Songs that make you cry

[robby b]

16 hours ago, AVFC_Hitz said:

Whenever I'm making midnight sandwiches after a few wines I always put this on and 99% start weeping. I mean, I am drunk at the time so it provides a catalyst.  

Oh you've reminded me of another song that's made me a bit teary a few times, my fave song by the Manics and one of my fave songs by anyone: Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky.

So beautiful and so sad. Steel string acoustic with alternative tuning. And a harp. It's about a big cat trapped in its little enclosure in a zoo. 

 

Edited August 18, 2023 by robby b

[Marka Ragnos]

18 minutes ago, delboy54 said:

The finale to "Suppers Ready" by Genesis sung by Peter Gabriel or seeing it done live with Steve Hackett and his band....probably even better

Well, yes. And when I was 15 and swamped in unrequited "first love," it wasn't just a song -- it was instantly playable catharsis. I swear I played it twice a day for a year. Kind of embarrassing, I know. 

And it's hey babe, with your guardian eyes so blue
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true?
I've been so far from here, far from your loving arms
Now I'm back again
And babe, it's gonna work out fine

Can't you feel our souls ignite?
Shedding ever-changing colours
In the darkness of the fading night
Like the river joins the ocean
As the germ in a seed grows
We have finally been freed to get back home

There's an angel standing in the sun
And he's crying with a loud voice
"This is the supper of the mighty one"
Lord of Lords, King of Kings
Has returned to lead his children home
To take them to the new Jerusalem

Edited August 18, 2023 by Marka Ragnos

[jackbauer24]

Most people on this site have far more nuanced tastes and are music specialists and know all those random bands I've never heard of. There are lots of songs that might trigger me personally for a variety of reasons but this relatively recent song seems to make everyone shed a tear when they listen to it; from friends to family and across age ranges.

Why? Well it's about a son facing up to the thought of losing his father and everyone can empathise with that;

 

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[luckyeddie]

Ironically it is Crying by Don McLean. I don't get emotional, but it always reminds me of Only Fools and Horses, and makes me cry with laughter

To the Moon & Back by Savage Garden, does do it for me though

[sidcow]

@bickster

Anything involving Paul McCartney.

[bickster]

9 minutes ago, sidcow said:

@bickster

Anything involving Paul McCartney.

If I cry, I cry for humanity

[foreveryoung]

Forgot about his masterclass.

 

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[VILLAMARV]

 

[foreveryoung]

 

[Marka Ragnos]

28 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

 

I don't like the song, but I like that you shared it here. 

[Marka Ragnos]

Always gets me. Corny AF but there you go. The 70s leisure suit, the haircut, the incredibly weak voice --- it also all makes me cry because the quality of the song shows how all the garbage that goes along with celebrity doesn't matter if you have the songs. Which Tom T. Hall did. Every man I knew of a certain age had that same haircut at around 1975 or so ... my dad, David Soul, all my Birmingham uncles, etc.

 

[Seat68]

8 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Always gets me. Corny AF but there you go. The 70s leisure suit, the haircut, the incredibly weak voice --- it also all makes me cry because the quality of the song shows how all the garbage that goes along with celebrity doesn't matter if you have the songs. Which Tom T. Hall did. Every man I knew of a certain age had that same haircut at around 1975 or so ... my dad, David Soul, all my Birmingham uncles, etc.

 

Interesting, his album About Love has a few tracks on it that do me in. Not even sure why, perhaps nostalgia, perhaps their intent. Whole lot of love, Your man loves you honey and Time takes care of a few things. 

[mjmooney]

Hmmm. Well, if we're doing maudlin country songs about old people, I'd go with this one. 

 

[Marka Ragnos]

Oh, jeez, this one with this performance. Can't ever make it past 2 minutes without weeping ... plus, you see a couple artists who have recently died, so that makes it ever worse (or better?).

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Marka Ragnos

[mjmooney]

6 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Oh, jeez, this one with this performance. Can't ever make it past 2 minutes without weeping ... plus, you see a couple artists who have recently died, so that makes it ever worse (or better?).

 

I like all those 'Playing For Change' videos, so far. 

[Seat68]

10 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

I like all those 'Playing For Change' videos, so far. 

I posted Doctor My Eyes, and that was a result of viewing the Playing for Change version.

[mjmooney]

Just now, Seat68 said:

I posted Doctor My Eyes, and that was a result of viewing the Playing for Change version.

I suspected that. 

[PussEKatt]