very Well - especially Chet Baker version.
I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack.
When Joanna Loved Me - Scott Walker.