Janie Grace Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "In Your Eyes" just came on my Pandora. Gets me every time. It's not even a specific memory or person, it's just an era of being more easily swept away by my emotions than any other era of my life. Also the whole August and Everything After album (Counting Crows). It came out my freshman year of college. Oh the feels. What about you? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Gentle rain. Not a song, but the actual rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I'm third trimester pregnant, so take this with a grain of salt, but I put on a National Geographic DVD for the kids the other day and that theme song was very moving. It reminded me of watching documentaries as a kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "I am not that girl" from Wicked; most of Les Mis Open Arms from high school and Angel Eyes - by ??? The Winnie the Pooh song from Kenny Logans probably a dozen more - I cry a lot - but I am actually a happy person - probably because I cry a lot. All of the above are super happy memories 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Sweet Dreams (are made of This) Another One Bites the Dust You Spin Me Round (like a record) Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go My nostalgia button is stuck in the late 80's dance music. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "Cats in the cradle" Regards, Kareni 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Any Billy Joel song - brings back the mid 90s when I was in grad school. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Annie's Song by John Denver. My parents played that album (on vinyl, of course!) a lot when I was a little girl, and it always moved me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrygal Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "Home" by Joe Diffy Look it up and listen to it! Of course, I'm from the country so this kinda describes my childhood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Oh so many. I could never list them all. "I loved her first" is a tear-jerker for me as an adoptive mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Angel Eyes - by ??? The Jeff Healey band. Love that song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Songs on their own don't make me emotional unless I connect them to an emotional event. I can't listen to The Old Rugged Cross or How Great Thou Art without tearing up because they vividly bring back my parents'funerals. Browned Eyed Girl makes me nostalgic because dh used to sing it to our oldest when she was small, and now she's singing it to her own daughter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Some John Denver, some Jim Croce (Alabama Rain, always). Much of Les Mis (Do You Hear the People Sing, especially the last one..., Eponine's song, and Bring Him Home) (I've got a frissand just thinking about those...) Some Faure, Claire de Lune, Liebestraum (sp?), and the grand chorus from Beethoven's Ninth (mostly because of a party we had with some of the best people who ever walked the earth and we were all singing along at the top of our lungs). Worthy Is the Lamb and Great Amen from the Messiah. Other pieces...from that Oratorio. Shivers. Music is so powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 This may sound weird but if I run across the Temptations' song "Just my Imagination" I am immediately transported back to a visit to my hometown when I was a teen. I can picture the people I am with and what we were doing. I guess it was on the car radio that evening. "Lowrider" doesn't exactly make me nostalgic, though I did grow up in San Jose, CA in the midst of lowrider culture. But it's such a happy song. I can't be in a bad mood when I hear it. My kids love it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft. Into the Night by Benny Mardones. Sailing by Christopher Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Nessun Dorma sung by Pavarotti, almost anything by Joan Sutherland, Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, Adagio for Strings when performed by a string quartet, just about any version of Ave Maria, Claire de Lune and Arabesque by Debussy. Anything by Jim Croce, except maybe "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown." :001_wub: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Meatloaf-Bat out of Hell Album. Spring Break, Summer, teen years. That one just brings me back. Too many 80's new wave song to list strike a chord. But the 70's are also part of the soundtrack of my life Truly any song from my youth will bring on nostalgia. I am a sap. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkmint Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I'm easily turned into an emotional mess by certain songs... probably too many to list but one came on the other day that reminded me of the first time I ever got teary eyed at a song as a child. "What a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 A lot of songs make me nostalgic. Different songs remind me of different time periods and times in my life. The two biggest that will make me cry are Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof, and Puff the Magic Dragon (notice a theme?). Much of Les Mis (Do You Hear the People Sing, especially the last one..., Eponine's song and Bring Him Home) Empty Chairs and Empty Tables will get my tears flowing. Do You Hear the People Sing? makes me want to go join a revolution. :) Music is so powerful. That it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 This may sound weird but if I run across the Temptations' song "Just my Imagination" I am immediately transported back to a visit to my hometown when I was a teen. I can picture the people I am with and what we were doing. I guess it was on the car radio that evening. There are a few songs from the summer before my family moved to Florida that will do that to me. I'm instantly transported to that last summer in NJ, and can see the people and smell the summer air. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 John Denver makes me cry every time. "Thank you for being a friend" reminds me of junior high. The 70's is the soundtrack of my life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 You and Me of the Ten Thousand Wars, Indigo Girls. Anything by the IG makes me smile, but that one makes me teary. Power of Two can do the same, makes me think of my best friend through the 80s/90s. Counting Crows. Their early stuff brings back a lot. Lots of Peter Gabriel songs get me. And ... Anything by Majosha makes me turn happy and bouncy. If you don't know Majosha, it's Ben Folds' old band ... Back in the days he was a local (to me) guy... Playing tiny bars and clubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Hootie Others but Hootie springs to mind. Oh and Melissa Ethridge's most popular stuff. "Let Her Cry" and "I'm The Only One" are the kinds of songs everyone has to be silent for, because I am about to have a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Too much. Pretty much anything I had a good time to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 nm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "I am not that girl" from Wicked; most of Les Mis Open Arms from high school and Angel Eyes - by ??? The Winnie the Pooh song from Kenny Logans probably a dozen more - I cry a lot - but I am actually a happy person - probably because I cry a lot. All of the above are super happy memories The Jeff Healey band. Love that song. And here I was thinking " " by Steelheart. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Bent. Matchbox 20. Some of the lyrics remind me of oldest son. And Little Wonder from Meet the Robinsons, Rob Thomas again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Time in a Bottle Sunrise, Sunset What a Wonderful World Empty Chairs and Empty Tables I Dreamed a Dream Almost anything from Neil Diamond... had fun introducing my kids to him too! They love him. (I thought to introduce my kids to him after that Big Bang Theory show about the scavenger hunt... my favorite episode of all time!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 The Hawiian version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow always always reminds me of when Dr. Greene died on E.R. 😢 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Under the Milky Way by The Church 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 The Hawiian version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow always always reminds me of when Dr. Greene died on E.R. 😢 OMgosh, ME TOO! I can't hear it without thinking of that sweet and sad episode. My emotional ones are different from my nostalgic ones, for the most part. combines both, though. It's especially emotional for me now because dd has realized in the last year or so that this current house is her House that Built Me, and she is very aware that one day she will leave it and be unable to return--we live in a rectory, so when dh leaves the church, we will never live here again. I also love some that I used to listen to as a teen, late at night on the adult pop station--esp and . The latter reminds me of my brother, and I think of his wife when I hear the words. There are many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Supertramp, the logical song 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 "Walking in Memphis" I saw someone die in an airshow and this song started playing right after the crash, as we all realized what had just happened. I get transported to that moment instantly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Bruce Springsteen makes me think of the baby we lost at 22 weeks in-utero. We have a 3D ultrasound picture of her with her face turned toward us, with her hand up like she is waving and the shadows make it look like she is smiling. The second part of the songs lyrics are what get me She'll lead you down a pathThere'll be tenderness in the airShe'll let you come just far enoughSo you know she's really thereShe'll look at you and smileAnd her eyes will sayShe's got a secret gardenWhere everything you wantWhere everything you needWill always stayA million miles away There are certain songs from mix tapes given to me back in the day, that take me back in time. Country music is now allowed in my house when I am here. I will cry every time. I reminds me too much of a different life I used to live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hallelujah by Jeff BuckleyRay LaMontagne's version of To Love Somebody just kills me Bird on a Wire, Joe Cocker a bunch of John Hiatt songs: Stood Up, Lipstick Sunset, Icy Blue Heart, Have a Little Faith in Me If I want to have a really good cry, I listen to the CD of Tous Les Matins du Monde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Gives me chills every time. One of my favorite pieces of music... Lovely song, lovely video... Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" because of the topic. The video & words of Paul McCartney's "Pipes of Peace". Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (the original version; yes, I'm a teen of the '80s, lol) Plenty of others.... I tear up (sometimes from happiness, sometimes from sadness) for dramatic music pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 This came out of my iPod the other day and instantly I remembered three distinct memories. One from a concert, one from a road trip and one when I was on a trail crew and we had a guitar at base camp and after being made to sing freaking Hotel California, I made them sing Closer to Fine: This takes me back to my wedding day: But this takes me to the day, 2 years earlier, when I realized I was in love for keeps: And this song reminds me of this very poignant moment at a party 20 odd years ago. Really the entire album is the soundtrack of all of 1994 for me: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jZjNANezP_E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waa510 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 90's alternative music, any of the dumb boy band songs from that time, and my first dance song from my wedding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 How could I forget Depeche Mode Black Celebration?! That makes me both emotional and nostalgic. That whole album gets me. And DH and I met after the Music for the Masses show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Off the top of my head: Cats in the Cradle Lady in Red Silly Love Song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Taylor Swift songs evoke nostalgia for me for some reason. Edited May 22, 2022 by musicianmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Nsync, Backstreet Boys, and such pretty much bring back high school for me. My daughter is discovering them now and it is amazing. I can't listen to Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift without sobbing. Aw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 "Letter from Home" by Pat Metheny. Brings up a bunch of good memories whirled with a bunch of bad ones. The teenage years were... turbulent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carla Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 I was just watching some National Film Board of Canada vignettes with my children. Some of those took me right back to the TV years of my childhood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Any Billy Joel song - brings back the mid 90s when I was in grad school. Ha --- my college friends and I had some special Billy Joel songs --- in the late 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa in MO Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I Cross my Heart by George Strait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Two songs I cannot get through without tears: The Power of the Cross and The Star Spangled Banner Yes, I'm a sap. Nostalgic songs include pretty much anything I listened to in high school and college: Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Croce, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Like a Virgin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 The Star Spangled Banner- every time, but the time I sung it with a group of veterans officiating at Silver Dollar City-unforgettable The Anchor Holds by Ray Boltz I Will Praise the Lord by Ray Boltz- church dramatization made it come alive Turn up the Music by Point of Grace Amazed by You by Lone Star East to West by Casting Crowns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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