I haven't actually cried, but i sure came close, and if i was going to cry it would be to one of these albums.

Thrice - Vheissu
Zao - Funeral of God

Powerful and moving lyrics mostly that blend with the music to bring me to the verge of tears sometimes.

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"Tupelo Honey" -- Van Morrison

Lol, not to be an insensitive jerk, but I would feel kind of goofy finding myself crying to that song. Good song though.


Hmmm...

"Boots of Spanish Leather" by Bob Dylan makes me sob. Probably the sincerity of the whole song, because I swore I had never heard real sincerity in singer/songwriter music before that. Anywho...

One that has always made me cry and always will make me cry is:

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations - Elgar

It probably has to do with the song being associated with rememberance day/veterans day. It's a gooder!

Several songs by Radiohead: "Fake Plastic Trees", "Let Down", "No Surprises", "How to Disappear Completely"

Some Flaming Lips, too. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, pt. 1" is the first to come to mind.

I'll try to think of more later.

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Originally posted by SanchoPanza!!!:

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"Tupelo Honey" -- Van Morrison

Lol, not to be an insensitive jerk, but I would feel kind of goofy finding myself crying to that song. Good song though.

It's a great love song and one of Van Morrison's very greatest vocal performances.

I refuse to disengage myself from the music and ask, "Gee, is it goofy if I respond to this emotionally? Would that be (gasp) uncool??!! "

I'm not in high school anymore.

Jeff Buckley's rendition of Hallelujah.
Pure. I think it was much more than a cover.

My wife, daughter and I all AGREE WITH YOU, but many people say that the other versions are better. Art is VERY subjective.

Multiple Sufjan Stevens songs
Arcade Fire - "In the Backseat"
NMH - "Holland, 1945"
Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby"
A few Flaming Lips songs (I second "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, pt. 1" for a start)

One more..."I Will Dream" by Emmylou Harris. This is such a heartbreaking song, and Harris' voice ain't bad either

The theme from the movie Wedding Singer by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore does make me cry whenever I'm down and I do hear that, maybe the words from the song Grow Old With You is not that deep but it's very overwhelming.

Of recent albums

About every third or fourth song on Blinking Lights, but Especially Understanding Salesmen, If You See Natalie, Ugly Love, Magic World, and Things the Grandchildren should Know.

Just about any moment of THE SUNSET TREE can knock you flat if you are paying attention.

The end of So Come Back Home on BLACK SHEEP BOY got me once, too.

Pretty much all Sigur Ros.

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Originally posted by DrGoob:
Multiple Sufjan Stevens songs

Same with me, but especially "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!" That song's the best argument for catharsis I've ever heard.

Songs that really get to me emotionally include:
"Martha" by Tom Waits as sung by Tim Buckley
"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" by Simon & Garfunkel
"Homesick" by Kings of Convenience
"Place to Be" and "Which Will" by Nick Drake

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Originally posted by Biggles:
Several songs by Radiohead: "Fake Plastic Trees", "Let Down", "No Surprises", "How to Disappear Completely"

Same + some Rilo Kiley (A Man/Me/Then Jim), DCFC (Tiny Vessels), and YYY (Maps)

What about "Up on the Roof" by The Drifters? I mean, it's the purest explanation of transcendentalism as you can get in a pop product. I feel kind of corny, but I weep endlessly whenever it comes on.

Do you guys automatically cry upon hearing the song even if you were in an otherwise altogether happy mood? Or do you guys LOOK for that song and then play it coz you wanted to cry your eyes out?

Just a question

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Do you guys automatically cry upon hearing the song even if you were in an otherwise altogether happy mood? Or do you guys LOOK for that song and then play it coz you wanted to cry your eyes out?

Both.

A few tracks off Sufjan's Seven Swans, like 'A Good Man', and 'To Be Alone with You' make me leave the room with a tiny bug in my eye

YLT's 'And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out' contains one or two tear jerkers.

Elgar's Nimrod is a very good call.

Surprised more ppl haven't mentioned the effect of particular chord progressions rather than just downbeat songs often with sad lyrics. I grew up with a proggie Dad so Yes' Going for the One has some builds that are overwhelmng if, now in hindsight, grandiose to the point of vomit-inducing.

"Dust In The Wind" by Kansas.

That song made me cry. I tend to play it when I need to and I found refuge in that solace.