What songs made you either cry or gave you the feeling that everything was gonna be ok or even made u feel special somehow?

Come on don't be shy

I'll addmit it silly but "Clearest Indication" made me cry hehe...

Feel special with GBS... Their trad music is so wonderful... French Shore and Tickle Cove Pond make me... I don't know. Like to hear those two songs again and again, let the music and the lyrics go straight to my soul...
"Wave over Wave", "Chemical Worker's Song" and "Barque In The Harbour" give me the same emotion.

While "Run Runaway" and "Jolly Roving Tar" make me happy !! And, well, yesterday, after two hours listening GBS, I took subway and... I was tapping my feet on the ground and litteraly playin bodhran on my thigh, with a "Way hey hey" on my head.

Thanks GBS !!!

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I think the song that brings tears to my eyes more often than not (especially live) is "Something Beautiful". I guess because Alan shared at a Song Writer's Circle in Ottawa once that he wrote it for a friend who had just lost her husband!

On the other hand "Ordinary Day", picks me up and keeps me going.

Cheers, Joyce!

For me, "Lucky you, Lucky Me" actually brings me to tears. It reminds me that no matter how bad things seem to be, every day brings new opportunities and a chance that all will be ok.

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live simply - love generously - care deeply - speak kindly - leave the rest to God

( this is going to be long folks....sorry to the oldbies who have heard this before)


Own True Way,


I heard it the first time at a really low point in my life. I had literally had every vestage of trust ripped away from me...from every corner, Myparents disinherited me( because "it's better if family things stay in the family" was their excuse), I had house "guests" steall from me and I was being mocked for everything that gave life joy for me.
Some of the oldbies might remember some of the live chats from another GBS board...and that everynight I would be doing something crafty...well everynight someone made a crack ( and usuallly the same two or three folks), I got it at home for being crafty too, "It's stupid" don't ya know? At work I was ridiculed for it and from friends that I had quite literally risked my life with and for where mocking me for it.
Well, at one point I had had enough and stuffed all my craft supplies into garbage bags and Stuffed all of them in the pantry to await garbage day. I had already packed because the next day Sandy ( a friend from ohio) and I were going to the Rochester show and I left the little embroidery kit in my backpack. Too much effort to unpack just to get it.
Sandy and I got their really early and sat around and talked...she knew I was pissed about something but knew enough not to ask. About Half way through the show they introduced a new song....and bang, it hit me square in the teeth. I don't have words for how hard, except to say, it shook me to the core of my soul.
I held it together through the rest of the show and til I got on to the bus and lost it. I cried for the better part of the ride to NYC where I was meeting Anne for the first time.
I don't hink she noticed then how upset I was, but she left me in her hotel room to sleep as she went to her teachig confrence.
A few short hours later Mr BJ Mose and Karen, her daughter met me at the hotel and we got Anne and headed to the Long Islan Maritime Museum....After much craziness on the parts of me and Karen ( "are we there Yet?", "I'm not touching you!") I actually reached into my bag and pulled out my craft stuff...something that I would have given up if it were not for that one song, and something that is so essentially me that my nephew has never seen me without something, in my purse, my pocket, my fiddlecase, and he's 23!
I still like the first version I heard of that song the best, no drums, just the b'ys and their love of the music and of beign who they are.

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One of my favourites is How Did We Get From Saying ‘I Love You'... Bumped into an old beau I was pretty serious with, not too long ago. The whole situation played out just like the song. But I have so may favourites it's hard to choose just one. Scolding wife is my anthem. Love Run Runaway, my girls tried to teach me and their dad how to dance the walls of Limerick to that song and I ended up on the floor in a laughing fit. Walls of Limerick should not be attempted by a newbie to that song! Boston and St. John's, Harbour LeCou...I could go on forever. We just usually pop all the cd's into the player and listen all day long. The kids love it too. Saturday morning chores are usually broken up by little fits of dance. The girls say they can't help it, their feet made them do it!

I admit that i get tear-eyed when I hear Alan sing "Something Beautiful" and when Sean sings "Feel it Turn" and "Graceful and Charming". Beautiful songs!! I smile when I hear "When I'm Up", "Meri-Mac", "Ordinary Day" and more. I am in a good mood when I listen to them!! I love them alot!!

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~Diane~

I would have a hard time deciding because their music makes me laugh and cry. I just feel that no matter how bad a day I have had, or how much someone has pissed me off, as soon as I get in my car and turn on their music everything seems to be so unimportant and I can smile and think that the next day will be a better one! It's also a great outlet for frustration because I am sure other drivers have seen me driving along, red in the face from literally screaming out the words, then I feel so much better!!

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Soon the initial bliss will pass.
This precious time might be your last.
Like dew upon the morning grass,
Good intentions can vanish with the sun.......

awwwwwwwwwwwwww *sniffles*

Wow...I can't wait to hear "Something Beautiful" and Graceful in charming put tears to my eyes because my good friend who died from cancer loved the forget-me-not flowers. So that song is special to me as well

Its a long one...

The song that brings me to tears when I hear it would have to be "General Taylor". When I was 15 (now 22) I was very sick and in the hospital. I was a HUGE GBS fan and had seen and met them previous to this. I was all excited about going to see GBS in Peterborough,ON. It ended up I was too sick to go. I was in Sick Kids Hospital. I was so upset that I wasn't able to go to the concert. so a friend that I knew from a previous show got in contact with Lois. This is the story:

I was laying in my hospital bed when the phone rang...."hi, Krista it's Danny Thomas." Alan Doyle wants to talk to you. At that point I was thinking ok this is a sick joke. Then all I hear is Alan saying, "Hey Krista it is Alan." "Since you couldn't make it to the show we thought we would bring it to you." All of the sudden I hear Sean in the backround explaining that they had a fan who was unable to make it to the show because she was very ill to the audience. So lets all wish her well. The whole crowd Yelled in the cell phone Sean was holding with me on the other end. "Get Well Soon Krista". They then put the phone on stage and sang me, "General Taylor".

So now everytime I hear that song it brings me to tears knowing what they did for me in a rough patch. If it was for them and there music I don't know how I would have gotten through it.

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Krista D

Krista,

Thanks for sharing that. Made me smile when nothing else did today.

"I wanna be Consequence Free."

Anne

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And when the winds of change begin to blow,
I'll whisper, "You're my lighthouse" in case you didn't know.

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Well, Andi and Krista have both gotten the big "Wow" from me on this thread!! Such fabulous stories!! Krista, I'm glad you're well now - I have no doubt that phone call lent wings to your recovery!! Andi, I'm selfishly grateful for your hearing "Own True Way" that night, because if you hadn't, I might not have that wonderful angel with the harp that you made for me!! She sits on my desk at work to help keep me on an even keel when I feel like I'm going to throw something at the next person who walks thru my office door to give me more work that I don't have time to do!

As far as my story with the emotions from the music this wonderful group of fellows makes - I'm just happier since I started listening regularly. The music just lifts my spirits, always, and makes me feel good. No grand catharsis, not one particular song, but just a mood elevation to the next level up...and knowing that their music will always be a part of my life keeps that mood up there!!

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Jo

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...well everynight someone made a crack ( and usuallly the same two or three folks), I got it at home for being crafty too, "It's stupid" don't ya know? At work I was ridiculed for it and from friends that I had quite literally risked my life with and for where mocking me for it.

people can be such a**holes. I'm glad I didn't see that. I've gotten it at work for having hobbies that don't fit into the "macho" enviornment here and still get worked up over it. It keeps me sane, and I don't have high blood-pressure like these morons.

My song has been "Ordinary Day." It was the song that sticks in my mind from my first concert--which I went to the day I found out I was miscarrying my first baby...and it really got me through a tough time. I might not have always had "a smile on my face," but it helped me remember to count the blessings I did have...and still do.

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The Poster Formerly known as Peaches

Krista that was an amazing story!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!!

I can't believe they did that for you. That was sooooooooooo sweet!!!

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Originally posted by Chi-Town Kim:
For me, "Lucky you, Lucky Me" actually brings me to tears. It reminds me that no matter how bad things seem to be, every day brings new opportunities and a chance that all will be ok.

Lucky You, Lucky Me is also a very special song to me. My very best friend in the whole entire world is the girl in the second verse. I got goose bumps the first time I heard it and broke down and cried. I played it for her when we got together that summer(I only get to see her once a year) and she also got goose bumps. I asked her what she thought (She keeps feelings VERY close to her chest, very little outward emotion) and she pulled up her sleeve and said "these goose bumps aren't from the air conditioning". That spoke volumes coming from her!!

Cheers, Joyce!