Songs That Make You Cry

Forgot: Long Black Veil.


(Non-country Irish Division, for Doc):

Boys of the Old Brigade.

There Were Roses.

Non-Country Division:

Nebraska (Brooce)

Hurt (NIN)

 

same

+ It Makes no Difference, the Last Waltz version ... Rick Danko is devastating on that one

 

Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)

 

OK, I'm not sure any song makes me cry, but I have a whole collection of "depressing" songs. Right now on the ITunes is "No Sense In Lovin'" by Uncle Tupelo. Fits the bill perfectly.

Speaking of Rick Danko, DBT's Manuel/Danko is a haunting song.

 

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Ich bin der Welt Adhanden Gekommen by Gustav Mahler

Love bade me welcome from "Five Mystical Songs" by Vaughan Williams

 

One HC listed on another thread about something completely unrelated:

Could We Start Again from JC Superstar.

 

Alone, by Heart
Amazing Grace (and a great many other hymns)
Pretty much any Christmas song ever sung
Oh, Danny Boy
Hurt, Johnny Cash (though Reznor on the piano gets me, too)

 

I should have thought of this one first ...

What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts

This song touched me about this time last year, when I was going through a difficult time with my son (then a high school senior). My son's doing much better now. He graduated from high school and is a freshman in college. But what happened to him, affecting us as a family, goes deeper than him simply trying to finish high school.

I still get choked up when I hear the song, thinking back to what we've been through as a family the past 12 months. A few minutes ago, I re-read <a href=http://www.codesandlyrics.com/lyrics/rascalflatts-whathurtsthemost.php>the song's lyrics </a> - with tears in my eyes.

 

The Great Gig in the Sky
Wish You Were Here

 

Bagpipe music of any kind. Not sure why but I do like it.

The trio version of "Christmastime is Here," by Vince Guaraldi. Spend enough holidays away from your family and the melancholy vibe will get to you, too. Beautiful chord structure as well.

Also, there's a stanza from "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" that gets to me as I search for my spiritual self while leaving organized religion behind:

"You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains
Carried the cross and all my shame, all my shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for."

"Great Gig in the Sky" as well; very haunting vocals. Along these lines, Chino Moreno's descant/cadenza from the Deftones' "Knife Prty" is pretty strong, too. And from the soundtrack to "O Brother Where Art Thou," Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss' duet of "I'll Fly Away."

 

Bought the greatest hits CD a year or so ago. First time I'd really heard the song since my '70s country-music listening youth. Godalmighty. That song is so fucking sad it's unreal. George Jones is a god for that alone.
Some songs give me chills, but that one breaks my heart. Every time.

 

Amazing Grace, mainly because during my altar boy days, it was played at every damn funeral, including one funeral I did of a 4-year-old boy.

"Nobody Knows Me" (not sure who sings it) depresses the hell out of me.

But the other song that really gets me "You Gave Me a Mountain" by Elvis Presley.

She took my one ray of sunshine.
She took my pride and my joy
She took my one reason for living
She took my small baby boy

Well, this time, Lord You gave me a mountain ...
A mountain that I may never climb.