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Albums or songs that cause tears to well up in your eyes?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited March 2009 in Other Music
Ever listen to a song or an album for the first time, or for the 60th time, and get tears in your eyes, and a lump in your throat?

What albums have had this sort of an impact on you?
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  • BrinkofForeverBrinkofForever Posts: 373
    Sigur Ros - ()
    ....or "kissing sausages"
    ...actually I find any of their CDs emotionally moving...

    Keane - Hopes and Fears

    Pilot Speed - Caught By the Window

    Songs...

    Inside Job - PJ
    China - Tori Amos
    Lover, You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
    Mad World - Gary Jules
    Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
    Heard Em' Say - Kanye West (something about this song...)
    Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up from the album Heartbreaker, well the entire album is a tearjerker. :cry: :?
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Elliott Smith - Either/Or (whole album)

    Elliott Smith - Twilight

    Ben Harper - Give a Man a Home
    NERDS!
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    patty griffin - goodbye, top of the world
    the nields - all my pretty horses
    pj - i am a patriot (cleveland, 4-25-2003)
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    ChasingDogma wrote:
    Mad World - Gary Jules


    But what about the original by Tears For Fears??
  • Jimmydean55Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,548
    Your Long Journey - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Makes me think of my mom...
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    ChasingDogma wrote:
    Mad World - Gary Jules


    But what about the original by Tears For Fears??

    The cover is fairly haunting. It doesn't last for me, but I can understand it.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Elliott Smith - Either/Or (whole album)

    Elliott Smith - Twilight

    Ben Harper - Give a Man a Home

    all excellent songs & i agree with all of these. here are a few others...

    Elliott Smith--King's Crossing
    Ben Harper--Beloved One
    Pearl Jam--Release, Man of the Hour
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  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,649
    Hurt - Johnny Cash

    Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

    Long Road with Neil Young on the Tribute to Heroes

    Nine Inch Nails - Non Entity

    The Star Spangled Banner
    Nice shirt.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    mfc2006 wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Elliott Smith - Either/Or (whole album)

    Elliott Smith - Twilight

    Ben Harper - Give a Man a Home

    all excellent songs & i agree with all of these. here are a few others...

    Elliott Smith--King's Crossing
    Ben Harper--Beloved One
    Pearl Jam--Release, Man of the Hour
    Where should I start with Elliott?

    It's time for me to into his music! :)
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    LongRd. wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Elliott Smith - Either/Or (whole album)

    Elliott Smith - Twilight

    Ben Harper - Give a Man a Home

    all excellent songs & i agree with all of these. here are a few others...

    Elliott Smith--King's Crossing
    Ben Harper--Beloved One
    Pearl Jam--Release, Man of the Hour
    Where should I start with Elliott?

    It's time for me to into his music! :)

    Start with:

    Heatmiser - Mic City Sons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UR61itZxo

    Elliott Smith : Either/Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4cJv6s_ ... re=related
    - XO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln8AY
    - S/T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UL7fXS ... B&index=20
    - Roman Candle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK0DsFw-RA
    - Figure 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5rshvC ... re=related
    - New Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMah ... re=related
    - From A Basement on the Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8 ... re=related
    NERDS!
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    South of Seattle wrote:
    LongRd. wrote:
    Where should I start with Elliott?

    It's time for me to into his music! :)

    Start with:

    Heatmiser - Mic City Sons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UR61itZxo

    Elliott Smith : Either/Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4cJv6s_ ... re=related
    - XO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln8AY
    - S/T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UL7fXS ... B&index=20
    - Roman Candle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK0DsFw-RA
    - Figure 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5rshvC ... re=related
    - New Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMah ... re=related
    - From A Basement on the Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8 ... re=related
    Thanks. That looks like his entire discography. :lol:

    I'll just have to grab 'em at once.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    LongRd. wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    LongRd. wrote:
    Where should I start with Elliott?

    It's time for me to into his music! :)

    Start with:

    Heatmiser - Mic City Sons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UR61itZxo

    Elliott Smith : Either/Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4cJv6s_ ... re=related
    - XO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln8AY
    - S/T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UL7fXS ... B&index=20
    - Roman Candle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK0DsFw-RA
    - Figure 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5rshvC ... re=related
    - New Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMah ... re=related
    - From A Basement on the Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8 ... re=related
    Thanks. That looks like his entire discography. :lol:

    I'll just have to grab 'em at once.

    Pretty close ;)

    Just start at the top and go down. I put the Posthumous stuff last.
    NERDS!
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    man. of.the.hour.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • BrinkofForeverBrinkofForever Posts: 373
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    ChasingDogma wrote:
    Mad World - Gary Jules


    But what about the original by Tears For Fears??

    Good but not even close. And I love Tears for Fears.
    Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    ChasingDogma wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    ChasingDogma wrote:
    Mad World - Gary Jules


    But what about the original by Tears For Fears??

    Good but not even close. And I love Tears for Fears.

    I listened to the original today actually. Dear lord its bad! :lol::mrgreen:
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    There are loads of songs that have this effect on me, but none more so than the title track from Ask Me No Questions by Bridget St. John, released on John Peel's Dandelion Label and featuring John Martyn on guitar. Live/later versions don't have the effect on me that this original version has.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 6,040
    Chris Cornell's new album
    350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
  • iamsam_pjiamsam_pj Posts: 300
    "i will follow you into the dark" - death cab for cutie

    i've always thought of my grandparents when i would hear this song...especially when they were alive. the fact that they both just passed a week apart from each other makes it almost unbearable to even think of the song. i cried when i heard the song live a couple years ago...and i cried hysterically when i heard it on scrubs the other night. i'm crossing my fingers that they won't play it when i see them live again in a couple months...i may have to leave the show :(
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    "i will follow you into the dark" - death cab for cutie

    i've always thought of my grandparents when i would hear this song...especially when they were alive. the fact that they both just passed a week apart from each other makes it almost unbearable to even think of the song. i cried when i heard the song live a couple years ago...and i cried hysterically when i heard it on scrubs the other night. i'm crossing my fingers that they won't play it when i see them live again in a couple months...i may have to leave the show :(

    :cry:
    NERDS!
  • iamsam_pjiamsam_pj Posts: 300
    South of Seattle wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    "i will follow you into the dark" - death cab for cutie

    i've always thought of my grandparents when i would hear this song...especially when they were alive. the fact that they both just passed a week apart from each other makes it almost unbearable to even think of the song. i cried when i heard the song live a couple years ago...and i cried hysterically when i heard it on scrubs the other night. i'm crossing my fingers that they won't play it when i see them live again in a couple months...i may have to leave the show :(

    :cry:
    i know :cry: i'm much better now though...but essentially february was the worst month of my life thus far!!
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    "i will follow you into the dark" - death cab for cutie

    i've always thought of my grandparents when i would hear this song...especially when they were alive. the fact that they both just passed a week apart from each other makes it almost unbearable to even think of the song. i cried when i heard the song live a couple years ago...and i cried hysterically when i heard it on scrubs the other night. i'm crossing my fingers that they won't play it when i see them live again in a couple months...i may have to leave the show :(

    :cry:
    i know :cry: i'm much better now though...but essentially february was the worst month of my life thus far!!

    hang in there...it'll get better. and in time, you'll love "i will follow you..". such a great song.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
    www.cluthe.com
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Jimmydean55 wrote:
    Your Long Journey - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Makes me think of my mom...

    This song is so sad :cry:
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Ben Harpers version of the Drugs Dont Work...cheesy maybe but reminds me of someone in particular and always gets me.

    Damien Rice - Cold Water
    Ed Vedder - Goodbye
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,249
    two years ago my granpa passed away and we were close. I never really lost a close family member to death up until that point in my life so it was my first experience with it. I was far away from my family and did not know what to do.

    I just closed my door and listened to neil young's helpless over and over and over again.

    i know it's not what the song is about but i sure felt like the title.

    I've never listened to the song since that day. If it comes on teh radio i turn it off, i got the live at massey hall and i've never listened to it on that.

    I think i could listen to it now and not get upset, but i'm not sure.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Elliott Smith - Either/Or (whole album)

    Elliott Smith - Twilight

    Ben Harper - Give a Man a Home

    Twilight is the saddest song ever written!

    Other Side - PJ for me. The last line does it every time.
  • Sludge FactorySludge Factory Posts: 976
    Most Pink Floyd stuff because it just sounds so good!

    The other day it was Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Comfortably Numb gets my heart strings too.
  • joedeansmusicjoedeansmusic Posts: 1
    Joe Deans: Time Zero

    http://cdbaby.com/cd/jdeans

    Sure it's my own music, but it still make me well up.
    Louisville '94
    Charlotte '96
    Indianapolis '98
    Knoxville '98
    Nashville '00
    Charlotte '00
    Lexington '03
    Cincinnati '06
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Pearl Jam:Release
    The Silencers:Wild Mountain Thyme
    Lynyrd Skynryd:Tuesday's Gone
    Kate Bush:This Womans Work
    U2:Kite
    Ben Harper:Diamonds on the Inside
    Bob Marley:No Woman,No Cry ............... but I do ........... always


    Oh so many,I could go on
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    My Mom died in 2007. My sister and I picked out the music for the service. We didnt want anything too traditional (although there was one church song that my mom had requested-there was a letter in her jewelry box). I chose Long Road, because my Mom loved Neil Young, and well, I love PJ. One year I called her from Bridge School so she could hear Neil's opening set. That meant a lot to her. So Long Road was kind of like our musical link. Of course, that one makes me cry.

    but also...
    In the course of picking music for my Mom's funeral, I was going through my iPod and saw Man of the Hour. Obviously, that wouldnt work for her, but I know that I will play it at my Dad's funeral someday. So, everytime I hear it, I just think about how awful it is going to be to lose another parent.

    I have tears in my eyes just from typing this.
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