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What songs make you cry like a baby?
You can call me TC Posted Dec 16, 2005
Oh lovely! Can I join in?
I always cry over "Leningrad" by Billy Joel ... and some of the really corny ones that people have been mentioning - I'm glad we can unashamedly admit to being moved by those frightful old songs, mainly because of the memories associated with them.
My other guaranteed 
-jerker is "Barcelona" sung by Freddy Mercury and Montserrat Caballe and "The Show must go on", in which he openly admits he is dying.
And for me as an an expat - Rod Stewart's "Every Beat of my Heart" can have me blubbering into my 
And we’ll drink a toast
To the blood red rose
Cheer a while the emerald isle
And to the northern lights
And the swirling pipes
How they make a grown man cry
I'm from the South of England, but it's still 
... I'm sitting here at my desk at w**k just reading those words.
As for classical music - I can go through months of rehearsing masses and Bach's passions, but come the night, I can't sing for sobbing.
And the church choir I am in has adopted a couple of English carols which are so lovely to sing ("The first Noel" and "Hark the Herald Angels sing") They are unknown in Germany, where all the carols sound like dirges, so they are nice to sing because they're so unabashedly cheerful, lovely tunes, and full of nostalgia for me.
*reminder to self - don't forget the Kleenex at the next few choir practices*
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Yael Smith Posted Dec 16, 2005
The First Cut is the Deepest, sung by Cheryl Crow. Cat Stevens can never make me cry. 
Which Halleluja are we talking about, by the way? The one in the Shrek soundtrack is beautiful and sad, I think it's originally Leonard Cohen's. But there are many others.
'Caramel' by Suzanne Vega makes me try very hard not to cry.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Vicki Virago - Proud Mother Posted Dec 16, 2005
Into the West
Annie :ennox for Lord of the Rings. Return of the King
Very apt since Nanna died.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Noggin the Nog Posted Dec 16, 2005
"Come away, Melinda" by Tim Rose
"The Gresford Disaster" by The Albion Dance Band
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Lady in a tree Posted Dec 16, 2005
Ooh ooh forgot ... Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen. 
And if I'm feeling down already (as opposed to the other songs I have mentioned where I can be in the brightest of moods and then switch because of them) Barber's Adagio. I know it is cliche funeral music but it is very moving nonetheless.
As for Barcelona - I don't cry but it does make me feel very emotional - in a goosebumpy sort of way. 
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Vicki Virago - Proud Mother Posted Dec 16, 2005
It was Barber they played on Last Night of the Proms just after 9/11. Had me crying bucket loads I'm afraid to say
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Dec 16, 2005
It's that one they play in Platoon as they're being airlifted to safety
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Dec 16, 2005
The little drummer Boy
My mum used to sing it to me when I was little at christmas and now it reminds me of how much I miss her
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Mrs Bojangles Posted Dec 16, 2005
Christmas without Mums are rubbish.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Dec 16, 2005
They were playing outside of asda last year, and it upset me so much I lost the will to food shop
And I love Food!!!!!
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Dec 16, 2005
I know terible losing the will to food shop
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Mrs Bojangles Posted Dec 16, 2005
Indeed!
I'm sorry for your loss anyway honey, and wish you memories that make you smile.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Dec 16, 2005
why thank you
I've never been given a loobrush before
What songs make you cry like a baby?
A Super Furry Animal Posted Dec 16, 2005
>> I'd like to contribute, but I have a pebble for a heart and don't think I've ever cried at a song.<<
Don't worry Footbacon, my new song "Owner Of A Pebble Heart" will have you crying buckets.
RF
What songs make you cry like a baby?
TheBunny Posted Dec 17, 2005
"And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle, Pogues version. Every time. It just sucks me in.
"And the young people ask me 'What are they marching for?' and I ask myself the same question."
And lots of others that I won't bore you with.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
TheBunny Posted Dec 17, 2005
Oh, go on, one more.
I actually had 'a moment' in Quality Save (yes, I am poor) the other week as they were playing "She's Leaving Home" over the tannoy-thing. Just makes me feel guilty for leaving home.
Is this some kind of High Fidelity therapy? Let it out, everyone. Share your sobbing moments here.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Dec 17, 2005
It's not a song but I once blubbed in a taxi when I heard The Happy Prince being read on Radio 4
What songs make you cry like a baby?
LEMON + GOLD BRICK Posted Dec 17, 2005
dry your eyes by the streets. its a sad song.
What songs make you cry like a baby?
JohnnyPants Posted Dec 17, 2005
I totally feel you on that one. I just bought that record (playing catch-up, sorry) and it sure does suck you in. For the first minute or so I thought what a drag, but I just couldn't turn it off.
Song that makes me weepy that no one's heard of:
Just Say Goodbye
The Del Dragons
"When you're leavin'
Late in the evenin'
Don't say you love me
Just say goodbye"
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- 42: Yael Smith (Dec 16, 2005)
- 43: Vicki Virago - Proud Mother (Dec 16, 2005)
- 44: Noggin the Nog (Dec 16, 2005)
- 45: Lady in a tree (Dec 16, 2005)
- 46: Vicki Virago - Proud Mother (Dec 16, 2005)
- 47: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Dec 16, 2005)
- 48: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Dec 16, 2005)
- 49: Mrs Bojangles (Dec 16, 2005)
- 50: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Dec 16, 2005)
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- 53: Mrs Bojangles (Dec 16, 2005)
- 54: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Dec 16, 2005)
- 55: A Super Furry Animal (Dec 16, 2005)
- 56: TheBunny (Dec 17, 2005)
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- 58: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Dec 17, 2005)
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