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posted 26-03-2009 23:52
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...at home, in the car, at work, at a gig, anywhere really.
Quite a rare one, but it's 'Pictures Of You' by the Cure. Perhaps i'm just a freak, and yes it is because of a lady.
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posted 27-03-2009 00:29
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There are several that take me into that place,but I'd need a while to think about them.
O Caroline by Matching Mole is one, for starters.
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posted 27-03-2009 07:07
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The one Jessie the cowgirl sings in Toy Story 2 about how her original owner left her behind - 'When Somebody Loves You' - always leaves me perilously close (streaming eyes, choked-up throat) to blubbing like a grandmother.
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posted 27-03-2009 07:08
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Much as I form emotional attachments to songs, I can't really get to a place where I would cry for a song, never mind weep. "Pachelbel" by a South African singer called Karma (full name Karma-Ann Swanepoel) is about the only song that brought tears to my eyes.
The line, "I think I smile a little differently
when you’re close by" is quite beautiful.
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posted 27-03-2009 07:28
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I could probably make a whole album of them. However, that would probably anaesthetise me towards them to a certain extent and I don't want to do that.
However...
Debussy - 'Clair de Lune'
The Beach Boys - 'Cuddle Up'
Sol Seppy - 'Enter One'
...etc, etc.
They're the three big ones, though.
That piano has something to do with it. It's present on all three. Weird how certain sounds can connect with you.
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posted 27-03-2009 10:35
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One sure fire way of getting me to weep buckets is to get mildly drunk and then listen to 'Martha' by Tom Waits.
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posted 27-03-2009 11:45
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Man, I own this thread. What even slightly sad song doesn't make me weep?
The Emmylou Harris version of To Daddy is the champion, though.
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posted 27-03-2009 11:46
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Disco Sea Shanties wrote:
One sure fire way of getting me to weep buckets is to get mildly drunk and then listen to 'Martha' by Tom Waits.
I'll try that. Do I PM you to let you know when to start crying?
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posted 27-03-2009 12:37
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There's a sub-section here, I think, and that is 'happy songs that make you cry/weep'. Songs that may be kind of positive in their lyrics, but almost in a 'smiling through the heartache' kind of way.
One candidate for that with me is This Mortal Coil's version of 'Til I Gain Control Again'.
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posted 27-03-2009 12:42
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The Emmylou Harris version of To Daddy is the champion, though.
And Boulders To Birmingham. That's very sad too.
I don't think I should admit it, but Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" has always put me in a sad mood, a few lyrical inelegances notwithstanding. As does "Don't Cry For Me Argenina", for reasons I've explained elsewhere.
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posted 27-03-2009 13:11
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The live version of Ray Charles' "You Don't Know Me" and "Just Like the First Time" by Bill Withers.
If you want any others, just holler. I know 'em all.
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posted 27-03-2009 13:34
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None would make me cry (I don't need songs, me) but Tim Hardin's Hang Onto a Dream would certainly be mentioned in despatches.
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posted 27-03-2009 13:35
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That one that Joan Baez does at the end of Silent Running.
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posted 27-03-2009 13:38
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A recent instance: Randy Newman's Feels Like Home.
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posted 27-03-2009 13:51
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Without doubt the daddy of them all is 'Family Life' by The Blue Nile.
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posted 27-03-2009 14:24
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Suede - The Wild Ones
Dexys Midnight Runners - Reminisce
Bruce Springsteen - Stolen Car
The Cranberries - Ode To My Family
Billy Bragg's version of 'Dolphins'
The Clash - Lost In the Supermarket
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posted 27-03-2009 16:18
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo
This, Luke Kelly of the Dubliners singing Scorn Not His Simplicity.
Written by Phil Coulter about his own disabled son.
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posted 27-03-2009 16:24
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'Whispering Pines' by the Band does it for me.
Vocalist Richard Manuel's backstory adds to the poignancy.
Oh, and 'All I Ask' by Crowded House even though they sound just like Jerry and the Pacemakers on this song.
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posted 27-03-2009 16:24
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I.Wright wrote:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo
This, Luke Kelly of the Dubliners singing Scorn Not His Simplicity.
Written by Phil Coulter about his own disabled son.
Oh, man. I know that song; don't need to follow the link. But I didn't know the background. I'm struggling not to cry right now, I swear.
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posted 27-03-2009 16:28
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Without doubt the daddy of them all is 'Family Life' by The Blue Nile.
Oh god yes. I haven't heard that song in years, but even thinking of the "wipe the tears from his eyes...family life" bit makes me sniffle.
And that's without me having any kids. I don't think I could get through that song as a parent.
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