Songs that moved you to tears?

Sambostar

lasermonkey

Time Has Told Me (Nick Drake)
 Faith (The Cure)
 Blue Moon (Big Star)
 Kiteracer 2 (Boards Of Canada)
 This Mortal Coil's covers of Song To The Siren and Another Day
Pretty much anything by Cocteau Twins. Not because it makes me sad, but because it's so beautiful. 

JezWynd

zepp76

This can set me off depending on my mood

Nitefly

Joni Mitchell - I Wish I Had a River.  Proper miserable Christmas song.

digitalscream

There's only one, for me...



As an aside, it's probably the most appropriate use of a bass solo ever.

professorben

Gassage said:

John Petrucci covering Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

It was SO painful I cried for days

Once you go shred you'll never leave the bed 






Edit:

wheres my effin lables?!?!

Im getting frustrated here!!!!

kaypeejay

The Welsh National Anthem does it for me, especially if I join in. The other recent one is Frank Turner - The Fisher King Blues. Don't know why. 

richardhomer

JezWynd said:

Woah - saw John a lot around that period - heart-breaking in so many ways. The sight of a man nearing the end. I really love that song....

AliGorie

Music from another place -
I'm an ol' romantic
not tears but joy - not the 'religious' content in the Gaelic Psalms - just the wonderful (free) musical form
 

TheBlueWolf

"Seize The Day" by Avenged Sevenfold for personal reasons.

DiscoStu

'Roads' by Portishead has got me a few times.
Guy Garvey also has a way of breaking me when he writes about lost loved ones, I've had a cry to both 'Scattered Black & Whites' and 'Friend of Ours' by Elbow.
Beautiful songs.

Bellycaster

That was quite a feat @Chalky great vocal control. He had a great voice even when not in key

snakemanStoo

Hurt - Johnny Cash version

Tone71

Grunfeld

I had a strange experience about a year ago when I played a song on Spotify which I hadn't heard since my childhood. 
The body's reaction was instant and uncontrollable sadness. 
I didn't ask for it; I wasn't expecting it. 
I waited till I'd recovered then played the song again.  No response (other than just enjoying the song).
[insert random youtube picture]

Dominic

Age 7 ...........Rolf Harris 2 little boys
Age  12............Billy dont be a Hero  Paper Lace
 Age 19 .........My Life Billy Joel
Age  30............The Living Years   ...Mike and the Mechanics
 Age 55 ............MY WAY  and  IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR ..............Sinatra
  
To those older guys who dont know Sinatras " It was a very good year " .........it is a wonderful song 
 

Dominic

OH and I forgot the clear winner........
WHEN I'M OLD AND WISE ................Alan Parsons Project ...perhaps somebody could post it for me or the Sinatra 'cos I can't make either work

mikeyrob73

Sambostar said:

Yeah that's one for me, kills me every time. Also this waited so so long to see them, was standing there with tears dripping off my chin like an idiot, now it just reminds me of my failed marriage. Which leaves me very sad  

TheBlueWolf

@Dominic ;

Billy Joel's "My Life" is on my list of hated songs, mainly because I worked for Asda an that song, plus others, got repeated ad nauseam.