Archive through July 10, 2003
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Archive through July 10, 2003
Sweetbabygirl | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 12:17 pm     Ooh! I forgot about Wildfire....the music was so haunting, I never thought about the horse. I remember one called Shannon, about a dog, that teared me up really quick....others are Sad Eyes, by Robert John (I so want to download this tune, but I know I won't be able to hear it all the way through without wailing), Hey There Lonely Girl, by Eddie Holman (Sit home alone on prom night and see your reaction, lol!), and the ultimate....All By Myself, by Eric Carmen; this song can put me in the nuthouse, I swear. |
Babyruth | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 12:24 pm     Morning Has Broken. It was played at the funeral of my best friend when I was 18. Although it's a beautiful hymm/song, it always brings back that sadness. |
Kady | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 12:46 pm     My father had requested Go Rest High on that Mountain by Vince Gill to be played at his funeral. I know your life On earth was troubled And only you could know the pain You weren't afraid to face the devil You were no stranger to the rain (Chorus) Go rest high on that mountain Son, your work on earth is done Go to heaven a shoutin' Love for the Father and the Son Oh, how we cried the day you left us We gathered round your grave to grieve I wish I could see the angels faces When they hear your sweet voice sing (Repeat Chorus) My best friend had Amazing Grace played at hers. Those two songs can always make me cry but sometimes they bring back memories that make me smile. |
Twinkie | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 01:33 pm     Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters turns me into a weeping mess. It came out at a very low point in my life. I was living in Italy away from all family and friends, VERY young, and in a very unhappy marriage. Also, any songs about America put a huge lump in my throat. |
Whoami | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 01:37 pm     I'll agree Dan Fogleberg's Leader of the Band is a tear-jerker. Also Run For the Roses gets a lump in my throat. Bless the Beasts and Children tears me up too. Such a true song, isn't it? I'd known the song for a while by having the Carpenter's version. Then I read the book. When the movie finally came out on TV, knowing the song, and the story real well put me in tears before the opening credits had finished rolling by. |
Weinermr | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 01:39 pm     Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty always makes me cry. I have memories of riding down the freeway at 3AM with my father when I was 16 years old, no other cars around, just the sound of Baker Street playing on the radio. My father died in 1980, and I always think of my father when I hear that song. |
Lumbele | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 01:43 pm     For Whom the Bell Tolls by the Bee Gees reminds me every time of how much I miss my Dad. |
Alakaren | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 02:23 pm     Phil collins Take a Look at me Now. I was thirteen and broke up with my boyfriend. I thought it was the end of the world, you know how moody 13 year olds can be and that was the first song I heard on the radio. |
Grooch | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 02:29 pm     The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot |
Wink | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:50 pm     John Denver Perhaps Love Lady My Sweet Lady Goodbye Again Poems, Prayers and Promises(I want this played at my funeral) Bette Midler My One True Friend Josh Groban Up Where You Are And even tho I'm Canadian whenever I hear America the Beautiful or God Bless America I can't hold back the tears. |
Texasdeb | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:21 pm     "Freebird" by Lynard Skynard: When my X-hubby & I were a "new" love, we proclaimed this our song. He was my 1st boyfriend that was more than a puppy love. I don't cry b/cause it's him, I cry because I remember the feelings that were there then. (It could have been anyone - it's just that 1st love thing.) |
Monkeyboy | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:42 pm     "Contigo en la Distancia", which is a old old Mexican song always makes me think of my Grandparents and how much i miss them. Every wedding/funeral/quincenera I go to, I hear it. |
Jedisan | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 06:43 pm     "The Impossible Dream" sung by, if you're lucky, Richard Kiley, on the original broadway soundtrack. Also, "Misguided Angel" by the Cowboy Junkies, and one more "You are my sunshine", sung by anybody. I was walking from the "el" yesterday by my house. My neighborhood is running a fine line between ghetto, and yuppieville (i know hard to imagine but true) Walking by in rush to get home, with my head down as usual, adn just heard very softly a man singing "you are my sunshine" I stopped dead in my tracks, and turned to see this old man, (maybe not old, but worn out by life anyway), and he had a guitar with only about 3 strings left just strumming and softly singing. My heart about broke, so I turned around walked back and gave him what little money I had in my pocket, just a couple of bucks. I wish I could have given more. He gave me more than two dollars worth of sentiment, but alas times are tough all over. My mom used to sing this to me as a kid, and whenever DH and i get into a tiff, he hugs me and sings this to me. It gets me EVERY time. O' Brother Where Art Thou has a lovely version of this with the little girls singing. Thanks for this thread... |
Emeraldfire | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 06:57 pm     Jedisan, That was a beautiful story, thank you for sharing it. I also cry everytime I hear "The Impossible Dream". It reminds me of my best friend who used to sing it beautifully until MS got the best of him. Everytime I hear the song it fills and yet breaks my heart at the same time. There's also a christian/gospel song out there called "Lord Have Mercy" that touches me so deeply that I cry everytime I hear it. |
Jedisan | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:09 pm     It is my pleasure Emerald. PS: Can't get "Wildfire" out of my head now. Thanks guys.LOL! Also want to add that I have lived in this "hood" off and on since the 80's (think lower east side Manhattan in the 80's), BEFORE it became gentrified. I love this neighborhood, and all of it's glorious, wonderful, people of all kinds. It hurts me to see the people that have lived here forever being pushed out by high rent condos. Heck ,I cannot afford to live here anymore if DH is out of work too much longer. Sorry getting OT now. Back to your discussion. |
Kearie | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:20 pm     The song that has made me cry and get goose bumps every since I was little...is Sandy and Andy by Dolly Parton. "Late one cold and stormy night, I heard a dog a barking. Then I thought I heard someone, at my door a knocking. I wondered who could be outside, in such an aweful storm, then I saw a little girl, with a puppy in her arms. Before I could say a word, she said", My name is Sandy and this here is my puppy dog, his name is little Andy. "Standing in the bitter cold, in just a ragged dress, then I asked her to come in and this is what she said" "Ain't ya got no ginger bread, ain't ya got no candy, aint'd ya got an extra bed, for me and little Andy. Giddy up trolly horse, Can we stay all night? If you don't love us, no one will. I promise we won't cry. London Bridge is falling down, my daddy is drunk again in town, and we was all alone and didn't know what we should do. We wonder if you'ld let us stay with you.? "She was just a little girl, not more than 6 or 7, but that night as they slept, the angels took them both to heaven. God knew little Andy would be lonesome with her gone. Now Sandy and her puppy dog, will never be alone." Definitely not a top ten hit...but a certainly a tear jerker in my book. |
Pamy | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:24 pm     Wind beneath my wings, that Mariah/boys2men song(what is the name???I can hear it but cant think of the name!) and I'll Remember by Madonna...those songs remind my of my Mom. SHe has been gone 6 yrs and they still make me cry. |
Fabnsab | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:48 pm     Through The Years by Kenny Rogers I cannot tell you how this song makes me bawl everytime I hear it. I cannot think of it without crying. If it's playing in a restaurant, I'll cry. I am turning up live feeds now so I don't think of the melody so I don't start crying. Ok, I thought too hard... Darn this thread to hell!! |
Dahli | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:55 pm     OH WINK! I'm the same - Up Where You Are and American anthems do me in every time, (even when Celine Dion sings it) There's also one called "I Believe" ( I think) that has been around for ages that always brings the tears on... |
Reiki | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:03 pm     Have yourself a merry little Christmas and I'll be Home for Christmas. Basically I'm just a crying mess during the holidays. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:07 pm     Scarlet Ribbons, sung by jimmie rodgers--although i believe it was written by jim reeves and also recorded by willie nelson, simon and garfunkle and others. i can still hear my dad singing the last lines... "and if i live to be a hundred-- i will never know from where came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair..." it was about a poor man whose little girl wished only for scarlet ribbons. although he could not get them for her, they magically appeared. i also loved mason williams' 'saturday night at the world', which was on the flipside of my 'classical gas' 45. both songs were played in the house during the same year or so, when my parents first divorced and all the kids but me lived with my mom; not wanting my wonderful father to be alone, i gave up all my siblings and went to live with him. |
Monkeyboy | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:29 pm     One Sweet Day, Pamy? |
Pamy | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 09:32 pm     YES!!! Thanks MB!!!! They played that song at the end of my mom's funeral, it is such a beautiful song. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 10:10 pm     there are two songs which were played at the funerals of people close to me (who died exactly sixth months apart to the day) in the last 9 months. both make me cry although they both also make me smile for the guys... the first is 'i will remember you', which was played at a 16-year-old's funeral as they showed a montage of his pictures on a large screen. he was hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly last october 6. he and my son were best buddies when mike lived across the street from us a few years back. they still saw each other during track meets, when their schools met. the second is Iz's 'somewhere over the rainbow' which was played at my brother-in-law's funeral. (he died skydiving on april 6.) whenever i see a rainbow, i think of bill, soaring through the skies as he loved to do....he also had the Iz cd in his cd player in the truck when he went out to skydive that last time..... |
Eliz87 | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 10:12 pm     "Wind Beneath My Wings" as sung by Bette Midler. All I can think of is the movie "Beaches" when I hear that, where the friend passes away at the end. :-( Beautiful, beautiful song and movie. Also, "The Dance" by Garth Brooks. I lost my mother a little over a month ago and I had that played at her funeral. It's so meaningful to me. |
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