# Sappy songs you are unapologetic about loving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 18, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578 "2021-06-18T22:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/1 "2021-06-18T22:13:43Z")
For my whole life I have been a painful romantic. Honest to God, it drove my wife crazy, even if I was full of romantic feelings toward her. Today I caught the end credits to That Seventies Show and the gang was singing along to this fave: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lLeCB7Kn-VE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDHXIjG-XMu_ggyCCTKIlXFZODHzA "Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1972)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE) So, what’s one of your favorites that can prompt a Facebook search, a discreet sniff, or a new conversation topic. It can be patriotic, too. Just some song that produces an emotional response. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/2 "2021-06-18T22:31:50Z")
You may regret starting this thread but here it goes. Starland Vocal Band. Pure 70s hippie love overload. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wu1UXCdyNo0/hqdefault.jpg "Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1976) Uncut Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0) On a more serious note. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdknYaSHgE) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/3 "2021-06-18T22:37:19Z")
REO Speedwagon. 🎵 It’s time to bring this ship into the shore And throw away the oars forever 🎵 😭 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/4 "2021-06-18T22:57:55Z")
To me, there’s a difference between songs that provoke an emotional response, romantic songs, and sappy songs. (Sometimes there’s an overlap - but those are three distinct categories). So, going with the thread title rather than the OP: Sappy songs: [“Love Story” by Taylor Swift](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzVF3XeS8M), it is childish and sappy and has some other sins. And I do not care. I love that song. [It’s all coming back to me now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8fHNdrZTSI). (“There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light”) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/5 "2021-06-18T23:06:02Z")
One Tin Soldier, by Coven. Manipulative as hell but I can’t sing it out loud without getting all choked up. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HKx0tdlxMfY/hqdefault.jpg "One Tin Soldier - Lyrics - Coven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/6 "2021-06-18T23:11:14Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > [It’s all coming back to me now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8fHNdrZTSI). (“There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light”) This is one that always catches me. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/7 "2021-06-18T23:23:12Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > [“Love Story” by Taylor Swift](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzVF3XeS8M), it is childish and sappy and has some other sins. And I do not care. I love that song. I also love this song. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/8 "2021-06-18T23:27:21Z")
Bless The Beasts And The Children-Karen Carpenter: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AhR36gV6vW4/hqdefault.jpg "carpenter - Bless the Beasts and the Children") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR36gV6vW4) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/9 "2021-06-18T23:50:45Z")
The first ten songs on my list are the Carpenters, so I’ll go with one I’m sure I’m not alone on: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/10 "2021-06-18T23:57:51Z")
Wildfire There, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/11 "2021-06-19T00:00:36Z")
I don’t know the name. I think it’s by Shlock Rock (A Jewish band). Roughly, a man is the chazen (The lead singer/cantor of the temple). His father is very proud, but was born deaf. On Kol Nidre (the night before Yom Kippur- the Day Of Atonement) it’s almost time to start services and the man is late. He arrives just in time, explains he had some things to do and begins services. He is usually very good. But, that night he is breathtakingly spectacular. When services are over, the rabbi asked what made the difference. The chazen says “You know my dad was deaf- and last night he passed away. It’s the first time that my father’s heard me pray.” I hate, loathe and despise most glurge. But that song really touches me. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/12 "2021-06-19T00:18:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Wildfire > > There, I said it I’ll second your Wildfire, and raise Ride 'Em Cowboy by Paul Davis. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j1u_v68uPWw/hqdefault.jpg "Paul Davis - Ride em Cowboy (1973)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1u_v68uPWw) I was digitizing it from the vinyl, and one of my friends mocked me. I said “I didn’t record it FOR YOU!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/13 "2021-06-19T00:20:23Z")
^ Yes! Another good cowboy song. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/14 "2021-06-19T00:56:54Z")
[“I’ll Get By (As Long as I HaveYou)](https://youtu.be/TyApRSk4sm4) Actually written in 1928, although it seems like it was made for all the people who’s fortunes were wiped out the year after. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/15 "2021-06-19T01:19:31Z")
More I Cannot Wish You from _Guys and Dolls_. I thought it was extremely sappy when I was a kid, and wasn’t surprised it was cut from the movie. As time went on, I realized how beautiful the song and the sentiment was. Others have noticed it, too. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSiGSmGKFNg) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/16 "2021-06-19T01:21:13Z")
Gawd, the harmonies in that one always give me chills. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/17 "2021-06-19T01:26:48Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I don’t know the name. I think it’s by Shlock Rock (A Jewish band). Roughly, a man is the chazen (The lead singer/cantor of the temple). His father is very proud, but was born deaf. On Kol Nidre (the night before Yom Kippur- the Day Of Atonement) it’s almost time to start services and the man is late. He arrives just in time, explains he had some things to do and begins services. He is usually very good. But, that night he is breathtakingly spectacular. When services are over, the rabbi asked what made the difference. The chazen says “You know my dad was deaf- and last night he passed away. It’s the first time that my father’s heard me pray.” There was that song “Last Game of the Season (Blind Man in the Bleachers).” Father is blind, kid keeps trying to get in the football game. He doesn’t come to the last game, turns out he died. “It’s the first time my father’s seen me play.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xpQ3ANdVFeU/hqdefault.jpg "THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON (A BLIND MAN IN THE BLEACHERS) by David Geddes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQ3ANdVFeU) Lyrics:[https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/david-geddes/the-last-game-of-the-season-a-blind-man-in-the-bleachers-31](https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/david-geddes/the-last-game-of-the-season-a-blind-man-in-the-bleachers-31) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/18 "2021-06-19T01:38:23Z")
I cannot listen right now (I’m playing Dungeons & Dragons on Discord with my pals). But, I did another search and found the song. It’s entitled Deaf Man In The Shteeble. IIRC A Shteeble is a house that’s also used as a synagogue. I shouldn’t be surprised. Shlock Rock did many covers/swipes. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/19 "2021-06-19T01:46:44Z")
That reminds me: _Streets of Laredo._ ---
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Surprised that we’re not seeing more country music. From that genre, I’ll offer the following: “Love, Me,” by Collin Raye “He Would Be Sixteen,” by Michelle Wright “Where’ve You Been,” by Kathy Mattea “Travelin’ Soldier,” by the Dixie Chicks “Live Like You Were Dyin’,” by Tim McGraw “Don’t Miss Your Life,” by Phil Vassar There are others, but those will do for a start. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578.md?page=2)