'Wonderful Life' by Black
'True Companion' by Marc Cohn (beautiful lyrics)
'Nocturne' by Secret Garden
'These Things' by King.
'If' by Divine Comedy
'You're Beautiful' by Love and Money.
If you aint heard these tunes, go soulseek em out. They are all examples of gorgeous songwriting.
Songs You Cry To
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- KVRian
- 1408 posts since 9 May, 2003 from Manchester, UK
http://chrisamusic.bandcamp.com/
"It's square to be hip"
"It's square to be hip"
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- KVRian
- 1496 posts since 10 Nov, 2002 from Earth
Famous Blue Raincoat--Leonard Cohen, either original or as performed by Tori Amos
Till the End Of the World--Nick Cave. It's a not widely known one, from the soundtrack to the Wim Wenders' film (not a very good one BTW) of the same name.
Siamese Twins -- The Cure. Not now maybe but it was a real weeper back in me teens.
Walking Home Alone--Stan Ridgway. The title says it all, but there's much more to this song.
Holocaust--Big Star. You needn't even understand the words here.
Till the End Of the World--Nick Cave. It's a not widely known one, from the soundtrack to the Wim Wenders' film (not a very good one BTW) of the same name.
Siamese Twins -- The Cure. Not now maybe but it was a real weeper back in me teens.
Walking Home Alone--Stan Ridgway. The title says it all, but there's much more to this song.
Holocaust--Big Star. You needn't even understand the words here.
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- KVRian
- 864 posts since 9 Jul, 2001 from Chester County PA, USA
This is gonna sound nuts, but seriously: for some unknown reason I get all kinds of teary-eyed with chills up my spine when I hear...Todd Rundgren's guitar solos during the big epic intro to the Meatloaf song "Bat Out of Hell". 
Does it to me every time I hear it...no idea why. 
In the "makes a little more sense" department:
the last time I saw Peter Gabriel live he did a quiet, very gentle song on just piano and voice solo called "Father, Son" that I had never heard before. It's about him getting together with his 90+ year old father to practice yoga with a simple but touchingly emotional chorus:
With my dad by my side
With my dad by my side
Got my dad by my side
With me
Hearing the song hit be like a ton of lead, because my own father (who's in his mid-70's) at the time was recovering from some very serious spinal reconstruction surgery and I was worried sick about him...I immediately got teary-eyed and still do when I think about it.
Does it to me every time I hear it...no idea why. In the "makes a little more sense" department:
the last time I saw Peter Gabriel live he did a quiet, very gentle song on just piano and voice solo called "Father, Son" that I had never heard before. It's about him getting together with his 90+ year old father to practice yoga with a simple but touchingly emotional chorus:
With my dad by my side
With my dad by my side
Got my dad by my side
With me
Hearing the song hit be like a ton of lead, because my own father (who's in his mid-70's) at the time was recovering from some very serious spinal reconstruction surgery and I was worried sick about him...I immediately got teary-eyed and still do when I think about it.
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 27 Apr, 2004 from Seattle, WA
"1979" by the "Smashing Pumpkins" Not THE most sentimental lyrics ever, but the sound created as a whole on that recording is shear tear jerking emotion.