GODDAM HIM! I swear he does this crap on purpose.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

Consider the following --

-- I cry at the drop of a hat.

-- I don't know a lot of music beyond what I grew up with during high school and college

-- he sneaks songs onto my mp3 player

-- I hear a song I don't recognize...so I listen

-- It's "Cats in the Cradle" by some guy named Harry Chapin

-- I'm crying like an idiot in the middle of the office in front of everybody and they're looking at me as if I'm brain-damaged

He did it to me a few months ago with a song called "Sullivan" by a group called Caroline Spine. I damn near wailed-out in tears when THAT punch came. Then I found out it's based on a true story. That song puddles me up just thinking about it. "Seasons in the Sun" also got me pretty bad.

This is sabotage!

[Wait Wut]

1. That's awesome.

Seriously. A keeper.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Nothing says, "I love you" like humiliating you in front of your boss and co-workers

My boss barely reacts anymore; he just shakes his head and walks into his office.

But yeah, I'll keep him -- just as soon as I kill him.

[gratuitous]

3. When he puts "Muskrat Love" on the MP3 player

I don't think there's a jury in the world that would convict you of whatever mayhem you chose to inflict.

[Beer Snob-50]

25. run david run is worse

a song of love going awray (sp)

[gratuitous]

26. Can't say I know the song

But even if it's only moderately sad, there might be an excuse for a sensitive person to cry over it. "Muskrat Love" might cause the same reaction, compounded by the fact that it's . . . frickin' Muskrat Love, you know?

[Beer Snob-50]

27. but it is the captain and tennielle (sp)

come on semi-hot female singer and geek guy in captain hat...the ultimate in 70's cool

[unionworks]

4. Sad Trucker Songs

There is one called "Teddy Bear" that has been known to make tough truckers break into tears.....

[Brickbat]

7. OMFG, I've teared up to that one. So true.

And as I rounded the corner, boy, I got one heck of a shock--
Eighteen-wheelers were lined up for three city blocks!
Why, I guess every driver for miles around had caught Teddy Bear's call
And that little crippled boy was having a ball.
For as fast as one driver would carry him in,
Another would carry him to his truck and take off again.
Well, you better believe I took my turn at riding Teddy Bear
And then I carried him back in and put him down in his chair.
And, buddy, if I never live to see happiness again
I want you to know I saw it that day, in the face of that little man.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Next up: Shannon.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

6. Still choking me up 20 years later

Motorhead- 1916

[alphafemale]

8. Try this Harry Chapin song then.

A little long but OMG.

[MicaelS]

19. NU, if you watch any of these watch this one

Certainly one of Chapin's best works. You could also watch Mr. Tanner

Better yet, ask Hubby for Chapin's Gold Medal Collection.

[nolabear]

9. I've yet to get through this one

It's not sappy. It really is tragic, so be aware. But beautiful.

[bluedigger]

10. You should enjoy this one then.

[Curmudgeoness]

11. Last Kiss

I'm sorry, I can't resist when someone says they cry easy.

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[Ilsa]

12. If he loads Mr. Bojangles into your iPod,

listen to it in private.

I've heard that song since I was very young, and I still get worked up.

[pokerfan]

13. If you've never heard that

Have you heard:

and the Harry Nilsson version:

Songfacts: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=599

[nolabear]

15. Oh man. I <3 Harry Nilsson!

[pipi_k]

14. So these make me cry every time

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**

This one might seem a little cheesy to some, but it breaks my heart...

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And, last...this one I posted on my brother's Facebook wall last August on the six month anniversary of his death

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[unionworks]

16. the ultimate tear jerker of all time

...like horsies?

p.s. long intro is over at about 1:50

[nolabear]

17. This is the first song that ever made me cry when I was about five.

I literally remember singing it on the school bus and just having a good old fashioned weep.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

18. I'm not watching any of these!!!

nah-nah-nah! *puts fingers in eyes*

I will not be reduced to a blubbering idiot -- again.

[unionworks]

21. We'll be riding Wildfire

...Wildfiiii-re!

[sharp_stick]

20. Martina McBride - Concrete Angel

I first saw this video shortly after an horrific news story about two seriously abused babies. Can't watch it anymore, but it's an important topic at anytime.

[pipi_k]

28. That reminds me of...

Two Pat Benatar songs...

[dawg]

22. You're so cute. So is your husband.

In a way, I really, really hate that Harry Chapin song. But I hate it for all the right reasons. It makes me want to cry, too.

My Dad has been gone for, oh, I guess six or seven years now. We were pretty close, and although he was not perfect, I never felt like he abandoned me or didn't leave room for me in his life. I miss him, but I appreciate all the things he did for me.

With two wonderful boys of my own, I have always resolved myself never to be the "man in the moon" who they never see or get to spend time with. They have been the primary focus of my life for the last two years. (Before that, they shared space with my wife, but she apparently doesn't want that role anymore.)

All the money, power, success, and women in the world would mean nothing to me compared to my sons. I only hope I have made the best choices for them over the course of the last difficult few years. I have tried to do so, and they do seem happy.

Listen to the Nickel Creek lighthouse song. It's awesome!!

[davsand]

23. Stevie Ray Vaughan's song "Life Without You" is just a killer for me.

Oo oo now baby....
Tell me how have you been
We all have missed you....
And the way you grin
The day is necessary....
Every now and then
For souls to move on....
Givin' life back again, and again
Fly on fly on....
Fly on my friend
Go on....
Live again....
Love again


Day after day....
Night after night
Sittin' here singin' every minute....
As the years go passing by....
By, by, by
Long look in the mirror....
We've come face to face
Wishin' all the love we took for granted....
Love we have today

Life without you....
All the love you passed my way
The angels have waited for so long....
Now they have their way
Take your place...

I still can't hear it and not choke up. Damn.



Laura

[TrogL]

24. Watch out for anything by Bobby Goldsboro, especially "Honey"

There's another one, something about a kid that dies.

[pipi_k]

29. OK so sometimes

I don't even need words to make me blubber...

The climax of the "1812 Overture"...cannons...bells...

OMG!!!

I suppose all by itself it wouldn't work...I need the whole buildup thing and then when it gets to the end I'm a big weepy mess.

Hubby sometimes like to play this in the car with the sound turned up at the end, heavy on the bass because he knows it makes me weepy.

Like a catharsis or something...

[Glassunion]

30. Serves you right...

Thank him for me.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9431250#9431466

[Doc Holliday]

31. At the risk of sounding judgmental...

...if your weeping threshold is that low, then please do not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ever listen to a song by Peter Gabriel called "Don't Give Up." If you feel the masochistic urge to listen to it anyway, if only to satisfy your curiosity, be sure that all sharp objects are removed from your immediate vicinity. It would be best if you did not consume alcohol before listening. That song is enough to make men stronger than me weep....and I laughed when E.T. died.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. That's a good one

[becca da bakkah]

32. For Me It's...."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", by the Hollies

Reminds me of my beloved older brother, who died a year ago in March. That wasn't his style of music, but it always chokes me up to hear it. RIP Bro!