Songs that REALLY make you cry

[Grope]

I can't listen to Archie Whitewater's Cross Country without being very very close to crying no matter how I felt before. Most definitely the best song I know. I listened to it this morning. I love every single note of it. It touches my soul. Really!What's your favorite sentimentalizing song? There's gotta be at least one song that makes you feel melancholic.

 

[Phill_Most]

I am not really a Tupac fan, but "Dear Mama" does make my eyes water almost everytime. I think that is the only rap song ever that got me almost to the point of tears.

 

[drewnice]

From an earlier thread:

"Ease My Troublin' Mind"

The only song that's ever made me cry like an infant, after the passing of my Great Uncle Shorty.

Therapy - use it wisely.

 

[roisto]

Ennio Morricone's theme to Companeros

 

[Brian]

i haven't listened to it in ages, but portishead's roads was pretty good at this

 

[indiana45s]

I can't listen to Archie Whitewater's Cross Country without being very very close to crying no matter how I felt before. Most definitely the best song I know. I listened to it this morning. I love every single note of it. It touches my soul. Really!

What's your favorite sentimentalizing song? There's gotta be at least one song that makes you feel melancholic.

Joe Bataan's Ordinary Guy

 

[Olski]

"Grandma's Hands" Bill Withers

 

[drewnice]

One that came close last night:

"Mama's Dead" from the Black Ceasar soundtrack.

That's one song that I hope I'll never have to be comforted by.

 

[innersource]

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack

 

[batmon]

"Mama's Dead" from the Black Ceasar soundtrack.

 

[batmon]

She's Out Of My Life - Michael Jackson/Off The Wall

 

The Boyz2Men "Mama" song used to rip me up, I haven't heard it in awhile but I'm sure it stil would.

There are a few songs that bagpipe and drum bands play that knock me out too, like Amazing Grace, Danny Boy, and one other one that I forget the name.

 

[alieNDN]

alone again naturally - gilbert o'sullivan


so hard to say goodbye to yesterday - boyz to men (played at my friend's funeral...vox are crazy on that track)

 

[SoulOnIce]

alone again naturally - gilbert o'sullivan

It's funny, people don't even realize what a damn depressing song that is - they think "oh, cheezy 70's AM radio hit" and hum along to the melody, but that last verse is some devastating shit, really raw and sad as hell.

I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn`t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally

This might get me laughed at, but the songs that get to me the most tend to be old standards, stuff like:

"Why Try To Change Me Now" by Frank Sinatra

"A Ghost of a Chance" by Chet Baker

"If You Could See Me Now" by Billy Eckstine

"Lush Life" by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane

and so on and so on, when I wanna wallow in my sorrows, I bust out the old
Jazz vocal records and pour some scotch...

 

[peacefulrotation]

Natural 4- 12 Months Of The Year

Tommy Dorsey f/ Frankie- I'll Never Smile Again

Ella- Dream A Little Dream

Tom Waits- Heart Of Saturday Night

 

[alieNDN]

alone again naturally - gilbert o'sullivan

It's funny, people don't even realize what a damn depressing song that is - they think "oh, cheezy 70's AM radio hit" and hum along to the melody, but that last verse is some devastating shit, really raw and sad as hell.

I remember I cried when my father died


Never wishing to hide the tears


And at sixty-five years old


My mother, God rest her soul,


Couldn`t understand why the only man


She had ever loved had been taken


Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken


Despite encouragement from me


No words were ever spoken


And when she passed away


I cried and cried all day


Alone again, naturally

I think the brilliance of this song, it that the lyrics are on some slit your wrist vibes while the piano/melody is sooooo happy sounding, it phucks up your head on some left brain vs right brain tip....i almost wish the lyrics were different so i could listen to it more often without feeling like wearing a trenchcoat and painting my nails black








also a song that makes me feel sad is


jeff buckleys last goodbye...more eerie since he died after that album that track was on...and another tune on that album "halleliah", is it a leonard cohen cover? anyhow his vocals with his guitar is just....

 

[Grope]

One more:

Clifford Coulter - Before the Morning Comes

what a track!

 

[mallard]

Donny Hathaway - What's Going On (Live)

 

[Otis_Funkmeyer]

"Didn't I" - Dorando. I can hear the pain and hurt in his voice. Damn.

Follow - Ritchie Havens

 

[LamarTinson]

In the movie Mulholland Drive, that Orbison song sung in spanish. Gorgeous.