Mine isn’t a very good example, since it was Neil’s song, “Ohio”, but David Crosby was crying at the end with his “Why?” and “How Many More?”
I don’t know if she cried in the studio, but Sinead O’Connor cried real tears in her video to “Nothing Compares To You”. Still gives me the chills.
Another video and I don’t know if Cyrus was crying during the actual recording for the album.
(Note: This is the Director’s Cut of the video rather than the better known original version and is SFW)
Close-up video crying seems to be a thing because here’s Janelle Monae (who breaks down completely):
(Hard to tell if he’s really crying)
I don’t know his music at all, but I’ve heard about Johnny Ray being famous for his crying at stage. Don’t know if he also cried in the studio, because I don’t know his work.
Does it matter whether the crying was “real” (i.e. the singer was overcome with emotion) or if it was just acting?
Karen O’s tears for the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s video for Maps. were real, per this article: Karen O - 'Maps' video tears were real No idea about the studio recording.
Makes me cry too, some of the time…
Joe Cocker appears to get all verklempt in the final verse of You Are So Beautiful.
Crying on albums? Seems like a wasted effort. Kinda like using an ALDIS Lamp to contact the blind.
(I only posted this because I’ve always wanted to sneak ‘ALDIS Lamp’ into a post!)
Just what I came in to post.
An outtake, but this one was … well, just listen
I think it matters - I’d prefer real… A lot of people act (especially in music videos) to make more of a wave.
nf, “How Could You Leave Us?” The producer and recording engineer left the room to let Nate sing and cry by himself.
Super nitpick: I’m pretty sure this appeared on a single, not on an album. Though I suppose it may have been included on a compilation album somewhere along the way.
You are mostly correct… It was released on an album, but it was in 1971, “4 Way Street”, a live album, which isn’t quite the same… I know after Kent State one of the guys mentioned (in one of those old VHS docs) how Neil wrote the line “Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming” and how they knew it would be something special.
Jonathan Davis was crying on the Korn song Daddy.
Was it the flip side of “Sugar Mountain”? I remember buying that 45, back in the day.
I’m not sure.
No, it was an A side with another non-album track, “Find The Cost Of Freedom” as the B side.
Don’t know if he actually cried, but Meatloaf had his hanky at the ready.