Songs that aren’t even ‘sad’ but make you emotional?

[Birdtablegreen]

Does anyone else find certain songs quite emotional for no particular reason?? I’m not talking about purposefully sad love songs.

Current one for me is Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran - it’s not even the most amazing song ever but literally gives me goose bumps and I feel myself welling up as I sing along in the car! Maybe it makes me nostalgic!!

Other one is Ocean Drive by Lighthouse family - makes me so sad!!

Anyone else?! Maybe it’s something to do with certain chords!

@Birdtablegreen Ocean Drive makes me teary

Also-

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park
Hotel California - The Eagles reminds me of my DD

Beauty and the Beast/Tale As Old As Time. Bloody bawled my eyes out in a garden centre last xmas because of a display they had of the Beast and Belle, playing the music 😳😭😭

'Once in Royal David's City' and Cyndi Lauper's 'Time after Time'. Both were favourites of my darling mum; the latter was played at her funeral. Whenever I hear the lyrics, 'if you're lost you can look and you will find me', it feels as though this is her is talking to me. But I know I'll never find her again. Destroys me every single time.

John Denver singing ‘Sunshine’.

Oh great thread! Mine are the XX angels and Bon Ivor skinny love

Don McClean's 'American Pie' used to make me weepy now after finding out he's a wife abusing piece of shit it makes me angry.

Our house by Madness.
Think because it reminds me of being little-I can never get past the line 'our house was our castle and our keep' without sobbing.

Don Henley - End Of The Innocence

Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton.

It’s just so heartfelt, and I so relate to that feeling of being hopelessly in love and in thrall to someone.

YY to ‘Our House’.

Here’s Where The Story Ends by The Sundays.

It was a bit when my eldest was a newborn, and I used to sing the line ‘that little souvenir of a terrible year’ to him - because I hated being pregnant, and had complications after the birth, but he was worth it. My little souvenir who is now a bearded six-footer

Hit, not bit.

And it was Tin Tin Out’s version

Time for bed!

For a Dancer - Jackson Browne
Sunshine on Leith - Proclaimers
He'll have to go - Jim Reeves

Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits.

Hoteltango, agree with both your suggestions

Roll to me by Del Amitri... I had to google it as I didn't know the name of the band. I'm not sure why it makes me well up it just does.

Don't Stop Believin Journey

Rainy Night in Soho - Pogues. That line, 'You're the measure of my dreams' always gets me.

Drugs Don't Work has same effect on me. Knocks me out for most of a day - but it is a really sad song.

Wake Me Up - Aviici - Not a sad song but brings a lump to my throat. I cried when I heard he had died.

Walking after midnight by patsy Cline as my dad was a huge fan and it was played at his funeral.

Also Adele someone like you as it was the first song I heard after hearing a friend had commited suicide

Chiquitita by ABBA - I think it's the tune.
Walking in Memphis - particularly the lines "tell me are you are a Christian child / I said, "Ma'am I am tonight!"

Also Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. I am worried and no, it's not going to be alright.

I love these music threads.

lots already mentioned - snow patrol, Carly Simon, frays, killers, but also this oldie

Turn Turn Turn

She Keeps Whispering Your Name - Alison Moyet.

No personal reference for me. There's just that sense of loss, of resignation in her voice as she sings it.

In the Ghetto by Elvis. Meant to be a tear jerker. Works for me.

Streets of London - Ralf McTell. Meant to be sad. Yep.

Wires by Athlete and Fix You by Cold Play. Remind me of when my mum died.