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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: kendall Date: 26 May 01 - 01:37 AM My final performance in Scotland at The Black Bitch in Linlithgow. My last song I chose a tribute to Roy Williamson. Oh Flower of Scotland. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Not one. All those beautiful people who made me feel like a Prince, all singing through the tears. It will always be one of my fondest memories. I'm all choked up just remembering. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: FrankieB Date: 26 May 01 - 03:13 AM The MacCalmans were performing at the Edinburgh folk club the night Davy Steele died. Ian MacCalman was just about in tears at the end of the gig, when he spoke of what a good friend Davy had been, and then they did "Caledonia" for Davy-- there was not a dry eye in the house and for those of you who know how stony Edinburgh audiences can be, that is something unusual. What a lovely tribute. Last time I was home in Colorado, I sang "The Mountain" by Steve Earle-- and I'd only got as far as the first line of the chorus ("I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home"), when my aunt burst into tears. My own then came out in sympathy and I couldn't sing anymore for a while. From the same album, "Pilgrim"-- which is so beautiful it almost shakes my athiest convictions to the core everytime! FrankieB |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Tattie Bogle Date: 26 May 01 - 07:15 AM Yes, we all miss Davy Steele: The last time I saw him perform live was with Battlefield Band at Sidmouth 1999 in the pouring rain: he was singing St.Valery, which obviously meant a lot to him as his (?grandfather or uncle)had been there. Davy himself cracked and was unable to finish the song - but check it out on their CD - it is a very emotional song. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,Bella Date: 27 May 01 - 02:57 AM "The First time" (ever i saw your face) by Ewan MacColl - with a wee tweek to the words it's a very private memory as to the moment following my daughter's birth, when I first looked into the pools of her eyes. I could never sing it publicly as (even 20 years hence) I'm caught with the raw emotion. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Deckman Date: 27 May 01 - 06:49 AM Great thread! "Do You Think That I Do Not Know" "Palace Grand" "Parting Glass" (too many funerals) "Who Will Sing For Me" CHEERS, Bob (deckman) Nelson |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Dorrie Date: 27 May 01 - 12:30 PM 'Midnight on the water' waterson carthy 'Put out the lights' oysterband And a tune that i've known called the danish tune by 422 i think love dorrie xxx |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Joe_F Date: 27 May 01 - 07:06 PM These have made me cry at one time or another, but by now I have heard or sung them too many times. "Margery Grey" "Streets of London" "Precious Friend" "Look Me Over Closely" "All My Trials" "Bird on the Wing" "Christmas in the Trenches" "City of New Orleans" "Heart of the Appaloosa" "Hot Buttered Rum" "In Sugaring Time" "My Love Comes Rolling Down" "The Sloth" "When I'm Done My Journey" "White Squall" |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Bill D Date: 28 May 01 - 11:14 AM depending on the mood & the singer
Yarrow |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Jenny S Date: 28 May 01 - 02:41 PM Auld Lang Syne (to the original tune) for both reasons - the sentiments of the song, and the memories of times passed. J |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Mad Tom Date: 29 May 01 - 05:30 AM HARRIS AND THE MARE by Stan Rogers, especially with the smallpipes accompaniment.
"Now with the wife as cold as clay I carried her away |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Bat Goddess Date: 29 May 01 - 08:21 AM Had trouble for years singing "Dancing At Whitsun." Kept tearing up and couldn't get past the second verse. Was I once one of those dancing women in a manless village? "Who Will Sing For Me" There are probably others. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: kendall Date: 29 May 01 - 09:17 AM Bat, the line that gets to me is...they are gone where the forests of oak trees before, are gone to be wasted in battle. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Red Eye Date: 17 Jun 01 - 05:29 PM Fantastic response Thankyou all Redeye. xxx |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Bugsy Date: 17 Jun 01 - 09:38 PM No one mentioned "Teddy Bear"?? LOL CHeers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Firecat Date: 18 Jun 01 - 04:24 AM There's loads that make me cry. Here goes with just a few of them ... "Will You Wait For Me?" by Kavana (reminds me of my sister) "Goodbye" by the Spice Girls (same reason) "I Really Miss You" by S Club 7 (reminds me of my fiance when I can't see him) "Bright Eyes" by Stephen Gately (no idea why, it just does!) "Forever Autumn" by Justin Heywood (at least I think it's by him. That reminds me of Jen too) "You Must Love Me" by Madonna (And that one!) Any sad song out of Les Miserables eg "On My Own" (I'm not sure why but I had to leave choir cos of that one. I was crying instead of singing. Never a good idea!!) |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Firecat Date: 18 Jun 01 - 04:27 AM Ooooooooops!!!!!!! I forgot "Twelfth Of Never" by Donny Osmond. I heard it over the weekend cos there was a programme dedicated to 70s music, and I ended up in tears! I'm not really lacking in musical taste, honest!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Finny Date: 18 Jun 01 - 05:24 AM Hi everybody, I'm new here and this is my first post. I think the last time a song really effected me was when I heard a lady bard sing Captain Jack and the Mermaid at this year's Rowany festival. It so moved me. The story behind the song is just gorgeous. Of course, I had to go and learn the song. Oh and the othertime I heard a song that affected me was listening to the Princess Bride soundtrack and hearing Storybook Love. It's one of the songs we're having at our wedding and I cried because it made me think about how much I really love him! Ok, sop sop, yes I know, but, hey, I'm a softy! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Diva Date: 18 Jun 01 - 07:20 AM Wings....Brian Bedford |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Fiolar Date: 18 Jun 01 - 11:58 AM Surprised that no one has mentioned "Country Bumpkin" (The Al Smith version). The last verse always brings tears to my eyes. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 19 Jun 01 - 10:20 AM I heard Martyn Wyndam Read sing a song by Graham Miles(I think)It had a strange name - exercise 77, or something like it. The words and the tune are exceptional Patrish |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: bobby's girl Date: 19 Jun 01 - 08:01 PM I howl whenever I hear Margarita by Harvey Andrews - a blind lady reminiscing about her fiance who was killed in WW1, and saying "Is he still smiling " about his photo. What she doesn't know is that the photo has been in the sun and has faded away to nothing... I also have to agree with Firecat about Les Mis - my daughter and I are going to see it in a few weeks, and as we can't even listen to the soundtrack without sobbing, i think we could be in for trouble! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,longarm Date: 20 Jun 01 - 04:57 AM I nominated Tom Paxton's "When I go to See my son" on the saddest song of all thread and I'm renominating it for this one! Can't think why nobody agrees with me! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,joe Date: 22 Jun 01 - 08:47 PM the one that gets me (God knows why) is 'Hard Times Come Again no More'. i can listen just fine but i break up if i try to sing it. 'specially after a few beers. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Firecat Date: 23 Jun 01 - 06:52 AM I've recently found another few that upset me. Here goes Melanie B "Lullaby" (cos it's absolutely beautiful) S Club 7 "Never had a Dream Come True" (exactly what I think about my fiance) Michael Jackson "You Are Not Alone" (no reason!) Westlife "Moments" or "We Are One" (fiance reasons again!) There's too many!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Alice Date: 23 Jun 01 - 09:23 AM "Something In The Rain" by Tish Hinojosa. "..........somethings wrong with little sister, I hear her crying in the night......... and mom says, "Close your eyes, mijito (my little son), dream of someplace far from here, like the pictures in your school books. Someday you can take us there. Little sister's gone away, Mama's working long again. ......and the rains are pouring down, from the growers to the towns, And until we break the killing chains, there must be something in the rain." |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Alice Date: 23 Jun 01 - 09:35 AM Roundup Montana - click here This song started as a response to Jeri's Islip, Long Island parody of Kilkelly, but Allan C. has now written a new tune for Roundup Montana, so the melody can be different. I always use the verse Wolfgang suggested that I write, one that fits the rest of the story. I still can't get through it un-teary enough to sing it in public. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Dorrie Date: 23 Jun 01 - 09:43 AM hey i didn't realise it was pop songs????????Oh i must add 'eternal flame' the bangles because the girls used 2 sing it when we where all still in hull boohoo i miss my school mates. And Goo goo dolls-slide'what you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful'how can that not be the nicest thing ever!!!!!! love dorrie xxx |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,Gray Date: 23 Jun 01 - 10:20 AM Well I'm not ashamed to admit that one tune always brings a tear is: Song: Lone Shanakyle, Artist: Deanta Album: Whisper of a Secret |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Monny Date: 23 Jun 01 - 10:46 AM Eric Bogle's "All The Fine Young Men" and John Gorka's "Semper Fi" |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Benjamin Date: 23 Jun 01 - 04:33 PM Firecat, Forever Autumn was Justin Hayward (close). He's the guy from the Moody Blues. I love that song too. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Joe_F Date: 23 Jun 01 - 10:55 PM Oh, I forgot "Der Treue Husar" -- purely sentimental, on account of the scene in which the frightened barmaid sings it in _Paths of Glory_. I posted a query about it once on rec.music.folk, and a German looked up the words & sent them to me, remarking that he liked the song for the same reason. I can't make much sense of them. But humming the tune always brings tears to my eyes. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Firecat Date: 24 Jun 01 - 02:03 PM Thanks Benjamin. I knew it was something like that but I wasn't sure! Does it upset you too? |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Susan from California Date: 24 Jun 01 - 02:04 PM Ok, lots of songs but the first was Bruce Springsteen's "The River". It's a song of an unplanned pregnancy and lost dreams, how life sometimes takes us places we never thought we'd go. The following are listed by performer, not necessarily Julie Miller--"Broken Things". This is a religious song, so if you aren't, you probably won't like it. Richard Shindell--"Wisteria" I don't know for sure if this song is about what I think it about, but to me it's about a man whose wife has died, and he is remembering their life together. Springsteen again (what can I say, my formative years were spent in New Jersey) with "41 Shots". It makes me angry and wistful and so very sad. There are too many others, music can touch me in ways that my WASP upbringing won't otherwise allow! And I kinda have to agree with mousethief on his selection ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Benjamin Date: 24 Jun 01 - 03:56 PM Yes it does Firecat. It's a sad song. I rediscovered lasat night the power of Hugh Masekela's voice when he'd sing about the problems of South Africa. The man has such love for his country despite all it's been through and all he's been through because of it. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Devilmaster Date: 24 Jun 01 - 07:19 PM Very simple for me, but only in a special way.....
Amazing Grace, of course, but only when started by a piper, and then followed in accompianment on the second verse by a brass band. Sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Eeyore Date: 25 Jun 01 - 08:32 AM It has to be "Who will sing me Lullabies" written by Kate Rusby when Davy Steele was diagnosed as being seriously ill. Made doubly emotional for me as the first time I heard her sing it was a couple of months after my guitarist friend, with whom I used to sing, died very suddenly. Until last night I thought it may have lost it's power over me, but saw her inconcert at the Royal Festival Hall, London and was reduced to a mess of tears at the end of the concert when she sang this with just John McCusker on cittern and her guitar!! So poignant! Wen |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Orac Date: 25 Jun 01 - 08:39 AM How about The last watch on the Midland (Stan Rogers White Squall (Stan Rogers) The last Train (Stanley Accrington) Rosemary's Sister (Hew Williams) |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 25 Jun 01 - 08:47 AM To add to the ones I mentioned in the earlier thread on this topic: The pub with no beer RtS (no place for a dog...) |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Aidan Crossey Date: 25 Jun 01 - 09:28 AM Just a few ...
Innisvaddy Annie sung by Len Graham |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Cavia_P Date: 25 Jun 01 - 09:30 AM I would have to agree with Orac re Stan Rogers' 'Last Watch on the Midland' as sung by Marillyn Middleton Pollack. My eyes are wet now just thinking about it. Jez Lowe's 'Last of the Widows' usually gets to me, and there's a song called Red Falcon IIRC about a Fleetwood trawler sinking, I have heard it twice and been in tears both times. Cavia_P |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Gervase Date: 25 Jun 01 - 10:01 AM I'm always getting moved by songs - the latest one is one by Bob Hambleton that he sang at Chippenham and more recently at Maidenhead - Don't Let the Music Die - which he says was written as part of the Flanders Experience Project. I'm trying to get hold of the words, but it's a cracking song. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Orac Date: 25 Jun 01 - 11:42 AM CaviaP.. Marillyn Middleton Pollack's voice can have that effect no matter what song she sings.. She certainly has that effect on me. Such a shame she gave up on folk to concentrate on blues. One of hers thats a fav of mine is "If I had a son" ... another weepy |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: simpleminded Date: 25 Jun 01 - 03:33 PM I'm surprised that out of 92 posts I didn't see Louie Armstrongs "What A Wonderful World". Especially when sung at a spring concert by a bunch of 6 year olds! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Red Eye Date: 01 Jul 01 - 02:21 AM Lyrics can be very emotional as can an instrument, what instrumental piece can make you BLUB!! |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Angie Date: 01 Jul 01 - 06:11 AM caladonia(scottish exile now in devon always makes me leak from the face) sunshine in bordeaux(dunno if thats the real title or if it's ma ain country) my dad sung that in bordeaux at the last world cup when scotland were playing there and the entire tartan army were reduced to blubbering wrecks.incidentally if anyone has the lyrics to that one i would love to get my sweaty mitts on them. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Terry K Date: 01 Jul 01 - 09:33 AM Hank's "First Fall of Snow" - that dolly verse gets me every time. Cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,Gorgeous Gary Date: 01 Jul 01 - 04:22 PM Bob Franke's "Healing In This Night". A friend of mine adopted it after her father died, both as a conduit for sharing her grief with her friends and thanking them for their support. After my grandfather passed away and she was one of those who lent their support to **me**, I found myself equally touched by the song. Also Fred Small's "Cranes over Hiroshima", especially when filk group Musical Chairs used to perform it. One of their members was a sign-language interpreter; she did an absolutely lovely and tear-jerking signing of the song. -- Gary |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: balladeer Date: 01 Jul 01 - 05:05 PM Just now, anything by David Francey, especially Sumach Street. |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: GUEST,Andytwodogs Date: 01 Jul 01 - 06:49 PM It's the music when played as solo fiddle and not too fast . the tune is Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar |
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Subject: RE: Song that make you weep From: Bugsy Date: 01 Jul 01 - 09:37 PM Fred Smalls - Everything Possible. A wonderful song about the possibilities for young children. Cheers Bugsy |
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