Right now, my favorite song on the radio is Emerson Drive’s “Moments”. It’s so beautiful. I’m curious…what songs make you cry (or at least move you extemely).
Dixie Chicks singing “Travellin’ Soldier”. Forrester Sisters’ “Letter Home”.
I guess it’s the country ones that tear me up.
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda. June Tabor’s version is about the best, closely followed by The Pogues’.
Totally kitchy, but I have to say Puff the Magic Dragon…
Others include Both Sides Now (Jodi Mitchell), Separate Lives (Phil Collins) and The Blower’s Daughter (Damien Rice).
Moved from IMHO to CS.
Rascall Flatts’ “Skin” can still make me cry.
I agree about “Moments” although I didn’t really listen to the words at first and couldn’t figure out why the old guy was bragging in the last verse.
(Oingo) Boingo’s “Can’t See (Useless)” - relentlessly heartwrenching
I always feel a little wrench in my heart when I hear a specific piece of Guenevere, from** Camelot**:
*In that dawn, in that gloom
More than love met its doom
In the dying candle’s gleam
Came the sundown of a dream
Guenevere, Guenevere
In that dim, mournful year
Saw the men she held most dear
Go to war for Guenevere*
C’mon back truckers and talk to “Teddy Bear”.
Warren Zevon’s Keep Me in your Heart for Awhile .
I can’t stand to listen to Where’d You Go by Fort Minor all the way through.
In the Arms of the Angels It was popular when my son died 7 years ago. I still can’t listen to it.
Jeff Buckley’s Lover, You Should Have Come Over.
Pinback’s Loro.
Regina Spektor’s Better.
Wish You Were Here - by some country artist (Mark Wills?)
Last Kiss - by ??? not the re-done (Pearl Jam?) version, tho’
I don’t know artists, obviously
Crying by Roy Orbison always makes me… you know…
wonder how he sang that high.
“Never Without You” by Ringo Starr, his tribute to George Harrison. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on it in a style eerily reminiscent of George. It’s a bittersweet song, not that sad, but more like bringing back memories of the Fab Four. It has a definite Traveling Wilburys sound to it, also.
Whithout You by Nillson. Does it every time.
Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere by Nick Cave.