What song do you not like as it brings back unhappy memories?

Andrea Bocelli ‘s ‘Time to say Goodbye ‘which I got them to play at Dad’s funeral . That and ‘ Nessun Dorma’ which we also played. Dad loved those tunes. He wasn’t into hymns, unlike me.He stopped being a believer when he was in the RAF flying planes because all his friends were killed. Sad.

MamaB252 such a moving story. You were so brave. I was in tears reading it.

too for all those who mourn, whether children, parents, friends. So poignant. Thank you all for sharing.

Yesterday by The Beatles. At the end of 1964 my Dad was admitted to hospital and after an exploratory operation on his throat he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He lived to walk me down the aisle in February 1965. I wasn’t told he was terminally ill until June 1965 and it devastated me and my brother. Shortly after my mother told me I was in her kitchen with her and the song came on the radio, she rarely cried but she did then and said the opening lines of the song described how she felt. He died in January 1966 at the age of 54 and my son was born in September 1966. Whenever I hear the song I think of my Mum on that day her stricken face and her tears.

Your stories are so sad. I apologise if I brought up tearful memories. Mine was just of loneliness when I was a young married woman. Thank you for sharing. On the plus side, you must all have happy memories of different songs

Hey Jude, I was so in love with my best friends brother and I know he liked me too but he was so shy it was painful and nothing progressed but not for the want of trying. My father then got another job and we moved away so that was that but each time I hear the song it makes me feel sad.

polomint, if we don't have sorrows we haven't lived and would have no benchmark from which to measure the joys. Besides, look how kind people have been to each other on this thread. And, loneliness is never a "just", no one's sorrow is less than another's. x

I have lost two much-loved husbands. When the first one died after only 3 years of marriage leaving me with two babies I could never listen to Vidor's glorious Toccata organ music which had been playing when we left the church after our wedding.
I eventually remarried another lovely man who helped raise my boys and gave us a wonderful life. When he died 25 years later 'In Paradisum' by Faure was the entry music at his funeral and always upset me when I heard it.
Recently both these evocative pieces were played back to back on the radio and instead of the usual tears it actually made me smile and think 'Hello boys!' as it was almost like they had planned it!

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithful, it suddenly underlined the hopelessness of my life at the time, the lack of ability to change my then husband and made me determined to make a change for myself.

Josh Groban "You Raise Me Up" as it was played at my mums funeral. She always thought it was a lovely song, but to me now it desolves me into tears.

Wow MamaB247 u made me cry ? I’m so sorry to hear what u went thru. I wish my sister could have read ur post and that beautiful poignant song it might have helped her. Sadly she passed away 5 yrs ago after much unhappiness in her life. I hope u have come thru the other side x

"there's a long, long trail a winding into the land of my dreams", reminds me of my Grandmother.

"He who would valiant be" played at my first husband's funeral. Love the hymn, but couldn't listen to it for years without crying. "Yellow River" played over and over at the nightclub next to our bedroom in the hotel on our honeymoom.

it's All Coming Back To Me - Celine D

Another mention of "The First Time Ever I saw your Face" by Roberta Flack.

My husband-to-be had it played on Cyprus Radio for me when we got engaged while we were on holiday there. Later he totally broke my heart.

Unchained melody. My mum loved this song. Every time I hear i think of her. But happy memories now.

With me, the hymn "Guide me Oh they great Jehovah!, my dad, a welshman, used to sing it round the house. It was played at his funeral, now although it was over 20 years ago that he died, I still feel a touch of nostalgia when I hear it.

The song I dread is New York by Alicia Keys. The song drones on and on, and it was popular at a time when I was in a job I hated. It was constantly on the radio. I just couldn’t get away from it.

Annie's Song by John Denver. My best friend Anne (known as Annie) lost her battle with cancer at age 38. She had four young children- the youngest was just a baby. That was 36 years ago and I still get sad when I hear that song.

Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel. Popular when I tried to get out of a relationship, I was engaged but knew he wasn't for me. I had met the man for me, he loved me too. My parents were having none of it, I gave in under the pressure and married the first man. A few years later my parents realised what this man was really like but it was too late. I can't hear this song......too many memories.

I wouldn't say I hate it, but Auld Lang Syne always reminds me of my sister emigrating to the other side of the world nearly 60 years ago. A brass band was playing it as the ship slipped away from the dock. It was many years before I saw her again.
Whenever I hear it or sing it on New Years Eve I'm reminded of that ship.

My most hated song just has to be "Rock On" by David Essex! ?. First time I heard it, it gave me a splitting headache, and all these years later, nothing has changed! ?

'It's Over' by Roy Orbison. It reached no. 1 in the hit parade in June 1964, the month I broke up with my boyfriend. We were only teenagers but I was heartbroken. We met again several years later and rekindled our love but it just wasn't the same but at least we parted friends. That song still invokes feelings in me though.

“If you leave me now” by Chicago. It was “our song” and was the opening song at our wedding. He sang the words into my ear as we danced. I left him 22 years later....I always feel sad when I hear it ?

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procal Harem. It was on the radio when my lovely aunt died suddenly in her early 50’s. My mum was devastated as she died in her arms and mum cried for weeks. I could never listen to that song again. Another record Band of Gold by Freda Payne played constantly while first H and I were on honeymoon the lyrics were about desertion and divorce and I remember thinking that will never be us - not many years later it was.

MamaB.....
How brave of you to share all that again. Hugs from me as a parent to the small child you were it’s also bringing me to tears. ??