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[Amazing Grace performed on bagpipes
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After Payne Stewart (the golfer) died in a plane crash, the morning the next tournament began they held a memorial for him. Very early in the morning, foggy, dew on the grass. The tv was showing a long shot down a fairway, and you barely started to hear bagpipes, then recognized Amazing Grace, then the guy playing appeared out of the fog. I tear up every time I think about it.
sunrise sunset - fiddler on the roof
I.O.U., by Jimmy “Pork Showsage” Dean.
Winter - Tori Amos
Makes me think of my dad, of course, and how I haven’t really lived up to his hopes.
The Dreaming Tree - Dave Matthews Band
Just a general tearjerker for me.
Fix You - Coldplay
One of my sister’s favorite bands, and also who I think of when I hear it. She’s making so many mistakes right now…
3 Libras - A Perfect Circle
Unrequited love. Who hasn’t been there?
Pushit - Tool
I have been locked and barricaded in a room by a man who was obsessively in love with me, and on drugs. That’s a scary thing to have happen to you, and it sticks with ya.
Face and Ghost - Live
And I’ve just realized I am partially repeating myself.
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Her name is now Issa. She broke her contract with her record company, sold all her possessions and hit the road. She decided to get rid of pretty much everything but her clothing - even her instruments, I believe, have to be provided by her venues. As part of this, she decided to stop charging a set fee for her music - it’s all available at her website, through downloads, with a suggested price, but you can pay whatever you like, or nothing at all. Her intent is to let her fans support her directly and pay her what they think she’s worth.
Her record label, of course, wasn’t exactly on board with this decision. So the stuff they own the rights to is no longer “hers” and she can’t play it in concert anymore. 
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OK. That’s…kooky, but kinda cool. Thanks.
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And another one that I don’t know the name of and have only heard once. It was in a movie or TV show, over a burial scene or a person-looking-at-a-grave scene. My husband at the time said it was Peter Gabriel, but now neither of us remember the song or the exact context. I think it might have been something in the Whedonverse, but that could be a red herring. Whatever it was, the song itself, not the context, had me sobbing and gasping for breath. Any ideas?
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This got me curious. I haven’t seen it, but was it “I Grieve” in Smallville at Clark’s dad’s funeral?
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(And, of course, my condolences for the loss of your grandson.)
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Thank you.
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This got me curious. I haven’t seen it, but was it “I Grieve” in Smallville at Clark’s dad’s funeral?
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Ooooh…that might be it.
google google google
Kleenex, Kleenex
Yep. I think I associated it with “Whedonverse” not because it’s a genre show, but because the song itself captures the same tone as “The Body” episode of Buffy - the “Wait - why is life going on like nothing happened?” numb slow-motion despair of grief.
Thank you for helping me work this out. I appreciate it.
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Thank you for helping me work this out. I appreciate it.
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Hey, no prob. Most dopers like to practice their Google-fu if they find the topic interesting.
Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon
“If I leave you for a while, it doesn’t mean I love you any less…”
“Sometimes when you’re doing simple things around the house, maybe you’ll think of me for a while”
It was written as Zevon was dying. It breaks me up every time.
Good Night Good Guy - Collective Soul
Give me Something to Believe In - Poison
I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
Tears - Rush
I Will Wait for You—Connie Francis
And believe me, I’ve got some pretty damn depressing songs in my collection, but that one…good god. 
Guess I’m just a big softy.
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans - any version
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
*River *- Natalie Merchant
*Hurt *- Johnny Cash cover of the Nine Inch Nails song.
Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen
I just heard Emmylou Harris singing Joni Mitchell’s Magdalene Laundries and I have to add it to my list.