# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/141 "2021-06-22T17:57:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Teddy Bear” was the second 45 I ever bought (the first being “Convoy”). For those who aren’t familiar, it came out at the height of the 1970s CB radio phenomenon, and was about a sick little boy, whose father had died, and who talked with truckers on his CB radio; the boy’s dream was to take a ride in a semi. Extremely sappy, for sure. For some reason I cannot listen to this song without turning into a blubbering idiot. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/142 "2021-06-23T00:37:35Z")
Today I heard “Guantanamera,” made famous in the late 1960s by the Sandpipers. “The words mean I am a truthful man from the land of the palm trees…” It’s pretty corny stuff. It brought tears to my eyes. Really. I liked the song back then, but never expected I’d have an emotional reaction to it after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/143 "2021-06-23T00:46:20Z")
Tom Jones [I’ll Never Fall in Love Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvVyk9DA6s). Sappy, but Tom had a great voice. ---
**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 23, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/144 "2021-06-23T00:59:05Z")
I’ll see your Tom Jones and raise you an Engelbert Humperdinck: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vf4mWO06wlw/hqdefault.jpg "The last waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4mWO06wlw) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/145 "2021-06-23T01:17:20Z")
“Don’t Cry Out Loud” - with muppets [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PYNjL9_rCJc/hqdefault.jpg "Melissa Manchester - Don't cry out loud") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNjL9_rCJc) Also by Melissa Manchester, [“Through the Eyes of Love”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9rgFV2wTcU) ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/146 "2021-06-23T01:30:16Z")
Now that’s sappy. I feel like we could have a good road trip together. ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/147 "2021-06-23T01:43:22Z")
My daughter likes to dance to this song. Al Stewart is IMHO a greatly underappreciated artist. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XkYexMQ1BRI/maxresdefault.jpg "Sand In Your Shoes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkYexMQ1BRI) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/148 "2021-06-23T05:39:45Z")
Andrew Gold’s “Thank You For Being a Friend” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/voNEgCKzves/hqdefault.jpg "Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNEgCKzves) And when we die and float away Into the night, the Milky Way You’ll hear me call as we ascend I’ll see you there, then once again Thank you for being a… ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/149 "2021-06-23T06:12:57Z")
Some C&W bummers: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iz-74SUwVV0/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live In Las Vegas, 1979)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-74SUwVV0) https://www.youtube.com/embed/sonLd-32ns4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDEMYBtRUk0K_uQgVIrH6Mxdbw [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7hx4gdlfamo/maxresdefault.jpg "Kenny Rogers - The Gambler") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aVSR2xQPEw) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/150 "2021-06-23T15:42:10Z")
I was baffled how the band I listened to for a few of my younger years could put out a song that would be in this thread and with that description. Turns out this Coven is not the Coven of my youth. Not even close. I still have hearing damage from a show that featured the other Coven and Metal Church. I think my hearing repaired itself listening to this Coven. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/151 "2021-06-23T15:55:22Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > There is absolutely _NOTHING_ sappy about this song. The first time I heard this song was the day my mother died. I still tear up when I hear it. That is sappy enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/152 "2021-06-24T05:05:23Z")
An Australian band called Axiom (most of whom later went on to form the Little River Band) had a record that charted reasonably in the early '70s called ‘Little Ray Of Sunshine’. It’s about the birth of a little girl - supposedly inspired by the arrival of one band member’s neice. It has become an Australian classic and featured regularly in the ‘Births, Deaths and Marriages’ announcements in the newspapers - and no doubt still does in whatever passes for those in this FriendFace-Internet world we are in. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CL8mWlIxzqw/hqdefault.jpg "Axiom - A Little Ray of Sunshine (official music video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8mWlIxzqw) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/153 "2021-06-24T15:39:36Z")
Birth, marriage, and death announcements in the paper are called ‘Hatches, Matches, and Dispatches’ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/154 "2021-06-26T03:30:29Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > The first time I heard this song was the day my mother died. Ah, **Racer** , I’m sorry. Well, it is a song about that kind of thing… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/155 "2021-06-26T05:08:27Z")
This is so recent that I almost fear that it’s not eligible to participate in the thread, but I don’t care. It’s sappy, and silly, and I LOVED sharing it with my girlfriend for the first time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/89z2b1hJ9TI/maxresdefault.jpg "I Get to Do It With You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z2b1hJ9TI) ---
**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 26, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/156 "2021-06-26T20:49:19Z")
I love them! This is my favorite: Totally NSFW [A Song About God and Butt Stuff - Garfunkel and Oates - YouTube](https://youtu.be/_mrV4ArcYhE) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/157 "2021-06-26T22:26:40Z")
Well, yeah, she thinks that one is funny, too, but there’s no way to characterize it as “sappy.” ---
**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 28, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/158 "2021-06-28T13:31:33Z")
Marilyn McCoo has a fantastic voice. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gijK_HQT_Xk/hqdefault.jpg "If I Could Reach You by The 5th Dimension...with Lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijK_HQT_Xk) ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578/159 "2021-06-28T15:58:12Z")
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails gave up this song to the man it’s said locked himself in an old coal mine while going through withdrawal: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8AHCfZTRGiI/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash - Hurt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI) Then there’s a cheerful one [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EKIK5ei_Lhg/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIK5ei_Lhg) One from upbeat teenage years [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/08lVuhv_Va8/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Paxton - The Last Thing On My Mind (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08lVuhv_Va8) This counselor who comes around weekly asked me today, “So, you’ve been suicidal since high school?” “Yeah; hasn’t everybody?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-are-unapologetic-about-loving/944578.md?page=7)