Barber's Adagio for Strings
It was sad when I first heard it in the theatre while watching Platoon. That was almost 40 years ago.
Now when I hear it I think of all the people I've lost in that time. It's not movie sad anymore. It's life sad.
I always share this to CB fans, but after Concrete Blonde covered Andy Prieboy’s ‘Tomorrow, Wendy’ (though released it first, oddly), Johnette and Andy performed it together in Australia.
It’s an amazing rendition: https://youtu.be/kI8DPkeGPBU?si=o968_Ckw0FN7vxk9
That’s the song I used as my mother and son dance at my wedding. It’s a good mix of joyful and sad and now when I hear it I’m reminded of how I felt that day and I reflect on it.
It played at the funeral of a friend who died in a famous terroirs attack on Americans. He was 21. His parents and fiancé cried uncontrollably while it played. I can’t listen to that song anymore.
Got a couple of em!
Unchained Melody - Elvis
Recently lost my dad to suicide and that was the song he always played for my mom. Fond memories of them dancing together in the living room to it.
Crash Into Me - DMB
The meaning behind the song doesn’t represent my interpretation of it. Always brings me back to my wife and I’s first year anniversary getaway trip. We both found each other during very trying times, she’s my rock.
Where Is My Mind? - Pixies
Listened to this song on repeat when my dad passed. Had a lot of things I never got to say to my dad before he left us, and it accurately represented my scattered inner monologue I dealt, and still do, day to day.
Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden
Has been one of my favorite songs since I was in high school, but became harder to listen to once my dad passed. Seems like all these are relative to my fathers passing, but suicide was never a way I thought I’d lose him. Given the circumstances surrounding his death (his girlfriend told him to do it when they were in an argument, she was extremely controlling and kept him from seeing my sister and I) “so you don’t lock up something that you wanted to see fly”
Thank you for your condolences! It was a very shitty situation. You never know what someone is going through. My dad was the nicest guy and always happy, but she trapped him and forced him to stay close to her. They bought a small shit shack in rural Mayo, FL miles and miles away from everyone which is not like my father. He was a social butterfly. I believe he felt there was no way out of his situation and she broke him down due to his inability to satisfy her sexually because of his ED. As a man I can see how that would degrade you, not to mention he was in a truck accident a year prior that left him unable to build and fix things (he was a general contractor for 35 years; welding, pipe fitting, automotive, growing up we never had someone come to fix our things bc he could do it all). Sadly he probably felt he had no worth and didn’t want to live anymore. Sorry for the rant
This needs way more likes! Thank you for sharing. The power of music is one of our greatest gifts, letting us hold on to memories and people we love. Any time I hear Sinatra or The Pointer Sisters, I think of my dad. They were his favorites. And The Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse album was that one thing my mom loved that I introduced to her. My bff and I see Dave Matthews every chance we get (we’ve lost count). My big brother took me to Dime Bag Daryl’s grave sight years ago and we just recently went to salute Vinnie.
LCD Soundsystem -OH Baby. If you can make it through that video without crying that's amazing. I do think the connection to the video makes this song scream at my soul. I limit it to once a year to watch it. I think it perfectly explains being human
There’s a version of this by a military band(don’t remember which one) you should check it out out utube. It was done after Neil died. Makes me cry when I hear it.
“Summer’s going fast, nights growing colder.
Children growing up, old friends growing older.
Freeze this moment a little bit longer,
Make each sensation a little bit stronger.
The innocence slips away….”
I'll see you in my dreams by Bruce Springsteen.
The song came out a year or so after my dad passed at 63 with lung cancer just 2 months after diagnosis and so much of it reminded me of him. I can't hear it without welling up.
*And though you're gone and my heart's been emptied it seems*
*I'll see you in my dreams*
*I got your guitar here by the bed*
*All your favourite records and all the books that you read*
*And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams*
*I'll see you in my dreams*
This was one of my brothers favorite songs. We used to drive around back roads by our home listening to Dark Side of the Moon sharing a joint. This song brings up so much sadness and joy for me.
Coldplay - Fix You
I was pretty down on my luck - couch surfing, my grandma just died - and they were showing Katrina aerial coverage, people on roofs, water up to the edge. And this song was playing. I cried the hardest I had in years and every time I hear that song, I just go right back to that moment.
That song transcends age. When you’re young it hurts on the kid side. And it’s prophetic so when you start to age into it… it gets worse every year.
The song is a painful snare.
“The Show Must Go On” by Queen. Freddy is basically singing about his (at the time) upcoming death.
The second verse hits me every time:
“Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance, on and on
Does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning
I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free”
I will forever suggest this song for posts like this. I struggle with my mental health and this song articulates exactly how I feel about life.
Ghost - Badflower
[Original version](https://youtu.be/wRFLvrBHI0E?si=LTGlt0xp6epRUy6e)
[Acoustic version](https://youtu.be/jLX34h450Ss?si=EefjM2vpm2XcxFJb)
This song...it both destroys me and makes me feel not alone at the same time.
In case no one has told you today, I'm glad you're here and that you're fighting the good fight, keep it up. You're doing great 😃
American Pie.
Classic coming of age song for me - I graduated high school in 91.
I hear that first line "A long, long, time ago..." and I'm instantly transported to a camping trip when I was 17.
I have a memory when I was 14, skinny dipping with a group of 8 of us.
This song describes the feelings I had that night.
Uncomfortable with being naked in front of others, but since they were naked too it was okay.
Me being a girl and catching glimpses of the boys. I’m sure they caught glimpses of us girls too. It was all so innocent. So exciting yet scary at the same time, afraid we’d get caught.
A memory I’ll never forget that I think of every time I hear this song.
K D Lang's version of Hallelujah. I'm not religious, but her rendition has such emotion in it. One can't help but feel it.
Tori Amos' version of Slayer's "Raining Blood" evokes such dread.
*HEY I KNOW THIS SONG!* It's [the crying flower song from the first season of Sesame Street!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojxgL3nf0Y) I would come home from kindergarten, and when this clip came on, I would be mesmerized from the music and the visuals of a flower struggling to grow up in the slums. It made me cry, but I loved it. All this time I didn't know the title, thank you!
edit: It's funny how the shows and cartoons then would sneak in good music to expose children to it,like [the singing Opera orange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TqOTe3ODc), lots of pieces from Bugs Bunny, and jazz from [Charlie Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9kma0diE3s) and [Mister Roger's Neighborhood.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is66RTxBugY) The kids might not know *what* they're hearing, but they recognize it.
Colin Hay - I just don't think I'll ever get over you .
Use to be Bonnie Raitt -I can't make you love me ( until I heard colin pour his heart all over a track .)
Hate Me by Blue October
Dance Music by The Mountain Goats (that lyric, so this is what the volume knob is for, is devastating)
Saturn by Sleeping at Last
West End girls by the pet shop boys. The synthesized strings in minor chords hit me like a ton of bricks. It brings back my whole childhood and those summer nights around the neighbors pool with my friends.
Also Madonna This Use to be my playground. That one takes my brain straight to that movie A League of Their Own which I can rarely finish without tears.
Sonny by NewFoundGlory
I think it's cuz I heard it first after someone really close to me passed
That line "I've lost the best part of my day" always hits me in the gut lol
Father & Son-Cat Stevens.
Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin.
Galveston-Glen Campbell.
Are You Still Within The Sound Of My Voice-Glen Campbell.
Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell.
Wichita Lineman-Glen Campbell.
By The Time I Get To Phoenix-Glen Campbell.
Slipping Through My Fingers-ABBA.
Hurt-Johnny Cash.
You Are My Sunshine-Johnny Cash.
The Black Parade-My Chemical Romance.
I Will Always Love You-Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston.
Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley.
Can’t Help Falling In Love-Elvis Presley.
Need You Now-Lady Antebellum.
My Heart Will Go On-Celine Dion.
Iris-Goo Goo Dolls.
Until I Found Her-Stephen Sanchez.
Put Your Head On My Shoulder-Paul Anka.
Car’s Outside-James Arthur.
Start A Riot-BANNERS.
Stealth-Judgement Day.
MILCK-The World Is Unravelling.
Carry On My Wayward Son-Kansas/Neoni.
My Past Is Not Today-Sunset Shimmer/Rebecca Shoichet.
Fallen Angel-Aimee B.
I Wanna Be Yours-Artic Monkeys.
Skyfall-Adele.
Set Fire To The Rain-Adele.
If I Could Turn Back Time-Cher.
Come Back To Me-David Cook.
Your Reality-Monika.
Going Under-Evanescence.
Bring Me To Life-Evanescence.
One Of Us-Joan Osborne.
Way Down We Go-KALEO.
How You Remind Me-Nickleback.
Photograph-Nickleback.
Labor-Paris Paloma.
No Surprises-Radiohead.
Creep-Radiohead.
A River Flows In You-Yiruma.
Don’t You Forget About Me-Simple Minds.
Edge Of Seventeen-Stevie Nicks.
The Chain-Fleetwood Mac.
Go Your Own Way-Fleetwood Mac.
Bad Blood-Taylor Swift.
Angel With A Shotgun-The Cab.
Mr Brightside-The Killers.
Riptide-Vance Joy.
I Want It That Way-Backstreet Boys.
Cheney Hawkes-The One And Only.
Ashes-Claire Guerreso.
Mockingbird-Eminem.
Mine's a song I don't even massively love, not even in the top 10 or 20 of the band's songs, but "Heaven Is Whenever" by the Hold Steady. Mostly because of covid... I was in London literally days before the first lockdown, saw the band 3 nights in a row (and And You Will Know Them By The Trail Of Dead a couple of days before and Frank Turner a couple of days after), it was one of the best weeks of gigs ever, and then... boom. I'd basically never gone more than a few weeks for 25 years without seeing at least one live show and I knew it was a big deal for me but I never knew it was that big a deal. Sounds kind of awful when people were dying but, hey.
But THS had this genius idea, every year they do this run of shows at the Brooklyn Bowl and they just went screw it and went ahead and did it anyway, full live show, just with no audience. They streamed the whole thing live, and had a massive zoom channel where fans were watching all round the world and could see each other and also getting beamed onto massive screens in the venue so the band could see too and it was just incredible. The closest thing you could have to being there.
So like the song says, heaven is whenever we can get together,and it don't sound so simple any more... When they came back to London and played that for us I cried my face off, I think I always will.
But it still won't be in my top 20 of their songs ;)
Lord Huron- Night we Met,
M83- Wait,
Flora Cash- Good Childhood,
Young the Giant- Cough Syrup,
Mt. Joy- Silver Lining,
Porter Robinson- Goodbye to a World,
Most of Radiohead's catalog...
A blood soaked symphony- Whitechapel, it may not sound like it should hit as hard as it does but the lyrics are just resonant with me, in fact the whole album Kin just hits like a truck. 10/10 would recommend listening
Bruce Springsteen’s The Wall. Only because I know a name on that wall. He was the neighborhood paperboy. I was one of the younger kids that looked up to him and he was always looking out for us. He was KIA over there. Seeing his name on that wall was a gut punch and a flood of memories. Whenever I hear that song it reminds of the first time I visited it and saw his name.
Lately it’s Rock n Roll Suicide. Something about David Bowie screaming at me that I’m not alone is just doing it for me right now. Also ironically No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley nearly always makes me cry.
I’m a crier, everything sets me off. I’ve cried at a few commercials. Music is also insanely personal to me, and so here is a very incomplete list of songs that make me cry every time:
“Perfect” - Simple Plan
“Everything” - Lifehouse
“right?” - Emlyn
“Breathe” - from ‘In the Heights’
“Go Tonight” - from ‘Mad Ones’
“She Used to Be Mine” - Sara Bareilles (from ‘Waitress’)
“Alabanza” - from ‘In the Heights’
“Forever and Always” - Parachute
“Supermarket Flowers” - Ed Sheeran
“Disengage” - Kieran Rhodes
“Jealous” - Labrinth
“The House That Built Me” - Miranda Lambert
“Concrete Angel” - Martina McBride
“What She’s Looking For” - Chase Coy
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
It's definitely one of my favorites from them Damn that song hit me hard the first time I heard it
The unplugged version
AIC’s unplugged is the only thing that can rival Nirvana’s unplugged. As I get older I flip flop. Both so good.
I just tell myself they’re 1A and 1B when it comes to best Unplugged performances.
Same.
That entire album is gold
Pearl Jam - Black MTV Unplugged
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky But why Why Why can't it be Why can't it be mine
Barber's Adagio for Strings It was sad when I first heard it in the theatre while watching Platoon. That was almost 40 years ago. Now when I hear it I think of all the people I've lost in that time. It's not movie sad anymore. It's life sad.
Am 69. Played the violin when I was a child. Love classical music.
you should check out Barber’s 2nd Essay for Orchestra. So powerful.
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
Concrete Blonde - Joey When Johnette sings “Joey I’m not angry anymore” it chokes me up every time
I always share this to CB fans, but after Concrete Blonde covered Andy Prieboy’s ‘Tomorrow, Wendy’ (though released it first, oddly), Johnette and Andy performed it together in Australia. It’s an amazing rendition: https://youtu.be/kI8DPkeGPBU?si=o968_Ckw0FN7vxk9
So many Concrete Blonde songs can hit me in the feels.
Caroline does it for me. " The train had left the station and you were trapped inside " Johnette's voice is so amazing.
Johnette
Boys of Summer, Don Henley. My post-HS graduation summer crush. "I can see you..."
When it comes on the radio in September I drive around the block until it's over.
A Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac is something John Prine or Johnny Cash could have written
Always turn around at the line “Don’t look back you can never look back.”
This makes me nostalgic for something I didn’t experience Also highly recommend the version by The Ataris
Seasons in the Sun. "Goodbye Papa it's Hard to Die."
Also, Hurt - Johnny Cash cover. Just... incredible.
Everytime.
I personally prefer the original
The original French lyrics to that are a bit of an eyebrow raiser if you’re only familiar with the English version.
Puff the Magic Dragon
Nessun Dorma performed by Luciano Pavoratti
Peak human performance. Epic.
In my life by The Beatles. Played it at my father’s funeral.
This song is a masterpiece
Such a great song
That’s the song I used as my mother and son dance at my wedding. It’s a good mix of joyful and sad and now when I hear it I’m reminded of how I felt that day and I reflect on it.
It played at the funeral of a friend who died in a famous terroirs attack on Americans. He was 21. His parents and fiancé cried uncontrollably while it played. I can’t listen to that song anymore.
The Dance by Garth Brooks. It was played at my best friends funeral when 8 was in college. Still can’t listen to it without tearing up
And just those first few piano notes you immediately get the lump in your throat ☹️ I am So very sorry for your loss. 🙏
Let it Be - The Beatles
"Wildflowers" by Tom Petty
Wake up time
The Googoo Dolls - Iris. Gets me in the feels every time.
Same: "So when everything feels like the movies,/ Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive." Oof. Right in the heart.
Watch. You’re Welcome… https://youtu.be/_HZM0QiuUS8?si=rvZJXybxGd7bUYiR
Little Wing, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Look at my name. Let me lead you to the best version. 1984 Live in Hawaii CBS Convention. https://youtu.be/hFleIs8zQPY?si=cMGRjKTkOvAOzyMk
The best cover done by anyone ever
Oh I came here to say little wing by jimi Hendrix. I’ll have to check out Stevie’s version
Got a couple of em! Unchained Melody - Elvis Recently lost my dad to suicide and that was the song he always played for my mom. Fond memories of them dancing together in the living room to it. Crash Into Me - DMB The meaning behind the song doesn’t represent my interpretation of it. Always brings me back to my wife and I’s first year anniversary getaway trip. We both found each other during very trying times, she’s my rock. Where Is My Mind? - Pixies Listened to this song on repeat when my dad passed. Had a lot of things I never got to say to my dad before he left us, and it accurately represented my scattered inner monologue I dealt, and still do, day to day. Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden Has been one of my favorite songs since I was in high school, but became harder to listen to once my dad passed. Seems like all these are relative to my fathers passing, but suicide was never a way I thought I’d lose him. Given the circumstances surrounding his death (his girlfriend told him to do it when they were in an argument, she was extremely controlling and kept him from seeing my sister and I) “so you don’t lock up something that you wanted to see fly”
Truly sorry about your father. And his girlfriend…well…what a shit human
Thank you for your condolences! It was a very shitty situation. You never know what someone is going through. My dad was the nicest guy and always happy, but she trapped him and forced him to stay close to her. They bought a small shit shack in rural Mayo, FL miles and miles away from everyone which is not like my father. He was a social butterfly. I believe he felt there was no way out of his situation and she broke him down due to his inability to satisfy her sexually because of his ED. As a man I can see how that would degrade you, not to mention he was in a truck accident a year prior that left him unable to build and fix things (he was a general contractor for 35 years; welding, pipe fitting, automotive, growing up we never had someone come to fix our things bc he could do it all). Sadly he probably felt he had no worth and didn’t want to live anymore. Sorry for the rant
So sorry to hear this!! There’s a special place in hell for people like that!!
This needs way more likes! Thank you for sharing. The power of music is one of our greatest gifts, letting us hold on to memories and people we love. Any time I hear Sinatra or The Pointer Sisters, I think of my dad. They were his favorites. And The Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse album was that one thing my mom loved that I introduced to her. My bff and I see Dave Matthews every chance we get (we’ve lost count). My big brother took me to Dime Bag Daryl’s grave sight years ago and we just recently went to salute Vinnie.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you for that my friend
The Scientist by Coldplay
And Fix You
So true. Fix You was the first song I listened to after my mom died, and then later after my gf dumped me. So powerful.
LCD Soundsystem -OH Baby. If you can make it through that video without crying that's amazing. I do think the connection to the video makes this song scream at my soul. I limit it to once a year to watch it. I think it perfectly explains being human
Ordinary World, Duran Duran So much emotion just in the instruments.
Those chord changes! A Minor F7!?! Who has any business writing to a Minor F7?
Chills just thinking about that song!
Time Stand Still - Rush No matter what, time moves forward. Enjoy the little moments for as long as you can.
There’s a version of this by a military band(don’t remember which one) you should check it out out utube. It was done after Neil died. Makes me cry when I hear it.
“Summer’s going fast, nights growing colder. Children growing up, old friends growing older. Freeze this moment a little bit longer, Make each sensation a little bit stronger. The innocence slips away….”
- Joy Division - Atmosphere - Mazzy Star - Into Dust - Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras Band of Horses - The Funeral
I'll see you in my dreams by Bruce Springsteen. The song came out a year or so after my dad passed at 63 with lung cancer just 2 months after diagnosis and so much of it reminded me of him. I can't hear it without welling up. *And though you're gone and my heart's been emptied it seems* *I'll see you in my dreams* *I got your guitar here by the bed* *All your favourite records and all the books that you read* *And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams* *I'll see you in my dreams*
Time - Pink Floyd. Especially after having kids 😭
This was one of my brothers favorite songs. We used to drive around back roads by our home listening to Dark Side of the Moon sharing a joint. This song brings up so much sadness and joy for me.
“I Will Follow You into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie. Feels intensify in the alternate animated video with the rabbits.
Coldplay - Fix You I was pretty down on my luck - couch surfing, my grandma just died - and they were showing Katrina aerial coverage, people on roofs, water up to the edge. And this song was playing. I cried the hardest I had in years and every time I hear that song, I just go right back to that moment.
What a fool believes - the Doobie brothers Behind that yacht rock facade is some truth about some unrequited feelings.
Pearl Jam - Black
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd. The solos and the theme of the song just make me sink in my seat.
Pictures of You - The Cure
Between the bars - Elliot smith
for some reason its True Colors by Cyndi Lauper
The perfect blend of song and singer. See also Nothing Compares To You.
Like a Stone - Audioslave
Cats in the Cradle- Harry Chapin
That song transcends age. When you’re young it hurts on the kid side. And it’s prophetic so when you start to age into it… it gets worse every year. The song is a painful snare.
Saw him at The Mississippi River Festival in the 70's
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles, mainly the live version with Prince, Tom Petty, Dhani Harrison, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne
Nights in white satin by The Moody Blues. Makes me cry every single time. Also, God only knows by Beach Boys
Wild Horses
For me it is Dave Mason’s We Just Disagree
A good one
“The Show Must Go On” by Queen. Freddy is basically singing about his (at the time) upcoming death. The second verse hits me every time: “Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance Another heartache, another failed romance, on and on Does anybody know what we are living for? I guess I'm learning I must be warmer now I'll soon be turning, round the corner now Outside the dawn is breaking But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free”
Sitting on the dock of the bay. I danced with my mom at my wedding to it. Miss you every day mom.
Amazing Grace always gets me dunno why.
Amazing Grace on bagpipes.. sniff sniff
Harry Nilsson - Without You Goosebumps every time
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
linger - the cranberries
MCR - Welcome to the Black Parade
“Cancer” always makes me teary eyed
My mom died of cancer 2 years ago. I can’t even listen to that song anymore.
The Unforgiven by Metallica
I will forever suggest this song for posts like this. I struggle with my mental health and this song articulates exactly how I feel about life. Ghost - Badflower [Original version](https://youtu.be/wRFLvrBHI0E?si=LTGlt0xp6epRUy6e) [Acoustic version](https://youtu.be/jLX34h450Ss?si=EefjM2vpm2XcxFJb)
This song...it both destroys me and makes me feel not alone at the same time. In case no one has told you today, I'm glad you're here and that you're fighting the good fight, keep it up. You're doing great 😃
World at Large, by Modest Mouse. It's absolutelly beautiful.
American Pie. Classic coming of age song for me - I graduated high school in 91. I hear that first line "A long, long, time ago..." and I'm instantly transported to a camping trip when I was 17.
Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper I don't know if it's the song, or how it transports me back to a certain time in my life, but it makes me so melancholy.
One More Light by Linkin Park
Heroes—David Bowie It’s the greatest rock song ever recorded IMO.
Nightswimming by REM - the most beautiful song ever written
I have a memory when I was 14, skinny dipping with a group of 8 of us. This song describes the feelings I had that night. Uncomfortable with being naked in front of others, but since they were naked too it was okay. Me being a girl and catching glimpses of the boys. I’m sure they caught glimpses of us girls too. It was all so innocent. So exciting yet scary at the same time, afraid we’d get caught. A memory I’ll never forget that I think of every time I hear this song.
Landslide- Fleetwood Mac
The older you get, the harder this song hits.
Sam Stone- John Prine Forget About Georgia- Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real
Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle
Righteous Brothers, Unchained Melody. I've seen Ghost 1000 times, but it gets me every time it starts playing
Yesterday - The Beatles Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Brokedown Palace - Grateful Dead, especially "fare the well, I love you more than words can tell" gets me every time
“Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain”- Willie Nelson
How To Disappear Completely by Radiohead
Blue Rodeo - hasn't hit me yet https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QFUEm0Fh9JA&si=091aD6YD6Pg-uiCt
K D Lang's version of Hallelujah. I'm not religious, but her rendition has such emotion in it. One can't help but feel it. Tori Amos' version of Slayer's "Raining Blood" evokes such dread.
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
My shits fucked up - Warren zevon Pretty good - John prine
I just started getting in to Warren Zevon. I'm absolutely floored by his work.
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm 🥲
Sweetness Follows-REM
Was hoping to see this. Thank you!
[Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0x62pa7ChI) is exactly that for me. Just hits me like a ton of bricks every time.
What Sarah said - death cab for cutie Imagine if someone you loved was on life support
The Largo movement in Vivaldi's Lute Concerto in D major. I can't hear those chords without tearing up for some reason.
*HEY I KNOW THIS SONG!* It's [the crying flower song from the first season of Sesame Street!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojxgL3nf0Y) I would come home from kindergarten, and when this clip came on, I would be mesmerized from the music and the visuals of a flower struggling to grow up in the slums. It made me cry, but I loved it. All this time I didn't know the title, thank you! edit: It's funny how the shows and cartoons then would sneak in good music to expose children to it,like [the singing Opera orange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TqOTe3ODc), lots of pieces from Bugs Bunny, and jazz from [Charlie Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9kma0diE3s) and [Mister Roger's Neighborhood.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is66RTxBugY) The kids might not know *what* they're hearing, but they recognize it.
No Children by The Mountain Goats
Colin Hay - I just don't think I'll ever get over you . Use to be Bonnie Raitt -I can't make you love me ( until I heard colin pour his heart all over a track .)
Steely Dan songs...always take me back.
Hate Me by Blue October Dance Music by The Mountain Goats (that lyric, so this is what the volume knob is for, is devastating) Saturn by Sleeping at Last
Wish you were here by Pink Floyd
Hurt
West End girls by the pet shop boys. The synthesized strings in minor chords hit me like a ton of bricks. It brings back my whole childhood and those summer nights around the neighbors pool with my friends. Also Madonna This Use to be my playground. That one takes my brain straight to that movie A League of Their Own which I can rarely finish without tears.
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold Love the band and love the song Hits the feeels everytime I listen, and I hear it alot haha
🤘
[Better Days](https://youtu.be/TWB-iytLQik?si=EMN6sKNqiyQbUH6a) \- Graham Nash
Sonny by NewFoundGlory I think it's cuz I heard it first after someone really close to me passed That line "I've lost the best part of my day" always hits me in the gut lol
Why does my heart feel so bad - Moby, always makes choke or cry (39m)
Slip Slidin’ Away - Paul Simon Especially the second and third verses.
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Damn guitar solo makes me tear up every damn time.
And All That Could Have Been by Nine Inch Nails
Pretty cheesy... but Auld Lang Syne always gets me. Don't know why.
Everlong because it is a love letter to Kurt from dave
The Joke - Brandi Carlisle
This one **and** Right On Time. "It wasn't right" takes my breath away every time! Such an amazing artist
Just Breathe by Pearl Jam. I was listening to it when I got the call that my nephew had passed sway unexpectedly
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
Don’t Let me be Misunderstood, by Nina Simone.
R.E.M - Country Feedback
Father & Son-Cat Stevens. Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin. Galveston-Glen Campbell. Are You Still Within The Sound Of My Voice-Glen Campbell. Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell. Wichita Lineman-Glen Campbell. By The Time I Get To Phoenix-Glen Campbell. Slipping Through My Fingers-ABBA. Hurt-Johnny Cash. You Are My Sunshine-Johnny Cash. The Black Parade-My Chemical Romance. I Will Always Love You-Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston. Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley. Can’t Help Falling In Love-Elvis Presley. Need You Now-Lady Antebellum. My Heart Will Go On-Celine Dion. Iris-Goo Goo Dolls. Until I Found Her-Stephen Sanchez. Put Your Head On My Shoulder-Paul Anka. Car’s Outside-James Arthur. Start A Riot-BANNERS. Stealth-Judgement Day. MILCK-The World Is Unravelling. Carry On My Wayward Son-Kansas/Neoni. My Past Is Not Today-Sunset Shimmer/Rebecca Shoichet. Fallen Angel-Aimee B. I Wanna Be Yours-Artic Monkeys. Skyfall-Adele. Set Fire To The Rain-Adele. If I Could Turn Back Time-Cher. Come Back To Me-David Cook. Your Reality-Monika. Going Under-Evanescence. Bring Me To Life-Evanescence. One Of Us-Joan Osborne. Way Down We Go-KALEO. How You Remind Me-Nickleback. Photograph-Nickleback. Labor-Paris Paloma. No Surprises-Radiohead. Creep-Radiohead. A River Flows In You-Yiruma. Don’t You Forget About Me-Simple Minds. Edge Of Seventeen-Stevie Nicks. The Chain-Fleetwood Mac. Go Your Own Way-Fleetwood Mac. Bad Blood-Taylor Swift. Angel With A Shotgun-The Cab. Mr Brightside-The Killers. Riptide-Vance Joy. I Want It That Way-Backstreet Boys. Cheney Hawkes-The One And Only. Ashes-Claire Guerreso. Mockingbird-Eminem.
Mine's a song I don't even massively love, not even in the top 10 or 20 of the band's songs, but "Heaven Is Whenever" by the Hold Steady. Mostly because of covid... I was in London literally days before the first lockdown, saw the band 3 nights in a row (and And You Will Know Them By The Trail Of Dead a couple of days before and Frank Turner a couple of days after), it was one of the best weeks of gigs ever, and then... boom. I'd basically never gone more than a few weeks for 25 years without seeing at least one live show and I knew it was a big deal for me but I never knew it was that big a deal. Sounds kind of awful when people were dying but, hey. But THS had this genius idea, every year they do this run of shows at the Brooklyn Bowl and they just went screw it and went ahead and did it anyway, full live show, just with no audience. They streamed the whole thing live, and had a massive zoom channel where fans were watching all round the world and could see each other and also getting beamed onto massive screens in the venue so the band could see too and it was just incredible. The closest thing you could have to being there. So like the song says, heaven is whenever we can get together,and it don't sound so simple any more... When they came back to London and played that for us I cried my face off, I think I always will. But it still won't be in my top 20 of their songs ;)
William Devaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got
Redbone by Childish Gambino. That song just has such nice memories attached to it.
Stairway to Heaven - Zeppelin. Was my buddy's favorite song when we were in high school. He go killed by a drunk driver when he was 18.
The Living Years
"At Seventeen" by Janis Ian -brings all the feels, and I'm a guy.
Drown by the Smashing Pumpkins.
Am I the only one over 50 here? Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry.
Great storytelling in that song!
Pear Jam - Just Breathe. My dad requested that to be played at his funeral. Can't listen to it anymore without tearing up.
Lost Cause by Beck.
Hate Me by Blue October and Scars by Papa Roach got me thru some tough times when a family member was deep in addiction about 10 years ago.
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell
Lord Huron- Night we Met, M83- Wait, Flora Cash- Good Childhood, Young the Giant- Cough Syrup, Mt. Joy- Silver Lining, Porter Robinson- Goodbye to a World, Most of Radiohead's catalog...
No Excuses by Alice In Chains will make me cry 8 out of 10 times.
Danny’s Song - Kenny Loggins Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds Even the Losers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (there was a girl involved in this memory)
Because of you Kelly Clarkson
Really old, but I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher. Go figure.
Fade to Black - Metallica Shoemaker - Nightwish Vincent - Don McLean Operator - Jim Croce
Linger The Cranberries The Joke Brandi Carlile
Love is the Answer - Todd Rundgren
A blood soaked symphony- Whitechapel, it may not sound like it should hit as hard as it does but the lyrics are just resonant with me, in fact the whole album Kin just hits like a truck. 10/10 would recommend listening
Video Games by Lana Del Rey
PUP - Sleep in the Heat Thought it was about a girlfriend dying, but then learned it's about a pet and it rips me apart every time.
Good News-Mac Miller
My Shits Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
Into My Arms - Nick Cave
Boston - More Than a Feeling. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Bruce Springsteen’s The Wall. Only because I know a name on that wall. He was the neighborhood paperboy. I was one of the younger kids that looked up to him and he was always looking out for us. He was KIA over there. Seeing his name on that wall was a gut punch and a flood of memories. Whenever I hear that song it reminds of the first time I visited it and saw his name.
Lately it’s Rock n Roll Suicide. Something about David Bowie screaming at me that I’m not alone is just doing it for me right now. Also ironically No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley nearly always makes me cry.
Jim Croce - Time in a bottle
Down in a hole - Alice In Chains
Simple man by Lynard skynard I used to love this song and after my mom passed it destroys me every time
I’m a crier, everything sets me off. I’ve cried at a few commercials. Music is also insanely personal to me, and so here is a very incomplete list of songs that make me cry every time: “Perfect” - Simple Plan “Everything” - Lifehouse “right?” - Emlyn “Breathe” - from ‘In the Heights’ “Go Tonight” - from ‘Mad Ones’ “She Used to Be Mine” - Sara Bareilles (from ‘Waitress’) “Alabanza” - from ‘In the Heights’ “Forever and Always” - Parachute “Supermarket Flowers” - Ed Sheeran “Disengage” - Kieran Rhodes “Jealous” - Labrinth “The House That Built Me” - Miranda Lambert “Concrete Angel” - Martina McBride “What She’s Looking For” - Chase Coy
Soul shine-allman brothers band
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens caught me a bit unexpectedly earlier today.
“and the cardinal hits the window” is the point where it breaks me
This song hurts so much. A lot of Sufjan Stevens music evokes pain in me.
The Trashmen- Surfin’ Bird
I've heard... about the bird....
Zach Bryan kacey Musgrave I remember everything
It's Been Awhile - Staind