OT: songs that draw a tear or make your cry
I’m just trying to get in as much OT action before the season begins. So what songs cultivate a strong emotional reaction with you? Weather that’s a few tears to full on crying.
Mine are:
1. Mother - Pink Floyd
2. Give me Something to Believe in - Poison
3. Philadelphia - Neil Young
I’m skipping several, but wanted to get the input from the MgoGlitterati.
So what say you MgoBoard?
August 14th, 2022 at 3:41 PM ^
Amazing Grace by anybody good on bagpipes
Greensleeves - Jeff Beck
Tale in a Hard Time - Fairport Convention
August 14th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
Anything on bagpipes (played by a good piper) fires up the emotions
August 14th, 2022 at 3:54 PM ^
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam version
August 14th, 2022 at 4:49 PM ^
Run the Jewels- A Christmas Fucking Miracle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ5rI461KNE&ab_channel=RunTheJewels
Also...
(all of the trigger warnings)
Immortal Technique- Dance with the Devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qggxTtnKTMo&ab
You'll see why.
August 14th, 2022 at 5:43 PM ^
Dust in the Wind — Kansas
August 14th, 2022 at 5:58 PM ^
“My Old Man” - Steve Goodman
”Hello in There” - John Prine
”She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)” - Gary Stewart
“I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose” - Jerry Jeff Walker
August 14th, 2022 at 6:41 PM ^
14 year old me: Seasons in the Sun, Terry Jacks.
Adult me now, many years later, with kids: Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin.
Ironically, both songs were from the same year, 1974.
August 14th, 2022 at 7:08 PM ^
Can’t believe nobody brought up the biggest tear jerker of all time-“Bring him home”, from Les Miserables. Colm Wilkinson version is unbelievable.
August 14th, 2022 at 7:11 PM ^
At this late entry, I assume it will not viewed very much. But, if you want to see a beautiful piece between a young, very talented son and a legendary and loving father, I offer the following. Fall On Me. Matteo and Andrea Bocelli:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcR2gKt5WM
Enjoy!
August 14th, 2022 at 7:49 PM ^
Phil Collins - Against the Odds
Kool and the Gang - Cherish
August 14th, 2022 at 8:26 PM ^
Kathy Mattea's "Where've you been?" It's about finding and then losing someone, with the last stanza being about memory loss and dementia. Impossible not to tear up when I hear the song.
Rascal Flatts' "Why?" is about the suicide of a friend. It is incredibly beautiful.
August 14th, 2022 at 8:40 PM ^
Good Riddance (I hope you had the time of your life), Green Day, at any graduation.
August 14th, 2022 at 9:09 PM ^
The Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem. After serving in a war zone, losing brothers to hostile fire & losing even more to suicide after returning home...... It brings a tear to my eye every single time...... For all her faults, we live in the greatest nation on God's earth..... never take that for granted, freedom isn't free.
August 14th, 2022 at 9:27 PM ^
Death with Dignity - Sufjan Stevens
August 14th, 2022 at 10:10 PM ^
"Dance with my Father" by Luther Vandross. Great track that never got the acclaim it deserved at the time it was released.
August 14th, 2022 at 10:25 PM ^
Vince Gill's "Go Rest High on that Mountain" with Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs. Vince wrote it for his brother who passed away and has been played at many funerals, especially when someone is taken way too young.
Even sadder is when Vince sang this at George Jones' funeral. He was so overcome with emotional he couldn't hold back the tears. Patty Loveless taking over for him, and then Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood rising to give support. is a moment that still gets me.
August 15th, 2022 at 5:27 AM ^
Recently, "Talking to the moon" by Bruno Mars. I heard it by chance with my 12 year old daughter a few days after the death of my mom. It brought us both to tears.
August 15th, 2022 at 9:32 AM ^
Remember When by Alan Jackson
Always makes it a little dusty in whatever room I'm in.
August 15th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
Lean On Me, by Bill Withers, because my dad and I shared that song and a good cry during one difficult drive in the late 70s. And Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, because I listened to it over and over, having many good cries, as I absorbed the fact that my mom was passing six years ago. Thanks for asking.
August 15th, 2022 at 10:10 AM ^
I Will Remember You - Sarah Mclachlan -started playing on tv when we found out my grandmother passed away.
I Can't Stop Loving You -Phil Collins -on the radio when I got the call that my mom had passed away, as we were driving down to see her.
August 15th, 2022 at 10:25 AM ^
Luckiest Man- The Wood Brothers
August 15th, 2022 at 11:36 AM ^
"In the Ghetto" - Elvis
August 15th, 2022 at 9:40 PM ^
"She's Gone" Hall and Oates.
"Danny Boy" every Irish funeral I've ever gone to.
August 15th, 2022 at 10:26 PM ^
Two Doors Down by Dwight Yoakam
November 14th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
It's pretty cool to see the wide range of genres of music that emotionally touch people.
Really lends to the power of music in general and all that.
I don't really have any song that makes me tear up or cry but
Disturbed's cover of "The sound of silence" is really powerful.
It approaches the song at a much different angle in terms of delivery than Simon and Garfunkle and a version I also adore for different reasons. I recommend everyone give it a listen.