Songs that make you cry
Discussion
grumbledoak said:
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" is the closest to tears a song has got me.
LikewiseMy Immortal by Evanescence comes a close second
Scissor Sisters cover of Comfortably Numb for completely different reasons. Like pouring lemon juice into a paper cut on your japs eye. Excruciating.
Plenty of songs get me going. Most have been suggested, these haven't and they seem to raise a tear for me.
'Hallelujah' Only the Buckley or Cohen renditions though.
'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' Neil Diamond.
Funnily enough I always get emotional when I hear The Chain, I reckon it's because of how many fond childhood memories it reminds me of.
'Hallelujah' Only the Buckley or Cohen renditions though.
'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' Neil Diamond.
Funnily enough I always get emotional when I hear The Chain, I reckon it's because of how many fond childhood memories it reminds me of.
Eric Clapton, tears in heaven, as mentioned above, because of the incident that lead to the song being written.
On a more personal note, G+R, November Rain.
My friend lost his girlfriend during giving birth, there daughter passed away a few hours later, they were buried together on a cold, wet, rainy November day, the first time I listened to the song after that, it took on a whole new meaning.
On a more personal note, G+R, November Rain.
My friend lost his girlfriend during giving birth, there daughter passed away a few hours later, they were buried together on a cold, wet, rainy November day, the first time I listened to the song after that, it took on a whole new meaning.
backwoodsman said:
On a more personal note, G+R, November Rain. My friend lost his girlfriend during giving birth, there daughter passed away a few hours later, they were buried together on a cold, wet, rainy November day, the first time I listened to the song after that, it took on a whole new meaning.
Bloody hell. 
ked my best mate.GloverMart said:
backwoodsman said:
On a more personal note, G+R, November Rain. My friend lost his girlfriend during giving birth, there daughter passed away a few hours later, they were buried together on a cold, wet, rainy November day, the first time I listened to the song after that, it took on a whole new meaning.
Bloody hell. a few mentions for The Living Years; saw Paul Carrack live on Saturday and that had the Mrs reaching for the kleenex but does nothing for me.
she's also a sucker for 'Dance With My Father', as much due to a difficult relationship with a miserable old sod who is still with us and how that songs makes her feel.
mine is Everybody Hurts - REM. only since it was playing the morning after our last pooch was put down and it just hit me in completely the wrong spot. 5 years later it still gets me.
she's also a sucker for 'Dance With My Father', as much due to a difficult relationship with a miserable old sod who is still with us and how that songs makes her feel.
mine is Everybody Hurts - REM. only since it was playing the morning after our last pooch was put down and it just hit me in completely the wrong spot. 5 years later it still gets me.
Tunnels and In the Back Seat by Arcade Fire from Funeral. They wrote the album at a time when several band members were losing relatives. In the Back Seat has the lyric, "My family tree's losing all its leaves".
All My Love by Led Zeppelin. It's not their best song, but it's a heartfelt song from Robert Plant to his son, Karac, who had died a couple of years before from a viral infection at the age of five.
All My Love by Led Zeppelin. It's not their best song, but it's a heartfelt song from Robert Plant to his son, Karac, who had died a couple of years before from a viral infection at the age of five.
Only one song by a particular artist for me. Ali McGregor covering Creep. I have heard her perform it several times and again at the weekend and blub every time Even though she had just woken up, was in Australia singing at home over Skype with Tim Minchin playing keyboard in London she got a standing ovation and there was not a dry eye in the place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQ0Ahhq4cI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQ0Ahhq4cI
Discovered these this week. Like a sledgehammer to the chest.
Cracking songs with poignant videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sLcvWG1M4
Cracking songs with poignant videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sLcvWG1M4
grumbledoak said:
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" is the closest to tears a song has got me.
Agreed, particularly when accompanied by the video given that June died so soon after and John a few months later. The way she looks at him from the staircase....there's no sugar coating on this video.The filming location was the house where Cash lived for 30 years - it burned down four years after the film was made.
Roseanne Cash's album Black Cadillac is a pretty tough listen as well.
Edited by geezerbutler on Thursday 5th March 20:03
6th Gear said:
Played at my uncles funeral, so always brings a tear to my eye.One of Gotye's less well-known tracks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le34ygtODfI - for anyone who has lost a much-loved pet. (RIP, Poppy)
And S&G hitting me in the feels with the so-in-love-it-hurts masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhRwNqybWog
Colin Blunstone with APP doing Old and Wise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdbpo7T8n4
And S&G hitting me in the feels with the so-in-love-it-hurts masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhRwNqybWog
Colin Blunstone with APP doing Old and Wise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdbpo7T8n4
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