# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/21 "2021-06-19T01:55:05Z")
_Silly Love Songs_. Love the killer bass line. One of my absolute favorite McCartney songs (Happy 79th, Paul!) ---
**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, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/22 "2021-06-19T02:07:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EG6ZlCpfVvU/maxresdefault.jpg "I Got a Name (Stereo Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG6ZlCpfVvU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jGcqPnz9nxc/maxresdefault.jpg "Rocky Mountain High") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcqPnz9nxc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S9h0JkHjR1M/hqdefault.jpg "Betty Buckley: "Memory" (Merv Griffin Show)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9h0JkHjR1M) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/23 "2021-06-19T02:08:20Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k9Fn8VhkK5g/hqdefault.jpg "Randy Newman - I Think It's Going To Rain Today") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Fn8VhkK5g) ---
**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, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/24 "2021-06-19T02:09:04Z")
Society’s Child. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/25 "2021-06-19T02:35:16Z")
I’ll just leave this here: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qs1eWq3H4Ho/hqdefault.jpg "Merle Haggard - Kern River") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1eWq3H4Ho) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/26 "2021-06-19T02:43:07Z")
Last episode. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uTM6mmAqRwA/hqdefault.jpg "When Im Gone - Randy Newman | Monk - Finalé Song [Full]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTM6mmAqRwA) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/27 "2021-06-19T03:02:41Z")
Does the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald count? I’m a John Denver fan so I’m sure about half his songs. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/28 "2021-06-19T03:05:05Z")
I’m not sure if this is exactly “sappy,” but Garth Brooks’ “The Dance” is definitely heart-on-your-sleeve sentimental. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lhyijN4ftko/hqdefault.jpg "Garth Brooks The Dance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhyijN4ftko) ---
**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 19, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/29 "2021-06-19T03:19:17Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:27, topic:944578”] Does the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald count? [/quote]Do you love it? Of course; it’s brilliant. Are you embarrassed when your friends find out? Sit them down and play it and a documentary when divers explored the wreck, showing the main hatchway stoved in. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/30 "2021-06-19T03:19:31Z")
This belongs in Cafe Society. I have moved it for you. RickJay Moderator ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/31 "2021-06-19T03:26:12Z")
And now for some Mozart, the [Clarinet Quintet in A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKUYMQsFwM). Do you remember it from the final episode of MASH? Charles had laboriously taught it to some Korean musicians… and what became of them. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/32 "2021-06-19T03:33:44Z")
[quote=“dropzone, post:29, topic:944578, full:true”] > [@kitap](#): > > Does the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald count? > [/quote]Do you love it? Of course; it’s brilliant. Are you embarrassed when your friends find out? Sit them down and play it and a documentary when divers explored the wreck, showing the main hatchway stoved in. I’m old enough I like what I like; don’t feel embarrassed. I did think the instrumental version was a possibly poor choice to play at the Canadian Pavilion at EPCOT. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/33 "2021-06-19T14:58:05Z")
Three older ones, I imagine some would think them manipulative and sappy, but I still swoon: ‘All I Ask of You’ from Phantom of the Opera ‘Since I Fell For You’ - Mr. Lenny Welch ‘Oh Shenandoah’ - by anyone I have these (and others) burned to a CD inscribed ‘Sal’s Sad Songfest’, with a sharpie. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/34 "2021-06-19T15:01:40Z")
_Close My Eyes Forever_ - in the car I sing both Lita and Ozzy’s parts. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/35 "2021-06-19T15:04:39Z")
No mention of “Cat’s in the Cradle” or “Father and Son” yet? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/36 "2021-06-19T15:56:31Z")
Sunday 15 June–Sunday 22 June 1975. Cuddling on the couch with Gina and singing to each other in between kisses. The happiest week of my life. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwAmqQZgy8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wPndmL6HfIs/maxresdefault.jpg "John Denver - Back Home Again (from The Wildlife Concert)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPndmL6HfIs) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_-IXJLgRnvs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgQSg_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCq_jtWaXo8ad8kambVessUa1012Q "Orleans - Dance With Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/37 "2021-06-19T16:11:27Z")
Dance with me was the first song I ever downloaded, Walmart Music $0.88 this newfangled MP3 stuff. AOL 56K dial up, it took 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/38 "2021-06-19T16:47:02Z")
Miracles. It’s sappy, and a bit naughty. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7m8izf-oXY4/maxresdefault.jpg "Jefferson Starship - Miracles (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8izf-oXY4) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/39 "2021-06-19T16:49:58Z")
It has some impressively dirty lyrics for a song that made it onto mainstream radio in the 1970s. 😃 ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/40 "2021-06-19T17:10:24Z")
The version that made it onto mainstream radio had the naughty bits excised. And is about three minutes shorter. You can imagine my surprise when I heard the album version. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mh4wF4YEBoc/hqdefault.jpg "Jefferson Starship - Miracles (1975)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh4wF4YEBoc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578.md?page=3)