Songs that make you cry. . .

[eileen from OH]

mine is Barbara Cook singing "Errol Flynn" by Amanda McBroom.

And, just so you know, I am no softie. But this one made me pull over while driving.

So, what gets your tear ducts flowing?

eileen from OH

[mykpart]

1. Sunrise, sunset

from Fiddler On The Roof. Another, and I've mentioned this one here before, is "Somewhere Out There" from the animated feature "An American Tail." Another old tear-jerker is "Turn Around." Guess you can tell I have grown children. I think Turn Around was once used in a Kodak commercial.

[Booberdawg]

2. What a Wonderful World

[Booberdawg]

7. And also Tears From Heaven - Eric Clapton

[ronzo]

17. Louis gets me every time.

"What a Wonderful World"
You got me, I'm not made of wood.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. There is a song called " High " by the Lighthouse Family .

Beautiful song but the first time I heard it was when my cousin's mom was killed in a car crash in 1999 . Totally summed up everything that I was feeling at that time . I bawl everytime I hear it . But I can't turn it off when it comes on , I get comatose .

" There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) " by the Eurythmics -reminds me of the death of my great-grandmother and when I first learned about angels . My day is completey sad if I hear this song .

" West End Girls " by the Pet Shop Boys - released the same year my great-grandmother died . But it does not make me sad , it just makes me happy and cry because it lets me remember her in a way . I like that song , my favorite song from the Pet Shop Boys .

[mykpart]

4. One song that is intended to make you cry

but just makes me want to puke is "Dear Mr. Jesus." Anyone else remember that one?

[Guaranteed]

6. Oh yeah, the one with the little kid singing it...

Yeah, it was touching when you first hear it, I guess...but, it's pretty cheesy.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. My Old Kentucky Home, by Stephen Foster

As played by the University of Louisville band, annually on the first Saturday in May as the Derby horses enter the track at Churchill Downs.

[morningglory]

9. Oh, yes! Beautiful! N/T

[morningglory]

8. John Hartford's "I thought I heard the Natchez whistle blow"

Nostalgia for lost old circumstances washes over me and I start blubbering like an idiot.

[Jim Sagle]

10. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" by guitarist Grant Green.

I was listening to jazz DJ Mannie "It takes both the black and white keys on the pianer...to play the Star-Spangled Banner" Mauldin in Milwaukee, and this guitar instrumental came on, and after about half a minute I started sobbing, and I didn't even know why.

After the song finished, Mannie announced the title and the artist, and added, "...often regarded as the saddest song in the whole English language."

[wickerwoman]

11. The Cat Stevens song at the end of "Harold and Maude"

I think it's called "Trouble" but I can't be sure. Gets the tears flowing every time and has been stuck in my head during pretty much every crappy thing that's happened in my life since I first saw the movie.

The one I hate crying to but can't help is James Taylor's "Fire and Rain". I loved it for years and then on 9/11 I heard it on the local New York station intercut with sound bytes from the news reports and speeches. It kind of pisses me off that a song I like was coopted in that way and now I can never associate it with anything else.

[stevedeshazer]

12. He stopped loving her today....

They placed a wreath upon his door....

The George Jones version.

'Possum gets me every time.

[ClintonTyree]

13. Nothing campares 2U.

Sinead O'Conner (Prince) I was in the process of divorce from a wonderful woman (I screwed up). To this day, if that song plays on the radio I break up.

[neuvocat]

14. DeBussey's Claire De Lune

[Exultant Democracy]

15. Beautiful People by Rusted Rood

it makes me go alll soft

[Dogmudgeon]

16. When Will I See You? (Pretenders)

Written by Chrissie Hynde and Johnny Marr.

--bkl
"Demand the Impossible"