Yeah, Rich, I thought this would be an interesting topic that could potentially run for a long while. Longer than the lifespan of a facebook entry, anyway.
You know what song gets me? Depending on the singer, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" can be absolutely heartbreaking. And come to think of it, Jonathan Edwards has a very soulful rendition of "She Loves You," in which it's absolutely clear that the singer loves her. "With a love like that, you know you should be glad..." and yet you can tell that the person he's speaking to just doesn't value her like he does. It's a great, great performance, and the song completely transformed for me.
The soundtrack of Sofia Coppola's movie, "The Virgin Suicides," is packed with sad (but beautiful and haunting) songs and background music: "Alone Again (Naturally)," "The Air That I Breathe," "Run to Me," "Hello it's Me," "So Far Away," "Playground Love," etc. It creates a mood, to say the least.
Ahhh, a topic I know far too well ... "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" by Sting really gets to me, even though I'm a married guy. The video is absolutely HORRIBLE and greatly diminishes the song. I honestly think this is Sting's greatest song, his work with The Police included. "It Won't Rain All The Time" by Jane Siberry. While it is intent on lifting you up, it's still pretty somber. "The Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin gets me choked up, especially when it makes me realize I sometimes to brush my daughter off. :(
There's more, of course, and I will let you know as they pop up on my MP3 player and elsewhere.
Dolores will say it's "Arms of an Angel" by Sarah McLaughlin. If I see that animal shelter commercial that features it start on TV, I leap for the remote before she does. If she catches a whiff of that song, she's in a funk for the rest of the night.
I went to a karaoke bar once and as we were waling in, a guy was singing Chapin's Taxi -- and by the end of it, he had completely broken down, crying, "I fly... so high.. when I'm stoned." Weeping buckets.
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" is a great one, LJ. I don't have kids, and that one still gets me. Whereas "Cat's In the Cradle" doesn't really affect me at all. I've probably just heard it too many times.
The Dad song that gets me is Cat Stevens's "Father and Son."
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"Keep Me In Your Heart" by Warren Zevon. It's completely devoid of his usual snark as he's using it to say goodbye for the last time.
You know what song gets me? Depending on the singer, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" can be absolutely heartbreaking. And come to think of it, Jonathan Edwards has a very soulful rendition of "She Loves You," in which it's absolutely clear that the singer loves her. "With a love like that, you know you should be glad..." and yet you can tell that the person he's speaking to just doesn't value her like he does. It's a great, great performance, and the song completely transformed for me.
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
That's the one I was thinking of
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" by Sting really gets to me, even though I'm a married guy. The video is absolutely HORRIBLE and greatly diminishes the song. I honestly think this is Sting's greatest song, his work with The Police included.
"It Won't Rain All The Time" by Jane Siberry. While it is intent on lifting you up, it's still pretty somber.
"The Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin gets me choked up, especially when it makes me realize I sometimes to brush my daughter off. :(
There's more, of course, and I will let you know as they pop up on my MP3 player and elsewhere.
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" is a great one, LJ. I don't have kids, and that one still gets me. Whereas "Cat's In the Cradle" doesn't really affect me at all. I've probably just heard it too many times.
The Dad song that gets me is Cat Stevens's "Father and Son."
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