John Denver makes me cry every time

SavannahDare · September 7th, 2009, 05:35 PM

I'm sitting here listening to my iTunes library and I'll be darned if John Denver doesn't get to me every time! From Annie's Song to Leaving on a Jet Plane, I'm a blubbering mess.

Do you have an artist whose music does the same to you? Just makes your eyes leak no matter what?

Come on, boys, 'fess up! It can't be just me.

ValuJet · September 7th, 2009, 06:03 PM

	Quote:	SavannahDare
	Come on, boys, 'fess up! It can't be just me.

It is!!

I've known guys that got choked up over "Freebird."

ValuJet · September 7th, 2009, 06:08 PM

OK, there is one that tears me up every time.

Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes."

fireater · September 8th, 2009, 12:42 AM

	Quote:	ValuJet
	It is!! I've known guys that got choked up over "Freebird."

An episode on " that 70s show" had the kids dancing the FREEBIRD at their prom. Asked my wife, you ever dance to FREEBIRD...response...Not when I was sober

dayhiker · September 8th, 2009, 08:07 AM

I have a boy and two girls. The girls are 7 and 3. The song "Dance with Cinderella," gets me.

SavannahDare · September 8th, 2009, 10:00 AM

	Quote:	dayhiker
	I have a boy and two girls. The girls are 7 and 3. The song "Dance with Cinderella," gets me.

The song "There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney

YouTube - Kenny Chesney - There Goes My Life

The song "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride

YouTube - Kenny Chesney - There Goes My Life

Both of these absolutely make me weep.

CrimsonNan · September 8th, 2009, 10:51 AM

I just LOVED John Denver and all of his music. I have a bunch of his records. I also love Eydie Gorme. Her rendition of "My Buddy" does it to me.

I've always heard that this song is about World War I and the loss of someone's buddy who was killed in the war.

By: Gus Kahn and W. Donaldson

Life is a book that we study.
Some of it's leaves bring a sigh.
There it was written, my buudy
That we must part, you and I.

Nights are long since you went away.
I think about you all through the day,
My buddy, my buddy,
Nobody quite so true.

Miss your voice, the touch of your hand
Just long to know that you understand,
My buddy, my buddy
Your buddy misses you.

Repeat last stanza.

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/a.../my_buddy.html

Bamaro · September 8th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World comes close.

Relayer · September 8th, 2009, 03:43 PM

Alright, I guess I'll fess up...

I've long been a Sinatra fan and always really liked The Way You Look Tonight.

Then, for the father/daughter dance at her senior band camp that was the song they played.

Lastly, at her wedding about a year ago, this was the song we danced for the father/daughter. Can still make me a little red-eyed.

It's On A Slab · September 8th, 2009, 03:46 PM

	Quote:	Relayer
	Alright, I guess I'll fess up... I've long been a Sinatra fan and always really liked The Way You Look Tonight. Then, for the father/daughter dance at her senior band camp that was the song they played. Lastly, at her wedding about a year ago, this was the song we danced for the father/daughter. Can still make me a little red-eyed.

That was our Father/Daughter dance at my daughter's wedding reception last Saturday. Except, she chose the Michael Buble' version, which is slower and more jazzy. And at well over 4 mins. it was a long time to be in the spotlight on the dance floor.

92tide · September 8th, 2009, 04:56 PM

Tim O'Brien's "the Ribbon In Your Hair" gets me every time. We used it as our first dance at the wedding.

It has an irish folk/appalachian accompaniment to it:

Strollin' on the strand one day
Back in the fall of '49
The sun was sinkin' in the west
When somethin' caught my eye
And through the dim and misty light
I saw the ribbon in your hair
As you turned around I found true love then and there

We never even met that day
Fate kept you and I apart
And though I traveled far and wide
Your vision filled my heart
Through the dark and stormy nights
Deep inside I always knew
I'd find the path that would lead me back to you

Refrain:
Now as I behold your bright eyes smilin' back at me
It's as if by fate's decree that we have this love to share
You only have to take my hand
To take me back in time
To the picture in my mind
The way the twilight shined
Upon the ribbon in your hair

Now our home's a holy place
Bathed in love's abiding light
It warms my heart to hear you tell me
How it feels so right
And may all lovers be like us
And never rest until they find
The lasting love that can bring true piece of mind

Repeat Refrain:

92tide · September 8th, 2009, 05:01 PM

On another note, i grew up listening to John Denver. Annie's song is one of my favorites, but ever since hearing a guitarist at a Mexican Restaurant in Arlington, VA about 10-12 years back sing it, all i hear now when it comes on is (use your imagination for the accent)

"You feel up my senses"

dayhiker · September 8th, 2009, 05:46 PM

	Quote:	92tide
	On another note, i grew up listening to John Denver. Annie's song is one of my favorites, but ever since hearing a guitarist at a Mexican Restaurant in Arlington, VA about 10-12 years back sing it, all i hear now when it comes on is (use your imagination for the accent) "You feel up my senses"

A band at a local place likes to play, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

In the yungle, the mighty yungle,.....

That's now how I hear the song whenever it is played.

They would always take request. I'd request either something by Santana or a traditional Mexican song. Nice to venture off the beaten path.

They did a mean Sweet Home Alabama too.