Rusty Mike Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 "Not Like This" by Al Jarreau. Gosh that's a sad song. I was brought to tears the very first time I heard "Neither One Of Us" by Gladys Knight. They way she sings it just breaks your heart. "Ruby's Arms" by Tom Waits. A few Broadway musicals hit me like that as well. Quote . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Bill Frisell â Throughout. The version with Petra Haden was played at a friend's funeral (a drummer who passed away not long after having studied with Bill). The live trio version starts with him saying to a festival audience, "I can't see you, but I can hear you and I can feel you." I recorded an arrangement on my first album but I can't listen to or play this tune without breaking down in tears. [video:youtube] Tom Waits â No One Knows I'm Gone [video:youtube] I saw Afro-Brazilian vocalist Luedji Luna live in December, and it wasn't any single particular song that got to me. Her presence and her energy is so powerful, and the fact that I am in the privileged position of having mutual friends with her is beyond anything I could have imagined when I started diving into Brazilian music 15 years ago. [video:youtube] Quote My Site Nord Electro 5D, Novation Launchkey 61, Logic Pro X, Mainstage 3, lots of plugins, fingers, pencil, paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Twenty years ago I went through a bad marriage/divorce and songs like these have more meaning. And I'm not normally an emotional person. This song is ALWAYS is a tear jerker, but this version left me bawling. Even the chord changes hurt. [video:youtube] The first time I heard this song, I had to pull off the road and stop. It was a hell of a release from my anguish over my divorce. It still jerks a tear. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfloydcramer Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 [video:youtube] This one hits too close to home. I don't like songs that work too hard to wrangle a feeling out of you. This one is just straight up truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The soundtrack to "Les Miserables". Even more so when my son sings it (he was Jean Valjean last year in a school production, and really nailed it.) Some of it is the story, and some of it is the music, some of it is pride in him. But it's a strong one for me. (Ok, maybe "Master of the House" only brings me to tears of laughter.) This song by Fish (not Phish), about dealing with a parent and dementia. Oof. Having dealt with that with my mom, it hits home. [video:youtube] Quote "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claus H Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 There is a handful of songs that make me break down every time. This one: [video:youtube] Iris DeMent has a way of just hitting hard with gentle lyrics: [video:youtube] Eric Bogle's "The Green Fields of France" summarizes the madness of Man with heartbreaking lyricism: [video:youtube] As the years go on, this Springsteen tune makes me remember, and cry: [video:youtube] C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area51recording Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Any Pavoratti recording of Nessum Dorma...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 The Beatles' Golden Slumbers hit me in the chest at age 12 and still does to this day. I play that end to end on piano several times a month. dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Carpenters - "Goodbye To Love", "Close To You" ELO - Coda to "Mr. Blue Sky"; intro to "It's Over", intro/outro to "Big Wheels"; intro to "Strange Magic"; intro to "Believe Me Now", (r.i.p. Louis Clark); Albinoni - "Adagio in Gm" (Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields version) Toto- solo section+Lukather's solo on "I Won't Hold You Back Now". Pink Floyd - "Great Gig in the Sky" Bach - "Air on a G String" - Royal Philharmonic version k.d. lang - "Save Me" Vangelis - "Memories of Green" Eric Carmen - "All By Myself" Debussy - "Reverie" Queen - "Who Wants to Live Forever" Clannad - "In a Lifetime" Quote Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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