Easily reduced to tears?
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I really like Silent Night - the hidden track on the Damien Rice album - sung by Lisa Hannigan.
Always reduces me to tears.
First time I heard it (wasn't paying attention) I associated the lyrics with someone on their death bed being horrible to their partner to spare them the grief of sitting there at the end.
It's absolutely not about that, but the association stuck.
https://youtu.be/a3GtiQaxhIw?si=FSGO_SqEttZjU1kl
Always reduces me to tears.
First time I heard it (wasn't paying attention) I associated the lyrics with someone on their death bed being horrible to their partner to spare them the grief of sitting there at the end.
It's absolutely not about that, but the association stuck.
https://youtu.be/a3GtiQaxhIw?si=FSGO_SqEttZjU1kl
TGCOTF-dewey said:
I really like Silent Night - the hidden track on the Damien Rice album - sung by Lisa Hannigan.
Always reduces me to tears.
First time I heard it (wasn't paying attention) I associated the lyrics with someone on their death bed being horrible to their partner to spare them the grief of sitting there at the end.
It's absolutely not about that, but the association stuck.
https://youtu.be/a3GtiQaxhIw?si=FSGO_SqEttZjU1kl
Silent Night gets me every time, possibly sue to some hard Christmases when I was a child. Sinead O'Connor's version is good Always reduces me to tears.
First time I heard it (wasn't paying attention) I associated the lyrics with someone on their death bed being horrible to their partner to spare them the grief of sitting there at the end.
It's absolutely not about that, but the association stuck.
https://youtu.be/a3GtiQaxhIw?si=FSGO_SqEttZjU1kl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWpXRk5f254
lornemalvo said:
Silent Night gets me every time, possibly sue to some hard Christmases when I was a child. Sinead O'Connor's version is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWpXRk5f254
That's been my virtual Christmas Card to friends and family on FB for years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWpXRk5f254
It's just beautiful.
6 pages in and nobody's mentioned Smack my b
h Up?
As long as Ronan Keating's not murdering it.
Can't say I break down, but music can give me a great sense of melancholy.
- Albinoni Adagio. First heard this as a track on Galipoli.
- Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is haunting
- Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead
- Cats in the Cradle is poignant now I have two sons
There are loads. Great music can stir every emotion. It's why it's so awesome.
h Up?paulguitar said:
DickyC said:
Tracy Chapman's Fast Car
What a great, great song that is.Can't say I break down, but music can give me a great sense of melancholy.
- Albinoni Adagio. First heard this as a track on Galipoli.
- Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is haunting
- Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead
- Cats in the Cradle is poignant now I have two sons
There are loads. Great music can stir every emotion. It's why it's so awesome.
Murph7355 said:
6 pages in and nobody's mentioned Smack my bh Up?
As long as Ronan Keating's not murdering it.
I am very relieved to say that I have not heard RK’s version . Had no idea he’d recorded it. h Up?paulguitar said:
DickyC said:
Tracy Chapman's Fast Car
What a great, great song that is.There really should be laws against that kind of thing.
I've always been a cry baby - even watching a show like DIY SOS (the Nick Knowles show) will set me off, when they do the reveal at the end.
Oh, and the bits near the end of ET: every bloody time....
But if you want to witness mass sobbing from a bunch of old gits - including me - then a Marillion gig when they play "Care" will certainly do it. It's a song that pays tribute to those who care for us in our final moments. These days, a Marillion audience includes many who lost people during Covid, and the phrase "not a dry eye in the house" was never more appropriate.
Oh, and the bits near the end of ET: every bloody time....
But if you want to witness mass sobbing from a bunch of old gits - including me - then a Marillion gig when they play "Care" will certainly do it. It's a song that pays tribute to those who care for us in our final moments. These days, a Marillion audience includes many who lost people during Covid, and the phrase "not a dry eye in the house" was never more appropriate.
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd always gets me. It was one of my late father's favourite songs. I was too young to 'get' Pink Floyd while he was alive, but now I'd give anything to even just watch one of the Pink Floyd concerts Sky Arts have on download with him.
Edited by Speed Badger on Sunday 3rd March 13:53
Speed Badger said:
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd always gets me. It was one of my late father's favourite songs. I was too young to 'get' Pink Floyd while he was alive, but now I'd give anything to even just watch one of the Pink Floyd coverts Sky Arts have on download with him.
Beautiful chord progressions, and the line:-The child has grown, the dream has gone
Reduces me to a dribbling wreck every time.
Oh, and Dave's first guitar solo is perfection. ISTRM that Rick Beato rates it as the best rock solo of all time (happy to be corrected)
https://youtu.be/Q64oNji5MWA?si=DIm-q4paRcP_XSZ4
Mother by Kacey Musgraves, I'm listening to it now with some dust in my eye.
Oh, and Nimrod makes me sob
Mother by Kacey Musgraves, I'm listening to it now with some dust in my eye.
Oh, and Nimrod makes me sob
Regards my mentions of the Moody Blues 'Nights in White Satin' - I'd forgotten this: back in the 70s I watched many groups live and recall Barclay James Harvest getting tagged the 'Poor Man's Moody Blues'. Then they came out with this!. Worth a listen ALL THE WAY to the end. I put it on last night and my wife said 'Is that the Moodys?' LOL
The first comment says 'moved to tears'.
Sadly line up changed, like Wishbone Ash arguments between the two lead protagonists going separate ways with their versions of the band.
And if you want to hear the most OMG! record ever, listen to 'Suicide' by the same group.
Christ!! First time I've listened to it in ages, nearly 8 mins... don't listen if you have bad thoughts.... it should have a 'warning'.
The first comment says 'moved to tears'.
Sadly line up changed, like Wishbone Ash arguments between the two lead protagonists going separate ways with their versions of the band.
And if you want to hear the most OMG! record ever, listen to 'Suicide' by the same group.
Christ!! First time I've listened to it in ages, nearly 8 mins... don't listen if you have bad thoughts.... it should have a 'warning'.
Don't really get reduced to tears, but like anyone we all have emotions.
Was just thinking about songs with 'Tears' in them.
Love this, the emotion of Coverdale is brilliant, as is the rest of the band inc the lead guitar playing of Adrian Vandenberg and bassist Marco Mendoza.
Tears? Not for me, in real life I'm the 'other guy' in this superb 'mono' video ('colour' would ruin it) -
watch to the end if you don't understand!
Was just thinking about songs with 'Tears' in them.
Love this, the emotion of Coverdale is brilliant, as is the rest of the band inc the lead guitar playing of Adrian Vandenberg and bassist Marco Mendoza.
Tears? Not for me, in real life I'm the 'other guy' in this superb 'mono' video ('colour' would ruin it) -
watch to the end if you don't understand!
Talking again of songs with 'Tears' in them, how about this by German group, Bonfire.
Doesn't actually use the word 'tears' but how brilliant is this alternative - see below in bold.
Deep in the night, when I'm alone
My heart starts to burn 'cause I feel for you
I've been away too long from my love
I leave it up to you to understand
I've got this feeling, deep in my mind
Come back and love me, just one more time
On the ground of an ocean we buried our love, far away
My heart's still bleeding
Won't you come back and stay?
But I can't understand
Why there's SALT IN MY EYES
And I can't understand
Why your heart's in disguise
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
Can't find the answer from a look in your eyes
My heart's still crying, don't tell me your love's a lie
You're still the one who can set me in a state of trance
Why don't we give us a second chance?
But I can't understand
Why you laugh though you cry
And I can't understand
Why I don't say good bye
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel
Doesn't actually use the word 'tears' but how brilliant is this alternative - see below in bold.
Deep in the night, when I'm alone
My heart starts to burn 'cause I feel for you
I've been away too long from my love
I leave it up to you to understand
I've got this feeling, deep in my mind
Come back and love me, just one more time
On the ground of an ocean we buried our love, far away
My heart's still bleeding
Won't you come back and stay?
But I can't understand
Why there's SALT IN MY EYES
And I can't understand
Why your heart's in disguise
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
Can't find the answer from a look in your eyes
My heart's still crying, don't tell me your love's a lie
You're still the one who can set me in a state of trance
Why don't we give us a second chance?
But I can't understand
Why you laugh though you cry
And I can't understand
Why I don't say good bye
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel like never again
For I still need you
And I want you to come back again
You make me feel
The only one that really gets me is Florence & The Machine - What The Water Gave Me. Reason being it was what happened to fire up on the radio as I got into my car straight after having my first dog PTS. Still to this day I find it such a strangely fitting song to have come on in that very moment - I can relate to the lyrics hugely with what was happening there and then, and also how our time together had been, going from age 11 to 22 with him. He was my best mate through my childhood and I’ve never forgotten him, as silly as that may sound to some I know.
That was back in July 2013 and it’s only in the last year or two that I can listen to it with other people around me and not sob whilst miming, sometimes singing along to it. It’s in my Spotify and occasionally comes on during shuffle plays. I’ll nearly always listen to it now when it comes on, but for those first 3 or 4 years I would panic skip it unless I was in the right mood (usually alone) to drive along and just let the tears flow.
I can remember one occasion it came on shuffle when I was maybe 1/4 mile from home and I actually turned the opposite way and did a quick lap to the next village and back to let the song play. There are a few other songs that make me feel emotional but that’s the stand out one. I do however find it strange how music can and does affect you in such an emotional way.
That was back in July 2013 and it’s only in the last year or two that I can listen to it with other people around me and not sob whilst miming, sometimes singing along to it. It’s in my Spotify and occasionally comes on during shuffle plays. I’ll nearly always listen to it now when it comes on, but for those first 3 or 4 years I would panic skip it unless I was in the right mood (usually alone) to drive along and just let the tears flow.
I can remember one occasion it came on shuffle when I was maybe 1/4 mile from home and I actually turned the opposite way and did a quick lap to the next village and back to let the song play. There are a few other songs that make me feel emotional but that’s the stand out one. I do however find it strange how music can and does affect you in such an emotional way.
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