Songs that REALLY make you cry

[hogginthefogg]

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

Nice Tom Waits cut! Several of his songs have a way of making me tear up, even if they're not about the usual sad subjects. "Tom Traubert's Blues" has a line about a guy getting his Stacey Adams shoes wet that always breaks my heart, and "Soldier's Things" is a real tearjerker, too.

I'll add "Looking Into You" by Jackson Browne (don't know why, though; it's a song about visiting a house he lived in when he first moved out on his own) and "Kathleen's Theme" by Les McCann and Eddie Harris, possibly the only instrumental cut that has that effect on me.

 

[dsanders]

Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs

 

[alieNDN]

i always loved minnie ripperton's "memory lane", but then i read here that she sang that song AFTER being aware that she had breast cancer...and listening to it after the knowledge of that,with those lyrics... has to make u feel emotional

 

[Birdman9]

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

Nice Tom Waits cut! Several of his songs have a way of making me tear up, even if they're not about the usual sad subjects. "Tom Traubert's Blues" has a line about a guy getting his Stacey Adams shoes wet that always breaks my heart, and "Soldier's Things" is a real tearjerker, too.

I'll add "Looking Into You" by Jackson Browne (don't know why, though; it's a song about visiting a house he lived in when he first moved out on his own) and "Kathleen's Theme" by Les McCann and Eddie Harris, possibly the only instrumental cut that has that effect on me.
Saddest Tom Waits song- 'Martha'

another sad number- 'Your Daddy Loves You' by Gil Scott Heron is sad in a sweet,regretful way. 'Pieces of a Man' is just downright SAD.

 

[williedynamite]

Check out the OG version of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" on the Cooley High soundtrack. By GC Cameron I believe. Also on one of his albums, though I can't remember which...





And a raer that makes me cry -- Bonnie Dobson's "Winter's Going" . Makes me hate myself for being a man.

 

[Birdman9]

i always loved minnie ripperton's "memory lane", but then i read here that she sang that song AFTER being aware that she had breast cancer...and listening to it after the knowledge of that,with those lyrics... has to make u feel emotional

cosign on this in a big way.

 

[Big_Stacks]

Here are some more:

-"Giving Up" and "Thank You for My Soul"-Donny Hathaway.
-"I'm So Proud"-The Impressions (you have to be in love to understand).
-"Spirit"-Earth, Wind, and Fire (dedicated to Charles Stepney who had just died).
-"Creepin'"-Stevie Wonder (reminds me of my sad childhood).
-"So Far Away"-Carole King.
-"Just to Keep You Satisfied"-Marvin Gaye.
-"Misty Blue"-Dorothy Moore.
-cosign on "Patches".
-"Pray for Me"-The Mighty Clouds of Joy (Live at the Apollo).

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

 

[JKriss]

always loved minnie ripperton's "memory lane", but then i read here that she sang that song AFTER being aware that she had breast cancer...and listening to it after the knowledge of that,with those lyrics... has to make u feel emotional

is there anyway i could maybe get an mp3 of this? please?





anyways theres a lot for me, off the top of my head:





intruders-memories are here to stay


maxwell-this womans work


donny hathaway-be real black for me


prince-sometimes it snows in april


whispers-seems like i gotta do wrong


king floyd-please dont leave me lonely


marvin gaye-83 star spangeld banner


otis reddings version of a change is gonna come(2nd verse especially





JKriss

 

[anasarcasm]

Bob Marley - I Know (from Confrontation)
co sign Dear Mama
Neil Young - On the Beach
Korgis -Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Nick Drake -Northern Sky
Badfoot Brown-Martin's Funeral

 

[Swayze]

Haven't cried in 5+ years. Uncomfortable.

Any who, one that gets me melancholic

The Smiths - Asleep.

 

[alieNDN]

always loved minnie ripperton's "memory lane", but then i read here that she sang that song AFTER being aware that she had breast cancer...and listening to it after the knowledge of that,with those lyrics... has to make u feel emotional

is there anyway i could maybe get an mp3 of this? please?





anyways theres a lot for me, off the top of my head:





intruders-memories are here to stay


maxwell-this womans work


donny hathaway-be real black for me


prince-sometimes it snows in april


whispers-seems like i gotta do wrong


king floyd-please dont leave me lonely


marvin gaye-83 star spangeld banner


otis reddings version of a change is gonna come(2nd verse especially





JKriss




http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2N42XDOK97B231UKV6EAJHVBVU





also gotta add, dont make me cry, more like downers,





juggaknots - clear blue skies remix


camille yarbrough - ain't it a lonely feeling


fiona apple - never is a promise


meters - stormy


all apologies (unplugged) - nirvana


jesus and marychain /w hope sandoval - sometimes always


colonel bagshot - six day war


fun loving criminals - we are all worried about you


bob andy - you don't know how


manic street preachers - everything must go


radiohead - exit music/street spirit


tricky (vocals by martina bird)- she makes me wanna die


jackson 5 - ain't no sunshine


oh and the other thread reminded me of ghostface's verse on "impossible"

 

[JKriss]

wow thanx aliendn. i also gotta add a couple more:

dmx-slippin
ghostface-all that i got is u
anthony hamilton chyna black and charlene

 

[TheMack]

cosgin on Pieces of a Man. that always gets me real emotional

 

[TheMack]

and some that are gettin me recently

Donovan-Voyage of the moon
Vicius and Toquinho-Maresia
Love-The Castle
Tony Mason-to judy
Pearls Before Swine-Another Time
Beck-Golden Age and Guess Im Doin Fine

 

Bob Marley - I Know (from Confrontation)

There's a 12 for that (with an excellent dub side), AnaS. Love the pace of that record, it's any easy transition to my reggae disco spins.

 

[anasarcasm]

Wow you just blew my mind. Hard to find? I listened the Confrontation a lot when my mom passed away..I guess it's more of a sentimental listen...but it still gets me. Thanks K.

L

ps-If you could post (or send) a clip I'd really appreciate it. asitarecordings@hotmail.com

 

[mylatency]

Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson - Rivers of my fathers

 

[Reynaldo]

Jorge Ben "Eu Sou da Pesada"

 

[Cosmo]

Astral Weeks album

Hejira album.

 

[Cosmo]

Astral Weeks album

Hejira album.

Jealous Guy, Lennon or Hathaway version.

Some Jeff Buckley as well.