Tracks that make you cry

[andy_tchp]

"Forever Young"

Stupid song makes me want to be able to protect my children (now adult children) forever... which of course in not remotely possible.

Dylan or Alphaville? The latter's usually has the effect you describe on me.

I didn't know about Alphaville till your post and a Google search. I was in grad school when the Alphaville version was released and had a forced break (partially anyway) from popular culture. So it must be Dylan... although I have a memory of someone other than Dylan singing it when the emotion hit me... I dk.

Youth Group did a great version too.

[Ceylon]

There are quite a few, especially choice pieces of Nick Cave and Tom Waits (Kentucky Avenue and On the Nickel wreck me).

But the last time I actually bawled to a song was Spiritualized - Cool Waves. A lot of Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space gets to me, but this one probably more than any other. I'm not an addict, but for whatever reason songs about addiction tend to mess me up.

[SignoftheDragon]

There are quite a few, especially choice pieces of Nick Cave and Tom Waits (Kentucky Avenue and On the Nickel wreck me).

But the last time I actually bawled to a song was Spiritualized - Cool Waves. A lot of Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space gets to me, but this one probably more than any other. I'm not an addict, but for whatever reason songs about addiction tend to mess me up.

THIIIISSSSS.

ALL OF THISS.

[tequila_in_teacups]

Yeah, like 90% of Nick Cave's The Boatman's Call.

[windmill]

Its all a bit personal

But some others here will know.

The Offspring - Gone Away

[mcbrandt]

There are quite a few, especially choice pieces of Nick Cave and Tom Waits (Kentucky Avenue and On the Nickel wreck me).

But the last time I actually bawled to a song was Spiritualized - Cool Waves. A lot of Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space gets to me, but this one probably more than any other. I'm not an addict, but for whatever reason songs about addiction tend to mess me up.

THIIIISSSSS.

ALL OF THISS.

Sweet Heart, Sweet Light fucks me up more. Specifically Little Girl, Too Late, and Life is a Problem. I got way too many tracks to list cause I'm a huge softie.

[cestlamort]

Spinanes - Hawaiian Baby

[seenoevil II]

The Band- "All La Glory" wistful misting. Just thinking about Levon loving his daughter.

"Acadian Driftwood" heartbroken welling at Rick Danko at the very end missing his home. Mostly just missing all three of them.

Deerhoof- "Jagged Fruit" sheer beauty. There's a feeling of powerful compassion in the recapitulation at the end.

Flaming Lips- "Waiting For Superman" premptive grief.

Bowie- "Wild is the Wind" it's just emotional

Jonathan Richman- "That Summer Feeling"

"Just Look at Me" it's personal, but obvious if you know that tune.

VU- "Pale Blue Eyes" sentimental reasons.

Neil Young- "I Believe in You"

Christ I'm a boomer

I'll cry while listening to Silver Jews/ Purple Mountains, but that's usually just my depression turning serious again. If I start listening to Plastic Ono Band too, take away my shoelaces.

Edit: well now I'm just sitting here crying

[countertext]

Cat Power - The Greatest

[HedonismBot]

Beat Happening - Godsend;
Unwound - Arboretum

[HedonismBot]

Jonathan Richman- "That Summer Feeling"

Jonathan Richman used to live on the street next to the one where I currently live. I think he moved a few years ago. I guess he’s still in town, though (saw him a couple years ago performing at a local high school theater festival).

[seenoevil II]

Jonathan Richman- "That Summer Feeling"

Jonathan Richman used to live on the street next to the one where I currently live. I think he moved a few years ago. I guess he’s still in town, though (saw him a couple years ago performing at a local high school theater festival).

I think he runs a masonry business out in Cali. Like a fancy one that does landscaping features and builds pizza ovens.

He's a guy who did it perfect. The whole being a musician thing. Made up his songs, touched hearts, became a legend, but he never seemed to have an ego about it and he lives his life.

I overheard a father and teenaged son at Guitar Center and the kid was talking about his love of JR. Even the zoomers find and love him. Meanwhile he's picking out bricks for a patio.

[s_mcsleazy]

Its all a bit personal

But some others here will know.

The Offspring - Gone Away

so i know people clown on the offspring but i still love them. my friend got me the casette tape for smash as a christmas present and said they've never seen me happier. i think gone away is a super underrated song too. so when most people thing of the offspring, they think of songs like pretty fly or hit that, but the weird thing about most offspring fans is those are NEVER the songs they'll bring up. it's always songs like gone away or the kids aren't alright. hell, look at songs like gotta get away, those lyrics are all about intrusive thoughts.

gone away always feels like the idea of processing death which is an interesting topic imho.

Unwound - Arboretum

100%

[JSett]

I don't think we can avoid, while mentioning the often misread skatepunk genre with regards to tearjerkers, No Use For A Name. Tony Sly (RIP) wrote some of the hardest-hitting punk songs ever. So many are 'right in the feels'

[s_mcsleazy]

I don't think we can avoid, while mentioning the often misread skatepunk genre with regards to tearjerkers, No Use For A Name. Tony Sly (RIP) wrote some of the hardest-hitting punk songs ever. So many are 'right in the feels'

agreed. a lot of surprisingly deep topics in the genre and i feel if some folk just sat down and listened to the lyrics for some of these songs, you'd see they were way more complex than just "government bad because they won't let me skate" bro hymn - pennywise comes to mind. a song about both mourning and celebrating their former bass player's death.

ok. but here's a question that caused an actual heated argument that got us kicked out a restaurant for how aggressive we were about it. (maybe getting a bunch of 30-something former alternative kids in the same room and firing out that question wasn't the best idea)

given pop-punk evolved from skatepunk and there is a lot of overlap between the two, at what point do you say something is no longer one or the other? i think it's cultural but no one could even agree what that culture was.