Anyone have a song that makes them cry?

[dorktv]

I sobbed my heart out while listening to My Immortal by Evanance or however you spell their name. Then I told my boyfriend and he laughed at me. heehee.

[tnlefty]

1. Muskrat Love...because it's soooo bad...it hurts my ears and makes my

brain hurt.

[dorktv]

2. And that makes you cry?

[Florida_Geek]

3. Stevie Nicks - Leather and Lace

reminds me of a old girlfriend.

;(

[dorktv]

4. That is a bittersweet song.

[MuseRider]

5. Certain pieces

of classical music make me cry every time I hear them. I am not sure why some of them do but when I play them it gets rough because I have to memorize the parts I cry through!

[dorktv]

6. A piece of music that makes us react is good music.

[MuseRider]

24. Very true but can

you explain to me why I get goosebumps when I play "American Patrol"? That completely baffles me!

[dorktv]

30. Um the ghost of the song writer?

[SarahB]

7. There's an artist that now makes me cry.

That's about all I want to say here about it. I have cried over so many songs over the past few months, I can't even name them all at this point. It's rather pathetic really.

[dorktv]

9. Bad break up?

[Dogmudgeon]

8. Kilkelly, Ireland

The most depressing song ever written. Easily on a par with Gloomy Sunday. The version by The Dubliners especially.

It's a song written as a series of letters from a man to his grown son who has emigrated to Americay. The letters span some 40 years. Even stone cold sober, I can't listen to it without getting the urge to shuffle off this mortal coil. I have to make sure all the sharp objects have been hidden.

Forever Autumn is also in the Suicide Set. I have a list of the tracks I made into a CD. If I can find it, I will repost it.

--bkl

[dorktv]

11. You think the rumours about Gloomy Sunday are true?

[Dogmudgeon]

52. Yes and No

There's a lot of stuff about Gloomy Sunday on the web. Just use Google.

It's actually a very pretty song and it's been covered by no fewer than 40 major artists. Elvis Costello did a definitive acoustic guitar version; Sinead O'Connor, Sarah Brightman, and Heather Nova have all done excellent versions; Diamandia Galas did her own translation from Hungarian and does a remarkable avant-garde version.

The guy who wrote the son, Reszo Seress, was a pre-WWII antiwar activist. He himself committed suicide in 1967.

As for the rumors ... I think they're overblown. A lot of people who kill themselves quote songs and poems in their good-bye notes.

--bkl

[MaineDem]

91. Oh yes!!!

I can't sing that without starting to fill up. Reminds me of the all the "would-a" and "should-a" things we never get around to. He should have gone back to visit and now it's too late. :cry:

[DODI]

10. Ohio - CSN&Y and

Prologue, August 29, 1968 and Someday, August 29, 1968 by Chicago.

[bigwillq]

12. I cry sometimes when I hear that song too

"The Promise" By Tracy Chapman is my all-time favorite sob song.
There are others but I can't think right now.

[dorktv]

13. I cry to "Don't Take the Girl" and my co-workers have

much merriment over it.

[bigwillq]

15. What song is that? (nt)

[dorktv]

25. Country where a man actually is willing to die for his woman.

Only in fiction does that happen. *bitter alert*

[bigwillq]

27. I'm sure it does (nt)

[rfkrocks]

14. Goodnight Saigon-Billy Joel

I listen to it since Iraq-makes me think of our troops over there-the damage of war

[koopie57]

16. lately I've been crying to

Hail to the Chief

[redwitch]

17. christmas in the trenches

by john mccutcheon- about an actual event during WWI when English and German soldiers shared a Christmas truce- not possible to hear it and not be moved. Also a song written by a friend of mine about the death of Laura Nyro. For some reason it reminds me of my late father. Gets me every damn time.

[dorktv]

21. I learned about Christmas in the Trenches and it moves me.

You think of war, that is what is war, when two groups of people who are really not that different have to kill each other for no damn good reason.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. no need to argue

[Zorba607]

19. Something

George Harrison was a goddam genius. I can't at the moment think of more beautiful song.

[bigwillq]

20. I have also cried to "Image" by

John Lennon. I'm thinking of them now..

[DemoTex]

22. Bach's "Actus Tragicus"

The recorder duo.

[Bertha Venation]

23. you mustn't laugh -- I'm serious

"Wind Beneath My Wings" I sing to my sisters every time I hear it and I cry every time. I wouldn't be here without them.

[bigwillq]

26. I think I've cried to that one

And also-That Celien Dion song from "Up Close and Personal" They played it at my dad's godson's funeral and it tore me up.

[dorktv]

29. That song is a nice one...And I cried when I listened to it

for the Beaches movie.

[Rowdyboy]

28. I automatically connect "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Beaches

the ultimate tear-jerker. I certainly understand your reaction. It makes me think of my mom and grandparents.

[MuseRider]

31. Tennesee Waltz

It was my father's favorite song and he used to sing it badly but often when I was growing up. He has been gone for 31 years now but it still makes me cry.

[Bertha Venation]

35. I love that song -- and you've reminded me of another.

"Tennessee Waltz" is one of the lovliest melodies, and one version recored by -- is it Teresa Brewer? -- has the sweetest harmony.

"Jean," the them from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," always makes me cry. It was my mother's favorite song.

[MuseRider]

39. Oh my!

That is a beautiful song, I have not thought of it in a very long time. It will be playing in my head all night. Thank you for returning that one to my thoughts.

[Bertha Venation]

40. hope it doesn't make you cry

:hug:

[MaineDem]

94. Are we related?

:)

My father used to sing that song (badly) as well. It was a family joke but now it's a reminder of him. He's been gone almost 20 years. :(

[Jim Sagle]

32. "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child" - Grant Green's

guitar instrumental

[PassingFair]

33. OK,

2 songs give me goosebumps, both Beatle related.
1)While my guitar gently weeps
2)Empty Garden; a song by Elton John about John Lennon

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

34. "Abraham, Martin and John"

Also Toto's "I Won't Hold You Back" (it was popular at the time of my dad's death; guess it reminds me of him) and "Goodbye My Friend" by Linda Ronstadt (reminds me of my late mother).

[Faygo Kid]

57. Yep, "Abraham, Martin & John."

About the only one ever - although a few broken relationships (and two marriages) have some I don't care to revisit.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

36. Jean Val Jean's Prayer from Les Mis...

Gets me every time.

[xultar]

37. The Smiths, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT

Always makes me CRY!!! :cry:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. "Not Too Much to Ask" Mary Chapin Carpenter, duet

with Joe Diffie, from the album "Come on come on"

[kodi]

41. sting's fields of gold.

it was on the radio as i was driving to the vet with my dog aja to have her put down.

i was bawling by the time the song finished. it is all i can do to keep from crying when i hear it now.

[everythingsxen]

42. Anything by Portishead off of the album "Dummy"

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. A lot of them. Don't laugh but, "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro,

All of Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground" by Willie...I could go on, but you'll only laugh and point. ;)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

44. South City Midnight Lady

by The Doobie Brothers. Don't ask me why-- not sure I even know! :shrug:

[Jade Fox]

45. I heard "Galveston" on the radio driving to work yesterday.....

and I was blown away when it sunk in how the lyrics are writtten from the
perspective of someone at war dreaming of their lover back home and terrified
of dying. It made me think of the soldier's in Iraq/Afghanistan, and how in 35
years since that song came out, little has changed.

That made me cry.

[riverwalker]

46. since you asked

"I'll Be Seeing You" gets me every time. I think of WW2 and everyone leaving for war, of my Dad and that whole generation.
"Silent Night" I don't know why, but I cry, always have.
"City of Chicago" a Christy Moore song, but then any Irish song moves me.
"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.
An unknown song played by a solo fiddle in Scotland. I asked what it was called , he said "I dunno, just a tune written by a local woman". It had me sobbing like a baby.
"I can't remember if we said good-bye" by Steve Earle. Because I can't remember.

[Bundbuster]

47. In The Living Years

by Mike & The Mechanics.

The part about non-communication with my father (passed away 10 years ago) is still poignant.

[loudestchick]

62. Yes!

I just break up! Fast Car by Tracy Chapman.

[grannylib]

70. "In the Living Years" is indeed a tearjerker...

[Whitacre D_WI]

48. "Little Space Girl" by Jesse Lee Turner

[Shananigans]

49. Last Kiss by Pearl Jam...

Every time I hear that song I just want to cry...it reminds me of a friend...

[lolly]

50. "Don't Dream it's Over"

Crowded House.

Like a lot of the answers here, associated with a parent dying.

Used to drive from L.A. to Bakersfield to visit her in her last few months--that song was always on the radio.

[Insider]

51. Anytime by Brian McKnight

I can't remember why we fell apart
From something that was so meant to be
Forever was the promise in our hearts
Now more and more I wonder where you are

Chorus:
Do I ever cross your mind, anytime
Do you ever wake up reaching out for me
Do I ever cross your mind, anytime
I miss you

Still have your picture in a frame
Hear your footsteps down the hall
I swear I hear your voice, driving me insane
How I wish that you would call to say

Chorus

I miss you
I miss you

Bridge:
No more, loneliness and heartache
No more, crying myself to sleep
No more, wondering about tomorrow
Won't you come back to me, come back to me

Chorus 2x

I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you

a really haunting melody. it was charted for a while. "hear your footsteps down the hall..."

[Hell Hath No Fury]

53. There are 3 songs that make me cry like baby....

"Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot", "San Francisco", and Judy singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

Those songs may as well be Pavlov ringing a dinner bell, that's how automatic the tears are. I even heard a fairly bad rendition of "Nessun Dorma" in last night's "Six Feet Under" and I was still a sobbin' fool....

[adriennui]

54. send in the clowns

my father loved the judy collins version, i picture him with tears in his eyes.
he died last june and i miss him so much.

[Redleg]

55. Mozart's "Requiem" has some very moving parts.

Damnit, okay- it sometimes makes me cry like a baby.

[NightTrain]

56. Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come."

If only he had lived beyond just the start of the soul era! :cry:

[soleft]

58. Pretenders "I'll Stand By You"

I was standing in a McDonalds a few days after 9/11 and it came on the radio. I started sobbing and now every time I hear it I start crying.

[slinkerwink]

59. "Solitude" by Billie Holiday and "The Scientist" by Coldplay

damn songs make me fucking cry.

[Red State Rebel]

60. Even Now by Barry Manilow....go ahead and laugh!

Not as a song to a lost love, but to my parents who were both dead by the time I was 23. Every time there is something special in my life it makes me wonder what they would have thought - would they approve of what I'm doing, would they be proud of my accomplishments and would they have understood and supported me thru the stupid things I've done.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

67. Not laughing here at ALL

I entirely understand your emotions. I also lost both parents (in 1983 and 1987) before I was 25. At age 41, I'm now in law school (something they knew I wanted to do), and I wish they could see me now; they'd burst with pride.

I forgot about Barry's "Even Now" and "This One's For You" - both always choke me up.

[Red State Rebel]

82. It's amazing how the hurt never goes away...

Even Now
when there's someone else who cares
when there's someone home who's waiting just for me
even now I think about you as I'm climbing up the stairs
and I wonder what to do so she won't see
that even now
when I know it wasn't right
and I found a better life than what we had
even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
and I can't believe it still could hurt so bad

CHORUS:

even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
and how I wish you knew
even now

even now
when I never hear your name
and the world has changed so much since you been gone
even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same
and this pain inside of me goes on and on
even now

even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
and God I wish you knew
some how
Even now

[Triple H]

69. Anything by Kathy Lee Gifford.

Ever hear her sing???? It's like claws marks across a chalkboard!

[Buns_of_Fire]

103. No laughing here...

I used to sing "Even Now" while driving down the road to work, early in the morning, after my ex- moved out. When I got to work, I'd have to sit in the parking lot for a few minutes just to let everything settle. :cry:

I think everyone has a self-chosen soundtrack to their life. My luck (or my curse, depending on your point of view) is that my personal soundtrack primarily comes from Barry Manilow and Elton John (with some Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Who, Metallica, and Vivaldi mixed in). There are times, like when I'm in a store, when a certain song gets played over the Muzak, that I always feel it's best for everyone that I just walk outside for a few minutes until it's over and think of something like Bill Frist and his dead kittens.

So please don't be scared
I've stood there, too
Between survival, and the right thing to do
Only the strong
Admit their fears
And if you really need me, I'll always be there... (Sir Barry of Manilow)

(This, of course, tends to conflict with my other primary mood...

Well, I've poured out the passion,
Dealt with the pain
I'm standing in the station, waiting in the rain
I'm starting to feel a little muscle again
But love is lost like a runaway train

I'm out of control,
I'm out of my hands
Tearing like a demon thru no man's land
Trying to get a grip on my life again
Nothing hits harder than a runaway train (Sir Elton of John)

Cheez. It's a wonder I can even function in today's world. :shrug: (And I won't even begin to go into "Don't Wanna Be Somebody's Baby" {Manilow}, "The One" {John} or "Behind Blue Eyes" {The Who}...)

[shekina]

61. mine would have to be

Johnny Cash's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water

[doc03]

71. Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash

Also Alan Jackson's 911 song "Remember When The World Stopped Turning"

[SW FL Dem]

63. Pachelbel's Canon in D Major

Reminds me of my dad who died way too young in 1980. I walked down the aisle to it at my wedding since my Dad couldn't be there.

[arewethereyet]

64. Auld Lang Sine at the end of "Its a Wonderful Life"

of course I think its really the movie, I go all misty even with the sound off.

[VOX]

79. This is always devastating. (A good devastating.)

Here's to George Bailey -- :toast:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

65. The two that get me are:

Remember When by Alan Jackson and Song for Ireland by Mary Black.

[LWolf]

66. Many.

Here's a few:

Wooden Nickels Eels

Scream Young Dubliners

Harvest Moon Neil Young
From Hank to Hendrix

Puff the magic dragon

The house at pooh corner

rocky mountain high

[grannylib]

68. "And She Goes On" by Crowded House always gets me; it reminds me of

my late daughter; "Amazing Grace" also often brings tears to my eyes.

[fortyfeetunder]

72. Barber's Adagio for Strings

Guaranteed to make me sob a river.

[Mobius]

73. Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen

was used in Highlander,beautiful song.

[Zinfandel]

74. "My Cricket and Me" Leon Russell

[CandyCrim21]

75. OMG

That song should be banned! I'm waiting for the day for the news to report that that song actually pushed some poor bastard over the edge. Sweet though! As for me it really just depends on my mood to whether music can make me cry or not. At least your not a heartless bitch. LOL, ;)

[AlienGirl]

76. Mad World and Lightning Crashes

Mad World because I just feel that way...

Lightning Crashes because that was the song that most got to me when I was pregnant with Riley...the best time of my life.

Tucker

[SmileyBoy]

77. "The World I Know" by Collective Soul (PRE-9/11)

The song came out in 1995, and it made me cry then, and it makes me cry now, regardless of its connection with any 9/11 tribute.

[HEyHEY]

78. Puff the magic dragon

It's so sad

[Nailzberg]

80. Guns'n'Roses "Don't Cry"

How ironic is that?

[Paragon]

81. "The Last Song" - Elton John

Every time. Especially crushing during the montage at the end of And The Band Played On...

:cry:

[Pithlet]

87. Me, too.

I always think of the end of that movie when I hear it. I can't watch that part of the movie without crying buckets.

[Nikia]

83. A few songs in Les Miserables

I think that I have cried during most of them at one time or another. I, of course, cried during the death songs of Fantine, Eponine, and ValJean. I also cried during Fantine's "I Dreamed A Dream" about how life killed the dream she dreamed and Eponine's "On My Own" about her unrequited love for Marius. Those I have cried during at times even though I have heard them many times. Others I have cried during also though because they moved me so.

[pagerbear]

84. Not sure of the title

"How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a miracle?
We're connected at the bottom of my soul."

Some day when I'm feeling expansive I'll tell you a story about that song.

[pagerbear]

85. Also: "Jonathan Wesley Oliver Jr."

[Doc_Technical]

86. Ashokan Farewell...

..the song played on the PBS series, "The Civil War".

Indian Sunset by Elton John.

[gorrister]

88. The Minstrel Boy

as sung by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (from the "Black Hawk Down" soundtack) made me tear up recently when it was played during a St. Paddy's bash at a pub I went to. Maybe it was Guinness.

The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;
"Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"

The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"

[Piperay]

89. My Heart Will Go On...

theme from Titanic, it came out just before my mother died and I always think of her whenever I hear it. :cry:

[drhilarius]

90. "True Love Waits" by radiohead. n/t

[MaineDem]

92. "Leader of the Band"

And, Papa, I don't think I said 'I love you' near enough.

Makes me cry just typing it.

I've been bawling uncontrollably driving down the highway, listening to that song. Why don't I just change the station???

[HuckleB]

93. Fourth of July by Pete Droge

Like you I've been hurt, seen my face in the dirt, but I never reacted like you
The last time we met, you seemed so upset, when you left town you did not say bye
Then I heard you'd been seen way down in Eugene, working as a factory slave
And though the life that you took came from no storybook, you spent it before it was
saved.
On the fourth of July
Is a good day to die
They'll celebrate each year
Your independence from here.
If you only had just a glimmer of hope, then I know you'd have done some great things
But you tossed out your gift, and it's making me wish, I'd been there when you found
yourself down
But you turned to no one but a bullet and a gun, and the bang blended in with the day
And I sit here and think, it still hurts me to think of the sad songs we used to play.
On the fourth of July
See the sparks in the sky
When you're sick of the trying
and you're tired of the crying
Then the fourth of July
Is a good day to die
They'll celebrate each year
Your independence from here...

[HuckleB]

95. The Emmylou Harris version of "Save The Last Dance For Me"

[hyphenate]

96. Sweet Surrender

by John Denver.

On my way cross country last year, one of my cats, Dax, escaped from the car in Williams, Arizona (I was going from L.A. to Massachusetts) and ran into the woods. I never saw him again. :( I thought of Sweet Surrender as very appropriate, and cry when I hear it because it makes me think of Dax.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

97. I'll Be Seeing You...

I'll be seeing you;
In all the old, familiar places;
That this heart of mine embraces;
All day through.

In that small cafe;
The park across the way;
The children's carousel;
The chestnut tree;
The wishing well.

I'll be seeing you;
In every lovely, summer's day;
And everything that's bright and gay;
I'll always think of you that way;
I'll find you in the morning sun;
And when the night is new;
I'll be looking at the moon;
But i'll be seeing you.

This song always makes me cry when I hear it. It reminds me of an older man who's lost his wife, and walks around town all day just seeing her around every corner.
Duckie

[rexcat]

98. The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

My younger brother went through 4 years of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the late 70's and early 80's. He survived the cancer (to everyone's suprise) but 20 years later he had a heart attack and because of the lung damage his brain was deprived of oxygen too long. We took him off of life support and we were going through the ordeal of watching him die. I was running an errand when I heard the song. I can't listen this song now without crying.

[MissMillie]

99. Calling All Angels by Jane Siberry and

also "That I Would be Good" by Alannis Morrissette.

Jane Siberry's song just brings out that I-hurt-so-much-somebody-please-help-me-through-this desperation.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

100. Tears in Heaven...Eric Clapton

[bearfan454]

101. What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong.

.

[livetohike]

102. Angel

by Jimi Hendrix, because I will always be a Hendrix fan. Also, the weekend after 9-11 a local radio station was taking requests as a tribute to the victims and someone requested this one.


Angel came down from heaven yesterday
She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday,
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
And then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's gonna come back tomorrow

And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel,
Fly on through the sky,
Fly on my sweet angel,
Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side"

Sure enough this morning came unto me
Silver wings silhouetted against the child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me,
"Today is the day for you to rise
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man,
You're gonna rise"
And then she took high over yonder

And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel,
Fly on through the sky,
Fly on my sweet angel,
Forever I will be by your side"

[nini]

104. God Speed - Sweet Dreams by the Dixie Chicks

I Cannot listen to this song as it reminds me of my sisters and her sons. Her ex husband turned her boys against her and the whole situation is heartbreaking. This song so describes the relationship she had with her youngest that it breaks my heart and I can't listen to it. :cry: :cry:



God Speed (Sweet Dreams)
Dixie Chicks


Dragon tales and the Water is Wide
Pirates sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams every night
And I love you

Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man
All my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed sweet dreams
The rocket racer’s all tuckered out
Superman’s in pajamas on the couch
Goodnight moon we’ll find the mouse
And I love you

Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man
My love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed Sweet Dreams

SOLO

God bless mommy and matchbox cars
God bless Dad and thanks for the stars
God hears “amen” wherever we are
And I love you

Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man
My love will fly to you each night on angels’s wings
Godspeed Godspeed Godspeed Sweet Dreams

[amandae]

105. So cheesy, but "I hope you dance" by Lee Ann Womack

It makes me think of my kids and all the things I want for them as they grow up!!

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

106. "Hail to the Chief"

...Ever since January 20, 2001.