Corny songs that actually move you

Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

I lose

― Neanderthal, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:43 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

Hall & Oates – Maneater

idgi

Bad English: When I see You Smile <3 <3 <3

lot of stuff mentioned in this thread makes me think i am super corny, which, prob

"the living years" is a great upthread pick, occasionally that one hits me in the right spot

Hall & Oates – Maneater

idgi

― mookieproof, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:44 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark

Like, it has stupid lyrics and is pretty corny but something about the melody makes me feel awfully melancholy.

Kate Winslet - What If
Take That - Babe

Is "Brandy" corny or just cheesy?

― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 6:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't know and i don't know if it "moves me" per se but i do love it unironically and unabashedly. it's also a #1 karaoke jam.

this is essentially "songs we're afraid to admit we listen to while drinking cognac in the bathtub and sobbing" right?

Willeke Alberti - 'Samen zijn'

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:36 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OMG.

(this song used to freak me out when I was kid. I was too young to fully grasp the meaning but its intrinsic loneliness really got to me. Wasn't it on a prominent Dutch children's tv show in the 80s?)

this is essentially "songs we're afraid to admit we listen to while drinking cognac in the bathtub and sobbing" right?
everyone wallows in their own special way but i guess?

all of em
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 1 December 2003 07:54 (thirteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Pretty much.

Pretty much all of the G+R ballads.

And 'Beth'.

And 'Mama, I'm Coming Home'. I didn't realize I had such a soft spot for hard rock ballads.

John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air

"the living years" is a great upthread pick, occasionally that one hits me in the right spot

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson)

that used to, but now stuff like that sets me off. i'll spare y'all the rant, though.

afaik this thread is for when it (the emotional manipulation of a corny song) is still working, or works unexpectedly or without your consent. i didn't want to feel emotional and i wasn't trying to access my emotions when i heard "magnet and steel" (i was getting ready for work/getting dressed), i just did and then became obsessed with it being stuck in my head. so corny!

i actually talked about it with as many people as would listen and revived this thread as a last resort

John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air

Is this corny? It's fkn genius, that much I know.

"Dance With My Father" doesn't count as corny, right?

Oh I think it's fab, but it does have a hint of corniness to it

xpost

One of my favourite things about 'Love Is in the Air' is that it was co-written and produced by George Young, elder brother of Angus and Malcolm. The air must've been pretty thick with snark at the family's Christmas barbecue that year.

Vanda and Young wrote songs in just about every genre imaginable afaict.

... and had hits with them too.

Indeed. 'Walking in the Rain' and 'Waiting for a Train' are both dear to my heart.

Moby - Memory Gospel (Southland Tales soundtrack)

'say it ain't so joe'

night moves

Go West - King of Wishful Thinking

Simply Red - Fairground (the chorus, shutup)

PhD - I Won't Let You Down

Wasn't it on a prominent Dutch children's tv show in the 80s?

"kiss me," sixpence none the richer

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Going to California

Patience & Prudence - Tonight You Belong To Me

Yep. My kids love it :)

― ArchCarrier

Oh my, blast from the past that one!

Simply Red - 'Holding Back the Years'

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

I know that "corny" is necessarily a subjective term, but still, I don't understand how anybody could apply it to 'Going to California'. There's nothing clichéd or sentimental about it, lyrically or musically.

beyonce - listen

especially alexandra burke x-factor duet version lol

Bad English - When I See You Smile

Right Here Waiting - Richard marx

Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

hahaahaha otm

Billy Vera - At This Momrent

'say it ain't so joe'

Yes yes yes!! One of the great over-the-top ballads. Murray Head can sing, fer sure.

St Elmo's Fire

U2 - All I Want Is You

Its corniness is enhanced but it being used to compliment what is supposed to be THE MOST EMOTIONAL part of Reality Bites. But I love it. The guitar is wonderful and an overwrought Bono vocal delivery actually works for me for a change.

Some folks up in here have an odd definition of “corny”!

Also, this is gr8;

I was gonna start a thread on the most melodramatic pop songs. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" being the obvious champ. My #2 would be "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" , Air Supply

― rip van wanko, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:30 PM (one year ago)

So far you're just starting a Jim Steinman thread.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:35 PM (one year ago)