General Chat

'Jerusalem' always reminds me of my mum and the ladies of the Women's Insitute. When I was about 10 they built a huge overspill estate opposite our house. My mum hosted The WI Garden Party not long after and all the ladies were gathered on our front lawn singing 'Jerusalem' to the accompaniment of an accordion, much to the amusement of everyone living opposite who were hanging out of their bedroom windows watching! 'So this is what the yokels get up to' lol Magsx

Tough one.... Westlife - Flying without wings Damien Rice - Cannonball Robbie Williams - Angels Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin Madonna - Rain Spice Girls - Goodbye becx

Lark Ascending .......... Vaughan Williams Everytime we say goodbye..........Ella Fitzgerald Everybody hurts........ R.E.M brings a tear to my eye(or should I say eyes. I have two) Midnight Hour......Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally.......Wilson Pickett Make me want to dance Underneath the arches........My Dad used to sing it to me when I was little. Brings back happy memories of my childhood. Maxine

Sad music? "Elizabethan Serenade", don't know who wrote it. When I was a little girl my mother played it a lot and I always hid under my bed crying!!! Happy song? "Love Shack", what else? Great for parties.

"O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down ... " - Maundy Thursday / Good Friday. Joy

thank you derek for that its 1986 one by the damned, that i remember, our daughter is 18 now, i was 4 when the 1968 one was released so i wouldnt remember that one.

Stairway to Heaven, Led Zep - reminds me of being at Knebworth in 1978 and nearly swooning at the sight of Robert Plant!!!!(i was only 16)

thanks paul.loved inxs.i love the words to that song that is why it's my no1 fav track.also like suicide blond and you are my kind.infact i love all their tracksxxxxxx(:

Never tear us apart :) Saw INXS at Wembley in 91 (?) they were excellent

paul i love that song STUCK IN A MOMENT by U.2.when i was going through a rough time that was one of the songs that made me happy and cheerful.it said on the tele that bono wrote that song for micheal hutchence when he died.that's another song i like but i cannot remember the song title.i would probebly say this is my all time favourite.the lines are to the chorus/I ,I WAS STANDING YOU WERE THERE TWO WORLDS DIVIDED.that's all i know .any ideas what it was called.i am singing it nowxxxx(:

Hi all Apart from all the great songs that you have all already mentioned, old and new, one that always gets me is Blessed, I think it was by TLC. Could have been Eternal now that I think about it. It always makes me think how lucky I am and makes me cry! Anyone know it? Lynne

Kevin - you mentioning the Band played Waltzing Matilda reminded me of the Green Fields of France - also written by Eric Bogle - (sometimes known as How do you do Young Willie McBride) my dad used to sing along to it with Foster and Allen - My daughter taught herself the tune on the guitar in memory of her grandad - I admit I weep when I hear her play guitar - for a performance piece in exams she played Bachs Air on a G String on an electric guitar with reverb - it gave me goosebumps. The assessors gave her a standing ovation and a merit - was so proud of my baby

Just remebered another one- when my parents were together when i was little- every night my dad would sing to me- two little boys it chokes me up when i hear it now- cos im not very close to my dad but really wish i was...and that song means alot to me. leann rhymes how do i live without you..is my sister rubys song- when she was 2 she had meningacocal scepticemia (wrong spelling i know) she was on life support and was very scary...that song had just come out and it reminds us all of ruby. Tracy Chapman- Fast car is a very moving song- love that one and im sorry but i gotta say it...spice girls!!! wannabe...me and my mum used to jump around the room dancing to it!! lol lol xx

Mine are IMAGINE- JOHN LENNON ----im 14 again & mum has died. FLY AWAY- LENNY KRAVITZ...im in labour with my daughter THINK TWICE- CELINE DION... it is early morning & its the day im going to have my caesarean & give birth to my son. Elaine x

derek, it was the 86 version that i knew ,the other was before i was born, karen

Hi Paul, I love stuck in a moment by U2, makes me go all tingly as does Precious Heart by INXS. Careless Whisper by George Michael is another of my favourites and not forgetting anything by Led Zep.

They are indeed the same song, I only really rmember the cover version though

For the two ladies, Karen and Julie, two versions of Eloise have made the british charts. 23 oct 1968 Barry Ryan got to No 2 8 feb 1986 The Damned got to No 3 I trust they were the same song, I only remember the first one, I was probably in love with his mum, Marion Ryan. Derek in France

i alway cry at DANNY BOY!! my fondest memories of my grampy were of me sat on the floor by his feet,while he played it on his accordian susie

Lots of great replies here, lots of great music too, I'm glad I raised this one. A few more from me. Stuck in a moment, u2 Let it Be - heard it on the radio just after a friend died, always makes me cry. Life of Riley, reminds me of happier times.