Songs and music that have made you cry..

[tattuchu]

Andy Partridge and XTC move me:

[tattuchu]

Robin Zander's voice makes me feel like a little girl:

[Thinking Aloud]

Cormac, I almost chose this one:



But I thought I should keep my list to one song per artist.

That song has done it to me on occasion too, albeit sung by a north of England folk group you've never heard of.

[Bella Fortuna]

[tattuchu]

As does Jeff Lynne's:

[Cormac]

Cormac, I almost chose this one:



But I thought I should keep my list to one song per artist.

That song has done it to me on occasion too, albeit sung by a north of England folk group you've never heard of.

Which group?

[Cormac]

This.

Robbie Burn's anthem for humanity.



Doesn't make me cry, but gives me a lump in my throat.

[Thinking Aloud]

Cormac, I almost chose this one:

[The Band Played Waltzing Matilda]

But I thought I should keep my list to one song per artist.

That song has done it to me on occasion too, albeit sung by a north of England folk group you've never heard of.

Which group?

"Usher's Well" (named after the folk song "The Wife of Usher's Well").

[klr]

Natalie Merchant's Ophelia. The album as a whole, the mood it creates, just heartbreakingly sad and beautiful. Here's one song from it:



But then, Natalie has always done it for me:

...

That's a great album, but for this thread, there's an even better song on the previous album Tigerlily:

Cormac, I almost chose this one:



But I thought I should keep my list to one song per artist.

It is a good one. I can picture the old geezer on his porch, his remaining leg and the pain of his memories...

Lots of Irish were killed at Gallipoli, along with the ANZACS and British soldiers from both the UK and across their Empire.

I prefer the version by the Pogues:

[Kristie]

Even more so now that I've heard them both live.

[Cormac]

I prefer the version by the Pogues:

I agree. The Pogues version is better.

(You'll never catch me knocking Shane MACGOWAN...)

In my view, he is the best lyricist of the modern era.