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Stool Man 
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 00:54 |
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I've heard "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin hundreds of times, and it's amazing. But it's never made me cry until five minutes ago. I have no idea why, but tears were pouring down my face while listening to it (I'm not on any drugs, and I wasn't doing anything else except listen to it, and nobody else is here, and I'm not unhappy for any reason - it was just the music)
Which great music has made you cry just by listening to it?
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 03:04 |
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I gotta say that certain passages from Magenta and Pendragon have the power...........
Recent David Gilmour too. Some obscure Canterbury things (particularly Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen's collaborative effort Two Rainbows Daily), and I had tears running down my cheek when I watched my DVD's of the Japanese all-female trio Ars Nova weave their Prog magic in live performance.
Also some parts of Ant Phillips music is deeply emotional for me.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 07:38 |
There's a few
Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
Kate Rusby - My Young Man
Bear's Den - Pompeii
and in each case it's for personal reasons but they all have extremely powerful (though generally depressing) lyrics
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 07:49 |
Goosebumps and shivers down the spine, that happens sometimes. But crying because of great music... I can't remember that myself, or only once, long ago, and I forgot what the music was I was listening to back then. Interesting to read what brings others to tears, though.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 08:34 |
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Us And Them. I'm an extremely emotional person and for some reason, when the sax comes in, I lose it. It's such a beautiful song.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 08:38 |
It depends on the emotional state one is in at a given time, and the meaning of a song as it relates to the listener's frame of mind, particularly during periods of loss or regret. I remember getting quite emotional upon hearing John Lennon's "Imagine" when the news first came out that he had been assassinated. Alan Parsons Project's "Time" always gets me misty eyed and reflective regarding the loss of loved ones.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 09:37 |
Parts of movements of quite a few Bruckner and Mahler symphonies.
Helmut Koellen's "Playing This Song Together".
Passport's "Damals".
And most of all, the last few minutes of Richard Strauss's tone poem "Death and Transfiguration".
Edited by presdoug - March 10 2015 at 10:44
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 09:44 |
Only cry when the music is bad! "I blew my money...I want it back, this is krapp!!" 
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 13:29 |
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Real men don't cry.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 14:31 |
 presdoug wrote:
Passport's "Damals".
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^ That piece is just beautiful, Doldinger's sax melodies on this track make me melt.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 14:46 |
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Sleeping at the Wheel and Hallucinating Light by Roy Harper. Neither song makes me cry but are extremely personally moving to me.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 16:37 |
Never cried to any piece of music although I can remember crying when another kid kicked me in the stomach at school.  There is music that seems vey poignant though and I have a soft spot for that overlooked late seventies classic (in my mind anyway) Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime but even that has never made me actually cry.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 16:56 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
presdoug wrote:
Passport's "Damals".
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^ That piece is just beautiful, Doldinger's sax melodies on this track make me melt. |
Hey, right on-thanks, Tom.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 18:39 |
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: March 10 2015 at 18:46 |
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Sea Songs by Robert Wyatt
Seven Stones by Genesis
Three Friends by Gentle Giant
If Everyone Was Listening and Crime of the Century by Supertramp
(Also Soapbox Opera) ^
True To Lite Roxy Music
Edited by Icarium - March 10 2015 at 18:47
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 11 2015 at 01:51 |
richardh wrote:
.......overlooked late seventies classic (in my mind anyway) Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime but even that has never made me actually cry. |
This song makes me wanna slash my wrists...........
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Posted: March 11 2015 at 01:52 |
Icarium wrote:
Sea Songs by Robert Wyatt
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Very nice pick, Chris.
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Posted: March 11 2015 at 01:59 |
You're all too welcome. Oh, the sax over that yummy e-piano......I remember when I got Cross-Collateral years ago, I'd spin Damals 3 or 4 times before packing the record away. Tremendous album, start to finish. I have another piece which 'does it' - Vangelis' serene piece called 'Reve' (Opera Sauvage). The best I've heard from the man.
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Posted: March 11 2015 at 03:27 |
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Supertramp - Rudy
Megadeth - This Was My Life
Both for quirkily personal reasons. There were more. It's very much about the moment, too.
Edited by twalsh - March 11 2015 at 03:28
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More heavy prog, please!
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Posted: March 11 2015 at 08:40 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Icarium wrote:
Sea Songs by Robert Wyatt
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Very nice pick, Chris. |
Oh yeah, this one has had me on the borderline many a time. Powerful!
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