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Songs that make you cry
- Thread starter BillyRay
- Start date
I've never cried at a song, but these came close:
And say what you will about the games, but you have got to admit the song choice for the ending is really good.
And say what you will about the games, but you have got to admit the song choice for the ending is really good.
Most recently that a song brought on a tear or two was when I saw Midge Ure doing an acoustic version of Vienna live at Iridium in NYC. I hid it well though.
Hammock - "Breathturn"
Smashing Pumpkins - "For Martha"
Pity Sex - "Hollow Body"
Radiohead - "How To Disappear Completely"
Smashing Pumpkins - "For Martha"
Pity Sex - "Hollow Body"
Radiohead - "How To Disappear Completely"
I'd say the most tear jerking song is The Final Cut, and the most lyrically depressing is Time.
You've Got A Friend -Donny Hathaway Live. This song gets me every time.
Waiting All Night- Phish. I was going thru something last year, this song reminded me of that thing, was hard to hear for a while, made me cry everytime I heard it...I'm over it , it's just a beautiful song now.
Not a crying tune, but everytime I hear Rush's "Hemispheres", the bassline right after the line, "thru the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force we set our course", this cool little walkup and down line makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Still...
MJ
Waiting All Night- Phish. I was going thru something last year, this song reminded me of that thing, was hard to hear for a while, made me cry everytime I heard it...I'm over it , it's just a beautiful song now.
Not a crying tune, but everytime I hear Rush's "Hemispheres", the bassline right after the line, "thru the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force we set our course", this cool little walkup and down line makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Still...
MJ
The reprise in "close to the edge" where john and Chris sing "on the hill we view the silence of the valley" makes me shudder every time.
Red Sector A by Rush has made me appreciate the fact that I have not had to experience tragedy on that level. The music is so....grey...just like the prison uniforms in the concentration camps. It is sterile and bleak....driving...sad. Regimented in time. "Fenced in" in a way. But through the middle break, Alex builds some tension with the way the guitar solo builds, and Niel as well with how the drum part builds up. It is setting s scene of desperate anticipation...perfectly leading up to the lyrics:
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gates
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
I can just see the child clutching the fence and desperately looking around to see what is going to happen
Why Should I Cry For You by Sting - the whole song is stellar, but there is something about the way the lyrics, music and mood comes together in the last verse, led by the broken drum fill that builds tension and intensity to the second part of the song - where the lyrics are:
Dark angles follow me
Over a godless sea
Mountains of endless fog (fire?)
For all my days remaining
What would be true?
but then, the real tear jerker for me is when he sings:
Sometimes I see your Face - and then there is little guitar riff that answers that is so sad, longing feeling, and well placed in the structure that it just kills me
Stars seem to lose their place - the same little riff
Why must I think of you - same little riff
Why must I?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?
Why would you want me to?
that just gets me every time. I think on the album it is the song where he realizes what his father really meant to him, and how he realizes some bigger picture things about the loss. The whole song makes me dread losing my dad, and also makes me realize every thing that my dad has given me...every thing that he represents in my life.
The whole Soul Cages album is one of my most favorite by Sting. Great album to drum to, to play bass to, to sing to...and to cry to
...and not really a song, but i teared up when I got to see the Evens (with Ian MacKaye) live b/c he has been such a big influence on me. I couldn't believe we were in the same room. Even better was the hour long discussion after the place cleared out with him and Amy Farina. Got into Minor Threat in 82 and that whole scene shaped and defined my life
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gates
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
I can just see the child clutching the fence and desperately looking around to see what is going to happen
Why Should I Cry For You by Sting - the whole song is stellar, but there is something about the way the lyrics, music and mood comes together in the last verse, led by the broken drum fill that builds tension and intensity to the second part of the song - where the lyrics are:
Dark angles follow me
Over a godless sea
Mountains of endless fog (fire?)
For all my days remaining
What would be true?
but then, the real tear jerker for me is when he sings:
Sometimes I see your Face - and then there is little guitar riff that answers that is so sad, longing feeling, and well placed in the structure that it just kills me
Stars seem to lose their place - the same little riff
Why must I think of you - same little riff
Why must I?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?
Why would you want me to?
that just gets me every time. I think on the album it is the song where he realizes what his father really meant to him, and how he realizes some bigger picture things about the loss. The whole song makes me dread losing my dad, and also makes me realize every thing that my dad has given me...every thing that he represents in my life.
The whole Soul Cages album is one of my most favorite by Sting. Great album to drum to, to play bass to, to sing to...and to cry to
...and not really a song, but i teared up when I got to see the Evens (with Ian MacKaye) live b/c he has been such a big influence on me. I couldn't believe we were in the same room. Even better was the hour long discussion after the place cleared out with him and Amy Farina. Got into Minor Threat in 82 and that whole scene shaped and defined my life
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Me Manly. No Cry. Ungh.
But actually, Watermelon In Easter Hay by, yes, Frank Zappa chokes me up a bit. Some call it his best guitar work. It's relatively simple for FZ, but the phrasing..... wow. And the backstory, as told by The Central Scrutinizer, foreshadows Frank's passing.
Anyone got a tissue?
But actually, Watermelon In Easter Hay by, yes, Frank Zappa chokes me up a bit. Some call it his best guitar work. It's relatively simple for FZ, but the phrasing..... wow. And the backstory, as told by The Central Scrutinizer, foreshadows Frank's passing.
Anyone got a tissue?
+2
Also - Sullivan by Caroline's Spine. As a Veteran....it just gets to me.
It's not hard to reach back to the day
underneath an Iowa sun.
running to the tower of waterloo, looking
for the sullivan train to come.
His five boys would run to the top and
salute him as he went bye.
First we'd wave hello.
Then we'd wave goodbye.
It's not hard to reach back to the days
after the attack on Pearl.
Overnight my buddies turned into men, run-
ning out of time for games and girls.
The Sullivan boys were not overlooked
Uncle Sam calling each by name.
The very next day they left on a mystery
train.
Say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
We regret to inform you
the Navy has taken your sons away.
So put your blue star in the window.
It's not hard to reach back to her smile,
when she received the letter.
The ltters, they sounded generally the
same it said: If they coudn't
be home, at least they were together on a
mighty fighting battleship,
somewhere in the south pacific.
The letters never got much more specific.
Say goodbye, bye, bye, mrs sullivan
dont you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
we regret to infrom you
the Navy is keeping your sons away.
All five, five, five, five.
So keep your blue star in the window.
It's not hard to reach back to the day
when the war finally came home.
Uncle Sam will send you a telegram, so he
doesnt have to tell you over the phone.
I heard she cracked up, when they found
out what the war had cost,
and all five of her boys were lost.
Say goodbye mrs sullivan
go ahead and cry.
We regret to inform you that all your sons
have passed away.
.....All five!
So change your blue star to gold.
It's not hard to reach back to the day
underneath an Iowa sun.
running to the tower of waterloo, looking
for the sullivan train to come.
His five boys would run to the top and
salute him as he went bye.
First we'd wave hello.
Then we'd wave goodbye.
It's not hard to reach back to the days
after the attack on Pearl.
Overnight my buddies turned into men, run-
ning out of time for games and girls.
The Sullivan boys were not overlooked
Uncle Sam calling each by name.
The very next day they left on a mystery
train.
Say goodbye, bye, bye, Mrs. Sullivan
don't you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
We regret to inform you
the Navy has taken your sons away.
So put your blue star in the window.
It's not hard to reach back to her smile,
when she received the letter.
The ltters, they sounded generally the
same it said: If they coudn't
be home, at least they were together on a
mighty fighting battleship,
somewhere in the south pacific.
The letters never got much more specific.
Say goodbye, bye, bye, mrs sullivan
dont you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.
we regret to infrom you
the Navy is keeping your sons away.
All five, five, five, five.
So keep your blue star in the window.
It's not hard to reach back to the day
when the war finally came home.
Uncle Sam will send you a telegram, so he
doesnt have to tell you over the phone.
I heard she cracked up, when they found
out what the war had cost,
and all five of her boys were lost.
Say goodbye mrs sullivan
go ahead and cry.
We regret to inform you that all your sons
have passed away.
.....All five!
So change your blue star to gold.
Joan Osborne's singing and the Funk Brothers' playing on What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Moonlight Sonata
O Holy Night
Amazing Grace .... was played at my Grandmother's funeral
Black - Pearl Jam ..... reminds me of a girl I knew
Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - Black Crowes ..... reminds me of the same girl
Destino de Abril
Bluebell Knoll - Cocteau Twins
O Holy Night
Amazing Grace .... was played at my Grandmother's funeral
Black - Pearl Jam ..... reminds me of a girl I knew
Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - Black Crowes ..... reminds me of the same girl
Destino de Abril
Bluebell Knoll - Cocteau Twins
Most I have just create a strong emotion. When U2 did, "Where the Streets Have no Name" at the superbowl was a powerful moment for me
Black Gives way to Blue- Alice n Chains
Nutshell-AIC (the whole song has this impending death vibe to me)
Changes- Sabbath
Black- Pearl Jam
Hearing Karen Carpenter's voice has always seemed very sad to me.
Black Gives way to Blue- Alice n Chains
Nutshell-AIC (the whole song has this impending death vibe to me)
Changes- Sabbath
Black- Pearl Jam
Hearing Karen Carpenter's voice has always seemed very sad to me.
Many by the Moody Blues, maybe because I was there to hear them the first time around.... Mister Bo Jangles. Turn of the Century by YES - that one gets me EVERY time.
It changes for me a lot, a song just catches you at the wrong time and it reminds you of something.
Right now its this.
Right now its this.
