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Post by lilhan on Jan 24, 2009 11:46:00 GMT -5
The National - About Today (particularly the live version)
Today you were far away
and I didn't ask you why
What could I say
I was far away
You just walked away
and I just watched you
What could I say
How close am I to losing you
Tonight you just close your eyes
and I just watch you
slip away
How close am I to losing you
Hey, are you awake
Yeah I'm right here
Well can I ask you about today
How close am I to losing you
How close am I to losing...
because my dad got weepy when he heard this the first time.
i can't deal with than image so well, it seems. i get tears in the ol' eyes everytime i hear it.
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Post by deadelectromix on Jan 31, 2009 22:34:35 GMT -5
Broken Home, Broken Heart by Husker Du hits way too close to home most times, so I think I'll put that one down under this category.
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Post by mikes on Feb 3, 2009 17:06:55 GMT -5
Picture in a Frame - Tom Waits. Not because it's sad, but becaue it's perfect.
Philadelphia - Neil Young
Ellis Unit One - Steve Earle
Give a Man a Home - Either Ben Harper or the Blind Boys of Alabama
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Post by kim on Feb 3, 2009 18:24:06 GMT -5
I've got a soft spot for "Enjoy Your Day" by Alkaline Trio. Lame, I know, but it's terribly heartbreaking.
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Post by gushingblood on Feb 3, 2009 18:38:56 GMT -5
Against Me! - Acoustic EP
and
Against Me - We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules)
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Post by deadelectromix on Feb 3, 2009 18:49:52 GMT -5
Against Me! - Acoustic EP and Against Me - We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules) I can agree with the first one, considering it's about him breaking up with Kevin Mahon, but We Laugh at Danger? Really? I don't see it. |
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Post by gushingblood on Feb 3, 2009 18:58:54 GMT -5
So passionate
The bridge gets me (the bit before "on and on and on and...")
And the live version=wow - when the audience sings the chorus with no instruments. It just gets me every time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2009 20:13:43 GMT -5
pretty much anything by Leonard Cohen or Augie March (aussie band), especially live
hell last week at Cohen i was crying at some of the Paul Kelly songs
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Post by deadelectromix on Feb 3, 2009 22:51:35 GMT -5
So passionate The bridge gets me (the bit before "on and on and on and...") And the live version=wow - when the audience sings the chorus with no instruments. It just gets me every time. Ah, that is true. I feel there are equally as passionate songs on that record though. All versions of Jordan's First Choice are fucking amazing. |
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Post by toastie on Feb 4, 2009 3:07:13 GMT -5
Joke about Jamacia gets me - The first solo and "We were kids in the crowd now were dogs in this war." Although the second bit is more because of the power behind it.
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Post by lilhan on Feb 4, 2009 5:34:31 GMT -5
it makes you weep?
i get the opposite.
maybe that's because it's THS...
although, i do often shed a tear to crucifixion cruise. man.
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Post by mikes on Feb 4, 2009 9:46:56 GMT -5
Also, all of Astral Weeks kills me.
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Post by goldenfoot on Feb 5, 2009 11:42:33 GMT -5
Pink Floyd "Wish you were Here" one of the greatest pop songs ever. It's 2 minutes long and leaves you wanting more.
Someone else mentioned this before but Joe Strummer & Johnny Cash "Redemption Song" I sing both these songs to my son when I'm trying to get him to go to sleep.
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Post by atomiklust on Feb 5, 2009 14:04:41 GMT -5
These always get a lump in my throat... Dennis Wilson - Thoughts Of You Cat Power - Sea Of Love Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (these are mostly sad tears at the 'when i was crying' bit, but tears of joy by the end) Beach Boys - God Only Knows, or Our Prayer. Me and my best friend both bawled our eyes out when we saw this (not at Coachella, but when he hit Brighton a while back). The choir is PHENOMENAL. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOonHWEsLTAi know, i'm a sap  |
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Post by turnstiles on Feb 5, 2009 16:17:13 GMT -5
I've got a soft spot for "Enjoy Your Day" by Alkaline Trio. Lame, I know, but it's terribly heartbreaking. That's what I'm talking about! I can't count on my fingers how many times my friends and I have drunkenly sang Sorry About That at the top of our lungs at around 4:30 AM |
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Post by jwd on Feb 5, 2009 22:27:43 GMT -5
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Post by joelle on Feb 5, 2009 22:39:06 GMT -5
easy come easy go by hayes carll
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Post by jwd on Feb 6, 2009 8:06:56 GMT -5
also let's not forget the dual dagger of the Terry Jacks 45 "Seasons in the Sun" with B side "Put the Bone In". I mean, only in the 70's could there be a tune marketed to kids like me with the first song about a dying man and the b side about a dead dog. The 70s were the golden age of dead animals, with Old Yeller in heavy rotation on CBS movie of the week. Those days aren't coming back friends...
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