Songs that make men cry

[DJCool]

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/tears-in-denim-top-10-songs-that-make-men-cry-20101001-160lk.html

From a survey by songwriters and musicians group the Performing Right Society for Music,

Top 10 songs that make men cry:

1. Everybody Hurts (REM)
2. Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
3. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
4. Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O'Connor)
5. With or Without You (U2)
6. The Drugs Don't Work (The Verve)
7. Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
8. Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
9. Unchained Melody (Todd Duncan)
10. Angels (Robbie Williams)

Whats your tear jearker?

[mixfm]

• Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
• Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
• The Sun Ain't [sic] Gonna Shine Anymore - Walker Brothers
• Oh My Darling - Lucky Blondo

[milky]

Any music moves me, sometimes to tears. Poetry can do the same. Remember the poem "Stop The Clocks" by W. H Auden that was recited in the movie "Four Weddings And A Funeral". THAT will get me every time.

[Darryl]

I second Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun.  Roxy Music - On My Radio used to get me when I was little (not any more for some reason).  Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys puts a lump in the throat - but I think Terry Jacks wins it.

And I've just remebered Brotherhood of Man - Save your Kisses (just the last line).

Have fun,
Darryl.

[Lane]

I'll third on seasons in the sun. And second on the Auden poem and Rolf Harris' Two Little Boys.

I can't think of any other songs at the moment. There are a lot of songs that might get to me if I hear them at the right moment. Context is often everything.

It's not a song, but something I can't read aloud is The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry. Tried to do it for Christmas last year to play on the air. Couldn't get through it. Had to google up someone else reading it.

[Bryan Durio]

One that gets me every time, and always has, is "Crazy Love" by Poco.

Another is "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis.

Another is "Photographs and Memories" by Jim Croce.

[Lane]

I just remembered a couple.  Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel, and Old Friend by Chris De Burgh. They don't get to me every time, but when I'm in the right mindset they do.

[milky]

A couple of old country songs:-
Teddy Bear - Red Sovine
Old Tige - Jim Reeves
Ringo - Lorne Greene

[clover-leaf-productions]

I know a song that will make Lane cry....

[Lane]

don't you dare go there brian!

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[tam808]

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

[Rory_sligo]

Chris Rea - Tell Me there's a heaven, played it on the radio last week had a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye .

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[krzyd]

My Little Girl - Tim McGraw

[DJ M]

Ellie Goulding - Your Song