What song can bring a tear to your eye?

copper67sat said:

On Eagles Wings ever since they played it my father's funeral mass as we carried his casket down the aisle. Died far too young just shy of 51.

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Far too young is right. So sorry for your loss. Parents are a tough one. Take care of yourself. Dave

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7 years ago
Brings tears to my eyes.

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Thinking of friends and family who have passed while listening to this is both saddening and hopeful.

Knowing You'll Be There

This encouraging song always grips me.

Another from Peter Gabriel

Only one. TAPS. Throw in a 21 gun salute and the allergies really kick in...

any Taylor Swift song...and not tears of joy, more like tears of agony
but, for the thread...Cats in the Cradle remake by Ugly Kid Joe

While I enjoy those, I'll add something a little more current: Disturbed's "Hold Onto Memories." I've listened to it a lot since my brother passed last year, and I took on the project of restoring his Charger.

For the Dog lovers among us....:Maggie's Song Chris Stapleton.

Luke Combs "Where the wild things are" - the song describes my brother almost exactly and how he died in 1987.
Really brought me to my knees the first time I heard it.

As much of a non-fan of the French as I am, the Marseilles in Casablanca still gets me every time.

Dad passed away from cancer when i was 25. Now 52 I still can't hear Vince Gills Go rest high on that mountain without tearing up.

I see some rock songs posted. This one, the album track never got me, but i saw a live performance on TV and for some reason that one got me close, maybe it was the crowd's reaction. I won't forget the crowd waited in silence until she stopped completely and there was this short bit of total silence before they erupted. Between the song itself and the theme it is based on and the total respect the crowd had for her performance it got me close. I forget what it was on, letterman or SNL or something in the 90's. Can;t find a recording of it now of course, but here is the original music video, not the same without the crowd reaction. Note, the first half of the song is not what I am talking about, it is the second half. One of the very very few modern performances that stuck with me because of the thread topic...




Otherwise very little pop/country/rock will get me feeling like that, usually it has more to do with the words and some meaning personally in my life then the song itself. I can be moved by a few various classical music pieces, but not the stereotypical ones everyone thinks of. A lot of that is personal experiences also. A simple example is one of the tracks from Patrick Cassidy's Dierdre of Sorrows has two female vocalists that take turns singing. The second, is a dead ringer for my Mother's voice as I remember it from my youth sitting next to her in church every Sunday and listening to her practice in the choir(it was 7 people in the choir, we lived in a tiny town) before we went either to the grocery or home. It isn't the song or especially the lyrics, it is the voice of the vocalist.
That is how many pieces of music can make me emotional, it is life experiences tied to them or other personal things that will take it to my heart. The few more "pop song" type songs have a serious undertone, like the Edmund Fitzgerald where the event the song is about are tragic enough to inspire emotion in me.
Someone mentioned TAPS in this thread. As a kid I got the respect vibes from it. After the first funeral I attended where the local vets came and played and did a salute, can't listen to it played live even once without choking up. The meaning embedded in that short simple piece is mountainous.

Now then, that is enough touchy feely for a while!

I'll list 2 songs that I haven't seen yet.
1- Yesterday when I was young, Roy Clark
2- Put It There, Paul McCartney

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Lightning crashes

Wheeler Walker jr.

Sit on my face

Long, Long time, Linda Ronstadt