Corny songs that actually move you

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Fer instance...I don't know what it is about "Into The Great Wide Open," but something about it gives me goosebumps...

Ditto for every time John repeats a line in "Jealous Guy," ie "I was shivering inside / I was shivering inside"

Not so corny moments that give me chills: When Iggy says "somebody gotta save my soul," when Joey says "Well NYC really has it all oh yeah oh yeah" and every single second of "Peg," the greatest pop song of all time. Bring it.

― roger adultery, Monday, 1 December 2003 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

all of em

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 1 December 2003 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"cameltoe"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sk8er Boi". Oh, I'm just sooooo hilarious. Y'all can euthanize me if you want.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

you didn't say carrottop = you don't get euthanized.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Oasis "She's Electric"
Crash Test Dummies "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"

― dave q, Monday, 1 December 2003 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Dolly - "I will always love you"

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"hard candy cock"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I totally second "I Will Always Love You"

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I second "She's Electric," and the lion's share of that particular album, actually. I just hate the fucking lyrics. It seems that Oasis write lyrics as if they expect a buncha loony fans to dissect them and read things into them, as if claiming that "She's got one in the oven / but it's nothing to do with me" will spur an NME "who's it about" frenzy. Too much Paul is Dead trippin', these lads. "Don't put your life in the hands / of a rock and roll band..." uhh, I don't think they need to worry so much. I mean, fucking really, lads.

More from me: "Melissa" and "Ramblin' Man," big time. But then, I'm a pretty big Allmans guy.

Jaheim's "Fabulous"

― roger adultery, Monday, 1 December 2003 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

There was this song by Collective Soul that had a video with this guy about to jump off a building but sees these little ants and decides not to kill himself. Corny as corny can be but for some stupid reason it made me shed a tear. I don't remember the name of the song (though it was a pretty big radio/MTV hit).

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the world I know?

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, that's it! Thanks.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 1 December 2003 08:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I like that crash test dummies song but i never thought of that one as being corny.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 1 December 2003 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wuthering Heights" by KB

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Monday, 1 December 2003 09:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Is 'Under the Bridge' cheesy? That moves me.

― Debito (Debito), Monday, 1 December 2003 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

here goes...

"Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls

I make myself sick.

― Will (will), Monday, 1 December 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Tons.

"the last unicorn" by America. Probably a childhood thing as I loved that movie when I was small.

"I'm with you" by Avril Lavigne

"Bring me to life" by Evanescence

"The Silence" by Staind

"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, whom I normally despise

Teen angst just never goes out of style in my little imaginary cinematic world. Tho I don't think any of those songs actually made me cry.

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Monday, 1 December 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

hi, i like U2

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 1 December 2003 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)

tho most of the time the movement in their tracks comes more down to the work of The Edge rather than Bono's lyrics and vocals.

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 1 December 2003 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and a good half of Built to Spill's "Nothing Wrong With Love" album - but that may just be college nostalgia. Still, "Reasons," "Car," and even "Big Dipper" make me very very emotional for some reason.

It must be college for sure, tho, now that I think about it, because large parts of the Working Holiday compilation and two or more Versus albums have a similar effect.

― roger adultery, Monday, 1 December 2003 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Extreme's "More Than Words" gets me every damned time.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

good to see some goo goo dolls in there. They are ridiculously cheesy but somehow they can be emotional.

― robby, Monday, 1 December 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The Bangles: Eternal Flame is just so fucking great, I can't believe it.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 1 December 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Also: Ricky Martin & Mya: Private Emotion. *ducks*

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 1 December 2003 12:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Stand By Your Man...esp. the lead into the chorus.

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 1 December 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

'dont cry for me argentina'.

since when was 'she's electric' corny ?!!!

― piscesboy, Monday, 1 December 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't know if it qualifies as corny, but Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" moves me to tears every time. Every time.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Oasis ARE corny!

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 1 December 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

"Shannon"-Henry Gross

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 1 December 2003 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i always found "pale blue eyes" (vu) corny. but i love it.

― Sean M (Sean M), Monday, 1 December 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm Not in Love" by 10cc

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I love "Shannon"!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"You're Still the One"

― Josh Timmermann (Josh Timmermann), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

daniel bedingfield - "if you're not the one"

his whole album, really.

― typo acapulco (gcannon), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"fooled around and fell in love." goodly portions of the elton john songbook.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Wyclef Jean _Perfect Gentleman_

― alext (alext), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

About fifty percent of REM's output.

― Stupid (Stupid), Monday, 1 December 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

alexT - that's so funny... I get the same vibe from that song, although the lyrical content is so preposterous. Something about those chords.

"Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper kicks me in the ass every time.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Monday, 1 December 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

elton john: 'have mercy on the criminal'. i'm a sucker for the drama of this one.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 1 December 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Sinead O'Connor's rendition of Elton John's "Sacrifice" is pretty moving, actually.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

1. "Innocent" Our Lady Peace
2. "It's Too Late" The Streets
3. "Last Goodbye" Jeff Buckley
4. "Waiting in Canada" Jann Arden
5. "Is She Really Going Out With Him" Joe Jackson
6. When Sanchez sings Tracy Chapman
7. "Kiss of Life" Sade
8. "Must I Paint You a Picture" Billy Bragg
9. "Nightswimming" R.E.M.
10. "Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden
11. "Wouldn't It Be Good" Nik Kershaw

--I could go on, but I'll stop now.

― cybele (cybele), Monday, 1 December 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll second Shania Twain - "Still the one"

I'll add:

George Michael - "One more try"
Bonnie Tyler - "Total eclipse of the heart"
Spice Girls - "Viva forever"
Backstreet Boys - "As long as you love me"
Whitney Houston - "Greatest love of all"
Madonna - "Crazy for you"
Olivia Newton-John - "Hopelessly devoted to you"
Corey Heart - "Never surrender"

― Seb, Monday, 1 December 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and lots of Abba too, esp. Winner takes it all and Knowing me knowing you.

― Seb, Monday, 1 December 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

November Rain (GNR) - This used to be my playground (MADONNA)

― kinski (kinski), Monday, 1 December 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

r. kelly - the world's greatest!

― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 1 December 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"This used to be my playground" seconded!

― Seb, Monday, 1 December 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

why is there an "actually" in the thread title? songs have to have some corn in them in order to move you, if they're totally uncorny then what's there to be moved by?

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 1 December 2003 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Clarence Carter - Patches

― mason r butler, Monday, 1 December 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Somebody should cover Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again". If Johny Cash had done it on his last album, I would've probably checked out before he did.

― dave q, Monday, 1 December 2003 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Want to Know What Love Is"

But is it corny or is it cheesy? Hmm.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, i also love "Time After Time"

Vanessa Carlton- "A Thousand Miles" makes me all emotional.

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley

"Eternal Flame" by the Bangles always reminds me of my first real girlfriend from early high school

― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the Greg Brady (Barry Williams) sung "Cheyenne" is a very moving song.

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Bittersweet Symphony" Oasis

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Does the Carpenters "Superstar" qualify as corny?

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

OH! Massive seconds (or is it third or fourths?) on The Bangles' "Eternal Flame". I read very few good things about it, but it stops me cold when i hear it.

Also
Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love"
Billy Joel's "All for Leyna"
Joan Jett's covers of "Love Hurts" and "Celluloid Heroes"
"Magnet & Steel", Walter Egan
"Long, Long Time", Linda Rondstadt

― Unum, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 07:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Want to Know What Love Is"

But is it corny or is it cheesy? Hmm.

it is high art

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"Take my breath away" by Berlin. Also anthing by Stephin Merritt, especially the Future Bible Heroes songs.

― daavid, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah Band "Clouds across the moon"

― Bruno- (Bruno-), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"Love Is Blue"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

all the songs mentioned on this thread are pure genius. except the whitney version of "i will always love you", the dolly parton original is obviously superior.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

all the songs mentioned on this thread are pure genius...
-- The Lady Ms Lurex

bumper corn!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 01:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Meat Loaf, enough said.

― mrat, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

superman (it's not easy)- five for fighting
i'd die without you- PM Dawn

Yeeeaahhh

― zebjones, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

superman (it's not easy)- five for fighting

That song annoys me. I think it's the guy's voice that annoys me.

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

69 love songs (well, some of them) to thread!

― Elliot (Elliot), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:37 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and "with or without you"

― Elliot (Elliot), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"space oddity" and "major tom"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"camouflage" by stan ridgway. seriously.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah reading thru this thread "corny" has no meaning. To be corny is to risk embarassment, a prereq. for a moving song.

OK so for me its Barenaked Ladies - "Call and Answer"

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

is "it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" corny?

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

trenchtown rock sublime

― BB, Friday, 11 June 2004 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Psycho Chicken

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 11 June 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

i was made for lovin' you

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 11 June 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Second "Call and Answer." Third (or whatever) "You're Still the One."

Barry White to thread, please! "Never Gonna Give You Up" at least.

"She Loves You," "Here, There and Everywhere." Even "Imagine."

"A Long December."

Field Mice to thread... "If You Need Someone" - yep.

Foo Fighters - "Walking After You."

"Wish You Were Here"

"Don't Speak," "One," "Sweetest Thing." Though I've come close to hearing them too many times.

"More Than This"

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"

― smirky, Friday, 11 June 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

'More Than This' is NOT corny!!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 11 June 2004 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

neither is "she loves you"!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 11 June 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I vote for the Mac's 'Don't Stop'

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 11 June 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"underneath it all" - lord shoot me now.

"somethin' stupid"
"always something there to remind me" - esp. labelle's version
"perhaps perhaps perhaps"
"gloomy sunday"
"your lies" - boy shelby sure can belt it out.
"don't fence me in"
"dammit" - the worst of the worst, but it's a teeny bop sucker punch to the gut that never fails

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Friday, 11 June 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now, Britney - 'Shadow'
Chris Rea - 'Driving Home for Christmas'
Mariah Carey - 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'
Oasis - 'Whatever'
Robbie Williams - 'Somethin' Beautiful'
Milli Vanilli - 'Girl You Know It's True'
Mandy Moore - 'I Wanna Be With You' (not so corny and in fact, fuckin' classic)
'True'
'2 Become 1'
'The Power Of Love'
'Kiss Me'
'A Thousand Miles'
'Turn Back The Hands Of Time' (thanks for that, Pied Piper)

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

George Michael -- Last Christmas
Beatles -- Let it Be
Clapton -- Wonderful Tonight
Cinderella -- Coming Home
Faster Pussycat -- House of Pain
Journey -- Separate Ways

Songs that get me but may not be corny:

Social D. -- Ball n' chain
The Cure -- Pix of you
Jeff Buckley -- all of it
Prince -- Purple Rain

― cw28 (cw28), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah,

Two hearts beat as one and gloria by U2.

― cw28 (cw28), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

eternal flame is soo right on. also, tiffany and some other stuff i remember from when i was really young. it seems like most stuff i remember from that era takes on this grand, dramatic quality when i see it these days. weird.

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Benny Benassi - Love Is Gonna Save Us

I'm really hoping someone does a cover of this with just vox and acoustic guitar, it's too good to remain just another soundalike Benassi track.

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

let loose - crazy

i find this so very affecting it always makes me cry. i resent it for doing this to me but i also like it for this reason. damn you pop music!

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

"Do You Realize," Flaming Lips.

― shookout (shookout), Friday, 11 June 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

From the introductory chords on, John Lennon's "Woman" always gets me, altho that's due almost entirely to the timing of its original release.

Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" is a real weepie.

And two of the uncoolest #1 hits of all time: "You Light Up My Life" and "Seasons In The Sun"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones. Oh, man.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

tracy chapman - "fast car"
reo speedwagon - "keep on loving you"
fleetwood mac - "you make loving fun"

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"At Seventeen" seconded
little Michael's voice on "Ben"
George Michael - "You Have Been Loved"
Madonna - "This Used To Be My Playground"
The Eagles - "Wasted Time" (cringe)

― penelope_111, Friday, 11 June 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

eternal flame and fast car, oh god yes. also:
don't stop believin' - journey
car - built to spill
love is a four-letter word - joan baez
patches - dickie lee
another auld lang syne (aka met my old lover in a grocery store) - dan fogelberg
making love out of nothing at all - air supply
she's always a woman to me - billy joel
tell laura i love her - ray peterson

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

'Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong' is playing RIGHT NOW

'Eternal Flame' is a total mover, never thought of it as corny, but it is.

Did Let Loose do 'The Best In Me'? Because that one really MOVES me.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Merrilee Rush - "Angel of the Morning"
The Poppy Family - "Which Way You Goin', Billy"
Carpenters - "Superstar"

But I suppose this means they're not corny.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 11 June 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

the whole pretty in pink soundtrack! esp. the omd track.

(and avril's "complicated" which isn't corny, but you know, it's avril.)

― OCP (OCP), Saturday, 12 June 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" is tragic. It's only corny if you think ALL country is corn by definition. Now "Patches," that's more like it.

― lovebug starski, Saturday, 12 June 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

ANGEL OF THE MORNING IS NOT CORNY.

― TheNewJMod (JMod), Saturday, 12 June 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"Let love speak up itself" by The Beautiful South. It's just an awesome, awesome vocal. Love the guy's voice, hate his shit band.

"Goodbye" by the Spice Girls. As I've said many times, the b/vox on the chorus are utterly superb.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Saturday, 12 June 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

not inclusive but definitely corny:

"Waiting for a girl like you" Foreigner
"Woman" John Lennon
"That's why they call it the blues" Elton John
"Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues
"Against All Odds" Phil Collins
"Message To My Girl" Spilt Enz

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 12 June 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

Snowbird - Lynn Anderson
Close Your Eyes - Peaches & Herb
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell
Angie - the Rolling Stones
For A Day Like Today - Lee Hazlewood
God Only Knows - the Beach Boys
Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce
Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow
I Am A Woman - Twinkle
Free to Be You & Me

and yeah, totally Angel in the Morning, Which Way Are You Going Billy, 1000 Miles, and This Woman's Work.

― babyalive (babyalive), Monday, 3 January 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

i remember you - skid row
true colors - cyndi lauper

― Molly, Monday, 3 January 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

do you realize, come sail away, & wind beneath my wings

― Holly (an appletross), Monday, 3 January 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

Andrea Bocelli - "Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 3 January 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

"Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James

― youn, Monday, 3 January 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

Clarence Carter - Patches

-- mason r butler (masonbutle...), December 1st, 2003 5:27 PM.

i'm so glad this was picked because me too.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Monday, 3 January 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

"from the bottom of my broken heart" by britney

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 3 January 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "The Power Of Love'

― Bimble..., Monday, 3 January 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, I'm glad someone said Against All Odds. I was at a funeral last week where that was played, and I bawled like a big kid all the way through it.

My own nomination? "The Living Years" - Mike & The Mechanics. Corny, designed to tug at your heartstrings, and actually does so, against all my better judgement.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 3 January 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

mr mister - broken wings. actually most "corny" songs move me cos i am lame and sentimental.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Milkcow Blues Boogie

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

could it be magic - barry manilow

― deanster, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

Against All Odds is a good one. My pick which always brings a tear to the eye is He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies version. Funny thing is I don't even have a brother. I MUST be corny to feel this way.

― Piers, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

"Everybody Hurts" REM
"I'm In Love With A Girl" Big Star
"Whenever You're Ready" The Zombies

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

OK, here's my for real answer:
Nature Boy - any version from Nat King Cole on.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

Daphne & Celeste - Hey Boy

(I'm not even sure if it's meant to be sad! The lyrics aren't really, it's just the way its sung, awwwww)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:48 (twenty years ago)

Another old chestnut:
Les feuilles mortes

and to take it further:
Garota de Ipanema

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:55 (twenty years ago)

Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart" OWNS this thread. That and anyone, no matter who you are, can sing it.

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

tina arena - sorrento moon

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

A few as yet unmentioned:
Eagles, Best of My Love
Malvina Reynolds, Where Are You Going
Patsy Cline, Sweet Dreams

also, in addition to the Lauper/Hooters Time After Time, there is a totally different Whiffenpoofs Time After Time that totally chokes me up:
Now that our love can never be
More than a wistful memory
I try not to fall in love with you
Though time after time I do

― Vornado (Vornado), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

'lost without you' by Blink-182

― cis (cis), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

"The Living Years" - Mike & The Mechanics is a great pick. I despise that band but there's a genuineness of emotion in there which hits me every time. Probably because of the chorale backing.

And "Time After Time" is my Cyndi Lauper pick too. It hits that right note of knowing there has to be a change but wishing it wasn't so ... similar to Ween's "Birthday Boy."

Todd Rundgren's "I Saw The Light" is perhaps my favorite ebullient song about love.

Eric Carmen's "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" is a true heartbreaker.

Plus Dusty Springfield's version of "24 Hours To Tulsa" ... she lingers on the backstory while trying to muster up the courage to say goodbye, and you can hear the struggle in her voice.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

Phil Collins-Against All Odds

fucking amazing record.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

I mean seriously, it's not even corny, the lyrics have that directness, I think only a robot could not be moved by "Against All Odds".

I also find "Losing My Mind" by the Pet Shop Boys kind of moves me, just the absolute unabashed theatre of it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

When I was much younger, 'Cats in the Cradle'.

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

I just heard the Tony B / Gaga version of "Nature Boy," which my dad used to sing spontaneously (and make himself cry) when i was a kid.

Who is this Nature Boy? A sprite, a deity?

― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 October 2014 02:29 (eleven years ago)

Eden Ahbez, Jack Parsons, and other LA kooks...

― Thus We Frustrate Kid Charlemagne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 October 2014 02:58 (eleven years ago)

http://www.sportaphile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ricflair.jpg

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 19 October 2014 03:23 (eleven years ago)

most moving pop songs are at least a little corny

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Sunday, 19 October 2014 03:37 (eleven years ago)

"Sing" - the Carpenters

― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 19 October 2014 04:25 (eleven years ago)

Kiss From a Rose rules this thread.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:09 (eleven years ago)

bruce hornsby "the way it is"

― dyl, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:04 (eleven years ago)

"say you love me" wins the thread

― katherine, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)

out of cyndi's songs i think "true colors" would be my choice for corny-yet-moving quality

― dyl, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:43 (eleven years ago)

"The Angels Rejoiced in Heaven Last Night" by the Louvin Brothers.

― banjoboy, Sunday, 19 October 2014 18:23 (eleven years ago)

Pat Benatar - "We Belong"

― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:37 (eleven years ago)

'dont cry for me argentina'.

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:38 (eleven years ago)

pisceboy said so on the thread too

And as for fortune and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world
They were all I deserved
They are illusions
They're not the solutions
They promise to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:40 (eleven years ago)

although it's Sinead O'Connor's version that i love, really.

― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:42 (eleven years ago)

"I wont Say I'm in Love" as sung by Susan Egen in the Disney movie Hercules

― tsrobodo, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:08 (eleven years ago)

'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town' - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

― Bloody Snail, Monday, 20 October 2014 08:31 (eleven years ago)

Corny as in sentimental, or corny as in full of melodic and lyrical cliches? I am a sucker for the former and cry pretty much on cue. Same with movies.

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 20 October 2014 13:45 (eleven years ago)

i could easily see why someone might think dylan's "brownsville girl" is corny as fuck but i'm moved to tears most times i hear that song, it's so captivating, everything about it. the lyrics, the stories he tells in it, the background singers, the huge drums, the sax solo, i just think it's a complete masterpiece. i know i'm not alone in that though, it has tons of devotees.

― marcos, Monday, 20 October 2014 14:31 (eleven years ago)

"Game of Love" - Santana and Michelle Branch. Love her voice on this.

― calstars, Monday, 20 October 2014 15:15 (eleven years ago)

The answer is "landslide". I am a lost little bawling baby when I hear that song.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 20 October 2014 15:19 (eleven years ago)

Good one, calstars. There's a bunch of late '90s/early '00s minor key pop songs that I only ever heard in passing and over PA systems, like, at work and in student unions that always made me feel a little melancholy (e.g. "Barely Breathing"). They lost a little of their magic once I heard them over something other than tinny speakers playing in the distance.

Also, "Adia" kinda fucks me up. And "Anything For You" by Miami Sound Machine.

― What Lies Behind The Beehive? (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 October 2014 15:28 (eleven years ago)

i don't think there is anything corny about landslide!!

― marcos, Monday, 20 October 2014 15:28 (eleven years ago)

Bruce Hornsby's 'Mandolin Rain' is very bittersweet too.

Ashamed to say, 'A Long December' by C*unting Cr*ws

― MaresNest, Monday, 20 October 2014 16:36 (eleven years ago)

I will second "The Way It Is" -- that song really makes me feel better about life

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 20 October 2014 16:40 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

I heard Walter Egan's "Magnet and Steel" on the radio yesterday and it sounded unbearably poignant in spite of being completely corny and Walt's resemblance to Willie Aames

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 16:10 (eight years ago)

Kiss From a Rose rules this thread.

Whoa yeah it does

― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 16:13 (eight years ago)

I also learned that Walter Egan wrote "Hearts on Fire" which I also love for its lyrical and melodic corniness.
The "sleep escapes me still" part always gets me

I must be in a sentimental mood

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 16:15 (eight years ago)

"Baker Street" has to qualify just because saxophone

― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:01 (eight years ago)

Bette Middler "The Rose"

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:06 (eight years ago)

I Love You, Climax Blues Band

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:07 (eight years ago)

I listened to some additional Walter Egan songs and they are TERRIBLE. "Tunnel O'Love" has to be one of the worst songs I've heard in a long time. Not even Stevie can save it.

OMG I cry like a monster when I hear "The Rose"

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:07 (eight years ago)

which is a suuuuuper-cornball song but the basic chords and melody structure + fairly minimal arrangement + soaring gospel choir + self-pitying/self-help tenor of the lyrics totally do it for me. I have clear memories of hearing this song really young, which I'm sure also contributes to it.

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:08 (eight years ago)

Cathy Dennis - 'Too Many Walls', Anita Baker - 'Giving You the Best That I've Got'

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:08 (eight years ago)

"the rainbow connection"

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:23 (eight years ago)

ha yeah

that is an incredible song though, the lyrics are actually quite strange

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:24 (eight years ago)

ok this is embarrassing but just recently "Call and Answer" by the Barenaked Ladies got me

― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:25 (eight years ago)

'Rainbow Connection' AND 'Bein' Green'

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:27 (eight years ago)

i sure do love me some joe raposo, despite the whole "three's company theme song" thing.

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:41 (eight years ago)

latin ballads like marco antonio solis "Si No Te Hubieras Ido"

― marcos, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:45 (eight years ago)

WKRP theme song

― nomar, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:06 (eight years ago)

Imagine

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:23 (eight years ago)

'The Greatest Love of All' has been doing this to me lately.

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:25 (eight years ago)

air supply

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:26 (eight years ago)

Total Eclipse of the Heart

I'm also a sap for the Israel Kamakawiwo'ole version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

― jmm, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:35 (eight years ago)

air supply is a good call

sometimes stare into space and get lost in thought contemplating making love out of nothing at all

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:38 (eight years ago)

lol you mean "lost in love"

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:40 (eight years ago)

feed the birds

― wins, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:42 (eight years ago)

'An Innocent Man'. My brother and I belted out an intense and half-drunken pseudo karaoke duet of same at Christmas, which I just now remembered that my mom filmed for posterity.

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:47 (eight years ago)

Madonna - 'Dear Jessie'

― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:06 (eight years ago)

sarah maclachlan - "angel", obv

― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:45 (eight years ago)

"Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera

― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:06 (eight years ago)

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
You'll Never Walk Alone
Through the Barricades
I Am, I Said
Actually, mostly all of Neil Diamond. Coming to America!

― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:12 (eight years ago)

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Gary Byrd & The GB Experience - The Crown (although only the rap is corny)
Michael McDonald & Patti LaBelle - On My Own
The Scorpions - Wind Of Change

― nashwan, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:35 (eight years ago)

Nilsson - Without You

― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:40 (eight years ago)

~~mr big - to be with you~~

j/k, sorry

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:44 (eight years ago)

What's corny about 'Dear Jessie'?

― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 23:14 (eight years ago)

Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold. All the way.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 23:58 (eight years ago)

Journey's "Be Good to Yourself" has become my de facto empowerment anthem.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:05 (eight years ago)

I can get downright ready at "I Hope You Dance."

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:11 (eight years ago)

Teary that should have said. Autocorrect.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:12 (eight years ago)

Kenny Loggins "Meet Me Halfway"

anybody who laughs, meet u in the alley

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:13 (eight years ago)

That's a good one.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:14 (eight years ago)

What's corny about 'Dear Jessie'?

― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 6:14 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh come on!

Another: "Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow

I was gonna start a thread on the most melodramatic pop songs. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" being the obvious champ. My #2 would be "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" , Air Supply

― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:30 (eight years ago)

So far you're just starting a Jim Steinman thread.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:35 (eight years ago)

I'll drop the big embarrassing steamer: "Look Away" by Chicago.

― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:45 (eight years ago)

Is "Brandy" corny or just cheesy?

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:46 (eight years ago)

Ok lol
That Chicago song is impossibly corny
Thread revive totally worth it

Brandy is cheesy.

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 00:49 (eight years ago)

Orleans, "Dance With Me"

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 01:03 (eight years ago)

Absolutely "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera 1000%

― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 01:06 (eight years ago)

Haha that Chicago song. That album it came from was my first vinyl record

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 01:06 (eight years ago)

rainbow connection isn't corny, just good songwriting

― it me, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 01:53 (eight years ago)

yaz - only you
meatloaf - objects in rearview
ooh child - five stairsteps

anything by bill withers

― remy bean, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 02:00 (eight years ago)

Withers not corny, just good songwriting. Especially "Use Me"

― it me, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 02:09 (eight years ago)

ok this is embarrassing but just recently "Call and Answer" by the Barenaked Ladies got me

the BNL song that always gets me is "When I Fall", which as a ballad about a window washer may be more embarrassing

― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 03:12 (eight years ago)

I Got You Babe

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 03:26 (eight years ago)

Florence and the Machine - Stand By Me cover

― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 03:27 (eight years ago)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 03:34 (eight years ago)

The Juliana Hatfield Three - "For the Birds", about trying not to succumb to despair upon finding a dying baby bird.

― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:10 (eight years ago)

"The Rose" makes me ugly-cry in the best way, it's so good

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:10 (eight years ago)

Somebody else mentioned "Wind Beneath My Wings," and I'd throw in "Friends" and the slow version of "Do You Wanna Dance" too. Bette Midler's got a way with this type of song.

― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:50 (eight years ago)

Player - "Baby Come Back". It so perfectly captures the crushing feeling of regret you get from dumping someone and only later realizing how awesome your relationship really was.

― Lee626, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 05:02 (eight years ago)

Two Less Lonely People - Air Supply

Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner...I like it when Lou Gramm sings to me

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 05:35 (eight years ago)

Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

I lose

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 05:43 (eight years ago)

I was gonna start a thread on the most melodramatic pop songs. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" being the obvious champ

"The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis also a contender. That genre of early-'60s weepy, sentimental, melodramtic girl singers likening a breakup with nuclear holocaust needs a name.

― Lee626, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 05:56 (eight years ago)

I like it when Lou Gramm sings to me

Son, life is simple.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:03 (eight years ago)

YES

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:05 (eight years ago)

omg Glory of Love otm

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:05 (eight years ago)

xxpost Just between you and meeeeeeeeeee
you and meeeeee

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:30 (eight years ago)

Yes to Peter Cetera. I danced to that with Claire Couch in the school hall.

― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 08:19 (eight years ago)

REO Speedwagon – Can't Fight This Feeling
Irene Cara – Flashdance

― heaven parker (anagram), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 08:35 (eight years ago)

Hall & Oates – Maneater

― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 11:43 (eight years ago)

xp AND REO Speedwagon "One Lonely Night"

― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:03 (eight years ago)

Bad English - 'Time Stood Still'

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:05 (eight years ago)

Spiderbait — "Glockenpop"

― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:25 (eight years ago)

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

― MaresNest, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 14:03 (eight years ago)

Willeke Alberti - 'Samen zijn'

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:36 (eight years ago)

xp the trance version of Ordinary World by Aurora is even cornier and provokes more of a response in me.

― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:37 (eight years ago)

Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

I lose

― Neanderthal, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:43 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:41 (eight years ago)

Hall & Oates – Maneater

idgi

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:44 (eight years ago)

Bad English: When I see You Smile <3 <3 <3

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:56 (eight years ago)

lot of stuff mentioned in this thread makes me think i am super corny, which, prob

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:00 (eight years ago)

"the living years" is a great upthread pick, occasionally that one hits me in the right spot

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:01 (eight years ago)

Hall & Oates – Maneater
idgi
― mookieproof, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:44 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark

Like, it has stupid lyrics and is pretty corny but something about the melody makes me feel awfully melancholy.

― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:07 (eight years ago)

Kate Winslet - What If
Take That - Babe

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:08 (eight years ago)

Is "Brandy" corny or just cheesy?

― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 6:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't know and i don't know if it "moves me" per se but i do love it unironically and unabashedly. it's also a #1 karaoke jam.

― na (NA), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:14 (eight years ago)

this is essentially "songs we're afraid to admit we listen to while drinking cognac in the bathtub and sobbing" right?

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:17 (eight years ago)

Willeke Alberti - 'Samen zijn'

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:36 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OMG.

(this song used to freak me out when I was kid. I was too young to fully grasp the meaning but its intrinsic loneliness really got to me. Wasn't it on a prominent Dutch children's tv show in the 80s?)

― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:55 (eight years ago)

this is essentially "songs we're afraid to admit we listen to while drinking cognac in the bathtub and sobbing" right?
everyone wallows in their own special way but i guess?

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 18:58 (eight years ago)

all of em
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 1 December 2003 07:54 (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Pretty much.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:30 (eight years ago)

Pretty much all of the G+R ballads.

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:05 (eight years ago)

And 'Beth'.

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:06 (eight years ago)

And 'Mama, I'm Coming Home'. I didn't realize I had such a soft spot for hard rock ballads.

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:07 (eight years ago)

John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air

― gass mccoombes (qiqing), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:51 (eight years ago)

"the living years" is a great upthread pick, occasionally that one hits me in the right spot

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson)

that used to, but now stuff like that sets me off. i'll spare y'all the rant, though.

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:54 (eight years ago)

afaik this thread is for when it (the emotional manipulation of a corny song) is still working, or works unexpectedly or without your consent. i didn't want to feel emotional and i wasn't trying to access my emotions when i heard "magnet and steel" (i was getting ready for work/getting dressed), i just did and then became obsessed with it being stuck in my head. so corny!

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:58 (eight years ago)

i actually talked about it with as many people as would listen and revived this thread as a last resort

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:59 (eight years ago)

John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air

Is this corny? It's fkn genius, that much I know.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:05 (eight years ago)

"Dance With My Father" doesn't count as corny, right?

― example (crüt), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:14 (eight years ago)

Oh I think it's fab, but it does have a hint of corniness to it

xpost

― gass mccoombes (qiqing), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:29 (eight years ago)

One of my favourite things about 'Love Is in the Air' is that it was co-written and produced by George Young, elder brother of Angus and Malcolm. The air must've been pretty thick with snark at the family's Christmas barbecue that year.

― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:40 (eight years ago)

Vanda and Young wrote songs in just about every genre imaginable afaict.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:42 (eight years ago)

... and had hits with them too.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:43 (eight years ago)

Indeed. 'Walking in the Rain' and 'Waiting for a Train' are both dear to my heart.

― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:45 (eight years ago)

Moby - Memory Gospel (Southland Tales soundtrack)

― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 12 January 2017 00:56 (eight years ago)

'say it ain't so joe'

― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 12 January 2017 00:59 (eight years ago)

night moves

― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:04 (eight years ago)

Go West - King of Wishful Thinking

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:08 (eight years ago)

Simply Red - Fairground (the chorus, shutup)

PhD - I Won't Let You Down

― gass mccoombes (qiqing), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:49 (eight years ago)

Wasn't it on a prominent Dutch children's tv show in the 80s?

Yep. My kids love it :)

― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 12 January 2017 07:24 (eight years ago)

"kiss me," sixpence none the richer

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 07:33 (eight years ago)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Going to California

― sarahell, Thursday, 12 January 2017 09:08 (eight years ago)

Patience & Prudence - Tonight You Belong To Me

― MaresNest, Thursday, 12 January 2017 11:12 (eight years ago)

Yep. My kids love it :)

― ArchCarrier

Oh my, blast from the past that one!

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:45 (eight years ago)

Simply Red - 'Holding Back the Years'

― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:48 (eight years ago)

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

I know that "corny" is necessarily a subjective term, but still, I don't understand how anybody could apply it to 'Going to California'. There's nothing clichéd or sentimental about it, lyrically or musically.

― Vast Halo, Thursday, 12 January 2017 21:59 (eight years ago)

beyonce - listen

― monotony, Friday, 13 January 2017 04:16 (eight years ago)

especially alexandra burke x-factor duet version lol

― monotony, Friday, 13 January 2017 04:17 (eight years ago)

Bad English - When I See You Smile

― Neanderthal, Friday, 13 January 2017 04:18 (eight years ago)

Right Here Waiting - Richard marx

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 January 2017 04:18 (eight years ago)

Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

― Kitchen Person, Friday, 13 January 2017 04:24 (eight years ago)

Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

― ArchCarrier, Friday, 13 January 2017 12:53 (eight years ago)

hahaahaha otm

― Neanderthal, Friday, 13 January 2017 14:01 (eight years ago)

Billy Vera - At This Momrent

― rip van wanko, Friday, 13 January 2017 14:54 (eight years ago)

'say it ain't so joe'

Yes yes yes!! One of the great over-the-top ballads. Murray Head can sing, fer sure.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:49 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

St Elmo's Fire

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:52 (seven years ago)

U2 - All I Want Is You

Its corniness is enhanced but it being used to compliment what is supposed to be THE MOST EMOTIONAL part of Reality Bites. But I love it. The guitar is wonderful and an overwrought Bono vocal delivery actually works for me for a change.

― triggercut, Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:18 (seven years ago)

Some folks up in here have an odd definition of “corny”!

Also, this is gr8;

I was gonna start a thread on the most melodramatic pop songs. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" being the obvious champ. My #2 would be "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" , Air Supply
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:30 PM (one year ago)
So far you're just starting a Jim Steinman thread.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:35 PM (one year ago)

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:33 (seven years ago)

I can't even remember how the verses go in St Elmo's Fire (brat pack not eno)

― I am Larry Bird I always make the trey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:41 (seven years ago)

Growin' up you don't see the writing on the wall
Passin' by, movin' straight ahead you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain,
You'll find you're all alone everything has changed

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 May 2018 18:01 (seven years ago)

I cant f/w Tim Tebows Fire tho

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 May 2018 18:02 (seven years ago)

still can't find the melody in my head and I am not looking that song up no offense

― I am Larry Bird I always make the trey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 5 May 2018 18:06 (seven years ago)

here goes...

"Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls

I make myself sick.

― Will (will), Monday, December 1, 2003 4:12 AM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol still true

― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Saturday, 5 May 2018 18:12 (seven years ago)

Longpigs - On and On

― raise my chicken finger (Willl), Saturday, 5 May 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)

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