Most emotional song ever?

Manhunter71 · 06-29-2005, 06:29 PM

In the vein of the "To be moved is to be human" thread, which seems to be concentrating mainly on life experieces and literary examples, I was wondering which songs have emotional impact i.e give good or bad memories?

I'll start the ball rolling with a few of my most emotionally captivating songs.

"Hurt" by NIN or Johnny Cash
"I Ain't Missing You" by John Waite
"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley
"Pink" by Aerosmith
"Do You Remember the First Time?" by Pulp

All of these songs have some emotional relevance to me, not all of them good

SakSquash · 06-29-2005, 06:30 PM

End of the Innocence by Don Henley.

Sage · 06-29-2005, 06:42 PM

"Magnet And Steel"- ?

"Until I Fall Away"- The Gin Blossoms

"At Last"- Etta James

"If I Were Your Woman"- Gladys Knight & The Pips

"Afternoon Delight"- Starland Vocal Band

"Tainted Love"- Soft Cell

"I Got You"- Split Enz

"Pig"- Nine Inch Nails

"Disco Heat"- Sylvester

"Let's Invite Them Over Again"- John Prine & Iris Dement

ScottMate

lumi · 06-29-2005, 06:58 PM

Pachabel's Canon in...D minor was it?

Curt · 06-29-2005, 09:43 PM

Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Both bring back ancient memories from my youth - I'm transported back to that time and place when I hear them.

Fairygdmther · 06-29-2005, 10:53 PM

Seal - Kiss from a Rose - "My power, my pleasure, my pain..."
Chris DeBurgh - Lady in Red
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Sveta and PPK - My Sun - "Ah-oh oh, Ooo, Aaah, mmm..."

Lynsie

Mishale · 06-29-2005, 10:55 PM

Glasgow Love Theme by Craig Armstrong (from Love Actually)

Kingzjester · 06-29-2005, 11:54 PM

Radiohead - Exit Music for a Film
U2 - One
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (third movement)
The Prodigy - Firestarter
The Postal Service - Give Up album
Bob Marley - absolutely anything by Bob Marley
Nick Drake - in small amounts, everything by Nick Drake

Intrepid Homoludens · 06-30-2005, 12:04 AM

I have no idea how this is, but the most moving songs in my life have somehow found me during the times I most needed them, like suddenly finding a stray kitten in the park when you're aimlessly wandering in your depression.

Interestingly, I first heard this song from Dido (my sig) recently. I cried. It's a f#&king confirmation of my life - poignantly autobiographical, too close to home. And you all know me - Fairygdmther, Wormsie, Soccsie, everyone. Know this song, and you'll know me.

Life For Rent
written & performed by Dido

I haven't really ever found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize that once again I'm not in love
But it's not as if I mind
that your heart ain't exactly breaking

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought
that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone
and live my life more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive

If my life is for rent...

There's a video at her site of this song in full, if anyone's interested.

UPtimist · 06-30-2005, 12:49 AM

Well, I suppose someone has to say 'Mad World' by Michael Andrews...

Also, I suppose it's not excactly a "song", but Bach's 'Air'... It's just got that something (there are other reasons too)...

And there's maybe more, but how could I remember them?

Hmm... 'Can't touch this' by MC Hammer (no, not really).

Ninth · 06-30-2005, 01:40 AM

Man, there a bunch of emotional songs...
I'd say anything by Leonard Cohen (the Partisan being one that springs to mind, for obvious reasons), or by some french speaking singers that you probably don't know (Jacques Brel or Barbara) can break my heart.
Simon and Garfunkel songs are quite strong too...
Also, there are some odd songs like the Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue duo, or Radiohead's Creep. Or Runaway Train, or...

damn, that's it, I'm depressed.

colpet · 06-30-2005, 02:35 AM

I immmediately think of Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart, both her version and Melissa Etheridge's. Others that come to mind - Live's Lightning Crashes , U2's Bad and Pearl Jam's Better Man.

samIamsad · 06-30-2005, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingzjester

The Postal Service - Give Up album

I second that. Listen to the man!

And to this man, too! (RIP)

Why should you want any other, when you're a world within a world?

Lucien21 · 06-30-2005, 03:35 AM

"losing My Religion" or "Everybody hurts" - REM

Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N Roses

The Crazy Frog Song - Brings out rage in me everytime.

06-30-2005, 03:38 AM

Anything by Areo Speedwagon.

simpson_yellow · 06-30-2005, 04:55 AM

I'm going to have to go with Kingz on Moonlight Sonata and Radiohead's 'Exit Music (for a film)'.

Also from Radiohead: Creep, Fake Plastic Trees

The Theatre from the Pet Shop Boys' 'Very' album (nods to SJH)
The Bell from Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II
Most tracks on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume 2
Alberto Balsalm - Aphex Twin
IZ-US - Aphex Twin

insane_cobra · 06-30-2005, 05:14 AM

Hm, is "horny" an emotion?

gillyruless · 06-30-2005, 06:19 AM

Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle
Janis Ian - At Seventeen
Simon and Garfunkel - America
Anton�*n Dvořák - Fourth movement, Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune
George and Ira Gershwin -They Can't Take That Away from Me
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Shodan · 06-30-2005, 06:45 AM

The emotional significance I associate with certain songs is more about what was happening in my life at the time, rather than the song itself. In most cases the music would be meaningless to anyone else.

SoccerDude28 · 06-30-2005, 07:59 AM

Metallica's Fade to black

06-29-2005, 06:29 PM	#1
Manhunter71 Pink fluffy Xmas bunny Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lancaster, England Posts: 1,591	Most emotional song ever? In the vein of the "To be moved is to be human" thread, which seems to be concentrating mainly on life experieces and literary examples, I was wondering which songs have emotional impact i.e give good or bad memories? I'll start the ball rolling with a few of my most emotionally captivating songs. "Hurt" by NIN or Johnny Cash "I Ain't Missing You" by John Waite "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley "Pink" by Aerosmith "Do You Remember the First Time?" by Pulp All of these songs have some emotional relevance to me, not all of them good Share Share this post on Twitter

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Sage Bad Influence Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Birmingham, Alabama USA Posts: 5,547	"Magnet And Steel"- ? "Until I Fall Away"- The Gin Blossoms "At Last"- Etta James "If I Were Your Woman"- Gladys Knight & The Pips "Afternoon Delight"- Starland Vocal Band "Tainted Love"- Soft Cell "I Got You"- Split Enz "Pig"- Nine Inch Nails "Disco Heat"- Sylvester "Let's Invite Them Over Again"- John Prine & Iris Dement ScottMate Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Ignorance is bliss, denial is divine, and willful ignorance is a religious experience. Share the love. <3

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Kingzjester Tactlessly understated Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Niceshire Posts: 2,045	Radiohead - Exit Music for a Film U2 - One Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (third movement) The Prodigy - Firestarter The Postal Service - Give Up album Bob Marley - absolutely anything by Bob Marley Nick Drake - in small amounts, everything by Nick Drake Share Share this post on Twitter

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Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	I have no idea how this is, but the most moving songs in my life have somehow found me during the times I most needed them, like suddenly finding a stray kitten in the park when you're aimlessly wandering in your depression. Interestingly, I first heard this song from Dido (my sig) recently. I cried. It's a f#&king confirmation of my life - poignantly autobiographical, too close to home. And you all know me - Fairygdmther, Wormsie, Soccsie, everyone. Know this song, and you'll know me. Life For Rent written & performed by Dido I haven't really ever found a place that I call home I never stick around quite long enough to make it I apologize that once again I'm not in love But it's not as if I mind that your heart ain't exactly breaking It's just a thought, only a thought But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea To travel the world alone and live my life more simply I have no idea what's happened to that dream Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me It's just a thought, only a thought But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try Well how can I say I'm alive If my life is for rent... There's a video at her site of this song in full, if anyone's interested. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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UPtimist Life and times of... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Up there in the mist Posts: 6,025	Well, I suppose someone has to say 'Mad World' by Michael Andrews... Also, I suppose it's not excactly a "song", but Bach's 'Air'... It's just got that something (there are other reasons too)... And there's maybe more, but how could I remember them? Hmm... 'Can't touch this' by MC Hammer (no, not really). Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by UPtimist; 06-30-2005 at 12:57 AM.

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Ninth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	Man, there a bunch of emotional songs... I'd say anything by Leonard Cohen (the Partisan being one that springs to mind, for obvious reasons), or by some french speaking singers that you probably don't know (Jacques Brel or Barbara) can break my heart. Simon and Garfunkel songs are quite strong too... Also, there are some odd songs like the Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue duo, or Radiohead's Creep. Or Runaway Train, or... damn, that's it, I'm depressed. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.

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colpet Easily amused Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,091	I immmediately think of Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart, both her version and Melissa Etheridge's. Others that come to mind - Live's Lightning Crashes , U2's Bad and Pearl Jam's Better Man. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 00637228).

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simpson_yellow Squeaky Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 1,320	I'm going to have to go with Kingz on Moonlight Sonata and Radiohead's 'Exit Music (for a film)'. Also from Radiohead: Creep, Fake Plastic Trees The Theatre from the Pet Shop Boys' 'Very' album (nods to SJH) The Bell from Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II Most tracks on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 Alberto Balsalm - Aphex Twin IZ-US - Aphex Twin Share Share this post on Twitter

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