Not sure it makes me cry, but def pulls on the heart strings. For me, it reminds me of teenage romance, and that first time you fall for someone.
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I was going to post that one, but this version. It was played at a memorial gathering for a friend of my son, who had taken his own life at the age of 30 after many years of fighting schizophrenia. Brought tears to my eyes and those of many others.
This one is inspired by whoever posted Sheâs Leaving Home. Another incredibly beautiful Beatles song, and a great video to go with it
This one is just because itâs great. Judy Collins only sang covers, but nobody sang them better.
And this one for the same reason:
Mary Travers had a truly great voice. I saw her once in Little Collins Street (and on stage several times at Festival Hall).
Thatâs a Gordon Lightfoot song, but she sings it perfectly. This is another Judy Collins cover, this time of a Joni Mitchell song.
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My fave weddoes song that one.
Rain in my heart is kind of a jaunty tune but also pretty sad.
They also did a pretty good version of the Triffidsâ Wide Open Road which is another sad one.
Went to a comedy show in the 80s and the Doug Anthony Allstars did an a capella version of heard it through the grapevine- was kind if sad, definitely spellbinding.
Dave Brombergâs version of Mr Bojangles is very melancholy.
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What a great voice Judy Collins has even now. We played her version of Amazing Grace at my Mumâs funeral. The tears flowed not just for the sadness of the occasion but sometimes the beauty of the music just moves you to tears.
Have a listen to this version of Judy Collins and Tim Freedmanâs Both Sides Now. I think youâll like it.
This song by the the big fella always gets to me.
moe i ka maluhia IZ
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Something about the Qantas ads always tugs at the heart strings, but commercialism aside, this is a truly beautiful song.
One of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs Iâve heard.
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OK, so it was used for a TAC ad, with the intent of hammering home the tears, but The Cureâs Pictures of You, amped up to 11 with the heartbreaking Angie Hart vocals gets me.
Dire Straits - what can I say. Pure Dad rock. But with a great evocation of the cost of war. And in more recent times, mixed in with airs use in a great episode of The West Wing (Two Cathedrals). Brothers in Arms.
Not so much sad, but melancholic. Powerful Phil Snarski vocal backed with slide guitar on The Blackeyed Susanâs Blue Skies Blue Sea.
And in a change of gear, one that makes me cry, not because it is sad, but because it is happy. Plus it references Che Cockatoo-Collins. Youâve Gotta Love That. By the incomparable TISM.
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My grandfatherâs brother was a professional singer, and was near suicide when his wife left him. At an event that they were all at, he got up on stage and sang this song to her in front of everybody. It didnât work though.
They divorced & he died very young.
My grandfather was a very tough man, but the only time I ever saw him cry was when this song would play because he would be reminded of his brother.
Because of that, itâs a song I have always associated with sadness.
This is the song:
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Mine is just one of those stories of association.
~25 years ago, walking behind the casket of a promising teenager, who had died in a road accidentâŠand Massive Attack was playing:
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Ok, so I was living in England, after doing the Aussie backpack through the Usa/Europe. Had been away from home for just under a year. Living in a shared rowhouse in Wilsden Green with a bunch of expats from Oz, NZ and Sth Africa. It was a dreary, glum late winters early evening, and I was by myself - probably nursing a can of McEwanâs. Was feeling a little lonely, so I popped on a cassette, (!) of mixed songs I had with me.
This popped up.
The sheer power of the imagery of waling to the 'G on a sunny Autumn day, and the evocation in song and lyric of a Melbourne that seemed sooo far away at that moment. I cried. Not heavily, but shed a tear. No-one died, nothing bad happened. But I can say at that moment I felt very alone. And I realised that wherever I was in the world , Iâd always be a Melbourne boy.
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Old City Bar by Trans Siberian Orchestra - a Christmas song which is always a hard time being away from family, but it also mentions old lonely people in a bar on Christmas Eve, which just really gets too me, but the song also shows that there is a good side to humanityâŠso thrown all together it occasionally bring a tear when the mood is right.
The River Rise was played at the memorial / vigil for Kurt Cobain right after the news broke of his suicide on 8th April 1994. This song only reminds me of that bleak day and nothing else.It fitted the mood at the time . I am a Gen Xer who lived through the Cobain years and still listen to his inspired lyrics 26 years later. A lot of us had his demons. Some got through that phase of their lives intact and some didnt. If you werent following this scene back then , it is hard to understand.A sad time that cant be forgotten. Take care everyone.
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Someone had to do it
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And of course, the master of these types of songs
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And this cheerful ditty
Fix You - Coldplay Related to my daughters fight with depression⊠Gets me every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4V3Mo61fJM
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