I am not a particularly emotional guy. In fact my wife sometimes calls me heartless. Neither am I particularly religious despite my upbringing.
However, when I hear a really good rendition of "Ave Maria" I wind up with leaky eyes. I don't know why but that song and melody really gets to me.
What (if any) music affects you that way?
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July 26, 2025, 04:41 PM
ador
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) and Dance with my father (Luther Vandross). Hits me deep inside all the time.
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July 26, 2025, 04:58 PM
newtoSig765
"La Marseillaise," but only the version from "Casablanca." Chokes me up, every time.
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July 26, 2025, 04:58 PM
konata88
Mia by Jea Wonderful Tonight by Clapton
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July 26, 2025, 05:04 PM
jgerge222
" On Eagle's Wings " A favorite .
July 26, 2025, 05:06 PM
ffips
Remember when by Allen Jackson usually gets me.
Monsters by James Blunt definitely hits the feels.
July 26, 2025, 05:07 PM
12131
Battle Hymn of The Republic
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July 26, 2025, 05:07 PM
nhtagmember
Amazing Grace does it to me. Every time. I was fortunate to have been in a band where we ever asked to back up two pipers playing this.
I’ll See You in my Dreams is another. I particularly like the version played by Joe Brown.
And the other that gets me for very personal reasons is The Scientist - the live version from São Paulo - it was the last piece of music that Tracy and I listened to before she passed away. She liked that version and it brings her back to me for a moment.
July 26, 2025, 05:15 PM
vthoky
Amazing Grace has always kicked my tail. I can’t even type the previous sentence without a bit of blurred vision.
Having grown up in Boy Scouts and school bands, the Star Spangled Banner is one that I’ve heard or played [i]a lot[i]. Should be no sweat, right? It was, until after Sept 11, 2001… since then, I get a little stirred up hearing it.
There probably are plenty more, but those two come to mind first.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow, What a Wonderful World, Unforgettable (Nat King Cole), …
(Geeze, y’all, I’m going to go crank up some ZZ Top now! )
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July 26, 2025, 05:17 PM
Johnny 3eagles
Edith Piaf - Non, Je ne regrette rien ondrejtis
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July 26, 2025, 05:28 PM
xantom
"We've done four already, but now we're steady..."
July 26, 2025, 05:30 PM
Todd Huffman
Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics Jupiter's Fairie - Sturgill Simpson
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July 26, 2025, 05:36 PM
MikeinNC
Somewhere over the Rainbow by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole
How sweet the sound! Amazing Grace...EVERY.DAMN.TIME! I'm not sure if this is the reason, but I've heard it at too many funerals (often with pipes), and I just can't help it.
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July 26, 2025, 06:28 PM
hurstolds1
I Can Only Imagine
July 26, 2025, 06:29 PM
oddball
This song has long pulled at my heartstrings, at the very least a melancholy listen.
And then there are songs that remind one of emotional times in life. This one from college, still chokes me up. And it's a song I wish I wrote.
And this song I listened to when my father died. I still tear up when I hear it today.
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