Your Ultimate Emotional Songs

[Gilly]

EVERYONE has these, and you know the ones I'm talking about
Be sure to include the meanings

I have a few:

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (This is the ultimate one for me; like, every single fucking word; no joke. Senior year...I can't even begin to explain )
Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies (AAAHH! High school, anybody? )
Phish - Dirt (Grampa)
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home (me and my parents, the narrative of what I never had the balls to do, heh)
Beck - The Golden Age (Again, senior year...)
Billy Joel - The Piano Man (Gah, just can't not love it/want to relate)

[aestrivex]

ugh. i can say with perfect honesty that i absolutely detest this awful genre.

almost worse than rap.

[Gilly]

You just suck

Each and every one of those songs is from a different genre. So lick, lick, lick my nuts.

[maze]

Damn, the video got me teary-eyed. Awww
First day of my life


I've yet to burry anyone that I love, don't have the experience/feelings of such an event, but this song takes me to that imaginary place!
Tears in Heaven

[Mea]

Damn, the video got me teary-eyed. Awww
I've yet to burry anyone that I love, don't have the experience/feelings of such an event, but this song takes me to that imaginary place!
Tears in Heaven

Tears in Heaven, love that song. And the sad story behind it.

[oyburger]

I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional

[Gilly]

I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional

This makes me sad Songs, books, stories, etc. are the things that keep me anchored. Sometimes I think I'd feel adrift without them.

[UDP]

There's nothing quite like emotional drama to get me going

[Gilly]

Damn, the video got me teary-eyed. Awww
First day of my life

The one guy sitting alone just staring makes me sad

[Gilly]

There's nothing quite like emotional drama to get me going

I'm the same way, but the drama itself only lasts so long.

[MysticSonic]

"I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional Confused"

Wow, I don't even understand how that's possible.

[oyburger]

I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional

This makes me sad Songs, books, stories, etc. are the things that keep me anchored. Sometimes I think I'd feel adrift without them.

That doesn't mean that I don't enjoy those things. I think these things usually make me feel wistful at the most, but not overwhelmingly gushy.

[Gilly]

"I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional Confused"

Wow, I don't even understand how that's possible.

I know, right? Yeeeeessshh...

But you still have to share, MS

[oyburger]

"I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional Confused"

Wow, I don't even understand how that's possible.

Why is that weird?

[ScarlettLux]

Aww, I like this thread. Songs really make me emotional too -- mostly wistful, unbearably nostalgic or just a deep, deep sad

Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2 // Neutral Milk Hotel (woww.. =** is all I can say)

The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes // A Silver. Mt Zion (amazing. goes from bleakly depressing to optimistic & hopeful... terribly affecting on first listen)

Trailer Trash // Modest Mouse (oh man, how can you not shed a tear?)

Spit On A Stranger // Pavement (subtly wistful and leaves a feeling of emptiness afterwards. especially the vid, since this was their last song on their last album </3)

Twin Falls // Built To Spill (NOSTALGIA ... trust meeee, it will just take you back)

[MysticSonic]

"Why is that weird? Shocked"

Coming from my perspective? Yeah, really weird.

The songs that get me most emotional:

Dream Theater: A Change of Seasons
Emiliana Torrini: Dead Things
Steve Conte: Walk In The Rain

and tons

tons more.

[mustachio]

You just suck

Each and every one of those songs is from a different genre. So lick, lick, lick my nuts.

for real!
i mean who doesn't like rap music.

here's my tear-jerker list:

The Fugees: Killing Me Softly
The Police: Every Breath You Take
Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale
2Pac: Dear Mama

can't think of anything else...

[Joy]

for years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" would illicit a very emotional response from me... long story

[aestrivex]

for real!
i mean who doesn't like rap music.

rap music is nonmusical and a glob of random words superimposed on a chord sequence which is played 1000 times in a row.

not fun listening to my ears.

[UDP]

"I can honestly say that I can't think of any songs that make me emotional Confused"

Wow, I don't even understand how that's possible.

Why is that weird?

No, it's not.

[Gilly]

for years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" would illicit a very emotional response from me... long story

I hate to be a dick, but I definitely laughed a little

[Creepy-bg]

^^^ I second this

[mustachio]

for real!
i mean who doesn't like rap music.

rap music is nonmusical and a glob of random words superimposed on a chord sequence which is played 1000 times in a row.

not fun listening to my ears.

sorry i thought you were describing your posts. actually hiphop is spoken poetry in a language which you obviously don't understand. as for the melody, i don't think you're anywhere near an expert on music so don't try to act like one. perhaps you should stop listening to 50cent and delve deeper in this genre. you might find sounds and rythms which would make your eardrums blossom to their full portential.

[jessica129]

Whitney Houston "I will always love you".

Turns me in to an emotional wreck.

[maze]

How 'bout songs that get an emotional rise out of you, yet you don't know what the hell they are about...but...they have a few really cool lines....and you like the overall feel of them! There ya have it. These are my driving with the windows down singing my lungs out songs.

Arrested in Shanghi, rancid

Gigantic, pixies

[Creepy-bg]

for real!
i mean who doesn't like rap music.

rap music is nonmusical and a glob of random words superimposed on a chord sequence which is played 1000 times in a row.

not fun listening to my ears.

sorry i thought you were describing your posts. actually hiphop is spoken poetry in a language which you obviously don't understand. as for the melody, i don't think you're anywhere near an expert on music so don't try to act like one. perhaps you should stop listening to 50cent and delve deeper in this genre. you might find sounds and rythms which would make your eardrums blossom to their full portential.

absolutely... I generally detest what rap has become.. but give me an old Public Enemy or Ice Cube album and I'm all good. Also 90's grower rap is excellent... Arrested Development anyone?! then the genre bending rap bands like Digable Planets are amazing too. Mustachio already mentioned the Fugees... another great rap band

Then the whitey rap and trip hop is excellent as well... Beatie Boyz and Phunk Junkeez. Not eminem though, I pretty much detest Eminem... the guy has no range and people make such a big fucking deal out of him.

[eunice]

Nothing's gonna change my love for you by George Benson
Love will lead you back by Taylor Dayne
All I Ask of You by Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman
Undone (The Sweater Song) by Weezer
True Love Waits by Radiohead

[eunice]

for real!
i mean who doesn't like rap music.

rap music is nonmusical and a glob of random words superimposed on a chord sequence which is played 1000 times in a row.

not fun listening to my ears.

sorry i thought you were describing your posts. actually hiphop is spoken poetry in a language which you obviously don't understand. as for the melody, i don't think you're anywhere near an expert on music so don't try to act like one. perhaps you should stop listening to 50cent and delve deeper in this genre. you might find sounds and rythms which would make your eardrums blossom to their full portential.

absolutely... I generally detest what rap has become.. but give me an old Public Enemy or Ice Cube album and I'm all good. Also 90's grower rap is excellent... Arrested Development anyone?! then the genre bending rap bands like Digable Planets are amazing too. Mustachio already mentioned the Fugees... another great rap band

Then the whitey rap and trip hop is excellent as well... Beatie Boyz and Phunk Junkeez. Not eminem though, I pretty much detest Eminem... the guy has no range and people make such a big fucking deal out of him.

I agree. And the rap and hiphop scene these days are.....

[Gilly]

I like Eminem. Angsty white guys with drug problems have to stick together!

[Creepy-bg]

I like Eminem. Angsty white guys with drug problems have to stick together!

I just lost all respect for you

jk

[implied]

for years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" would illicit a very emotional response from me... long story

lol!

i kind of love this song and i have no idea why. i had a long debate with an INFj friend of mine about whether this song was the inspiration for conor oberst's stage name.


this is one of my emo songs.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles...nt+to+Tell+You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h1uIByZ1v8 - lately, this is good. not an ultimate, but i like it anyhow.

[Creepy-bg]

Pink Floyd- everything but especially The Final Cut (the whole fucking album)

Phish- Bird's of a Feather

Gratefull Dead- Ripple

Gun's and Roses- Patience (cheesy yes.... but you had to be there(highschool moment))

[Joy]

for years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" would illicit a very emotional response from me... long story

lol!

i kind of love this song and i have no idea why.

there's something about "every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am"

there's a really long story though... which I can't really go into atm

[aestrivex]

sorry i thought you were describing your posts. actually hiphop is spoken poetry in a language which you obviously don't understand. as for the melody, i don't think you're anywhere near an expert on music so don't try to act like one.

my father is a professional freelance musician who majored in music and has made a career in music. (who makes instruments out of trash or inconspicuous components). as a result, "high" classical/jazz music and music theory have been intermittent parts of my upbringing (as well as the rest of the bizarre crap he listens to... you can't imagine). i furthermore have played the trumpet for the last five years and have learned enough about the theory to possess some knowledge of music theory. so, under any circumstances, i don't profess to be a musical historian but i have unsuspectingly and subconsciously acquired a fair amount of knowlege in the subject.

perhaps you should stop listening to 50cent and delve deeper in this genre. you might find sounds and rythms which would make your eardrums blossom to their full portential.

perhaps true, but i find no desire to further explore the genre.

[mustachio]

i know an ISTp who really liked this song -- Total Eclipse -- after hearing an altered version of it on the movie Old School (or something of the like). i think he felt pretty embarrassed when he saw the clip of the original. even i was embarrassed for the guy.

as for Niff, you mean to tell me that you know jazz and know nothing about hiphop?

[Creepy-bg]

I don't know the name of the song but the one that played at the end of Donnie Darko when they're showing everybody's life after Donnie takes the plane engine in the face... it's also the music for a new video game commercial....

aha Wikipedia says "Mad World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7RdeAYf5c

[mustachio]

i like Donnie Darko a lot. makes me feel all gay in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR91Rj1ZN1M

Shatner-gay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojmoA-MrAp8

[oyburger]

i like Donnie Darko a lot. makes me feel all gay in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR91Rj1ZN1M

Yeah, I like that song.

[Gilly]

I don't know the name of the song but the one that played at the end of Donnie Darko when they're showing everybody's life after Donnie takes the plane engine in the face... it's also the music for a new video game commercial....

aha Wikipedia says "Mad World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7RdeAYf5c

YEAH! I like that one. Definitely belongs in this category.

[olduser]

everything he says about rap

yeah, so rap is repetive and a jumble of words --doesn't matter. there's hip hop production! so extravagant, expensive, deep, and really making use of the entirety of available musical technology. But whatever, you are a serious dude who knows serious shit-- go play your dad's trashcans.

nah really, you are right. Most of rap is bad, and really cheap too. But I dunno, your dad's trashcans are too interesting and I needed a reason to use them in sentence.