any tunes bring a tear to your eye.
come on dont be shy.

I’ve just heard the new Levellers tune on Six music. Wept like a baby, I did

Pink Floyd’s Shine on you Crazy Diamond.

Had it plying the whole way through the sevice as Dad was cremeated..

Still love the tune tho’.

Champagne Supernova, and I’ve no idea why.

Same as Teetosugars. The old sod asked for it (and he knows we all like Pink Floyd) so we are constantly reminded of him.

Going to see Aussie Pink Floyd with one of my brothers in a couple of weeks – we’ll be raising a glass to dad when they play it.

I’m a bit of a sucker for a moving tune.. it’s often the music and not the lyrics for me though..

“Lately” by Stevie Wonder.

“I had the Time of My Life” for some odd reason, seems to me to be a “goodbye” song.

“Just the Morning” by Lyle Lovett also

Nimrod, from the Enigma Variations, by Elgar.

Unstoppable, floods of tears.

Couple of lines in this can get me all moist-eyed…

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Every time.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IFF9yu5i3k&ob=av2e[/video]

Athlete – Wires used to, not so much now. Its about his newborn son being rushed to ICU at Xmas, same thing happend to me, also at Xmas…

Pretty much the whole of Astral Weeks but particularly Madame George.

Mods – FFS! Surely James Blunt references are an immediate ban?

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Follow you into the dark – Death cab for cutie.
&
One day like this – elbow

Both on the ipod playlist in the delivery suite before we lost our son. Very painful memories, either come on i have to leave the room or turn off. Just thinking about them is making me well up.

Shining light – Ash. played at my sis-in-laws boyfriends funeral. Nice guy taken too early. Song gets me every time.

Kate Rusby – my young man. Also, and I’m not sure why, nightswimming by REM

Two little boys

The Genius that is Rolf Harris –
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my life with his words.

Including Jake The Peg

“into your arms” Nick Cave
“Martha” Tom Waits

and after refreshments…..”stand by you” pretenders

Ah, Tom Waits…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOMiA_uGso[/video]

Getting Away With It – James.

Unlikely, I know, but all sorts of deep, dark personal reasons that mean I escaped a troubled time. Speaks to me of a rush into the light.

Ah, Tom Waits…

Ah indeed. Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis is another tear jerker dressed up as humour.

If ‘Two Little Boys’ by Rolf Harris comes on the radio when I am in the car on my own, I cry like a baby.

It was about two years ago when I first listened to the words properly.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfjtdnUsls&ob=av2e[/video]
Played at a funeral of a friendly pub landlord , after he decided life wasn’t worth carrying on with.

The Smiths – Asleep
Elbow – Newborn
Both about death, cheery soul that I am.
Oh and Dubstar – Stars, no idea why, possibly associated with a bit of a lonely time in my life.

DJ Hixxy

Well, that was just bound not to work wasn’t it? It’s Shooting Star by DJ Hixxy if anyone can be bothered to make it happen for me – thanks

Hurt- Johnny cash

Embrace – Gravity

Two Little Boys.

Band played Waltzing Matilda

the new Van Halen single Tattoo..

unspeakable awfulness from a previously groundbreaking, inspiring group.

I know thats not what you meant…!

any dream will do from the musical joseph.

reminds me of a boy at my school who blew his brains out with a shotgun because he was bullied. more than 30 years later I am still haunted that I didnt stop the bullies.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCX3ZNDZAwY[/video]

Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy from Live & Dangerous invariably does it for me.

No Sheep Till Buxton, by the Macc Lads.

Its the dog bit 😳

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The Green Fields of France
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Restless Natives
Calon Lan

Cyndi Lauper – Time after time.

Chokes me up.

Everybody Hurts – REM

Dire Straits – Bothers In Arms.

Especially poignant this week as one of my distant relatives was killed in Afghanistan on Monday.

RIP Ryan, much respect…

Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Warren Zevon
The Wind (the album it came from) was released two weeks before he died of cancer. He knew exactly what was coming, and it shows in the performance. He’s doing his best to give two fingers to cancer, and it doesn’t quite work.

The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
Another song about impending death, and like Zevon’s performance, Cash’s voice has a fragility that perversely is the song’s real strength.

Both of them are remarkable, and both have me blubbing like a three year-old.

[Edit – +1 for the Brothers In Arms comment. Knopfler’s unfairly overlooked.]