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post #51 of 160
11/3/03 at 2:03pm
"Crossing Muddy Waters," John Hiatt. It's almost always waterworks time whenever I hear it.
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post #52 of 160
11/3/03 at 2:39pm
Neil Young - Such A Woman - Harvest Moon, 1992
Prince - Sometimes It Snows In April - Parade, 1986
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post #53 of 160
11/3/03 at 5:22pm
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Originally posted by Avalon
Love The Goo, Werewolf Girl. I don't mention them much, out of preference.

Coldplay is still kicking it on my spinner. Can't get enough.
Coldplay is rocking my world lately.
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post #54 of 160
11/3/03 at 7:06pm
Rescued By The Arms Of Love by Glass Tiger

Desert Rose by The Adventures

Ring Around Her Finger by Tonic

They all give me a wee lump.
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post #55 of 160
11/4/03 at 4:12pm
Save A Prayer by Duran Duran

Comforatably Numb by Pink Floyd

Soft Rain of April by A-Ha

Launch by Trevor Rabin (Armageddon Score)

Fields of Gold by Sting

Turn by Travis
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post #56 of 160
11/4/03 at 7:17pm
T-shirt & Panties - Adina Howard
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post #57 of 160
11/4/03 at 9:12pm
Quote:
Originally posted by kittyinjammies
I prefer Rufus Wainwright's version.
I prefer it, too.

There is a Fiona Apple song that breaks me everytime I hear it. Talk about love lost...

"Love Ridden"



Aaaigh! I though I had successfully purged that song from my memory! Damn. Great song, but I hate it for making me feel like shit.

Great call Swykk, on 'Same Deep Water As You.'

Also, The Smith's 'I Know It's Over' and 'Already There' by The Verve used to be good for a sniffle or two.
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post #58 of 160
11/4/03 at 9:22pm
I like your list, Nelson.

Dylan, I left you a post in the "What are you listening to..." thread.
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post #59 of 160
11/5/03 at 6:36am
The Police- Every Step You Take
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post #60 of 160
11/5/03 at 12:52pm
Quote:
Originally posted by DJ Dylan
The Police- Every Step You Take
Every Breath You Take.
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post #61 of 160
11/7/03 at 8:13am
"Fairy Tale of New York" by The Pogues with Kristy MacColl. Every damn time.
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post #62 of 160
11/7/03 at 1:49pm
Echos-- Not for any personal story or anything, but I've actually plotted out a story that the song tells, and the final stanza gets me because I can't help but think of how freakin' amazing it would be if I could make it. The last few lines are just so incredibly brilliant that it's not a sad sort of tear, but one of awe.

Silent every day you fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall comes streaming in
On sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
And so I throw the window wide
And call to you across the sky...

Fuckin' amazing.

Other Pink Floyd songs that stick the lump in my throat:

Wish You Were Here
High Hopes (don't care what your opinion of post-Waters Floyd is, the song is gorgeous.)
Nobody Home
Mother
When the Tigers Broke Free

Songs from other bands that aren't Pink Floyd that have a similar effect:

Let Down (RadioHead)
Lucky (Radiohead)
How to Dissapear Completely (Radiohead)
Motion Picture Soundtrack (Radiohead)
Yellow (Coldplay)
The Background (Third Eye Blind, when they were still a rock band)

Soundtracks:
Cerebro (John Ottman--X2)
The Hand of Fate Pt. 2 (James Newton Howard-- Signs)
To the Stars (Randy Edelmen-- DragonHeart)


There are others that are hiding in other places of my head right now, but that's enough for now.
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post #63 of 160
11/7/03 at 2:16pm
alot of Soundgarden songs get me depressed to tears.
but in a good way of course.

Mailman
Like Suicide
4th of July


Mathew Sweet

I almost Forgot
Reaching Out. (definately makes me cry)
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post #64 of 160
11/7/03 at 2:43pm
Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore
Goo Goo Dolls - Name

Both are tied to a past relationship gone sour.
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post #65 of 160
11/7/03 at 8:24pm
Actually Beavis, you just made me remember -

Counting Crows - 'Anna Begins'

Haven't listened to that cd for quite some time, but that song is just beautiful.
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post #66 of 160
11/8/03 at 4:34pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Nelson is testing Agrep
Every Breath You Take.
I know....im dumb and it was 3:36AM when I posted that.
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post #67 of 160
12/20/03 at 12:10am
"Gollum's Song"-Emiliana Torrini
"Alone Again, Naturally"-Gilbert O'Sullivan
"Roads"-Portishead
"Angel"-Sarah McLachlan
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"-Tori Amos

I find myself listening to these a lot as part of my therapy. It helps when you're feeling numb and need something to snap you back to reality.
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post #68 of 160
12/20/03 at 2:11am
Ignoring Slater and the like,for me emotional reaction to music has virtually nothing to do with the lyrics.I don't care about lyrics,certain songs make me well up,it's just the mood overall.There is nothing strange about it.For example:

Queen-Show Must Go On
Cocteau Twins-plenty o'songs


Tears aren't always a sign of sadness,I often find myself welling up over what I consider uplifting or very aggressive music,just cuz it hit's all my buttons YAAAAAAAAAAAHH!

Ok,but I'll throw a bone to Slater.You want weird.I well up watching the final fight in Jackie Chan's Police Story.

What can I say,movie violence moves me......................
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post #69 of 160
4/25/09 at 2:12pm

*Bump*

Only a few songs get me everytime:

"Coat of Many Colors" -both Dolly Parton's or Emmylou Harris' version---crushing look at that moment of shattered childhood innocence; the bittersweet vocals are heartbreaking; yet, despite this, song is unshakably hopeful

"Hey Jude"--The Beatles--tears of joy at the pure beauty of it; pop perfection

"Without You"-Nilsson--While, i'm moved by Badfinger's version too, Hary Nilsson takes the song to another level--nothing quite like this nakedly emotional fireball of a song

"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"--Nirvana--Kurt's vocals make you feel the hurt in the soul
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post #70 of 160
4/25/09 at 3:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Elvis View Post
Only a few songs get me everytime:

"Coat of Many Colors" -both Dolly Parton's or Emmylou Harris' version---crushing look at that moment of shattered childhood innocence; the bittersweet vocals are heartbreaking; yet, despite this, song is unshakably hopeful
Yup. Gets me every time.
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post #71 of 160
4/25/09 at 3:27pm
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

Lost my grandfather this year. He was born in West Virginia and went to WVU after WWII. My youngest sister goes there now. The football team plays it at the end of every home game win.
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post #72 of 160
4/25/09 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by Disciple_72 View Post
"Bright Eyes" (Art Garfunkel/Mike Batt)

partly because of the scene in the cartoon, partly for nostalgic reasons. stupid high pitched afro bastid making me cry like that.
If I were ever to cry to a song, it'd be this.
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post #73 of 160
4/25/09 at 5:47pm
I cry at every fucking time.



Yes, I read through the whole thread to make sure no one beat me to the joke. But it was worth it, because who can resist a Synecdoche, New York joke?
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post #74 of 160
4/25/09 at 5:49pm
It's boiled down over the years to:

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Tori Amos - Me And A Gun
Bjork - Harm Of Will
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post #75 of 160
4/25/09 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Dylan View Post
The Police- Every Step You Take
This is just bizarre. Somebody has no idea what this song is about.

Edit:
Just to be constructive, mine is Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever. And no, it has nothing to do with Highlander. And I probably didn't find it a very emotional song before Freddy Mercury died.
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post #76 of 160
4/25/09 at 5:52pm
I have weird reasons for getting emotional at Sufjan Steven's Vito's Ordination Song.
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post #77 of 160
4/25/09 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
This is just bizarre. Somebody has no idea what this song is about.

Edit:
Just to be constructive, mine is Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever. And no, it has nothing to do with Highlander. And I probably didn't find it a very emotional song before Freddy Mercury died.
Sorta along this same line of thought: Since The Wrestler, it's been impossible for me to hear Sweet Child O' Mine and not get a little choked up.
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post #78 of 160
4/25/09 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
I have weird reasons for getting emotional at Sufjan Steven's Vito's Ordination Song.
Can't blame you for that. I love that song. But "Casimir Pulaski Day" is the one that tears me up.

Also, even apart from the context of the overarching story, the last track on The Decemberists' "The Hazards of Love" is a recent button-pusher of mine.
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post #79 of 160
4/25/09 at 6:20pm
Oh, and looking back through this thread, it appears no one has yet mentioned "The River," which is one of my favorite Springsteen songs that I can't listen to that often.
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post #80 of 160
4/25/09 at 6:35pm
Assuming we're not taking the title too literally, some songs that have weathered repetition to still affect me"

Never Let Go - Tom Waits
These Days - Nico
The Indifference of Heaven - Warren Zevon
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan. This isn't really the saddest song in the world, but the one that got away was a redhead, and I discovered the song at just the wrong time.
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post #81 of 160
4/25/09 at 6:42pm
I can't even begin to explain what it is with Tangled Up In Blue. It's like a really engaging movie. Like all great folk artists, Dylan is a natural storyteller.
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post #82 of 160
4/25/09 at 7:00pm
If I Ever Leave This World Alive and The Son Never Shines on Closed Doors by Flogging Molly get me every time. Dave King's writing is so personal and heartfelt, it's hard not to tear up during those. One of the coolest moments of my life was drinking a Guiness with Dave at Ryan's pub in New Orleans and talking to him about his music and "World Alive" specifically. The whole band is awesome, but Dave and guitarist Dennis Casey are two of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
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post #83 of 160
4/25/09 at 7:06pm
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by The Talking Heads always gets to me. I dunno what the song is about, but it makes me melancholy.
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post #84 of 160
4/25/09 at 7:08pm
A few more killing me softly:

"The Angels Rejoiced Last Night" Gram Parsons

"After the Gold Rush"-Neil Young

"Amazing Grace" Aretha Franklin (Any good version of that song really; maybe the perfect hymn)

"Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn"--Emmylou Harris

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"-Cash

If in the right mood:

"In My Hour of Darkness"-GP

"Down In A Hole"-Alice In Chains

"Tracks of My Tears"-Smokey

Edit:

Inexplicitly:

1921--The Who
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post #85 of 160
4/25/09 at 7:20pm
As Time Goes By

Simple Man - Lynard Synard and Shinedown accoustic

Beautiful - Christina Agulara

The Day The World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails

Hurt- Johnny Cash

It's So Hard Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - G.C. Cameron and Boyz II Men

Amen - Jewel

Still - Alanis Morissette

Gotta Knock a Little Harder - Mai Yamane



All of them are recent but, they hit that soft spot.
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post #86 of 160
4/25/09 at 9:30pm
Not cry, per se, but...

Skates - Hayden
There is a Light that Never goes Out - The Smiths
Waterboy - Live
Mouthful of Cavities - Bind Melon
Across the Universe - The Beatles (or Fiona A. or Rufus W.)
Vincent - Don MacLean
Old Friends - Simon and Garfunkel
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post #87 of 160
4/25/09 at 11:18pm
Patrick Swayze - She's Like the Wind

The Cars - Drive

Manowar - Kingdom Come



Niagara Falls, Frankie baby..
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post #88 of 160
4/26/09 at 1:36am
Alone In The Ring (from Rocky Original Motion Picture Score) - Bill Conti
Love's Been Good To Me - Johnny Cash
Table For One - Liz Phair

All three remind me of my dad who passed away more than 6 years ago, dealing with his death on my own terms.
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post #89 of 160
4/26/09 at 1:52am
Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

I'm not a fan of country music but my girlfriend was listening to this song one day while we were out driving. Very depressing song and could easily be a tearjerker.
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post #90 of 160
4/27/09 at 11:39am
I've never cried due to a song but I think that "Into My Arms" by Nick Cave would be the song that brings me the closest.

Others that could have a shot:

"The Factory" by Bruce Springsteen

"Sidewalk Song" by Thrift Store Cowboys

"Love Hurts" by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (Emmylou Harris fucking murders me, there's just something about her.)

"Jolene" by Dolly Parton

"Come On Up To The House" by Tom Waits

Although "Hallelujah" has been mentioned ad nauseum in this thread I'll throw out some love for the original Cohen version, I was really psyched that it was the one they used in WATCHMEN.

"Shadowlands" by Ryan Adams

"Pine Box" and "Porchlight" by William Elliott Whitmore (I can't get enough of this guy, I should start a thread about him if there isn't one already.)

I'll also second "The Son Never Sets On Closed Doors" by Flogging Molly, I absolutely love that song.
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post #91 of 160
4/27/09 at 12:45pm
My biggie for the last few years has been "Outfit," by Drive-By Truckers.

Prior to that, it was mostly Irish music, folk ("The Parting Glass" by the Clancy Brothers) or contemporary ("The Broad Majestic Shannon" by The Pogues).

Richard Thompson managed it a few times, mostly with Linda singing: "Never Again" and "Wall of Death." And his own "Al Bowlly's in Heaven."

A few Springsteen songs, but they had a lot to do with specific associations: The River, for example, came out at a fairly low time for me, and hearing the songs from it coming out of the radio just moved me in ways I couldn't really explain.

Oh, and the "first dance" song from my wedding ("Let It Be Me", by the Everly Brothers-- and, yes, it already WAS an oldie by then), or The Beatles' "In My Life," which one of my brothers used at his.
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post #92 of 160
4/27/09 at 4:25pm
"In My Life" for a wedding song? Don't get me wrong, I love the song, but to put things in perspective, I have requested it be played at my funeral. It never struck me as a wedding song. Too melancholy.
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post #93 of 160
4/27/09 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBagel View Post
"In My Life" for a wedding song? Don't get me wrong, I love the song, but to put things in perspective, I have requested it be played at my funeral. It never struck me as a wedding song. Too melancholy.
It's pretty popular for weddings, actually (although not necessarily as the first husband-wife dance). It's a little melancholy, but it's nostalgic and thankful.

Actually, a lot of good wedding songs have a tinge of melancholy. The first dance at mine was The Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year," and that's hopeful, but kind of teary, too. And "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" (which would be a fantastic wedding song - for some reason, it didn't occur to me at the time) works the same way - it's so overwhelmingly happy that it loops around.

Nice to see Gram Parsons so well-represented in this thread; "Hot Burrito #1" is his most effective weeper, IMO.
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post #94 of 160
4/27/09 at 4:53pm
As much love as I have for the original, I can't listen to the Jeff Buckley version of 'Hallelujah' without suddenly feeling outside of myself. It's haunting and sexy and perfect.

Oddly enough, the Celtic Woman version of Danny Boy gets me. The last verse lays me to waste. Such beautiful version.

Some others, 'Breathe' by Sia (and I've only seen one episode of Six Feet Under, not the finale, either). And 'Time Ago' by Black Lab, haven't heard it in years, but it's the first heartbreak song I ever fully embraced.

Oh, and the Band of Brothers theme song, instrumental or the opera version. My god.
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post #95 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:00pm
I guess I'll provide some of the country music perspective:

"Who You'd be Today" by Kenney Chesney
"Then they Do" by Trace Adkins
"Go rest High on that Mountain" by Vince Gil, Patty Lovelace, and Ricky Skaggs
"Love, Me" by Colin Raye
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post #96 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:02pm
"Circle" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians. I'm not very good at letting go and this song ("When I'm all alone, it's the best way to be. When I'm by myself, nobody else can say, 'Goodbye'") gets me everytime. Life is just one long series of goodbyes that you're not prepared for.
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post #97 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by Anakin's Dad View Post
"Go rest High on that Mountain" by Vince Gil, Patty Lovelace, and Ricky Skaggs
My Grandmother had that song played at my Grandfather's funeral so ever since then, I kinda get choked up every time I hear that song.

I'll also give a shout-out to DBT's "Outfit."

Neutral Milk Hotel's "Holland, 1945" always makes me tear up a little every time.
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post #98 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBagel View Post
"In My Life" for a wedding song? Don't get me wrong, I love the song, but to put things in perspective, I have requested it be played at my funeral. It never struck me as a wedding song. Too melancholy.
One of my sisters requested that godawful Kenny Loggins (a tautology, I know)-Stevie Nicks "Whenever I Call You Friend" for her first dance. The "band" (guy and gal with a pair of synths) assured her they knew it. When the time came, they struck up Barbra Streisand's "Evergreen" instead. I was hard pressed to decide whether that constituted an improvement.

So there's worse things than a little tinge of melancholy.
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post #99 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:20pm
Colors - Ice T
This song shed light on the plight of the urban male and really makes you feel their pain. I'm getting misty eyed just typing this.

Not really.
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post #100 of 160
4/27/09 at 5:36pm
I would guess that this one would probably not hit most of the CHUD demographic, at least not at this point, but I once produced a stage production of Stephen ("Wicked") Schwarz' "Children of Eden."

It's not a particularly inspired piece of writing, but it's a story about the inevitable process of parents having to learn to let go of their children.

I was working on it the summer my daughter was getting ready to go away to college, and to this day even the cheesiest song from that show reduces me to jello.
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