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To ask what songs make you cry?

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nibbledhiscable · 21/01/2023 19:00

I've got loads. Some played at DC's funeral

Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Fields of Gold
Somewhere over the rainbow

Kate Bush - Running up that Hill, Kate Bush - Woman's work

Pretenders - Stand by you

Sia - Alive

Amazing Grace, bagpipes

So many

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shockedballoon · 22/01/2023 17:20

Dad was a big Nat King Cole fan. Mum chose "Autumn Leaves' & I chose 'Smile' to be played at his funeral. The former at the start and the latter as everyone was leaving. I only need to hear the strings at the start of Autumn Leaves & I start tearing up - and he died over 20 years ago!

stillstanding51 · 22/01/2023 17:24

Blooming Heather (Will ye go lassie go)
Tonight from West Side Story
Hurt by Johnny Cash but it’s the video! 😢
and the Titanic theme
Old Shep Elvis
In the Ghetto Elvis
See you again Wiz Khalifa

PoshHorseyBird · 22/01/2023 17:34

Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran. Only first heard this song just after my Mum died, it caused proper sobbing from me 😭 also Those Were The Days Of Our Lives by Queen. My Mum wanted that played at her funeral so I can't listen to that now without tearing up.

Illegally18 · 22/01/2023 17:52

I heard 'dance with my father' for the first time 5 years ago while queueing up at a supermarket till, I broke down and had to sit down.
But the one that really breaks me up is'you have been loved' by George Michael. That voice, and it makes me think of my dead brother

Sinthie · 22/01/2023 17:57

Wires by Athlete - my boy was a teeny little preemie.
He’s a perfect 8 year old now, but it still
gets to me.

doozledog · 22/01/2023 18:03

Cinematic orchestra-Home
Every damn time!!!

Wowjustwow99 · 22/01/2023 18:07

Mumford & sons - Ditmas

LyndaSnellsSniff · 22/01/2023 18:33

Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. It reminds me of a university boyfriend who died a few years ago. We'd had no contact since uni but when I heard he'd died far too young and all alone, it just broke me.

OoooohMatron · 22/01/2023 19:03

Also, Holding back the years by Simply Red and Afire Love by Ed Sheeran.

Baconking · 22/01/2023 19:14

I'll be there- Jess Glynn

Eternal Flame - The Bangles

Iamblossom · 22/01/2023 19:16

Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran

NeelyOHara1 · 22/01/2023 19:37

Why, Annie Lennox. Who knows where the time goes, Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention. Loving and Free, Kiki Dee.

Zoopet · 22/01/2023 19:38

Bad Day Daniel Powter
Better Days GooGoo Dolls
Sailing Rod Stewart
Road to Mandelay Robbie Williams
All relate to significant events in my life.

Owlplant · 22/01/2023 19:52

The fields of Athenry, The Dubliners
You are my sister, Antony and the Johnsons
Vincent, Don McLean

dogdaydown · 22/01/2023 20:10

GrohlOnAPole · 21/01/2023 22:46

Bridge over troubled water. It was played at my mums funeral 😢

And at both my brothers funerals, god I miss them so much, both taken far too young xx

dogdaydown · 22/01/2023 20:11

Owlplant · 22/01/2023 19:52

The fields of Athenry, The Dubliners
You are my sister, Antony and the Johnsons
Vincent, Don McLean

The fields is epic ☘️

dogdaydown · 22/01/2023 20:11

Owlplant · 22/01/2023 19:52

The fields of Athenry, The Dubliners
You are my sister, Antony and the Johnsons
Vincent, Don McLean

If you're Irish...... the dying rebel is heartbreaking xx

Sunsouttoday · 22/01/2023 20:13

Ode to my family by The Cranberries makes me weep-I live abroad and miss my family so much

Johnduttonsbuttocks · 22/01/2023 20:30

Anthem, Leonard Cohen (especially the version on 'I'm Your Man')

Let Down, Radiohead
Tunnel of Love, Dire Straits (the wurlitzer organ!)
Cloudbusting, Kate Bush

dogdaydown · 22/01/2023 20:47

Another couple

Streets of london by Ralph McTell

From Clare to here by Ralph McTell

Beautiful

CohenTree · 23/01/2023 13:30

Johnduttonsbuttocks · 22/01/2023 20:30

Anthem, Leonard Cohen (especially the version on 'I'm Your Man')

Let Down, Radiohead
Tunnel of Love, Dire Straits (the wurlitzer organ!)
Cloudbusting, Kate Bush

Another vote for Cloudbusting.

And Chance, by Big Country.

ElfineHawkMonitor · 23/01/2023 21:27

Great thread, I’ll get the tissues! 😭

Look Mummy No Hands - Camille O’Sullivan version (I first heard this live and was in floods) Song from a daughter to a mother at different life stages “I used to dismiss you, now I just miss you”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-6PSindzA

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (makes me think of the first few hours with my newborn children)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

Slipping Through My Fingers - Abba (though I actually prefer the Mamma Mia version): m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe2m1wxb5_w

ElfineHawkMonitor · 23/01/2023 22:16

Also Dolly Parton The Story - makes me think of my mum who lost my dad in an accident 20 years ago, he was the love of her life, they’d been together since they were 16.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_XPQ4tq40

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true, I was made for you

Yesiamtiredactually · 24/01/2023 16:15

Wild horses by The sundays
Full of Grace by Sarah Mclaughlan
Africa by Toto.. that one is because one of my very closest friends and I used to send each other the lyrics to Africa as a text message for reasons I can no longer remember and sadly he is no longer with us and so I can’t ask him. Still can’t make it through the first verse without having to turn it off as it just gets me 😢

Owlplant · 27/01/2023 09:46

Born in the UK, though 2 sets of Irish grandparents 💗
thanks for the recommendation, will have a listen