Wanna make me cry?

Just play this . . .



It's my favourite song. Every time I hear it, I crash . . . hard. And Celine Dion probably sings it better than any other current singer (Kate Smith, of course, was the master).

And ya, I know, it's about the US but they don't actually say 'United States of America', they just say 'American', so I imagine this includes Canada. I don't think I'm the only Canadian who loves this song. Kate used to sing it before the start of Flyer home games. One night when the Flyers travelled to Montreal for a playoff game she went along and sang it in the Forum. The video is not very good but listen to that crowd, and when she sings, I'm a blubbering mess . . .



Here's another one - 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God'. Dumb hey?

The first time it messed me up was at Pastor Wayne Berg's funeral in Estevan. There had to be a hundred Pastors there; all sitting together. When the song began, they all stood up en masse with the rest of the congregation and belted it out. It was powerful. It had the sound of a huge male voice choir singing in unison. (Male voice choirs are the best, sorry ladies, and unision singing is the most powerful of all.) I was a wreck. It brought back memories of my Dad's funeral.

You see, when a Pastor dies, pretty much all the Pastors he ever knew, and a few more for good measure, come to pay their last respects. It's just something they do.

I don't even try to sing this song in church. I just listen . . .



I'll wrap this post up with one final song that got the tears streaming; Nikki Yanofsky's rendition of our national anthem at the 2010 Olympic opening ceremonies. Would I prefer this version all the time? Nope. But Nikki is a jazz singer so the Olympic committee, I think wisely, turned her loose and let her fly. And did she ever fly. Go, Nikki, Go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc1_vfBfLxI