Songs that make you cry

[franki68]

condor said:

Puff the magic dragon used to make me sad/cry as a child. Can't think of anything that has since then.

snap.

[shaunsmith]

Seasons in the sun Terry Jacks

[Brave Fart]

Mine is definitely "The Sky Above The Rain" by Marillion. It's about how depression can destroy love, told from her point of view...."when he reaches out, she turns away". It's got a wonderful uplifting finale however, and if that doesn't make you cry, you have a heart of stone.
Or, from the same band, have a listen to "Estonia". Have the tissues ready.
Marillion. The best band in the world. Ever. In my opinion!
Mike.

[Digby]

Ok, so they don't make me cry as such, but...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

Eva Cassidy - Songbird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNLYeaL7No

Silent Lucidity - Queensryche

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXNfqkvaXvc

Birdy - People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1xxNB-AUFc

Power Of Love (extended) Frankie..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLw_K-W3GNE


...to name a few.

[dandarez]

I don't know about making me cry... But there has been some 'sad' stuff listed. Seasons in the Sun has been mentioned, from the 70s. I'm looking at this from a bloke's point of view and nothing, but nothing, touches Fleetwood Mac's 1969 Man of the World by Peter Green.

Christ, just how down would you have to be to write and sing that line in bold?

I watched them play many times in the late 60s and early 70s, (Green was God, not Clapton!) before Green truly went off the rails thanks to drugs. As did vibrato guitar genius Danny Kirwan thanks to alcohol.


Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls

I guess I've got everything I need
I wouldn't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born

And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could

I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love

[alolympic]

Empty by Ray Lamontagne is the one song that continually bowls me over, and some of the most powerful lyrics I have heard.

Well, I looked my demons in the eyes
Laid bare my chest, said "Do your best, destroy me
You see, I've been to hell and back so many times
I must admit you kind of bore me"
There's a lot of things that can kill a man
There's a lot of ways to die
Listen, some already did that walked beside me
There's a lot of things I don't understand
Why so many people lie
It's their hurt I hide that fuels the fire inside me
Will I always feel this way
So empty, so estranged

Read more: Ray LaMontagne - Empty Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[Voldemort]

And I Love Her - Beatles
Do You Realize?? - Flaming Lips

[Rickyy]

The Hollies - He ain't heavy, he's my Brother.

Played at the funeral of my OH's friend. He was 29, a serving soldier in the Parachute Regiment who lost a long battle with cancer. Seriously emotional time and this song was played as his Brother finished saying a few words about him.

Gets me every time!

[FredClogs]

Sat down with the kids to watch Annie yesterday (the original not the horrific remake) was blubbing within first 2 minutes, Annie sat on window sill singing...

Maybe far away
Or maybe real nearby
He may be pouring her coffee
She may be straightening his tie.
Maybe in a house
All hidden by a hill
(Molly)
She's sitting playing piano
(Tessie)
He's sitting paying a bill!
(Annie)
Betcha they're young
Betcha they're smart
(July)
Bet they collect things
(Duffy)
Like ashtrays, and art.
(Kate)
Betcha they're good
(Pepper)
Why shouldn't they be?
(Annie+Orphans)
Their one mistake
Was giving up me.


Stupid ginger bh...

[bstb3]

not exactly the song, but on the day B.B. passed I found this on YT and was certainly a little upsetting - so now that every time I hear it i think of the vid and these two legends gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUaevnP1LLg

The thrill is gone, Gary Moore & B.B. King live

[conkerman]

Not so much the song, but the video to Steven Wilsons The raven that refused to sing, seems to make it very dusty every time I watch it.

[vanordinaire]

Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris when I was a kid,

Will You by Hazel O'Connor when I was a teenager.

Nowadays, most versions of the Tennessee Waltz but particularly Eva Cassidy's, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkT_p2Xvy7s

and The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra's version of The Flower of Portencross, this should be Scotland's national anthem, it raises so many emotions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H-nbNppdu0

Edited by vanordinaire on Wednesday 28th October 13:51

[stepaway]

dandarez said:

I don't know about making me cry... But there has been some 'sad' stuff listed. Seasons in the Sun has been mentioned, from the 70s. I'm looking at this from a bloke's point of view and nothing, but nothing, touches Fleetwood Mac's 1969 Man of the World by Peter Green.

Christ, just how down would you have to be to write and sing that line in bold?

I watched them play many times in the late 60s and early 70s, (Green was God, not Clapton!) before Green truly went off the rails thanks to drugs. As did vibrato guitar genius Danny Kirwan thanks to alcohol.


Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls

I guess I've got everything I need
I wouldn't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born

And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could

I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love

I've met Peter quite a few times, my friend was his sound engineer for a fair while. The man is a forgotten genius. Whilst it's not a song that makes me cry, this is another great blues monster with some very sad lyrics, albeit a little more tongue in cheek I guess when compared to Man of the World. It's a BB King tune, but my god does Peter make it work.

http://youtu.be/IxgY9eEFiYM

I've got a good mind to give up living
And go out shopping instead
And pick out a tombstone
And have myself pronounced dead

[Dand E Lion]

Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute

Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers
Leave the light on at the top of the stairs
Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky
A tree taps on the window pane
That feeling smothers me again
Daddy, is it true that we all have to die?

At the top of the stairs is darkness
At the top of the stairs is darkness

I closed my eyes and when I looked
Your name was in the memorial book
And what had become of all the things we planned
I accepted the commiserations
Of all your friends and your relations
But there's some things I still don't understand

You were so tall, how could you fall?

Some photographs of a summer's day
A little boy's lifetime away
Is all I've left of everything we've done
Like a pale moon in a sunny sky
Death gazes down as I pass by
To remind me that I'm but my father's son

I offer up to you, this tribute
I offer up to you, this tank park salute


Joan Baez 'Diamonds and Rust'
Nimrod

[Rh14n]

westberks said:

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.

REM's Everybody hurts does it for me too ever since it was played at the funeral of a close friend who'd committed suicide.

[DaveGoddard]

Uncle John said:

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

All Saints' cover of that makes me cry, purely for being so horrific.

Whoever mentioned Silent Lucidity is correct, glad I'm not the only one who gets quite emotional at that one. Very moving song.

One that always gets me, and I have no idea why, is Going Home by Mark Knopfler. It's not even a song, it's an instrumental, but for some reason it always suggests "ending" or a terrible loss to me. I think the end scene to Local Hero has something to do with it.

And going off topic a little, am I the only person in the world who really detests BOTH versions of Comfortably Numb?

[DavidJG]

Beth Nielson-Chapman, 'Sand and Water':

All alone, I didn't like the feeling
All alone, I sat and cried
All alone, I had to find some meaning
In the center of the pain I felt inside

All alone, I came into the world
All alone, I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns
I will hear you in the sound of the waves
I will know you when I come, as we all will come,
Through the doors, beyond the grave

All alone, I heal this heart of sorrow
All alone, I raise this child
Flesh and bone, he's just
Bursting towards tomorrow
And his laughter fills my world, and wears your smile

All alone, I came into the world
All alone, I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by



A truly under-appreciated singer / song-writer

[TwigtheWonderkid]

shaunsmith said:

Seasons in the sun Terry Jacks

We had joy, we had fun
We had Tottenham on the run
But the fun didn't last
Coz the buggers ran too fast.

They don't write 'em like that anymore.

[227bhp]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

shaunsmith said:

Seasons in the sun Terry Jacks

We had joy, we had fun
We had Tottenham on the run
But the fun didn't last
Coz the buggers ran too fast.

They don't write 'em like that anymore.

Flicking bogeys at the sun
When the sun became too hot
the bogeys turned to snot

I seem to think there was a mildly racist version too, but luckily can't quite remember it...

[gmaz]

conkerman said:

Not so much the song, but the video to Steven Wilsons The raven that refused to sing, seems to make it very dusty every time I watch it.

Have you watched Routine then... pass the kleenex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh5mWzKlhQY