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Songs that bring a tear to your eye?
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I'm partial to ween's 'A Tear For Eddie', great guitar solo
funkadelic - maggot brain
grateful dead - so many roads / days between / box of rain
psychic tv - the orchids
bob dylan - i threw it all away / the death of emmitt til / don't think twice, it's all right
john lennon - watching the wheels
warren zevon - keep me in your heart / please stay / i have to leave / accidentally like a martyr
townes van zandt - our mother the mountain
neil young - after the goldrush
trane + miles - stella by starlight
grateful dead - so many roads / days between / box of rain
psychic tv - the orchids
bob dylan - i threw it all away / the death of emmitt til / don't think twice, it's all right
john lennon - watching the wheels
warren zevon - keep me in your heart / please stay / i have to leave / accidentally like a martyr
townes van zandt - our mother the mountain
neil young - after the goldrush
trane + miles - stella by starlight
Tear-jerkers ahoy! 
Some of my faves already mentioned:
"Tears in Heaven", Eric Clapton
"Secret Garden", Bruce Springsteen
"November Rain", GnR (particularly the intro)
Some other sad/depressing songs:
"Holding Back the Years", by Simply Red
"What Might've Been", by Little Texas (one of the saddest songs ever; find it if you like ballads)
"At This Moment", by Billy Vera and the Beaters
"Hands to Heaven", by Breathe
"The Flame", by Cheap Trick
"In My Place", by Coldplay
"I'll Get By", by Eddie Money (awesome ballad)
"Just Think of Me, and I'll Be There", by Escape Club
"The Last Song", by Elton John (bolded for emphasis-- incredibly touching song)
"One More Try", by George Michael
"Can't Stay Away From You", by Gloria Estefan
"I Wanna Know What Love Is", by Foreigner
"Name", by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Alone" and "These Dreams", by Heart
"Let Her Cry", by Hootie and the Blowfish
"Jessie", by Joshua Kaddison
"This Used to Be My Playground", by Madonna
"Toy Soldiers", by Martika
"Against All Odds", and "One More Night" by Phil Collins
"By Your Side", by Sade
"Hold On To The Night", by Richard Marx
"Lullabye", and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
"That's What Friends Are For", by Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick
"Gangsta Lean", by DRS
"Nothing Compares to You", by Sinead O'Connor
"The Freshman", by Verve Pipe
"All This Time", by Tiffany
"Love Is", by Vanesa Williams and Brian McKnight
"Show Me The Way", by Styx
"Con Te Partiro", by Andrea Bocelli
"I Will Remember You", by Amy Grant
"Light In Your Eyes" and "All Along", by Blessid Union of Souls
"It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and "Yesterday" by Boyz II Men
"Ordinary World", by Duran Duran
"Wasted Time", by the Eagles
"Landslide", by Fleetwood Mac
"Just Once", by James Ingram
"Lately", by Jodeci
"Without You" and "My All", by Mariah Carey
"The Living Years", by Mike and the Mechanics
"Wind of Change", by Scorpions
"Prayer for the Dying", by Seal
"I'll Be Over You", by Toto
"One" and "With or Without You", by U2
"Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum
Sorry, I figured I'd go through my entire collection. These don't all "bring a tear to my eye", but many do, and most are very sad/touching songs.
Some of my faves already mentioned:"Tears in Heaven", Eric Clapton
"Secret Garden", Bruce Springsteen
"November Rain", GnR (particularly the intro)
Some other sad/depressing songs:
"Holding Back the Years", by Simply Red
"What Might've Been", by Little Texas (one of the saddest songs ever; find it if you like ballads)
"At This Moment", by Billy Vera and the Beaters
"Hands to Heaven", by Breathe
"The Flame", by Cheap Trick
"In My Place", by Coldplay
"I'll Get By", by Eddie Money (awesome ballad)
"Just Think of Me, and I'll Be There", by Escape Club
"The Last Song", by Elton John (bolded for emphasis-- incredibly touching song)
"One More Try", by George Michael
"Can't Stay Away From You", by Gloria Estefan
"I Wanna Know What Love Is", by Foreigner
"Name", by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Alone" and "These Dreams", by Heart
"Let Her Cry", by Hootie and the Blowfish
"Jessie", by Joshua Kaddison
"This Used to Be My Playground", by Madonna
"Toy Soldiers", by Martika
"Against All Odds", and "One More Night" by Phil Collins
"By Your Side", by Sade
"Hold On To The Night", by Richard Marx
"Lullabye", and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
"That's What Friends Are For", by Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick
"Gangsta Lean", by DRS
"Nothing Compares to You", by Sinead O'Connor
"The Freshman", by Verve Pipe
"All This Time", by Tiffany
"Love Is", by Vanesa Williams and Brian McKnight
"Show Me The Way", by Styx
"Con Te Partiro", by Andrea Bocelli
"I Will Remember You", by Amy Grant
"Light In Your Eyes" and "All Along", by Blessid Union of Souls
"It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and "Yesterday" by Boyz II Men
"Ordinary World", by Duran Duran
"Wasted Time", by the Eagles
"Landslide", by Fleetwood Mac
"Just Once", by James Ingram
"Lately", by Jodeci
"Without You" and "My All", by Mariah Carey
"The Living Years", by Mike and the Mechanics
"Wind of Change", by Scorpions
"Prayer for the Dying", by Seal
"I'll Be Over You", by Toto
"One" and "With or Without You", by U2
"Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum
Sorry, I figured I'd go through my entire collection.
These don't all "bring a tear to my eye", but many do, and most are very sad/touching songs.Foreign Jackass
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Loki said:Tear-jerkers ahoy!
"Tears in Heaven", Eric Clapton
"Secret Garden", Bruce Springsteen
"November Rain", GnR (particularly the intro)
Some other sad/depressing songs:
"Holding Back the Years", by Simply Red
"What Might've Been", by Little Texas (one of the saddest songs ever; find it if you like ballads)
"At This Moment", by Billy Vera and the Beaters
"Hands to Heaven", by Breathe
"The Flame", by Cheap Trick
"In My Place", by Coldplay
"I'll Get By", by Eddie Money (awesome ballad)
"Just Think of Me, and I'll Be There", by Escape Club
"The Last Song", by Elton John (bolded for emphasis-- incredibly touching song)
"One More Try", by George Michael
"Can't Stay Away From You", by Gloria Estefan
"I Wanna Know What Love Is", by Foreigner
"Name", by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Alone" and "These Dreams", by Heart
"Let Her Cry", by Hootie and the Blowfish
"Jessie", by Joshua Kaddison
"This Used to Be My Playground", by Madonna
"Toy Soldiers", by Martika
"Against All Odds", and "One More Night" by Phil Collins
"By Your Side", by Sade
"Hold On To The Night", by Richard Marx
"Lullabye", and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
"That's What Friends Are For", by Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick
"Gangsta Lean", by DRS
"Nothing Compares to You", by Sinead O'Connor
"The Freshman", by Verve Pipe
"All This Time", by Tiffany
"Love Is", by Vanesa Williams and Brian McKnight
"Show Me The Way", by Styx
"Con Te Partiro", by Andrea Bocelli
"I Will Remember You", by Amy Grant
"Light In Your Eyes" and "All Along", by Blessid Union of Souls
"It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and "Yesterday" by Boyz II Men
"Ordinary World", by Duran Duran
"Wasted Time", by the Eagles
"Landslide", by Fleetwood Mac
"Just Once", by James Ingram
"Lately", by Jodeci
"Without You" and "My All", by Mariah Carey
"The Living Years", by Mike and the Mechanics
"Wind of Change", by Scorpions
"Prayer for the Dying", by Seal
"I'll Be Over You", by Toto
"One" and "With or Without You", by U2
"Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum
Sorry, I figured I'd go through my entire collection.
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You must be crying a whole lot while listening to the radio. You should make that a list of the worst sappy songs ever.
Foreign Jackass said:
Hah.
It's already been established that I'm a sap, and, really, I couldn't care less about who does or does not enjoy the same songs I do. (just as I never comment on others' musical tastes) Spare me the elitism-- you're not as good at it as Bell Woods or drohne anyway. Besides, like I said, they don't all make me cry. They're just my favorite "sad songs." And when I do tear up, it's just a case of misty eyes-- I never bawl. After all, I'm a man's man, and have a reputation to uphold.
milanbaros
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Only one song has truely made me cry and that was Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road and perhaps Bob Dylan's Oh, Sister.
They are pehaps the only two artists that carry the emotion in their voice so that I can pick it up, most othere artists I feel it forced (see Bono) and hence can't react as much.
Edit: In My Life almost makes me cry and he is another artist who has the ability to carry emotion true in his voice although most of the time he sounds like he doesn't care or want to.
They are pehaps the only two artists that carry the emotion in their voice so that I can pick it up, most othere artists I feel it forced (see Bono) and hence can't react as much.
Edit: In My Life almost makes me cry and he is another artist who has the ability to carry emotion true in his voice although most of the time he sounds like he doesn't care or want to.
MrPing1000
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gone away - the offspring
mightynine
Member
Daimen Rice - Delicate / Cannonball
eastmountainsouth - So Are You To Me
Those are moving songs.
eastmountainsouth - So Are You To Me
Those are moving songs.
i just skimmed the thread so i could've missed it, but i'm surprised to see no mention of "Cats in the Cradle". Probably one the most tearjerking songs ever for me, slightly above "Tears in Heaven".
"Rei's 1" from the Evangelion soundtrack is another one, simply because it was playing as i broke up with my girlfriend at the time.
"Rei's 1" from the Evangelion soundtrack is another one, simply because it was playing as i broke up with my girlfriend at the time.
brooklyngooner
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I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
gollumsluvslave
Member
Respect.
I have to say the Brother Woodrow / Closing Prayer on Gentlemen puts the hairs on my neck up as well.
Sullichin said:
There's a little child
Runnin' 'round this house
And he never leaves
He will never leave
And the fog comes up
From the sewers and
Glows in the dark
Baby alligators in the sewers
Grow up fast
Grow up fast
Anything you want it can be done now
How did you bad?
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Some things will never wash away
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
RaymondCarver
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Artist: Brad Paisley
Song: He Didn't Have To Be
This song catches my breath and gives me teary eyes. IT brings forth warm, happy feelings of family and a brighter world.
Song: He Didn't Have To Be
This song catches my breath and gives me teary eyes. IT brings forth warm, happy feelings of family and a brighter world.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
I heard this for the first time while working at Target in the backroom thanks to 89.3. It's not a good idea to have a sorrowful epiphany while on the clock. I just had to drop what I was doing and listen.
It's quite possibly the most beautiful thing I've heard and yet so full of sadness.
There's other crap. I just can't think of it at the moment and Shuffle kicked this one to the fore.
Edit: Oh yeah, Iron Maiden's Flight of Icarus also hits me where I live.
Patrick Klepek
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For some reason Weezer's 'Perfect Situation' hit me really hard just before I broke up with my gf. Then again, probably any seriously minded love song would have. Good thing I wasn't listening to Butterfly.
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