Not songs so horrific they cause you to weep, but songs that are so beautifully crafted or containing such moving lyrics, they make you cry...

'I Can't Make You Love Me' either the original or Prince's cover
'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?' Al Green
'Your Song' Elton John
'Infinite And Unforeseen' k.d. lang

BinaryJustin said:

prince bastardized that song...ruined the meaning and overkilled his vocals.....

by complete contrast, "sometimes it snows" has been known to bring me to tears every now and then....


"jonathan" by wendy and lisa..


and....

"let her down easy" by ttd..

"Imagine" by John Lennon

(and anything by John Lennon in fact. I find it so terrible what happened to him.)

This is me everytime ----->

And "The Rain Song" and "Tea for One" by Led Zeppelin.

minneapolisgenius said:

jillybean said:

we fall down-donnie mcclurkin (after i heard about the shit donnie went thru and then heard this song....)

ballad for the fallen soldier-isley bros.(this litterally sounds like ronnie's cryin as he's singin and ernie's screamin as he's playin...)

touch-seal (everytime i hear it i think about my 1st....)

fragile-sting (1st heard this song on a televised concert he was doin the night of sept 11th....)

angel eyes-jeff healey (i always felt like that this song was a reflection of myself...)

weapon-michael kamen (this song is played at the end of the 1st lethal weapon movie and was like a theme song 4 me durin my depression years...)

pilgrim-eric clapton (another reflection of me....)

i can't imagine love without you-stevie wonder (heard this on his bet walk of fame special at the same time my grandfather died....)

VinaBlue said:

Perfect by Alanis... when I heard this live for the first time it just hit me. I didn't expect it to, but it did.

Winter by Tori Amos... Same thing, I heard it live and it must have been the right time...

Your Cloud by Tori Amos... When I heard this the first time on cd, it got me When I heard it live, I lost it. I wanted to hear it so bad and by the encore I had given up hope of hearing the song live. She played it at the very end, last song of the evening.

Silent All These Years by Tori Amos... (again! LOL) I hadn't connected much with this song until I heard it live last August. Again, just the right time. Unexpected.

That I Would Be Good by Alanis... same thing, didn't hit me until I heard it live...

Top of the World by Patty Griffin... I went to the show with my boyfriend who was into her. She played this rare track that not everyone had heard before... I certainly hadn't... Half way into the song I lost it. I'm thinking, I'm going to cry, why I'm I gonna cry? I don't even know this song! I'm not even a fan!!! There was soooo much emotion in her voice.

I wished I was smarter
Wished I was stronger
I wished I loved jesus
The way the my wife does

I wished it'd been easier
Instead of any longer
I wished I could've stood
Where you would've been proud
That won't happen now
That won't happen now

There's a whole lot of sinners
That ain't gonna be heard
Disppearing every day
Without so much as a word
Somehow

I'm afraid I broke the wings
Off that little songbird
And she's never gonna fly
To the top of the world How
To the top of the world

I don't have to answer
Any of these questions
Don't have no guide to
Teach me no lessons

I come home in the evening
Sit in my chair
One night they called me for supper
But I never got up
I stayed right there
In my chair

There's a whole lot of singing
That ain't gonna be heard
Disappearing every day
Without so much as a word
Somehow

I think I broke the wings
Off a little songbird
And she's never gonna fly
To the top of the world
How
To the top of the world

I wished I'd had known you
Wished I had shown you
All of the things I
Was all these are
But I'd pretend to be sleeping
When you'd come in in the morning
To whisper goodbye
Go work at the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why

Cause everyone's singing
We just wanna be heard
Disappearing every day
Without so much as a word
So how?

Gonna grab a hold
Of that little songbird
And take her for a ride
To the top of the world
Right now
To the top of the world
[This message was edited Fri Apr 30 12:04:41 2004 by VinaBlue]

minneapolisgenius said:

" Come What May" by Patti Labelle

" The Beating of Black Wings" by Joni Mitchell

"If Only You Knew" by Patti Labelle

"Mother's Spiritual" by Laura Nyro

"Ghetto Lament" by Sylvia St James

"Swans" by Prefab Sprout

"Two Grey Rooms" by Joni Mitchell

"I'm Not In Love" by 10cc

"Love Me Still" by Chaka Khan/ Bruce Hornsby

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday

"The Angel In the House" by The Story(Jonatha Brooke)

"Broken Rainbow" by Laura Nyro

"This House Is empty Now" by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello

"This Is The Life" by Wendy and Lisa

"If Leaving Me Is Easy" by Phil Collins

"Hold On, My Heart" by Genesis

"Somewhere In Heaven" by Carlos Santana

"Angel" by Aretha Franklin

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

"Stranger In My Life" by Marvin Gaye

"The Makings Of You" by Curtis Mayfield (or Aretha)

"This Town" by Rotary Connection

"Hawking" by Todd Rundgren
[This message was edited Fri Apr 30 16:25:55 2004 by paligap]

paligap said:

4 so long i had been tryin to tell people about 10cc's "i'm not in love" that melody never leaves you 4 some reason...

diamondpearl1 said:

4 REAL...I'm hearin' it now...

sue me for being cliche, but Nick Drake's Pink Moon album.

Taureau said:

I really Like his song, "River Man"...

Taureau said:

Fuck, yeah.

My others are...
Jeff Buckley's cover of 'I Know It's Over' by the Smiths.
'Grapefruit Moon' - Tom Waits
'Loving Hannah' - Bill Jones
'Julia' - Lennon (or Lennon & McCartney if you like)
'You and I' - Stevie Wonder
'What will you say' - Jeff Buckley (& Alim Quasimov) - stripped down version from Live at l'Olympia.
'Life in Art' - Mojave 3
'Gran Partita' - without fail. Most beautiful bit of music ever written.
At my most beautiful - REM
And i'm such a soppy twat, but Somewhere out there (from the soundtrack to An American Tail - remember that kids' animated film about the Mouse called Fieval who lost his family?) holds memories for me. The version released as a single sucked, but the one sung by very young child actors in the film gets me in a big way.

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Memories 4 me too, that song gets to me as well! Reminds me of child girlfriends and general good times as a kid! Talking of toons, I always liked the Heuy Lewis song he did for the Disney film "Oliver and company"! It's the song at the very beginning of the film! I bought the soundtrack cheap 4 that song, again 4 nostalgic childhood memories! Song is called "Once upon a time in New York city", lyrics are nice, but the synth breaks r gorgeous sounding! Lovely melody, lovely song in every respect! Anyone remember the song in the movie?
[This message was edited Fri Apr 30 15:41:26 2004 by thesexofit]

I think that "A Different Drum" by Peter Gabriel is the most moving song I have ever heard. Vince Guaraldi's "What Child Is This?" is a heartbreaker.

These are the Days of Our Lives by Queen

"Purple Rain" - Prince
"The Beautiful Ones" - Prince
"Coming Up Close" - 'Til Tuesday
"Why" - Annie Lennox
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye (oh, hell, the whole album)
"Victims" - Culture Club
"(Time) Clock Of The Heart" - Culture Club
"Come Back To Me" - Janet Jackson
"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
"Money Changes Everything" - Cyndi Lauper
"That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - Carly Simon
"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel
"Heroes" - David Bowie
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John (OK, it's overwrought by today's standards, but it's incredibly accomplished and emotionally raw)
"Angel" - Eurythmics
"Songbird" - Fleetwood Mac
"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac (fucking gorgeous....Stevie, you rule)
"Oh Father" - Madonna
"Till Death Do Us Part" - Madonna
"In This Life" - Madonna
"Bad Girl" - Madonna
"Rain" - Madonna
"This Used To Be My Playground" - Madonna
"Sara Smile" - Hall & Oates
"Missing You" - Diana Ross (because it sounds like the truth, and that's rare coming from Diana)
"Fire And Rain" - James Taylor (gets me every time....anyone see Running On Empty with River Phoenix? You won't forget this song after that)
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" - Kate Bush
"Cloudbusting" - Kate Bush
"Hell Is For Children" - Pat Benatar
"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
"You Cause As Much Sorrow" - Sinead O'Connor
"This Is The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance" - Sinead O'Connor
"Crying" - Roy Orbison
"Kiss From A Rose" - Seal
"Pink And Velvet" - Berlin
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"More Than This" - Roxy Music
"Ooo Baby Baby" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
A lot of STEVIE WONDER stuff, too numerous to mention here.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears For Fears (beautiful, beautiful, beautiful)
"Pale Shelter" - Tears For Fears
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" - Al Green
"The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies
"King Of Pain" - The Police
[This message was edited Fri Apr 30 17:00:53 2004 by VoicesCarry]

Raine said:

Ooh, I agree. Have you heard the live version, with Lisa Stansfield and George Michael (recorded at Wembley)?. That's probably my favourite version. The harmony is beautiful.
[This message was edited Fri Apr 30 16:46:05 2004 by VoicesCarry]

I know everybody hates country music, and I posted this on the P&R board, but:

There's a song called The Little Girl by John Michael Montgomery that makes me cry every time I hear it.

Sweet Jane - CowBoy Junkies version
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[This message was edited Sat May 1 0:38:50 2004 by jn2]

"What's The Matter Here"

10000 Maniacs-In My Tribe

"Impossible Dream" Tevin Campbell's version

"A Change is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke

"She's Out of My Life" - Michael Jackson

"Free at Last" (from Big River)

"Pathetique" Beethoven

"I Can ONly Be Me" Kieth John

"Old Man River" Paul Robeson

"I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" Stevie Wonder

"Wherever I Go" Winans

"I Love U in Me" Prince

"If You All Get to Heaven" Terence Trent D'arby

"Last December" Prince

It doesn't move me to tears, but I swear that when I lay down and listen to Alice Coltrane's Transcendance, something funky starts going on in my head and I feel like I'm floating before the album's done. It's one of the most beautiful, powerful, most spiritual pieces of music I've ever heard.

Lately,it's been.....Axiom Funk-Pray my Soul((deep tune)

katel keineg - the gulf of araby

gets me everytime

Dianne Reeves - Better Days

All is Full of Love - Bjork
Unravel - Bjork
A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
Even When You're Far Away - Yoko Ono