I’ve got thousands! But just heard/ well actually watched the video of SHES LIKE THE WIND from DIRTY DANCING...... gets me every time!! What’s yours? X
webbo, there's a version by the Kingston Trio that's even sadder (or at least mixed in feeling)
Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, without you I'd have had a lonely life.
You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end though your lover was my friend.
Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that spring is in the air
With your lovers ev'rywhere; just be careful, I'll be there.
Our son was in the army and took part in the Gulf War. Families up and down the country filled up shoe boxes of items to send to the troops. We went to a concert to raise money for the soldiers and had a great time and raised lots of money for the effort. The final singer at the concert sang songs from the big musicals of the time and finished off with "Bring him Home" from Les Mis. There wasn't a dry eye in the room, women with tissues and men who suddenly developed sniffles and coughs. Cannot listen to that now without thinking about that show.
Amazing Grace. It might be a bit of a cliched one, but it does make me sad, if not cry. Also Bread of Heaven. We only hear those at funerals now, so no wonder they upset me.
Last night, this made me cry. It's a very, very old ballad from the Orkneys, that tells the story of a young woman who does not know the name or country of the father of her baby. She is approached by a man who is the father...he is a 'silkie'...man on land, seal on the sea. He offers her money to nurse the child until he comes back to take it. He prophesises that she will marry a gunner(harpoonist) who will kill the father and child on his first trip out to sea. To me this sounds so, so hauntingly beautiful. Not modern and not to everyone's taste.
The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry
The memories of my Grandfather singing "Silver Threads Among the Gold", John McCormack's rendition is beautiful too.
So many emotions stirred by different songs and tunes , from feelings of hurt as a dumped teen to the joy of bringing new life into the World then losing the love of your life - all different but memorable in their own ways.
No songs make me cry, but George Gershwin's 'Embraceable you' as played by the New York Philharmonic & featured in Woody Allen's, 'Manhattan' sure give me a tingle (lots of others too).