@Quasimodem (Quasimodem) posted a new topic, subject "What Songs Make You "Tear Up"?". It read:

   That's the long “ _ea_ ” up there, my fellow little heathens. 
    
    For me it's _Happy Trails_ by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
    
    When my Dad brought me and Mom and little bro to the States in 60, that was one of the first shows I watched. Hence my emotional attachment.
    
    I also like the “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” theme. He was my first American friend.
    
    Sorry! Guess y'all thought I was “cool” huh?
    
    Q

To which @Lobsang (Lobsang) replied

    If you mean ‘feel sad' or ‘weep' then for me it's Bright Eyes.
    
    Not now, but when I was a kid, watching watership down, that movie made me weep.
    
    So did lassie.

So @lissener (lissener) replied

    “Dry Your Eyes” by the Streets, on the new _A Grand Don't Come for Free_. Possibly the most emotionally honest breakup song ever.
    
    Plus, PG's “In Your Eyes” still gets me every time. And Bowie's “Heroes.”

So @Qadgop_the_Mercotan (Qadgop the Mercotan) replied

    “Burning Bridges” by the Mike Curb Congregation
    
    > All the burning bridges that have fallen after me  
    >  All the lonely feelings and the burning memories

So @Fish (Fish) replied

    Not much music does that to me—I guess 'cos I'm a musician. However, the song that leaps to mind is the triumphant thematic restatement of the “Jesus Christ Superstar” number. You know, the instrumental bit right after the 39 Lashes where Pilate tells Christ “die if you want to, you misguided martyr!”
    
    And I'm not even religious!

To which @Ephemera (Ephemera) replied

    Depending on my mood, any number of songs can. The last one that I can remember getting a bit teary over was “Losing My Religion” by REM. I can all too easily identify with the emptiness of unrequited love.

@Eve (Eve) replied

    But since 9/11 I can't listen to Billy Joel's “Miami 2017” . . .
    
    I've seen the lights go out on Broadway–  
    I saw the ruins at my feet,  
    You know we almost didn't notice it–  
    We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.
    
    You know those lights were bright on Broadway–  
    But that was so many years ago . . .  
    Before we all lived here in Florida–  
    Before the Mafia took over Mexico.  
    There are not many who remember–  
    They say a handful still survive . . .  
    To tell the world about  
    The way the lights went out,  
    And keep the memory alive . . .

To which @peculiar_hailstone (peculiar hailstone) replied

    You Again by Richard Shindell  
    Flashlights by Tracy McNeil

To which @START (START) replied

    Boys 2 Men- “Mama”

To which @Baker (Baker) replied

    I once worked nights making doughnuts, with a guy who liked, really liked, country music. I can take it or leave it, mostly leave. This guy would get to work early so he could select the station, and I didn't argue, because it was better than Top 40's music.
    
    Two songs got to me, corny as they were. Don't know the artists though.
    
    The first one was _I'm Looking for Something in Red"_ When she gets to the part about “I'm looking for something in blue/Something real tiny/the baby's brand new” I always tried to be facing away from my coworker, as I didn't want him to see me get teary eyed.
    
    I would do the same thing when *If You Get There Before I Do" * started playing. It makes me think of my 99 yr old grandmother, who is waiting to rejoin my grandfather.

To which @Ross (Ross) replied

    I never knew that was what Losing My Religion was about.
    
    I'll second Bright Eyes. Garfunkel's voice is so evocative, I can hardly help it any time I hear the song. I've lost people, lots of people, and it brings the whole thing back every time. What's hard is that the song is not a happy song, it's a “why do we die?” song.
    
    Lots of people apparently get all teary over Rolf's “Two Little Boys”.
    
    _… Did you think I would leave you dying  
    When there's room on my horse for two  
    Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying  
    I can go just as fast with two  
    Did you say Joe I'm all a-tremble  
    Perhaps it's the battle's noise  
    But I think it's that I remember  
    When we were two little boys…_
    
    Stupid soppy geeks.
    
    _8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069sni8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069_

@Ephemera (Ephemera) replied

    “Losing My Religion” is one of those songs that has about a dozen different commonly believed interpretations and unrequited love is only one of them.
    
    It's the one I obviously believe it to be about though.

To which @Fish (Fish) replied

    **Eve** , that's a great song! I wondered if he'd play it during some of the 9/11 memorial concerts, but we got _New York State of Mind_ instead.

Then @ioioio (ioioio) said

    _The Little Drummer Boy_ always gets to me, and I'm not even religious.

Then @Mr.Blue_Sky (Mr. Blue Sky) said

    “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogleberg is as close as I get to getting teary-eyed.
    
    It's that whole “love that could have been” thing.

So @tremorviolet (tremorviolet) replied

    “Feed Jake” by the Pirates of the Mississipi
    
    > If I die before I wake, feed Jake, he's been a good dog,  
    >  My best friend right through it all, if I die before I wake,  
    >  Feed Jake
    
    I guess 'cause it's an animal thing which always makes me tear up…

Then @Zjestika (Zjestika) said

    The song “Upward Over the Mountain” by Iron and Wine makes me nearly die, it is so sad. I spent an afternoon listening to it on repeat and sobbing. (I'm not sure why I remember that so fondly…)
    
    Also, “Red” by Okkervil River. Both songs are about a child's relationship with a parent. I might have issues.
    
    ZJ

So @SolGrundy (SolGrundy) replied

    “What a Wonderful World” as performed by Louis Armstrong.
    
    Because it is.

So @Evil_Captor (Evil Captor) replied

    Anything by Digger Smulkin, particularly “Send in the Corpse”

Then @Quasimodem (Quasimodem) said

    Qadgop the Mercotan:
    
    > “Burning Bridges” by the Mike Curb Congregation
    
    **Qadgop!**
    
    It's the only reason I watch the film _Kelly's Heroes_.
    
    **Qadgop!**
    
    (In case anyone hasn't figured it out yet, **Qadgop** (among a few others) rules!
    
    Quasi

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