[Dasilva]

What songs do you know of that make you feel so sad and/or make you cry? The song could be related to a personal experience, heck, mine are. I have no problems crying, I hate keeping myself from ceying, just makes me feel like Im ready to explode.

I can't remeber any songs at the moment, but the new ''Robbie Williams - Advertising Space'' was a very touching song to me. ''Coldplay - Swallowed by the Sea'' made me cry for almost an hour after listning to that song over and over, reminds me of by good friend who died by drowning.

So what tear jerkers do you guys listen to when you need a good cry?

[samIamsad]

This one goes out to seebaruk: James Blunt - High.

Actually, it is A lull in traffic (The Gloria Record).

[colpet]

Annie Lennox - Into the West.

[Ninth]

French (or assimilated ) singers Jacques Brel and Barbara make me cry more often than I would like to admit.

[Lucien21]

"Somewhere out there" - Linda Ronstadt.

Poor Fieval

[seebaruk]

Originally Posted by samIamsad

This one goes out to seebaruk: James Blunt - High.

Aww, cheers man! So touching!

My vote goes for Smack my bitch up, Prodigy.

[Aj_]

Jewel's "Pieces of You" album has plenty songs.

Pieces of You "because she's pieces of you..."
Little Sister:
"Cause so many times you've come to me crying
trying to stop. you said it hurts so bad
But please don't let you
go back for more""
Painters:
"Until one day the rain fell as thick as black oil
And in her heart she knew something was wrong
She went running
through the orchard screaming,
'No God, don't take him from me!,'"
Adrian:
"He looked so fragile, he looked so small
She wondered why he was still alive at all
Everyone in town had that 'I'm sorry look'
They talked in a whispered hush, said
'I'd turn the machines off'"

The album should come with a health warning.
It's got plenty of less depressing songs.

[Sage]

"Puff, The Magic Dragon"- Peter, Paul, and Mary
It gets me every time I hear it, and always has.

[MoriartyL]

I can't listen to Brahms' fourth symphony without breaking out into tears.

[Lucien21]

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

"Puff, The Magic Dragon"- Peter, Paul, and Mary
It gets me every time I hear it, and always has.

Isn't that a pot/weed song.

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Isn't that a pot/weed song.

Given the time it came out, I think it was easy to see that underlying message. But apparently it isn't.

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Isn't that a pot/weed song?

Hardly. It's about passing into adulthood and the loss of innocence.

The lyrics:
Puff, the magic dragon,
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee.

Little Jackie Paper
Loved that rascal Puff,
And brought him strings and sealing wax
And other fancy stuff.

Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee.

Together they would travel
On a boat with billowed sail.
Jackie kept a lookout perched
On Puff's gigantic tail.
Noble kings and princes
Would bow whenever they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flags
When Puff roared out his name.

Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee.

A dragon lives forever,
But not little girls and boys.
Painted wings and giant rings
Make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened,
Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon,
He ceased his fearless roar.
His head now bent in sorrow,
Green scales fell like rain,
And Puff no longer went to play
Along that cheery lane.
Without his life-long friend,
He could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon
Sadly slipped into his cave.

Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee.

[Fairygdmther]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

Given the time it came out, I think it was easy to see that underlying message. But apparently it isn't.

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm

Having been around at that time, I can verify that it came out before the wide-spread use of drugs, esp. marijuana. That began in about 1965, where I can recall being one of two in our class of 91 who had smoked it.

Lynsie

Beutiful Struggle - Talib Kweli

Not really a "tear jerker" but very powerfull.

[MoriartyL]

You know, I don't see how anyone can get emotional about a bunch of lyrics on top of bland music. Even if those are the most heart-wrenching lyrics of all time, the music'd bring it down, you know?

Such as?

[MoriartyL]

...

What is that "Such as?" referring to?

What song would be an example of having "heart-wrenching" lyrics, but also has "bland" music?

[MoriartyL]

Originally Posted by SamNMax

What song would be an example of having "heart-wrenching" lyrics, but also has "bland" music?

I don't know names- I've heard some songs with really depressing lyrics in front of a continuous guitar, stuff like that. Overall, though, since it was the combination of lyrics and music and not the lyrics alone that I was listening to, none of them made any impression. So I can't name them- sorry.

On the other hand, I was in tears the very first time I heard Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor. Okay, so maybe I'm just being elitist here, but if a pop song were to affect me that strongly, it would need to be more than just pretty lyrics.


Edit: Take Puff the Magic Dragon. Now ignoring whether or not it is about drugs, the music is just so... ordinary. It's completely predictable, and much too simplistic.

Originally Posted by MoriartyL

I don't know names- I've heard some songs with really depressing lyrics in front of a continuous guitar, stuff like that. Overall, though, since it was the combination of lyrics and music and not the lyrics alone that I was listening to, none of them made any impression. So I can't name them- sorry.

Those type of songs tend to suck, lyrics and all, anyway.