songs that make you feel like you might cry a little? (not that men cry)

cthomer5000 · 03-08-2009, 11:35 AM

I had my itunes on shuffle right now, and one of the songs that is so far afield of everything I own came on. It's a song i totally love but feel *slightly* embarassed about loving... and i admit i find it to be quite a moving song.

It's was a pretty big in the 99 or 2000 range, it's Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" a country crossover hit.

YouTube - Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

It's kind of cheesy, but I guess I love the overall message of the song, especially since it sounds like it's sung to a child. I dunno, man, seriously... i feel embarassed for admitting this, it's a song that can put me on the verge of tears inexplicably. I think it's very well written by pop song standards.

I'm hoping I can prompt some other confessions of a similar nature. I'm going to go hide now.

ct

Senator · 03-08-2009, 12:28 PM

There is a greater than zero percent chance I am just a cold-hearted bastard.

MJ4H · 03-08-2009, 12:35 PM

Dear John by Styx

(countless examples of, well, heavier music, say Maslanka's 4th symphony, but I doubt that's what you were really going for)

The Styx song chokes me up every time.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjZih4Xj-Us

Kodos · 03-08-2009, 12:40 PM

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

BYU 14 · 03-08-2009, 12:45 PM

This is song just tears me apart, especially knowing the tragic accident that took his daughter after he wrote the song.

YouTube - Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

hawk4669 · 03-08-2009, 01:02 PM

"If You Leave This World Before Me" by Mike Ness

Always makes me think of my wife...and how lost I'd be without her. Cheesy, I know...but heartfelt.

Cheers!

Mantle2600 · 03-08-2009, 01:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc

Sia - Breathe me

Matthean · 03-08-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

This is song just tears me apart, especially knowing the tragic accident that took his daughter after he wrote the song.

YouTube - Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

As a long time SCC fan, I can't imagine what it would be like for him to perform that during his tour. There's no way I'm not openly bawling my eyes out during it.

YouTube - Mark Schultz-He's my son

Back story being that during the time I was being born my mother was having complications and the doctor basically said it was either her, or me, but both of us weren't making out of the hospital alive. She said we both were. The doctor went through with it and we both made it. There's enough lines in the song that just nail me. I can't recall how many times I listened to it before I wasn't basically losing my "stuff." Even now is fairly hit, or miss in how well I deal with hearing the song.

YouTube - The Dance - Garth Brooks

Zero personal ties to the song, but it can be a killer if it comes on at the right time.

YouTube - Center Aisle

Never had anybody close to me commit suicide, but I think it nails the topic as well as one could.

Uncle Briggs · 03-08-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

This is song just tears me apart, especially knowing the tragic accident that took his daughter after he wrote the song.

YouTube - Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

This song immediately came to mind when I saw the thread title.

CU Tiger · 03-08-2009, 03:40 PM

Another country song, "I miss you a little" John Michael Montgomery
Written about his Dad, but reminds me of my best friend who was taken by cancer at 27....

Poli · 03-08-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthean

YouTube - Mark Schultz-He's my son

Mark Schultz...for a different reason. "When You Come Home" came out shortly after my mom's death. A long time passed before I could hear that song and not be sad. I still sing the song to her when I visit her gravesite.

Karlifornia · 03-08-2009, 05:01 PM

A Lack Of Color-Death Cab For Cutie
The Past & Pending-The Shins

Both awesome album closers that make you emotional in a nostalgic way.

Groundhog · 03-08-2009, 05:36 PM

YouTube - Camel - For Today

Camel - For Today.

Was written about the dude that jumped from the tower on 9/11. Just a very powerful song... Bands that have been around for 30+ years should not still be able to write music like that.

Mac Howard · 03-08-2009, 06:07 PM

Dylan's "Auction Block".

PackerFanatic · 03-08-2009, 06:16 PM

YouTube - G.A.M. 06/29/07 Ben Folds Gracie

"Gracie" by Ben Folds. My daughter's name is Grace and a buddy of mine who does some DJing in college played this song on his station the day we got home from the hospital, shouting out to us. I had never heard it before then, and even though she was only 3 days old at the time, it really hit home. Still does every time I hear it.

PS - Video isn't mine, first one I found on YT that had the full song.

cuervo72 · 03-08-2009, 06:55 PM

Cliche, but Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin gets me nearly every time.

Once heard Pride (In the Name of Love) while driving on MLK Boulevard in Baltimore - on April 4th - and got a little choked up.

rowech · 03-08-2009, 06:59 PM

Amazing Grace

RainMaker · 03-08-2009, 06:59 PM

Not a fan of this band or anything but the song is probably the saddest I've heard. My dog had been having health issues for months and was on seizure medication. One night he had a grand mal, rushed him to the vet, and I decided it was best to put him to sleep. It was 3am and I was driving back on an empty dark road and this song came on the radio. Just destroyed me.

YouTube - The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight

Wolfpack · 03-08-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rowech

Amazing Grace

+1.l If my mood is just right, I find it really challenging to keep myself in control.

Also I guess I'm more sentimentally emotional in my older age as I watch my girls grow up and experience things. The weirdest songs will make me be a bit emotional, especially if they have things related to children learning and experiencing things or of parents watching their children grow.

General Mike · 03-08-2009, 09:11 PM

"Light Years" by Pearl Jam

RendeR · 03-08-2009, 09:28 PM

Butterfly Kisses

Reminds me of my eldest daughter that I haven't seen or spoken too since 1995.

MizzouRah · 03-08-2009, 09:33 PM

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

"Your Guardian Angel"

When my wife's aunt was pregnant, their baby was born with cancer of the liver and died... it was so tough going to that funeral..

I played this song at a gathering we had and everyone was in tears. It's such a great song.

LloydLungs · 03-08-2009, 10:52 PM

Closest I came was on my first drive back into New Orleans three weeks after Katrina, listening to the Rilo Kiley album "The Execution of All Things," which contains EERILY relevant lyrics throughout the album (though it was written several years before). I really didn't need a whole lot of help from music at that point, though.

Flasch186 · 03-08-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Butterfly Kisses

Reminds me of my eldest daughter that I haven't seen or spoken too since 1995.

that's a shame

Sporkimata · 03-08-2009, 11:29 PM

Time in a bottle--Jim Croce

Always leaves me a little choked.

larrymcg421 · 03-08-2009, 11:33 PM

Bunch of fucking sissies in this thread.

"Fire and Rain", James Taylor

Kodos · 03-09-2009, 11:11 AM

I can't think of any that bring me to tears, but there are certain songs that give me chills. Although I can't think of any examples at the moment.

In movies, "Win, Rocky, win," always gives me chills.

Maple Leafs · 03-09-2009, 11:17 AM

Lights in the Sky by NIN:
YouTube - Lights in the Sky - The Slip - NIN

Drake · 03-09-2009, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthean

YouTube - Center Aisle

Never had anybody close to me commit suicide, but I think it nails the topic as well as one could.

Classic Caedmon's Call. They were (and still are, I suppose) one of the great overlooked bands.

albionmoonlight · 03-09-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sporkimata

Time in a bottle--Jim Croce

Always leaves me a little choked.

Yeah.

Also, and I am not even joking, I am moved by "You Are My Sunshine." I mean, look at these lyrics:

Quote:

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You'll regret it all some day:

You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But not you've left me and love another;
You have shattered all of my dreams:

In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains.
So when you come back and make me happy
I'll forgive you dear, I'll take all the blame.

I cannot beleive that they used this song to sell mustard. Almost as bad as when they used Brown Sugar to sell glazed ribs.

Qwikshot · 03-09-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Yeah.

Also, and I am not even joking, I am moved by "You Are My Sunshine." I mean, look at these lyrics:

I cannot beleive that they used this song to sell mustard. Almost as bad as when they used Brown Sugar to sell glazed ribs.

Yeah "You Are My Sunshine" is a sad song.

Qwikshot · 03-09-2009, 12:43 PM

Tim Easton's "Watching the Lightning" had a profound affect on me. Last year was the first full year of not having my daughter around so much (since she was moved to Texas).

I popped this sampler from Mojo that is of Americana bands (this is an old compilation disc - including Damien Jurado, Ryan Adams, etc). I hadn't listened to it in a while.

I was just sing-songing this one and realized that during the chorus that I couldn't sing it all the way through, it was too heavy on me, I mean I tried too, but I couldn't. The song itself is just about losing someone.

I can listen to it now, but man, it was emotional.

King of New York · 03-09-2009, 01:03 PM

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, op. 11. It was used in the movie "Platoon."

MJ4H · 03-09-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by King of New York

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, op. 11. It was used in the movie "Platoon."

God, yes.

Drake · 03-09-2009, 01:54 PM

In that vein, "One Day More" from Les Mis always kills me.

Ksyrup · 03-09-2009, 02:03 PM

Will Hoge: "Baby Girl" - phenomenal song that came out between the birth of our girls. Simply incredible lyrics, a kind of wish for a newborn daughter from her dad.

Jon Crosby: "That's My Boy" - song about violence in the US; idk, there's something to the music and the emotion in it that gets to me. Very powerful song.

Pain of Salvation: "This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)" - song the wife and I would have chosen for our wedding if it had been around that long ago.

Kodos · 03-09-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake

In that vein, "One Day More" from Les Mis always kills me.

I've always liked "On My Own". Poor Eponine (however it's spelled.)

Toddzilla · 03-09-2009, 02:34 PM

Christmas Shoes

lordscarlet · 03-09-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Christmas Shoes

Watch the Paton Oswalt special when it comes out.

(I saw him a week or two ago and they filmed his CD/special that night)

JediKooter · 03-09-2009, 03:19 PM

Ice Ice Baby...I weep for the music industry and the sad sad state that it has been in ever since it allowed that travesty to be released into the wild.

dacman · 03-09-2009, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BYU 14

This is song just tears me apart, especially knowing the tragic accident that took his daughter after he wrote the song.

YouTube - Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

I thought of SCC too, but this one instead:

YouTube - Tribute to Maria Chapman

-apoc- · 03-09-2009, 04:39 PM

YouTube - Green Fields of France - Dropkick Murphy's

RainMaker · 03-09-2009, 05:20 PM

Tears in Heaven has to go down as one of the sadness when you see the meaning. He no longer plays the song.

YouTube - Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven - Live

Raiders Army · 03-09-2009, 05:53 PM

Cats in the Cradle is a good song. Doesn't make me cry even a little though.

Abe Sargent · 03-09-2009, 05:56 PM

Johnny Cash's remake of Hurt is the only song that affects me that emotionally.

rogmax11 · 03-09-2009, 06:10 PM

The Dance -- Garth Brooks

Leader of the Band -- Aaaarrghh! I cant recall the singer, sorry.

MJ4H · 03-09-2009, 06:12 PM

Dan Fogelberg

rogmax11 · 03-09-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

Dan Fogelberg

Yep, thats the guy. Thanks for the ID, I would be scratching my head in futility otherwise. Or Googling the title. Thanks anyway.

AgustusM · 03-09-2009, 08:01 PM

everything by Taylor Swift makes me cry, because that teen pop crap has completely hijacked country music.

Drake · 03-09-2009, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

I've always liked "On My Own". Poor Eponine (however it's spelled.)

Right after you posted this, I had to dig up my 10th anniversary CD set, only to realize that I didn't have it at work like I thought I did...so I had to download it from Amazon for $20.

These damned threads about music always end up costing me money.

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rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	Amazing Grace

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RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Not a fan of this band or anything but the song is probably the saddest I've heard. My dog had been having health issues for months and was on seizure medication. One night he had a grand mal, rushed him to the vet, and I decided it was best to put him to sleep. It was 3am and I was driving back on an empty dark road and this song came on the radio. Just destroyed me. YouTube - The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight

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