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    Posted: June 20 2012 at 12:54
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard

I don't actually begin to cry, but listening to the Soon part of Gates of Delirium gets me pretty darn close.


Definitely feel the same here, it's such a powerfully melancholy song - very suiting for a the end of a battle.  There's a sense of profound loss and dissatisfaction with the outcome of an event.

They aren't listened on here, but Aereogramme is a band that should be and the last swan song of their last album (suitably) "My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go," is "You're Always Welcome."  Just thinking about the song pulls at me in ways that can't be said.  It's like telling someone who's loved and dead that you'll continue to wait forever.
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Originally posted by EchoeWho?

Originally posted by Gerinski

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Certainly not prog, but  Albinoni's Adagio in G minor always ties my heart into knots. I've shared great heart aches with this beautiful piece of music.
 
 
 
Undoubtedly a masterpiece, as is Barber's Adagio.
 
 

Thank you Gerinski! What a beautiful piece. So much emotion, really vibrates deep down inside.

Holy crap yes! Hug

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Popol Vuh's "Nicht Hoch Im Himmel" (the track) has just worked on my senses.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - June 23 2012 at 11:35
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Originally posted by moonlitbay

The whole concept of "Remedy lane", by Pain of Salvation. Especially Undertow....

A trace of blood does that to me....
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I don't think I ever cried because of prog. Goosebumps: yes. It happens most of the times when I listen to the closing section of Yes' Awaken.
Crying: with some movies I shed some tears, not often. But I cannot name any music to which I cried.
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Originally posted by Moogtron III

I don't think I ever cried because of prog. Goosebumps: yes. It happens most of the times when I listen to the closing section of Yes' Awaken.Crying: with some movies I shed some tears, not often. But I cannot name any music to which I cried.


Not prog, but Louis Armstrong's wonderful world makes me quite emotional.
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Yes,  there have been many examples of prog cry/pre-cry(Bravo!) songs for me. 

Just a few:
Anekdoten, The War is Over (that song destroys me)
IQ, State of Mine
Camel, For Today (particularly given Latimer's health situation)
Mike Oldfield, The Bell(TB2) and The Top of the Morning(TB3)
Tull, Dun Ringill (especially the live version from 20 Years..., I think, with its pause-reprise-fade out at the end).
Gryphon, Lament
Genesis, Dusk
PFM, Impressioni Di Settembre
Kate Bush, 2nd side of Hounds of Love-too many parts to name.
Marillion, Brave


                      
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The piano line in The Lamia by Genesis can easily put me to tears when I'm in the right mood. It's a beautiful song
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Of course it has.

Disappear- Dream Theater
Heart Attack in a Layby- Porcupine tree

I really did tear up.
EATTTT YOUURRR BEEEEEETTTSSSSS!!!!!

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There were 1.5 times when prog (and also music in generally) made me cry;
The first one was when I found in my house a CD of King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King, and I first heard it. 
It turned to be pretty scratched, but however it made me cry.

The second half was when I cried not because of music (actually, I don't even remember the reason) and then I decided to listen to the album Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit, which made me cry like I never thought I will. I didn't stand it anymore, so I stopped it already in the beginning-middle of the second song (well, the first one is  not an actual song) Into The Painted Grey.  
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Never cried from a song but Caravan songs make me really melancholic but also happy at the same time. I'm 17 and they kind of make nostalgic for a time I never knew nor lived in.
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Got that tears welling up feeling from Queensryche when listening to Operation Mindcrime My Mission and Suite Sister Mary. When they played Mindcrime in its entirety back live I was truly moved. Geoff Tate was so emotional. Great Gig in the Sky does that to me as well.
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I cried when the idealism, purity and beauty of prog died in '76/'77 (but maybe earlier) and I also cried - but differently - when it was "resurected" in 90's.



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I've never cried in reaction to any music because I rarely cry at all, but "The Whole World Window" by Cardiacs of all people at least chokes me up every time.
"I don't know if I like it, but it's what I meant."
~Ralph Vaughan Williams, on his fourth symphony

"I don't know if it's what I meant, but I like it."
~Me, on basically everything I've created.
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I've been listening to 80's Rush lately, and Losing and The Pass make me well up every time. Beautifully evocative lyrics there.
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Rush - Presto (the song not the album, though that's good to).

The ending just kills me every time. I don't weap every time, but I never want that coda to finish. Such swing, such far-off emotion. Was also a special time in my life, age 15, discovering prog.

I did a whole tribute to the song here
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"Lost" By VdGG gets me a lot, I remember when I got the album, I was reading the lyrics before I had a chance to listen to it, and just that was enough to get me all worked up.

And then strangely "Blood on the rooftops" By Genesis... Not so much the song itself, but who it reminds me of when I listen to it.
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Tides of Time by Epica. So much emotion, coupled with the lyrics...
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Jethro Tull's "too old to rock'n roll" incidentally on the radio, right after my uncle's funeral...
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So, my debut post is about crying..  I guess that means I found this emotionally moving enough to register and post LOL
Anyhow, I tend to be sensitive about music as most of us likely are, but there's a few tunes that seem to really stir deep emotions in me when I listen to them:
 
Crimson Glory: Burning Bridges - the section between choruses where Midnight's vocals reach ultra high with accompanying guitar is extremely powerful, as are the lyrics.
 
Crimson Glory: Far Away - not so much as the other, but it's mostly due to the fact that I was "far away" from my to-be wife.  I had to drive over a delivery route that, a few weeks earlier, I had been in a car wreck during upon the same route.
 
Redemption:  Sapphire - pretty powerful stuff.
 
I know there are more for sure - these ones came to mind in a blink. Most of the music I listen to is on the heavier side so it doesn't lend itself to too many teary moments (hard to tear up when you're thrashing around with your fist in the air). 
 
However, other times I have been awash with emotion have been live events - Queensryche during one of the tours where the played Mindcime in its entirety, and some Porcupine Tree shows.
 
Anathema's Weather Systems has honorable mention for sure - wow, the whole thing really.  I saw Anekdoten's The War is Over - absolutely yes - sad one there.
 
Cool scene here, looking forward to coming back.
 
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