Never.
He could take me to a different place in heaven and I could get all melancholic but I never cried. His music makes me tingle, shout, fierce, happy and sad but never cry.

Maybe cry is the wrong word but its like when you see a sad film and your eyes fill up and you get a lump in your throat. Try watching the clip below from bambi but be warned this is very sad and powerfull stuff and the way you feel while your watching it is how Ive felt when watching purple rain live.

rolling said:

Now, this makes me cry but not Prince. Prince is an artist, he gives me joy not painfull thoughts.

CJanssen said:

But you don't just have to be 'sad' to cry...

Sometimes it snows in April, does it every time.

rolling said:

the last few seconds of "Purple Rain" always bring me to tears... it's like he's channeling Carlos Santana on that E string....

I hate u
pink cashmere
the most beautiful girl in the world
i will
betcha by golly wow
while my guitar gently weeps (rrhof '04)
everywhere
i would die 4 u
diamonds & pearls
the one
call my name
another lonley christmas
father's song
god

To be honest, Princes music never made me cry.

As someone else here said: he can dazzle me, surprise me, give me inspiration, make my mind blow, but most of the time he doesn't 'emote' me.

Maybe it has something to do with my feeling that he never gives all he has on a personal and emotional level in his music. There is always some 'holding back' in his music (and lyrics).

But there are other artists that can make me cry, so i don't have to rely on Prince for that... lol

Tame said:

The one I think I've cried to the most. But Man O'War is another one that brings tears. Purple Rain did back in the 80's but now, not so much.
Another Lonely Christmas is an annual tearjerker.

...maybe.

i was listening to the beautiful ones at the bus stop 2day- started welling up

prb said:

That is a beautiful song.

psychodelicide said:

yes it is

prb said:

Yes, I can be moved to tears easily. I feel things so deeply that my eyes just get full and before you know it I am crying. It used to bother me, but I overcame it and people who know me best love that quality about me. Prince's music is something that I love and so it moves me to tears quite often. I cry with excitement at concerts too.

rolling said:

The first time I watched Purple Rain all the way through (an edited for tv version) and Prince plays Purple Rain at the end.....man yeah I cried on that one. Surprised me....

Madison88 said:

i still do....

Yes! It was June 24, 2002 in Chanhassen, Minnesota at Paisley Park or Prince: A Celebration 2002/Xenophobia.

I always wanted Prince do do an acoustic only set, just him and a guitar or piano. When Prince took the stage and started playing acoustically, my heart stopped for 1,000th of a milisecond. When the strings started on "7" I cried silently and covered my face. People around me were asking me if I was all right and I said, "This is my dream concert."

"another lonely christmas" made me cry the first time i heard it, mostly because i was having a particularly lonely christmas when that single came out and it was the most perfect "misery loves company" song i could have wished into my life at that time.

incognito said:

I cant hold back my tear on Purple Rain


talk about a tear breaker

incognito said:

I cried just reading your post. Thanks for sharing!

Some of his music reaches into the very center of the heart and leaves breathless the listener; taste the words and notes, sometimes like Pepto-Bismol not such a great taste, but good for you. And sometimes like an Amaretto truffle, goes down warm and sweet with a little kick to the palate.

rolling said:

Me too at exactly that point have to be so careful not to listen to it on the bus on the way to work or I get loads of people asking if I am ok cos I am sobbing like a baby by then !!! and When doves cry and I hear your voice especailly that last one

LittleNicci said:

+ when I saw him in vegas he started singing sometimes it snows in April and I was standing right in front of him and had to leave cos I could feel I was gonna cry and that just would not have been good.

sometimes it snows in april

there is lonely

u but dont trust u anymore



but the most time have tears in my eyes 'cause he makes me laugh ...

jasch55 said:

ooh i forgot about that one...

it gets me teary eyed

All the time!!!! Purple Rain but I don't know why.

The song Planet Earth always brings tears to my eyes:

G0d said:

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