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Has a song ever brought you to tears

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  • 10-06-2008 3:20pm
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    swingking
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    Has there ever been a song that has brought on so much emotion for you that it would cause you to shed a tear?


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    Steve_o
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    Irlande douze pointes!!

    OP, seriously, No ive never cried because of a song!


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Anything by Celine Dion, just because it reminds me that she's still alive.


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    Font22
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    Dance with my father by Luther Vandross. My mum sang it at my Grandads funeral. Everytime I hear it I cry my eyes out!


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    ParkRunner
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    Hard to admit it but first time I heard Sinead O Connor singing She moves through the fair in the Michael Collins film, a tear dripped out


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    Steve_o
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    EF wrote: »
    Hard to admit it but first time I heard Sinead O Connor singing She moves through the fair in the Michael Collins film, a tear dripped out

    Whats the song Sinead O'Connor sings at the end of the Veronica Guerin movie?? Thats a lovely song.


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    Xavi6
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    When I was school a girl in my class' dad died and they played 'Everybody Hurts' and 'The Long Goodbye' at the funeral. I'll admit I did well up a bit.

    More so a combination of the songs and the event rather than the songs themselves though.


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    Creamy Goodness
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    weezer's - pinkerton.

    for several reasons but mainly because it shows me how bad they've gotten over the years.


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    stevoman
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    dustins eurovision song - i cry with anger when i hear it!


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    Homer
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    Yup defo dustins eurovision entry...

    No wait that was p*ss that leaked out not a tear!


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    Curvy Vixen
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    Mike and the Mechanics ~ The Living Years and Luthor Vandross ~ Dance with my Father both do. My Dad has had two heart attacks in the last couple of years and although he has survived both it just makes you think I suppose. Him and my Mum are together 45 years and only just in their 60's so I can't imagine them not having each other..


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    Sherifu
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    Come on Eileen. Pure cheese.


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    ZakAttak
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    'And the Band played waltzing matilda'. Originally this song was written by an Australian folk singer called Eric Bogle, I'm more familiar with the Ronnie Drew/Dubliners version. It doesn't necessarily make me cry but it really makes me think.

    towards the end of the song he describes a march of war veterans years after they return from a battle:

    "I see my old comrades, all tired stiff and worn,
    Those weary old troops of a forgotten war,
    And the young children ask 'What are they marching for?',
    And I ask myself the same question"

    Its an anti-war song with none of the hippie bullsh1t.


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    Pighead
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Anything by Celine Dion, just because it reminds me that she's still alive.
    Songs are recorded in studios Almighty Cushion. When you hear them on the radio they aren't singing them live there and then. She may be dead. keep the faith.


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    Rigsby
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    How 'bout "Old Shep" by Elvis ? A real tear-jerker if ever there was one. :D


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    GhostInTheRuins
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    As much as I hate to admit it, yes, there have been quite a few occasions when songs have brought a tear to my eye.


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    all the stars
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    quite a few songs have actually, when in emotional form that is:

    evanscene: my immortal
    Sarah McLoughlin Angels
    Scheer : Goodbye
    Monica: street symphany

    just a few to have a good cry to.. :cool:


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    The Swordsman
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    Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own by U2.

    The song was released as a single around the time my own father passed away so I could really relate to it. The album was out a few months at the time and I had been listening to it a fair bit anyway, but it was also being played off the radio.

    It’s a great song and each time I hear it, it reminds me of my Dad.

    And 'Old Shep', of course, particularly DelBoy's version:D.


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    Nailz
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    I had a terribly bad headache once and then they started playing some Emo song on the radio, it was very painfull, forced me to cry!

    BTW, that did happen.


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    Censorsh!t
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    colourblind - counting crows

    It's just so beautiful, dammit!


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Pighead wrote: »
    Songs are recorded in studios Almighty Cushion. When you hear them on the radio they aren't singing them live there and then. She may be dead. keep the faith.
    A man can dream, pighead.


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    niallon
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    Martha by Tom Waits, not full on tears but definitely the most emotion a song has ever brought about in me. On first listen especially.

    Also, Same Old Lang Syne and Leader Of The Band both by Dan Fogelberg. I first heard both songs during a fairly rough patch and even though they are so far apart in meaning, I now have the two leafed in together with that particular period in my life and so they'll always do the trick!


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    No, I'm a cold emotionless bastard.


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    markesmith
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    Dunno if it qualifies, but the title piece from "Cinema Paradiso" had me blubbering on a few occasions...


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    Starmix
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    Oh Holy Night by Nat King Cole - not so much for the lyrics, but the music & voice - its quite powerful


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    cannonball
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    ZakAttak wrote: »
    'And the Band played waltzing matilda'. Originally this song was written by an Australian folk singer called Eric Bogle, I'm more familiar with the Ronnie Drew/Dubliners version. It doesn't necessarily make me cry but it really makes me think.

    towards the end of the song he describes a march of war veterans years after they return from a battle:

    "I see my old comrades, all tired stiff and worn,
    Those weary old troops of a forgotten war,
    And the young children ask 'What are they marching for?',
    And I ask myself the same question"

    Its an anti-war song with none of the hippie bullsh1t.


    The Pogues do a fantastic version of this and it made me all emotional the other day.


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    lordgoat
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    Sherifu wrote: »
    Come on Eileen. Pure cheese.

    This is a great song. Go listen to more dexys.

    You in that dress, my thoughts i confess, verge on dirty...


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    Twee.
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    I've never cried, but there are songs that make me a bit, um, emotional!
    I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Amanda Palmer (DFC cover)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QN2biyjzlE

    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
    "Like my father before me, I'm a working man
    And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
    Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave
    But a yankee laid him in his grave
    I swear by the blood below my feet
    You can't raise a Cane back up when he's in defeat"


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    #29
    lubie76
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    I can think of two songs off the top of my head. Theres probably alot more if I thought about it. Isn't that what good music is meant to do - stir up your emotions

    Johnny Cash - Hurt
    Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah


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    angrylearner
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    bruce springsteen independence day.


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    #31
    Stella89
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    'Everybody hurts' by REM
    'Girls just want to have fun' Cyndi lauper.....not sure why though:o:confused:


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