funkyryno

Johnny Cash's "Hurt"

I can't watch the video.

Norm de Plume

I thought of a few more:

-Mona with the Children by Doug Cameron ~ with which no one here is likely acquainted.
-Special Girl by Eddie Schwartz
-Morning has Broken by Cat Stevens
-Leningrad and And So it Goes by Billy Joel
-If by Bread

The Bus

"Comptine D'un Autre été: L'après-midi" by Yann Tiersen (appears in Amelie during one of the many shots of her childhood)

"True Love Waits" by Radiohead (the live acoustic version on I Might Be Wrong: Home Recordings).

"Warning Sign" by Coldplay from their second album. That someone said it was bad song in the X&Y thread completely surprises me.

"Cannonball" by Damien Rice. I have yet to been able to finish that album. It's obscenely, repulsively, sad. I can't manage it.

dick_grayson

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Love Me - The Smiths
Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
Covert - Lush
Harmony or Goodby Yellowbrick Road or Your Song - Elton John
Rock and Roll Suicide or Cygnet Committee - David Bowie
Father and Son - Cat Stevens


hmmmm, I'll have to think of some others that do it for me. Since I started playing drums, I mostly listen to metal (which is usually devoid of emotions, but whatever)

Rypro 525

another recent one for me was the Shinedown accoustic cover of "simple man" esspecially performed live (I saw it about a week after Dimebag was killed)

BDB

One - U2, gets me everytime I hear it performed live.
Girlfriend in a coma - the smiths.

Giles

Linda Ronstadt's "Still Within the Sound of My Voice"

and the instrumental B-side song from Hope of the States - Sts'Ikei

joeblow69

Temple of the Dog's "Say Hello to Heaven" gets me every time I hear it (which thankfully isn't very often anymore)

tofu

"Avalanche" Ryan Adams
"With or Without You" U2

I can't get thru either song without getting a tear in my eye.

Aphex Twin

"Memories of Green" by Vangelis always gives me a feeling of nostalgia and makes me emotional in ways few songs do.

Jack Straw

Cool, got some more depressing songs to listen to and make me feel good.

vhgong

That haunting tune in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf "died"....

lar121670

Aimee Mann - Wise up
Radiohead - Been thinking about you
Screaming Trees - Dollar Bill
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Built to Spill- Stab
Fiona Apple - Plae September
Al Green - Ain't no sunshine
Hall & Oats (guilty pleasue) Sarah Smile

dick_grayson

I thought of a few more;

The Beatles - "That Means A Lot," "Here, There & Everywhere," "For No One" (and several others)
The Descendents - "She Loves Me"
David Bowie - "Be My Wife", "Cygnet Committee"
The Beach Boys - "Caroline, No"
Bruce Springsteen - "Downbound Train," "The River"
Chris Isaak - "Shadows in a Mirror," "Blue Spanish Sky"
Radiohead - "Street Spirit (Fade Out)," "Lucky," "Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong"
Love - "You Set The Scene"

some guilty pleasures:
Benny Mardones - "Into the Night"
Player - "Baby Come Back"
Christopher Cross - "Arthur's Theme"

JP5683

Woohoo! A 2 1/2 year old thread bumped so I can reply.

Laugh at my picks if you will...25 songs out of my 'Love Songs' MP3 folder not previously listed in this thread...

Amy Grant - I Will Remember You
Babyface - When Can I See You
Beach Boys - Forever
Beatles - If I Fell
Blue Magic - Sideshow
Brooklyn Bridge - Worst That Could Happen
Carpenters - Goodbye To Love
Carpenters - Hurting Each Other
Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
Everly Brothers - Crying In The Rain
Expose - I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love
Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful
Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love
Joshua Kadison - Beautiful In My Eyes
Lonestar - Amazed
Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
Peter & Gordon - I Go To Pieces
Phil Collins - Against All Odds
Tiffany - Could've Been
Timmy T - One More Try
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Warrant - I Saw Red

Damn. I could have listed another ten easy. Maybe later.

mkdevo

Radiohead: Let Down

shaggy

There are so many great emotional songs, most of them listed here.

The new king for me is Sometimes you can't make it on your own by U2.

Written By Bono about the death of his father. Its powerful just to hear or read the lyrics, but when you see him sing it live, it will blow you away.

Some great lines.

We fight all the time
You and I… that’s alright
We’re the same soul
I don’t need… I don’t need to hear you say
That if we weren’t so alike
You’d like me a whole lot more

I know that we don’t talk
I’m sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me – when – I -
Sing, you’re the reason I sing
You’re the reason why the opera is in me…

Where are we now?
I’ve got to let you know
A house still doesn’t make a home
Don’t leave me here alone...


The whole idea of not talking, but can you hear me when I sing and you are the reason I sing is just too amazing.

Pure Genius. That is why he is the greatest front man ever. Some get bugged by the politics, but there is no denying his power.

henryfish

I've never heard of this one. Where is it from?

(I'm a pretty big Radiohead fan)

And, on topic, recently:

My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us!

dick_grayson

Pablo Honey (it's also on the Drill and Itch eps)

Rypro 525

alright, latest from me
the Blower's daugter, for some reason that some gets to me, for reason's i don't know
Simple man (the shinedown accoustic version), i happened to see them at recher theater like a week after the Dimebag Darrol shooting, and it was really moving.

paulringodaman

Roy Orbison's "Careless Heart". One of the saddest singing performances ever.

Dalvin

I don't think I've cried at too many songs in my life. However, I have never cried as much as I have after hearing Coldplay's "Fix You". With everything that has happened with Hurricane Katrina and the 4 year anniversary of September 11th, it just somewhow really hits home. Already I can tell that song will be considered a classic.

Saxofonix

When I read the title of this thread, I instantly thought of Leonard Cohen's song - Famous Blue Raincoat.
With that voice, expressing his resignation to his loss ... maaaan, my heart breaks every time.

Same with Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.

conscience

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals - Blossom

Quake1028

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - "Sweet Illusions"
Mike and the Mechanics - "In the Living Years"
Boyz II Men - "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"
Boyz II Men feat. Mariah Carey - "One Sweet Day"
Nas - "Dance"
Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans - "I'll be Missing You"
Tom Waits - "Picture in a Frame"
Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - "Over and Over"
Garth Brooks - "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
Garth Brooks - "Dance"
Garth Brooks - "Unanswered Prayers"
LeAnn Rimes - "How Do I Live" (played at my sister's funeral 3 weeks ago)

I'm not even really a country fan, but man, those songs are some tearjerkers for me.