# The Most Schmaltzy Songs You Ever Heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830 "2008-12-27T07:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/41 "2008-12-30T05:27:07Z")
On the Wings of Love ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/42 "2008-12-30T08:15:20Z")
Summer of 48 or summink. Also Bobby Goldsboro I think ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/43 "2008-12-30T09:26:20Z")
The song itself is ludicrous enough, but it’s really the video that makes Hammerfall’s [Glory to the Brave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPCajp0ERU&feature=related) so dear to my heart. I dare you to watch the whole thing without cracking up. I double doggy dare you. There is not a single musical, lyrical nor visual cliché missing. It’s just… perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/44 "2008-12-30T11:12:48Z")
Softly Whispering I Love You by The English Congregation. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/45 "2008-12-30T13:55:54Z")
Candle in the Wind. The one Elton sang at Dianas funeral. ::vomits copiously:: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/46 "2008-12-30T15:54:11Z")
French songs count too, huh? Okay, then Edith Piaf and _Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien_ - “Aujourd’hui, ca commence avec toi!” ---
**Author:** ![Pitter\_Patter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@Pitter\_Patter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitter_Patter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/47 "2008-12-31T07:12:41Z")
I’ve mainly been lurking lately, but I just HAD to throw this one in…Check out Scott Walkers “Montague Terrace In Blue” on youtube, and be sure to have a bucket handy. Happy New Year!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/48 "2008-12-31T08:18:42Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > French songs count too, huh? Okay, then Edith Piaf and _Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien_ - “Aujourd’hui, ca commence avec toi!” Of course ALL songs you think are schmultzy count. French songs count double because there are not good French songs besides “Dominique.” And that was Belgium French 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/49 "2008-12-31T13:01:01Z")
Schmaltzy and spoken - a double whammy: Mike Douglas - _[The Men in my Little Girl’s Life.](http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/m/men_in_my_little_girls_life.txt)_ ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/50 "2008-12-31T14:24:58Z")
> [@Charlie\_Tan](#): > > My contribution: [Dreamweaver by Gary Wright](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk4qeCT-RFk) or [All By Myself by Eric Carmen.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3j_fdSpkmE) Hee - I read the second one as being by Eric Cartman. Kind of changes things totally. I don’t think he does schmaltz. My contribution: _Rose_, by Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/51 "2008-12-31T14:53:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > FEELINGS > > \*Feelings, nothing more than feelings, > trying to forget my feelings of love. > Teardrops rolling down on my face, > trying to forget my feelings of love. > > ``` > Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it. > I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again. > > Feelings, wo-o-o feelings, > wo-o-o, feel you again in my arms. > > ``` > > - Actually, I like [Beaker’s rendition](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8Q7Fsa_Vs) of the song, other versions are far too saccharine/schmaltzy ---
**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/52 "2008-12-31T15:38:58Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaa0BJtt9jk) ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/53 "2008-12-31T15:51:30Z")
Taylor Swift- Romeo & Juliet. I hate this song! I think she is a cute kid and she can sing, but come on! The local stations seem to have the thing on repeat which does not help. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/54 "2008-12-31T16:00:44Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > _Tell Laura I Love Her_? Dammit, man! I was SURE I was going to be the first person to post that! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/55 "2008-12-31T16:03:19Z")
Pretty much anything that can be described as a ‘Power Ballad’ is pretty damn schamltzy. Babe Keep on Loving You Oh Sherri I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore Beth ---
**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:** [December 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/56 "2008-12-31T16:10:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Schmaltzy and spoken - a double whammy: > > Mike Douglas - _[The Men in my Little Girl’s Life.](http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/m/men_in_my_little_girls_life.txt)_ That didn’t have my favorite verse. It began, “Hello Daddy, this is Chuck.” That was primo material in sixth grade. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/57 "2008-12-31T16:20:51Z")
“I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus” Nuff said ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/58 "2008-12-31T16:26:44Z")
I still don’t think any general season song can beat some of the Christmas songs going around, especially country-western or Christian-contemporary Christmas songs. The Christmas Shoes The Gift A Baby Changes Everything Dear Mr. Jesus I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/59 "2008-12-31T21:08:57Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > No > When someone else writes it, I don’t see it. > My Way is pretty damn schmaltzy if anyone but Frank sings it. Sid Vicious? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/60 "2008-12-31T21:50:25Z")
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