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Songs that make you cry
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Kind of carrying on from the 'films that make you cry..' thread
What songs make you cry, and why?
This morning i was feeling a bit emotional and Hallelujah by Jeff Buckely came on the radio and i was off.. If i'm already upset it's pretty much guaranteed to push me over the edge..
'What became of the likely lads' - The Libertines.. too because it reminds me of an event in my life.. Bon jovi - Always/I'll be there for you..
And then some obvious ones like REM - Everybody hurts..
What songs make you cry, and why?
This morning i was feeling a bit emotional and Hallelujah by Jeff Buckely came on the radio and i was off.. If i'm already upset it's pretty much guaranteed to push me over the edge..
'What became of the likely lads' - The Libertines.. too because it reminds me of an event in my life.. Bon jovi - Always/I'll be there for you..
And then some obvious ones like REM - Everybody hurts..
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Joy Division - 24 Hours
REM - Losing My Religion
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
It's not like i'll go from all happy to instantly sad/crying or whatever just because i hear a song but yeah they can make me cry..
There's more but I can't remember the names of them.
There are others, that, if I'm in particular circumstances, can really bring me down.
Like Destinys Child - She Can't Love You, The Shangri-Las - Maybe, Nelly Furtado - Try, and No Doubt - Simple Kind of Life for boyfriend troubles.
And The Smiths - How Soon Is Now, or Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, if I'm feeling pretty shit about myself.
Portishead's Dummy album puts me in a depressive mood, as can Nick Cave's Murder Ballads.
The Honeyroot version of this song always has me in tears, anyway:
Come Back Tomorrow - Inspiral Carpets
Things We Do For Love - 10cc
Wilco's album 'Summer Teeth' always used to have me in tears. It would depend what mood in as to which song(s) will make me cry...
oh god.. how could i forget.. I wanna grow old with you - westlife.. did i really just admit that?
Only happened once...
Big fat tears every time...
- used to fuck me up after I split with my ex.
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
- listen to it alot when I feel shitty, it can really get you down, but sometimes that's therapeutic.
Oh yes. If ever a song was suicidal, that's the one.
I cry like a little bitch at many songs, too many:
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is terribly, terribly sad. To the point where I can't listen to it anymore, especially Joan Baez's version. Her version of Silver Dagger is another one.
At My Window Sad and Lonely by Wilco (well, Guthrie's words obviously)
Light Years by Pearl Jam
Cold, Cold Ground and Georgia Lee by Tom Waits and the cover of Rainbow Sleeves that Rickie Lee Jones did.
The Night Comes On by Leonard Cohen
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings (aka the "Platoon" music) is what I usually listen to when I'm in need of some catharsis.
The Fields of Athenry by Paddy Reilly, the Dropkick Murphys' version doesn't make me quite so sad, for some reason.
I can't leave this thread without mentioning The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Johnny Cash's version. It rips my heart to shreds, but I still love it above all other "sad" songs. I must be sick.
The Johnny Cash cover is way better.
Thats a right sad song.
:yes:
Hm, I personally prefer Cash's cover, but I don't know if one or the other is superior here.
Going on a big OT here, but, if Johnny Cash had been the original performer (and writer) of Hurt it'd still be a great song but the powerful thing about the cover is the twisted concept if you catch my drift. I'm not sure quite how to explain it, but in the original it's someone indulging (for want of a better word) their own beautiful depression and there's a feeling (to me, at least) that they still have the opportunity to turn it around. When Johnny Cash sings it, it's like he's talking back to the original singer, and it's all the more powerful because he has no choice but to "hurt" himself. The empire of dirt is literal, especially since he was dying when he was singing that song. So I can definitely see why one version would appeal to people more than others, but maybe I'm just reading too much into it all.
American IV: The Man Comes Around is just generally awesome, awesome Cash covers. I love it, even though it's so sad and pretty dark.
The only time I have ever cried at a song, was at the first old firm game after my Granda died, My granda used to pick me up from school n he would always whistle to the tune of youlle never walk alone! N thts all I could imagine when we were singing it in the stadium. It touched my uncle too (my grandas son). It was the loudest and bestest time that I have ever heard the celtic fans sing this song and i will remember it til the day i die. :crying:
K T Tunstall - Heal over
Spice girls - goodbye (Lost someone close to me around the time this came out)
REM - everybody hurts
Boyzone - father and son
Jimmy nail - Black and white
Is it though? I love Cash's cover and am a big fan of his but the Nine Inch Nails original is just so powerful.
The whole song was written about drug abuse, and it's alot darker than Cash's, and I just think it's more raw and powerful. You can really feel the pain of the song.
You know the score Briggi. I love Cash's cover but I can totally understand what you mean about the twisted concept and beautiful depression of the original. That is what hooks me. It probably is my favourite song.
It's called either I think. Good Riddance (Time of your life)
It's a bit of cliched one, but it still has that effect on me.
I think NIN are dreadful.