Songs That Make You Cry

[dargan]

Strawberry Wine -- not so much the lyrics, but it brings back some really depressing memories.

Sorry to hear that, SC. For me, it brings back memories of the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. I was sacking groceries at the Winn Dixie in Granbury, Texas. Had a summer romance with a sweet local girl who was still in high school. "He had a car." Yup, I had the role of the older guy with the younger girl. Lots of sweet, sweaty action in the field behind the Dairy Queen while the cicadas chirped and cattle moo-ed in the background. Straight out of a McMurtry novel.
"A few cards and letters and one long distance call
We drifted away like the leaves in the fall"
Pretty much. Sorry your associations with this song aren't so lighthearted. :-\

That sounds pretty awesome .... except for the Granbury part.

 

[Clever username]

Re: "Joey." Not to threadjack, but "Desire" by Bob Dylan is a very underrated album. "Joey" isn't all that great, but "Isis," "Black Diamond Bay" and "Sara" are awesome. I always found it compelling that Dylan could pen such a moving tribute to Sara- the original sad-eyed lady of the lowlands- years after the affair had fizzled.

Isis is outstanding.

 

[KG]

A Bad Goodbye, by Wynona Judd is one so sad I cannot listen to it.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

yeah, back to sad songs...
Sweet Child of Mine, by GNR or Cheryl Crow
As Long as I Can See the Light, CCR
I feel Home, O.A.R.

Those three usually get me teary-eyed and feeling emotional. Also, Sweet Home Chicago. I really like songs about the idea "home."

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Nobody knows it, but there's a song called "In November" by Walter Hyatt that is the saddest thing you've never heard.

He was an obscure artist who was killed in the Florida Everglades plane crash.

 

[writing irish]

yeah, back to sad songs...
Sweet Child of Mine, by GNR or Cheryl Crow
As Long as I Can See the Light, CCR
I feel Home, O.A.R.

Those three usually get me teary-eyed and feeling emotional. Also, Sweet Home Chicago. I really like songs about the idea "home."

"Upstairs a band was playin', the singer was singin' something about goin' home
She whispered, 'Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight but just don't leave me alone'"

Nobody knows it, but there's a song called "In November" by Walter Hyatt that is the saddest thing you've never heard.

He was an obscure artist who was killed in the Florida Everglades plane crash.

Hyatt is well-remembered in Austin, at least by some.

 

[sportschick]

yeah, back to sad songs...
Sweet Child of Mine, by GNR or Cheryl Crow
As Long as I Can See the Light, CCR
I feel Home, O.A.R.

Those three usually get me teary-eyed and feeling emotional. Also, Sweet Home Chicago. I really like songs about the idea "home."

Sheryl, dammit, Sheryl!

Hinder's song Better Than Me. Mostly the video, which hits way, way, way too close to home.

 

[writing irish]

Dang, SC, I'm finding a bunch of different videos for that one on YouTube. To which one are you referring? Link?

 

[sportschick]

Dang, SC, I'm finding a bunch of different videos for that one on YouTube. To which one are you referring? Link?

The one where the couple moves in together, and he turns out to be a heroin addict.

 

[writing irish]

Dang, SC, I'm finding a bunch of different videos for that one on YouTube. To which one are you referring? Link?

The one where the couple moves in together, and he turns out to be a heroin addict.

Yup, saw that one. Ouch.

Just so we don't get too maudlin round here:



The most optimistic breakup song ever: David Gray's "Shine"

I can see it in your eyes
what I know in my heart is true
that our love it has faded
like the summer run through
and we'll walk down the shoreline
one last time together
feel the wind blow our wanderin' hearts
like a feather
but who knows what's waiting
in the wings of time
dry your eyes
we're gonna go where we can shine

Don't be hiding in sorrow
or clinging to the past
with your beauty so precious
and the season so fast
and hey, no matter how cold the horizon appears
or how far the first night
when I held you near
we're gonna rise from these ashes
like a bird aflame
take my hand
we're gonna go where we can shine...

 

[Clever username]

False hope, thanks WI. You *******!

 

[writing irish]

False hope, thanks WI. You *******!

Cheers, mate. ;D

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

My bad, SC. I googled her name to make sure I spelled it correct, then didn't copy and paste the correctly spelled name. Four years in Columbia and I didn't learn how to spell her name. Shame on me.

 

[sportschick]

My bad, SC. I googled her name to make sure I spelled it correct, then didn't copy and paste the correctly spelled name. Four years in Columbia and I didn't learn how to spell her name. Shame on me.

I am the name police. You should see what happens when somebody misspells Britney :D

WI, very ouch, very, very ouch. And now P!nk's got a video with the same freaking theme that my idiot real-world friends keep sending to me.

 

[Chi City 81]

My bad, SC. I googled her name to make sure I spelled it correct, then didn't copy and paste the correctly spelled name. Four years in Columbia and I didn't learn how to spell her name. Shame on me.

I am the name police. You should see what happens when somebody misspells Britney :D

WI, very ouch, very, very ouch. And now P!nk's got a video with the same freaking theme that my idiot real-world friends keep sending to me.

Yet you constantly misspell Jennifer Aniston's name. :P

 

[sportschick]

My bad, SC. I googled her name to make sure I spelled it correct, then didn't copy and paste the correctly spelled name. Four years in Columbia and I didn't learn how to spell her name. Shame on me.

I am the name police. You should see what happens when somebody misspells Britney :D

WI, very ouch, very, very ouch. And now P!nk's got a video with the same freaking theme that my idiot real-world friends keep sending to me.

Yet you constantly misspell Jennifer Aniston's name. :P

I always spell whiny, overrated ***** correctly.

 

[Chi City 81]

Of course. It's not like Alanis Morissette is hard to spell.

 

[writing irish]

T-O-N-Y L-A-R-U-S-S-A

 

[sportschick]

Of course. It's not like Alanis Morissette is hard to spell.

Neither is G-o-o-d D-o-c

 

[Chi City 81]

I'm not overrated. I'm not rated at all. No one here cares about me.