FuNkShUi Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1458250604' post='3006089'] Lover, You Should Have Come Over, Jeff Buckley. [/quote] Yup, this was my pick. Brother by Matt Corby too [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCCfufGvepQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCCfufGvepQ[/url] Edited March 18, 2016 by FuNkShUi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1458232487' post='3005850'] puff the magic dragon had me in tears, but I was about 8 at the time [/quote] Me too! As well as: Born Free Ring of Bright Water On a more serious note I'd go with anything from the Heijera era Joni canon... so melancholic. Currently classic Yes is still raw with Chris Squire's recent passing... e.g. Wondrous Stories with his comically aggressive high-stabbing bass right the way through a ballad together with his killer vocal harmonisations... Edited March 18, 2016 by visog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet as sung by a homeless man, and looped and orchestrated by Gavin Bryars. Genius. Moving. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lnSi7QWY8[/media] Edited March 18, 2016 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Oh and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU7WFZuCV5s In memory of Harry Patch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Pretty much every song I have ever heard, especially if Kate Bush is singing it Though notably and unexpectedly, I once had to sing wish you were here at a last minute pub gig, two hours after getting a phone call telling me my friend Clive had died. Sobbed the whole way through, got funny looks from crowd, except bikers, who were sobbing at it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Schoen Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Peter Gabriel - The Book Of Love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drAG4asyyp8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 These are at the top of my list of poignant songs. . . . Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel I'm Not In Love - 10cc and my favourite. . . Shama-ling-dong-ding - Jesse Winchester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKGWpqnS8E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 [quote name='John Schoen' timestamp='1458303672' post='3006392'] Peter Gabriel - The Book Of Love. [/quote] You beat me to it. "The book of love has music in it, in fact that's where music comes from" *gulp* You can barely see it in this clip, but when the "book" opens at this point in the backdrop video, there's Tony Levin, Ged Lynch and David Rhodes as stick men waving. Lovely. The Book Of Love was one of the readings at my wedding, which is why it's in my top 3 blubbers. The other reading was In My Life... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDje4cTev0 And we had this sung by our mutual friend who played fairy godmother several years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH9QBocSZAs No, there's just something in my eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Not a very old one, but resonates recently: Possibility Days by Counting Crows. Very emotional stuff. (A lot of Adam's lyrics hit those spots for me actually.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christofloffer Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 not really the crying type either but a few that tend to knock me into contemplation mode are: will the circle be unbroken - bioshock infinite soundtrack for a dancer - jackson browne (namely because it reminds me of my cousin who was killed in a car accident at 12) are you the one i've been waiting for - nick cave o' children - nick cave if you could read my mind - gordon lightfoot there are others, being a a fan of sad songs, but these seem to stand out. And the band played waltzing matilda is also one of my firm favourites, but it doesnt seem to get me for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr gets me at the moment since we recently lost one of our dogs. She was a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1458305466' post='3006415'] These are at the top of my list of poignant songs. . . . Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel I'm Not In Love - 10cc and my favourite. . . Shama-ling-dong-ding - Jesse Winchester [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKGWpqnS8E"]https://www.youtube....h?v=5uKGWpqnS8E[/url] [/quote]I'm Not In Love - good pick. It gets dissed a lot but it's a great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Another one for Johnny Cash's version of Hurt (especially with the music video) plus a new nomination for The Power of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood - I think it's Anne Dudley's orchestration as much as anything else. Edited March 19, 2016 by darkandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I don't cry at music but am moved by so much; too many to list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 This moved me when I first heard and it still does when I listen again; I identify some of my female friends with the song's character and also, to some extent, myself... http://youtu.be/_PDlGUdDF8Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Black Sabbath - Solitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Because of my Dads Gordie roots I've never got through Jimmy Nails "Big River" dry eyed. Jims underrated I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1458235447' post='3005895'] A tune of rare beauty played impeccably with true feeling .... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drAv2FoYji8[/media] [/quote] Didn't know I liked Jeff Beck - that was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayDownThaFunk Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Beatles - In My Life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 +1 for Jimmy Nail. I loved his "Love don't Live Here...", and there's one or two gems on Crocodile Shoes even... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 [quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1458376977' post='3007011'] Beatles - In My Life. [/quote] Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that one (although I should admit that I actually prefer Rod Stewart's cover of it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Pretty much anything by Sandy Denny or Richard Thompson, but I'm finding this particularly moving at the moment.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEL0_NBOp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Wires by Althlete Came out a few years after my son spent a month in ICU, 7 days of those ventilated and sedated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Meet on the ledge Fairport convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 One of our singers asked for this to go on the setlist [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRo_CHSdt0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRo_CHSdt0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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