Crying over sad songs on the radio

I feel sad when I hear the songs played at my parent’s funerals. Time to say goodbye, You were always on my mind and Nessun Dorma. Also Nearer my God to Thee which they were supposedly playing when the Titanic went down. Oh, and It is well with my Soul - when you think what happened to that poor man’s family.

Slipping through my fingers by ABBA sets me off every time I hear it.
Also The Pearl Fishers duet just because its so beautiful.

Yep!! Lots of songs, including two Eva Cassidy’s (not original to her), Fields of Gold & Songbird, ABBA’s Winner Takes It All and Slipping Through My Fingers amongst many others.

But then since getting older and post menopausal I cry at too much! Happy tears and sad tears, at films, books, songs, and so on!

Even used to cry at some adverts and TV programs, utter madness!

Definitely Slipping through my Fingers and Our last Summer both ABBA songs
My mum was a trained singer and used to sing the Pearl Fishers so that sets me off, as does Nessun Dorma!

Quite a few set me off. At our ages we've lots of memories.

The Winner Takes It All - Abba, makes me cry every time [after a bad break-up].

Circle of Life - Elton John. Played at my mothers funeral.

Valerie - Steve Winwood. My cousin, named Valerie died 2 years ago.

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston. For people I've loved and lost.

Skyline Pigeon - Elton John. Play it my funeral.

One Day Like This - played at a son's wedding.

Barcelona - Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballe

Dance with my father, by Luther Vandross - we played it at DH’s funeral.

Time in a Bottle, Jim Croche, (which will be at my funeral) always sets me off, and Elgar’s Nimrod. Joan Baez singing ‘Forever Young’ - really too many to mention these days!

I think many of us feel more tearful as we grow older.

Life and loss I suppose.

When you’re young, empathy is often lacking.

I've always been like this but now older feel less embarassed if 'caught out' in public! It seems to be less embarassing to others to witness if you are older somehow.
I remember sobbing my heart in reception class at The Grandfather Clock song!

I'm not a crier and it's not a favourite song, but John Denver singing Annie's song - every time.

Walk on with hope in your heart always reduces me to tears whoever sings it

I cry at adverts! I cry when I hear Whitney Houston songs because it reminds me of the tragic loss of her young life. Luther Vandross Dance with my father is a tearjerker. Also Beth Neilson Chapman I see your smile

“Take me home, Country Roads” and the hymn “We plough the fields and scatter” where “all is safely gathered in” and “free from sorrow, free from sin” makes me think of my late son.

There are songs that bring tears to my eyes and I'm not ashamed or embarrassed to admit it, even though I'm a man and we're not supposed to cry at things are we? That's an outdated concept anyway.

1916 by Motörhead - a ballad about teenagers going off to war in WW1. It's heartbreaking to listen to and always affects me.

Can't You See
This Ol' Cowboy
24 Hours At A Time

These are by The Marshall Tucker Band and I love these songs but they often bring a tear to my eye. They were one of my late twin brother's favourite bands and hearing these songs often affects me.

By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glen Campbell - It just does.

Michael Ball played Dance with my Father today Bukkie and GeorgesGran beautiful song and so apt for today.

Only one.
I Miss the Hungry Years by Neil Sedaka.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=avTD_-wK0jw

I was in bits when Michael Ball played "Somewhere over the Rainbow" this morning for Father's no longer here. My Dad has been gone 12 years, I still miss him every day.
Dancing with my Father is another one that has me in tears.
Sad but lovely, that all that love is still inside you.

For me its the attachment to memories that does it, people now deceased and the times we had , time gone so quickly,
Places of old...

I defy anyone who has a daughter not to be affected by Slipping Through My Fingers

valdali

I'm not a crier and it's not a favourite song, but John Denver singing Annie's song - every time.

Me too. My best friend was called Annie and she died of cancer 42 years ago at the age of 38. It always brings tears to my eyes and I am not a crier either.

Those were the Days (Mary Hopkin) and Honey (Bobby Goldsboro); also Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) and Vincent (Don McLean) come to mind. All tear jerkers for me.

For me, it's "Those were the days"" and "Seasons in the Sun" that bring on the tears nowadays.
Oh, and "Puff the Magic Dragon

Richie Haven's coverof Sting's They Dance Alone

bellameasures

Those were the Days (Mary Hopkin) and Honey (Bobby Goldsboro); also Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) and Vincent (Don McLean) come to mind. All tear jerkers for me.

Sorry- I see you just beat me to it with two of those, and in fact I agree about the other two songs too.

Luther Vandross, Dance with my father. Also Wind beneath my Wings, Bette Midler and Simon and Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Waters, both played at my DH funeral !! Tbh so many songs and even some adverts set me off these days, really doesn’t take much 😢