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Boyz II Men- A song for mama
https://youtu.be/se2dmYLfaHI?si=cMTPT6TlwnmcGXXj
What Song Always Makes Your Throat Scratchy or Eyes Teary?
SupeNintendoChalmers on 01/02/2026 - 19:29
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I was visiting my parents' site at a crematorium, and walked past a crowded hall - there were so many people in suits I figured the dearly-departed meant a lot to many people - this song really brought tears to my eyes - Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings - https://youtu.be/0iAzMRKFX3c
It’s raining men
Matt Simon's song is beautiful. Never heard it until now
Glimpse of us - joji
RIP Franku
This fact still honestly boggles me
I can't finish the song anymore. Reminds me of a time when I was in a bad place.
P!nk - Beam Me Up. Anyone who has lost a baby/child will understand why.
And Dragon - Young Years. Feels like only yesterday that my friends and I were all teenagers, hanging out. Now we're nearing 50, lost a few…. time waits for nobody!
Hurt, covered by Johnny Cash
Good version.
Agreed, its amazing
every christmas
All I Want for Christmas Is You
i cry at the millions that mariah gets every Christmas
I'm not crying… You're crying…
Soldier on with codral
You know you're winning that fight
When things are going right !!!
O Holy Night is amazing.
My favourite Christmas hymn, hands down. Favourite non-hymn Christmas song is Grown Up Christmas List, by anyone who sings it. Gets more relevant every year.
This is my favourite version of O Holy Night. Performed by the musicians of New Orleans on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etflv7R6NKA&list=RDEtflv7R6N…
@sam-1966: A great version - they're amazing!
Libera singing any Christmas carol/hymn/song gives me goosebumps every time. So this is probably one of my favourite versions: https://youtu.be/MMrlVZmG97I?si=Y23TAoNI5tVZgTmK
A great version - they're amazing!
In the show, the premise was that the regular musicians were all pulling out and recommending these musicians from New Orleans because it was just post Hurricane Katrina and if they were able to do at least one gig, they were entitled to some benefits. So they rounded up each musician they could find. Going through the credits, they were all genuine.
Libera singing any Christmas carol/hymn/song gives me goosebumps every time. So this is probably one of my favourite versions: https://youtu.be/MMrlVZmG97I?si=Y23TAoNI5tVZgTmK
Watched the beginning and cried. Will try again in the morning - it is just wonderful.
Adagio for Strings
No one's is left… Everything's gone…! Kharak is burning!
🥹🥹😭
Damn! Wish I was your lover….Sophie B Hawkins
Singing this when driving alone in the car late at night when it's raining is a mood
These Days - Powderfinger
Flame Trees - Cold Chisel. The nostalgic longing in that song… I didn't appreciate it at first release, but now I feel every single word of it. "Do you remember, nothing touched us on the field in our heyday". So life's gone on, but the high point has well and truly passed, likely not to come again.
This was my best friend's favourite song. Many nights after consuming too much bourbon was this cranked up too loud. Sadly, my firend passed a couple of years ago, this song hits me every time now.
It's crazy how well Jimmy belts this out live, even now!
See You Again by Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - reminds me of funerals where it has been played during a video tribute
How To Save A Life by The Fray - especially when you pay attention to the lyrics
Refrigerator Door by Luke Combs - the official music video (as linked) is pretty creative and well put together
Refrigerator door- that’s one on my playlist I can’t play anymore. Luke Combs has a magical way of carrying emotion.
Baby Shark
Wish you were here and Shine on yiu crazy diamond - Pink Floyd.
The album was our soundtrack for a year and when one of us dies, we play it and remember.
Probably an expansion of post could also be 'why that song?'
In many cases, an emotion is attached to the song which resonates personally.
Kaylee Rogers singing Hallelujah.
Kaylee has Autism and ADHD.
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hits harder when you have kids!
The accoustic version that Shinedown does is also amazing.My god. Doesn’t it! So many songs change impact so much when you have kids.
Do you wanna build a snow man. Frozen.
Cbat gets me very emotional. Laughing from tears mainly.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1j1w61w/the…
Gang of Youths - Magnolia, takes me back to a fairly low point in life but then makes me smile because of how different things are now.
Redgum "One More Boring Night In Adelaide"
https://youtu.be/mpDimVuhDEA?si=mmUyunRAfgNb4XxX
Nostalgia that strikes me to the core.
The Circle of Life - Lion King
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (Was played at a funeral of a friend so now brings back memories every time)
no vaseline
iris - goo goo dolls
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
The Band - I Shall Be Released
Talk Talk - New GrassNorthern Sky is one of the most perfect songs I've ever heard. Nick Drake's singing and guitar combined with John Cale's instrumentation works incredibly well together.
The Hamster Dance Song - Hampton and the Hamsters
One of the very best.
What a great voice. Haunting
Haunting
A melancholic song
Was also going to give this one an honourable mention. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
Teischa - Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GQUd9K5Kl8Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiPVgAhRE6Ehello from adele
Especially listening with good headphones
Try listening to the cover by abby carter
Hot Potato by The Wiggles
Star spangled banner…
My throat begins to scratch, then I breakout in to a coughing fit to the point of wanting to throw up, which eventually tears up my eyes…
God only knows by the Beach Boys
Lovely song
Got a couple for you all, meanings obviously vary based off the listener, but all amazing ones in my opinion.
7 Years by Lukas Graham - Classic tale/ song about growing up/ growing old
Brother by Kodaline - Song about a brother who's always there for you
Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia - Song about God having a plan for each and every person
House of Gold by Twenty One Pilots - Song about wanting to take care and provide for your parents, how they did for you.
Keep The Wolves Away - by Uncle Lucius - Song about a boy turning to a man an becoming the model of a provider he saw his father model.
To Build A Home by The Cinematic Orchestra - Song about building a safe loving home for those you cherish
I was only 19 by by Redgum - Song about a young man going off to war
Eternity by by Alex Warren - More modern one, not sure really but the music hits harddd
So Much To Do So Little Time by Brendon Walmsley - Song about focusing on career career career but losing your soulmate because of that loss of perspective
Music Box by Brendon Walmsley - Song about a child with a terminal condition holding on to a single beautiful thing in their life
Amazing Grace by John Newton - A song about God's amazing grace that he offers even the most lost souls
get gut punched every time I listen to these.
honourable mentions:
Since I lost my wife, any song that steers my mind to how fleeting life is. But “Drink a beer” by Luke Bryan has me a babbling mess. So does “sound of silence “ by Simon and Garfunkel.
Come to think of it, I don’t really need music anymore to be a babbling mess. I do have a specific playlist, but I haven’t been able to face it at all in the last 4 years.
Sorry for your loss mate
Thanks. The post was well timed from my perspective, and has reminded me I need to at least try to stop hiding and avoiding. Genuinely, thankyou.
I’m so sorry my man 😔 much love to you. That is one of a few Luke Bryan songs that get me as well. I listened to it after reading your comment and shed a tear for you.
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The Amazing Rhythm Aces_Dancing The Night Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bot23Aq91gU
The Delines_The Oil Rigs At Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqRDFbE_voYVan Morrison_Celtic New Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZOd3hqkqfUBlack Prairie_What You Gave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wKYreAg-9APaolo Nutini_Last Request
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFh0cRBlvEcAoife O'Donovan_Red & White & Blue & Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7juzPWrGSYUJackson Browne_Late For The Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SJz9jujEAGillian Welch_Wayside/Back In Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seD-WS5RZgYthere's too many…
Love Paolo Nutini
Closing Time - Semisonic
In this shirt - The Irrepressibles
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z6tDHN20h7sLive Forever - Kotomi & Ryan Elder
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRdAmIoWt6oA Little Ray of Sunshine - Axiom. I'd always liked the song, and then it played on the radio when I was driving home from hospital after welcoming my granddaughter. I'd been at the hospital all night waiting for her birth, it was 7.30am and I was exhausted, and had to pull over while the song played because it made me a howling mess. It's had that effect on me ever since.
Love this one. Was at a funeral a few week's after having our daughter and it was played.
Husband loved the sentiment and tracked down the CD for me that Christmas - I just sat and sobbed.
We actually had no idea who sang it, so he rang the ABC in Brisbane and spoke to the music programmer/director who gave him the details.
Currently this Song.
Its a Bollywood Song. Im not Indian. i cant get it out of my head for the last 2 days
Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin during the 12 years my son wouldn’t have anything to do with me. NOW, I can listen to it again.
Russian composer Nikkolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the soundtrack to The Lord of the Rings a full 130 years before the films came out.
Many people have commented on how close his Antar symphonic suite seems to match the themes, sequences, and emotional resonance of the Lord of the Rings.
If that fact isn't bizarre enough to get your eyes watering, have a listen to this and tell me it doesn't conjure up The Lord of the Rings in your mind's eye.
The first 2 minutes evoke the spooky origin of the Ring. Then the main melody introduces the drama of the setting and the story.
Followed by this, a sweet little tune evokes the light, joyful nature of the shire where the story starts, but then a darker mood sets in, hinting at the constant threat of darkness and violence.
The Antar symphony far outshines the actual soundtrack used in the films, even though the actual soundtrack isn't bad at all.
'He will call'. a Jehovah's Witness song about the resurrection hope. It gets me every time.
Would have to trawl my Liked Songs on Spotify to find them all, but ones that come to mind:
And some gaming related ones:
Adagio for Strings1
Aerith's Theme - Nobuo Uematsu
Zanarkand - Nobuo Uematsu
My Hands - Leona Lewis2After going through a painful breakup - this one brought the judders …
Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Hornsby - I Can't Make You Love Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTIu4UbkK94
or this performance, where I felt the words were clearer, but it didn't move me as much - https://youtu.be/nW9Cu6GYqxo
Totally agree.
The George Michael live MTV unplugged version is my fave adaption of this song.
Probably one of my all time fave 'sad songs'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbWJO8RMg1A although better to listen than to watch in my opinion.Had the pleasure of hearing him live before his untimely death. Cowboys and angels is a favourite
ISS (Is Somebody Singing) - Chris Hadfield and The Barenaked Ladies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAnfi8WpVE&list=RDMM&index=…
It was made while he was commander of the International Space Station, written with the Ladies for a national event in Canada where everyone is encouraged to sing the same song at the same time. I loved the sentiment of Hadfield singing 'Pushed back in my seat, looking out my window, what once was ruled by fear, has 50 nations… If you could see our nation, from the International Space Station, you would understand why I want to get back soon… it contains every person that I've ever known.' Yes, I am crying while I type this.
Our daughters' school choir singing virtually everything, but particularly "Everyday Miracle" from Charlotte's Web and "Fireflies" a capella - no idea who the original artist is.
Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars" - Live at the Royal Albert Hall with orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEeTaF7unrc&list=RDSEeTaF7un…
REM - 'Shiny Happy People' - When our daughter was at a special school, at the end of year concert there was a slide show with photos of the kids during the year, with this song. Haven't been able to hear it since without thinking of these gorgeous little kids.
Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity - filmed on the Space Station. Had permission from David Bowie, who loved it. Was only uploaded when he was on his way back on the Soyuz. I watched his return and thought of a dear friend who had passed away that loved space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyl6I6ESSw&list=RDpDyl6I6ES…
Puddle Of Mud: Blurry
Lost the little one 20 odd years ago still haven't gotten over it
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Any song used at a funeral