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Songs that bring a tear to your eye?

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mattx5

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What songs bring a tear to your eye or make you well up inside? Don't be afraid to admit it either, it's important that we share our gems with one another, who knows, maybe you'll connect with someone else's suggestions.

Here's a few of mine (Some are a bit cliche, but whatever, bite me) -


Neighbourhood #2 - Arcade Fire
Sweet Song - Blur
In My Life - Beatles
Father and Son - Cat Stevens
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Do You Realize - Flaming Lips
Stuck Inside A Cloud - George Harrison
Look At Me - John Lennon
Fly - Nick Drake
The Fairest of the Seasons - Nico
Fog - Radiohead
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
Staralfur - Sigur Ros
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
New Slang - The Shins
One - U2
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
Chelsea Girls - The Velvet Underground
Less Than You Think - Wilco
 
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Tarazet

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It's classical music, so not many people will be familiar with it, but Robert Schumann's song "Mondnacht" (Moonlight) is my favorite. It has this haunting harmonic progression which creates a peaceful mood unlike anything else I've ever heard.
 
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AniHawk

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Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight people
 
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KingGondo

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AniHawk said:
Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight people
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Don't worry--I will NEVER STOP BELIEVIN'

:ROCK
 
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"

My cousin loved Zeppelin, and we played this song while burying him after he committed suicide. I can't hear it without thinking of that day.
 
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Desperado

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Die Nacht...a choral piece by...damnit. I think it's Schubert.

so beautiful...Our choir sang in the Disney Concert Hall in LA for a national convention and it was one of the pieces...such an amazing experience.
 
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GhaleonEB

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One - U2
If You Could Read My Mind - Gorden Lightfoot
Electrolyte - REM
Bad - U2
When I Look at the World - U2
Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own - U2
Stroke of Luck - Garbage

When the night is some one else's, and you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive to ever want to keep...

- U2, "When I Look at the World"

Yeah, I'm a U2 fan.
 
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Jill Sandwich

the turds of Optimus Prime
No Distance Left To Run - Blur
I Need You - America
Asphalt World - Suede
Wild World - Cat Stevens
This Guy's in Love With You - Burt Bacharach
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Gladys Knight
Lucky - Radiohead
 
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Scrow

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no song has ever brought a tear to my eye, but there are some that make me stop what I'm doing for a few minutes to listen to them in silence.
 
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pollo

Banned
LFO - Girl On TV
Postal Service - DC Sleeps Alone Tonight
Dashboard Confessionals - Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessionals - The Best Deceptions
Dashboard Confessionals - This Ruined Puzzle
Dashboard Confessionals - Again I go Unnoticed
Dashboard Confessionals - This Bitter Pill
Dashboard Confessionals - The Sharp Hint of New Tears
Dashboard Confessionals - Living in Your Letters
Dashboard Confessionals - Turpentine Chaser
Dashboard Confessionals - A Plain Morning

"Its yet to be determined
but the air is thick; and my hope is feeling warm
Im missing home, and Im glad youre not a part of this
Theres parts of me that will be missed

And the Phone is always dead to me
So I can't tell you the temperature is dropping
and it feels like...

Its colder than it aught to be in March
And I still got a day or two ahead of me, til Ill be heading home to you
Into your arms again
And the people here are asking after you
It doesnt make it easier, It doesnt make it easier
To be away
Id like to haul a plane
And see you in the morning
and when the day is fresh...im coming home again.....
"
....
..

...but you wrote the words "I love you"...and sprayed it with perfume....
 
DCharlie

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
Bright Eyes - Simon and Garfunkel
Forever Autumn - Moody Blues
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
Break For Me - Art of Fighting
Goreki - Lamb
Sepia - Nyack
 
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Mama Smurf

My penis is still intact.
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

I just relate to it too closely not to feel something.

There's really nothing else. Or if there is, I've forgotten them.

Forever Autumn - Moody Blues
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That's the most beautiful song. It doesn't make me well up, but if I'd lost someone at some point I'd probably be crying for days after hearing it.
 
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Tarazet

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Desperado said:
Die Nacht...a choral piece by...damnit. I think it's Schubert.

so beautiful...Our choir sang in the Disney Concert Hall in LA for a national convention and it was one of the pieces...such an amazing experience.
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I just looked it up in the New Grove... Yes, that's Schubert. It was written in 1823, about the same time as the Unfinished Symphony.
 
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mattx5

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Mama Smurf said:
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

I just relate to it too closely not to feel something.
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I love that song as well, some Beach Boys tunes are great depending on my mood.

On a side note, Green Grass of Tunnel by Mum is a fantastic song also, I was just listening to it.
 
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SD-Ness

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Jazz
Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
Miles Davis - Shhh/Peaceful
John Coltrane - Blue Train
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Sonny Rollins - God Bless the Child
Charles Mingus - Self-Portrait in Three Colors
G. Wood & R. Mellin - My One and Only Love

Classical
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne In C-Sharp Minor
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1-3

Rock
Smashing Pumpkins - For Martha

Indie/Ambient/Post-Rock
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi vs. The Pink Robots (Part 1)
M83 - Gone
M83 - Teen Angst
Red House Painters - Katy Song
Sigur Ros - Svain g englar
Sigur Ros - Ny batteri
Sigur Ros - Hjart hamast
Sigur Ros - Agatis byrjun
Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen

Metal
Opeth - Benighted
Opeth - Face of Melinda
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
 
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole
Alice in Chains - Rain When I Die
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
GNR - November Rain
Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
Journey - Faithfully
Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, America
The Who - Love, Reign O'er Me
 
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gollumsluvslave

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2 main songs spring to mind here:-

Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have
U2 - Somtimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

Both affect me for pretty specifi reasons; NIN because it reminds me of a friend that killed himself :( U2 cos it pretty much sums up my relationship with my da
 
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totoro'd

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Everybody Hurts - REM
Angels in Waiting - Tammy Cochran (the video and story behind this are really sad)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy (the story behind her is sad, she was so talented and such, and this is an amazing cover)
 
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etiolate

Banned
Everybody Hurts - REM
Roads - Portishead
Try Not to Breathe - REM
One - U2
Tears in Heaven - Clapton
Make it easy on yourself - The Wonders/Burt Bacharach
Hope There's Someone - Antony and The Johnsons
Pearl Jam - Why Go
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
 
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Tamanon

Banned
Yellowcard - Empty Apartment (really has a deeper meaning for me over a lost friendship)
Bad Religion - Sorrow (album came out right near my dad's death and this song was just beautifully done)
Everclear - Anything off Songs from an American Movie Part 1( emotional breakup and lost opportunities)
 
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Star Power

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Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Radiohead - How to Disappear COmpletely
Bjork - Ancestors
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
Nico - No One Is There
Smashing Pumpkins - Once Upon a Time
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
David Bowie - Always Crashing in the Same Car
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Portishead - Roads
Goldfrapp - Horse Tears
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Antony and the Johnsons - Man is the Baby
 
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bud

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One - U2
See You Soon - Coldplay

These songs don't make me cry, no song does, but they do make me a bit emotional.
 
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Dilbert

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Just dropping in to say I agree with about half of Star Power's list, and I appreciate the Suede appreciation earlier in the thread. I need to listen to Dog Man Star again soon...

There are several Eels songs worth mentioning, but the one that usually gets me is "Climbing Up To The Moon.'

The only other new song I'd add to the list is "Passion" by Peter Gabriel. I'm far from religious (yeah, I know, shocking), but that whole soundtrack is incredibly moving. Even if you're not a believer, hearing the moment of Christ's crucifixion and calling out to heaven transformed into music is nerve-rattling.
 
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brooklyngooner

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The Intermezzo from the Cavalleria Rusticana, Confutatis from Mozart's Requiem, many pieces from Handel's Messiah, the Sull' Aria from Le Nozze di Figaro (if it's done right), Adagio in G minor for strings and organ by Tomaso Albinoni come to mind immediately.
 
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Tain

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The only one I can think of is Space Oddity by David Bowie.

Doesn't make me cry, though, it just comes closer than anything else I can think of.
 
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jenov4

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It's been mentioned before, but for me, it's U2's One. What a great song. The song has made even more impact on me due to some personal circumstances as well.
 
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