Songs that make you cry
Discussion
I seem to have a (fortunately) short list of songs that seem to somehow hit a subconscious part of my brain and make me go a bit teary-eyed for what appears to be no reason at all.
I can't see a common link between the music, lyrics or tone or anything, and wondered what it might be.
Some examples:
Kate Bush - This Womans Work
Tori Amos - Silent all these years
Nine Inch Nails - Something I can never have
Katy Perry - Firework (WTF!)
Polarkreis 18 - Allein, Allein
Anyone else get an irrational emotional response from particular songs they like?
I can't see a common link between the music, lyrics or tone or anything, and wondered what it might be.
Some examples:
Kate Bush - This Womans Work
Tori Amos - Silent all these years
Nine Inch Nails - Something I can never have
Katy Perry - Firework (WTF!)
Polarkreis 18 - Allein, Allein
Anyone else get an irrational emotional response from particular songs they like?
boyse7en said:
mybrainhurts said:
Pull yourself together, man, and give yourself a bloody good hiding. We didn't win wars by being a bunch of weapons grade ninnies.
Bless 
On topic, Gary Numan's "My Last Day" which is an imagining of a father dying whilst his kids are young (written during a period of profound depression, given his becoming a father to three daughters in his forties) hits the thread title fairly smack on imho.
http://youtu.be/uFrldNl6jq8
'Small Hours' - John Martyn. Hardcore melancholy - if you don't know it, I cannot recommend it enough. Incredible keyboard solo from Steve Winwood makes up the last 5 minutes. Proper ambient. Also 'Emmanate' - by Phoria - the Tom Gillieron remix of that track is really moving. And, oddly, Finley Quaye 'Maverick a' Strike'- only because I can remember my headspace when we recorded it. Gets me every time.
Hazel O'Connor stay now you say.
Don't watch this version without a box of Kleenex then.
Hazel O'Connor - Will You - Jazz Cafe, London - D…: http://youtu.be/OqJWRmYqBiQ
Don't watch this version without a box of Kleenex then.
Hazel O'Connor - Will You - Jazz Cafe, London - D…: http://youtu.be/OqJWRmYqBiQ
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Miles Davis' cover of When I Fall in Love strikes a nerve with me, but it's not anywhere near enough to draw even a lump, let alone a tear.
Thunderchild from Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds stands the hairs on the back of my neck up. Self sacrifice always gets under my skin. Again, though, it's more an emotive subject, than something that could draw a tear.
If I ever cried at a song I'd reach for a single malt and have a stern word with myself.
Thunderchild from Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds stands the hairs on the back of my neck up. Self sacrifice always gets under my skin. Again, though, it's more an emotive subject, than something that could draw a tear.
If I ever cried at a song I'd reach for a single malt and have a stern word with myself.
Not actually cried to it, but this can make things a little dusty if you're in the right frame of mind...
Amy Macdonald - Left That Body Long Ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdv6igKBHw0
Amy Macdonald - Left That Body Long Ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdv6igKBHw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7P3bKjpv8
Urge for Going - Claire Hamill.
Prefer this to the Joni Mitchell original.
Urge for Going - Claire Hamill.
Prefer this to the Joni Mitchell original.
Cats in the cradle - Harry Chapin
Dance with my father again - Luther Vandross
Only since becoming a father have I been moved, properly moved, by music and even then only the two above really affect me. But catch me on the right day and with my boys having behaved well and just enough booze (me, not them) and I'll lose it.
Dance with my father again - Luther Vandross
Only since becoming a father have I been moved, properly moved, by music and even then only the two above really affect me. But catch me on the right day and with my boys having behaved well and just enough booze (me, not them) and I'll lose it.
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