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

Monday, Monday by the Mamas and Papas - a bad break-up of my first engagement.

Heart of Gold

Used to love it but it was played at the funeral of my friend's husband

He was only 50 and it was terribly sad

bumblebee Also for the same reason the smell of Palmolive soap takes me right back to that time as it was the soap I had taken into hospital with me, I have never been able to use it since.

Yes, smells are very evocative, bumble. I saw some shampoo in our village chemist that I haven't seen around for decades and bought it. The first time I used it, it took me straight back to my unhappy abusive 1st marriage.

I gave it to my daughter.

The song When a Child is Born by Johnny Mathis. It was constantly on the radio when I had just lost one of my expected twins in childbirth. Also for the same reason the smell of Palmolive soap takes me right back to that time as it was the soap I had taken into hospital with me, I have never been able to use it since.

Alone Again by Art Garfunkel. I was in an unhappy, violent marriage and I spent 12 years feeling I was alone with four children.

I stayed because I thought it was important for my kids to have a 'proper' family. Left over 30 years ago and have never regretted it.

For me it's a song by Val Doonican, called "the special years" about a little girl geowi g up and all the different milestones there would be in her life. My Sister died a few weeks before Val. This song made me think of her 2 grandaughters, and how they would miss her.
Mama B. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Hugs to all who have shared on this thread.

DillytheGardener

Roberta Flack, ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, it came on the radio when I came in the door after a bad breakup. Still can’t listen to it.

Me too, DillytheGardener. I can STILL see his face, even now - over 50yrs later .

Rick Astley and Never Gonna Give You Up. It was the theme tune to my first love. We broke up and even to this day 33yrs later I still wonder what if and how he is doing. No trace of him anywhere on Facebook by the way.

Oh that's such a shame.
It's so lovely though, to know that people have enough love to envelope children with it.

Let it go from Frozen. My DS had a long-term relationship with a girl who had two very young daughters. They hardly saw their dad or his parents. We were Granny and Grandad, and DS really brought them up. The girls loved Frozen. They used to act it out and sing all the words. My heart broke when they split up and her new boyfriend stopped DS from seeing the girls. I still tear up when I hear this song.

Heal the World -MJ
I sat at my parents dining table listening to this waiting for the car to arrive to take us to my nieces funeral. I will never forget how sick I felt that morning, I was 7 months pregnant with my first child. My sister looked a shadow of her true self to be burying her child?

“You Were Always on my Mind” by Willie Nelson. It reminds me of my father who loved Country music and it has such poignant lyrics that could be true for many a relationship.

Callum Scott- dancing on my own. This was played a lot when my son became estranged from me. It just sums up how I felt.

flying without wings by westlife still makes me cry, my husband was in hospital for 8 months, i walked into the ward one night and he was crying, i thought it must be very bad news....he had a brain tumor that was a viral mass so could not be removed, just controlled, he had been listening to this song and kept saying how sorry he was for not telling me how much i meant to him, born in the 50s he was told men kept things like that to themselves, he made me promise to play it at his funeral, i sat at his bedside 14 years later as he took his last breath. it was not played at his funeral as his sister who was a minister said it was not appropriate.
i still cry when i hear that and the one he used to sing to me was young girl ...he was 18 years older than..lol

Granelly

Softly as I leave you, by Matt Munro. I was 11 when my Dad died, he used to sing it to my sisters and I, even when he was just going to work! After he died I couldn't bear to listen to it anymore. Even now, when I'm 58, it breaks my heart just to hear the opening bars.

That's made me cry to read.
I love that song.

Happy or sad these days, I find a lot of songs stir up tears.

Oh Mama B247
Whitney Houston ?♥️Says it’s all .
Mine is Empty Rooms by Gary Moore just reminds me how unhappy we used to be and how happy we are now .?Hugs to you .

No one particular song, but when DH died a few weeks ago, looking at photographs of him made me smile, but listening to his favourite music really upset me.

Softly as I leave you, by Matt Munro. I was 11 when my Dad died, he used to sing it to my sisters and I, even when he was just going to work! After he died I couldn't bear to listen to it anymore. Even now, when I'm 58, it breaks my heart just to hear the opening bars.

‘O holy night’ played in the hospital ward, Christmas Day morning 1990, I was with my beloved mum, in a side room, holding her in my arms as she died.. This carol features on the film ‘Home Alone’.. And I have to mute it every time.. ?

Sorry, MamaB247 I got your numbers wrong...

Your Song by Elton John. My ex husband used to sing it to me before he left me after 40 + years married. I thought we were forever but got that wrong ?

My first husband and I broke up when A little time by Beautiful South,was often played on the radio,it summed up the whole scenario,...but after time I met the most lovely huggy teddy bear of a man,and could not be happier,we married 16 yrs ago,but something still niggles when I hear that song

Love is all around by Wet Wet Wet. For lots of reasons I cant stand listening to it and it so happens to be my OHs favourite song.

Weirdly enough Nellie the Elephant. Youth hostel disco, a friend asked me to play this. He was involved in a car accident the next day, and they turned his life support off the day after. He was 17. My children (when they came along) were deprived of this, as I couldn't bear to hear it.

MamaB, much love to you. I think you brought most of us to tears.
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, in memory of my darling girl, who brought light to many people's lives before she died aged 32, after a shortish illness - aggressive cancer. I don't think her husband will ever recover, so that's two lives.