NationStates Jolt Archive

Draw up your list

They don't have to be tearjerkers, just emotional songs.

I'll put down a few

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm, Perfect, Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings

U2 - One, Acrobat, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Sunday Bloody Sunday

Tori Amos - Winter, Phantom

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

Jimi Hendrix - Bold As Love, Fire

The Gathering - Nighttime Birds, Saturnine, The May Song, Eléanor, In Motion #1

Björk - Joga, Bachelorette, Enjoy, Hyper-Ballad, Pagan Poetry, I've Seen It All

PJ Harvey - Beautiful Feeling, This Mess We're In

Iron and Wine - the postal service (might be the other way round, I can never tell with that song)

Damien Rice - Cold Water and I Remember

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Tori Amos - Marianne and Gold Dust ( or any tori amos song really, I've yet to heat a song of hers that isn't pouring with emotion)

Barenaked Ladies - If I fall

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Iron and Wine - the postal service (might be the other way round, I can never tell with that song)

Damien Rice - Cold Water and I Remember

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Tori Amos - Marianne and Gold Dust ( or any tori amos song really, I've yet to heat a song of hers that isn't pouring with emotion)

You're right, but I think that Damien Rice song is not Cold Water but The Blower's Daughter. You could almost include any D Rice song, he's so slushy!

Fleetwood Mac: I'm So Afraid
Why
Silver Springs
Sara
Freedom
Beautiful Child

Stevie Nicks: Beauty And The Beast
Nothing Ever Changes
No Spoken Word
Long Way To Go
Fall From Grace

You're right, but I think that Damien Rice song is not Cold Water but The Blower's Daughter. You could almost include any D Rice song, he's so slushy!

Definitely, agree 100% They're just my favourites :)

Sigur Rós. Many songs of theirs, but I'd say "Svefn-g-englar", "Ný Batterí", and "Ágætis Byrjun" are the most emotional.

"A long, long time ago...I can still remember how that music used to make me smile..."

Need I say more?

Ruby Tuesday- The Rolling Stones

Wouldnt it be nice?- The Beach Boys

Man of the Hour- Pearl Jam

Piano Man- Billy Joel

"A long, long time ago...I can still remember how that music used to make me smile..."

Need I say more?

On seeing that I feel I have to add:

"Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sight
With people here workin' by day and by night" As sung by I think Don Mclean

and "In dublins fair city, where the girls are so pretty. I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, as she wheeled her wheel barrow, throught streets broad and narrow. Crying cockles and Muscles alive alive-o" and this one's tradditional :)

Sigur Rós. Many songs of theirs, but I'd say "Svefn-g-englar", "Ný Batterí", and "Ágætis Byrjun" are the most emotional.
Damn right. Do you also like Mum, another Icelandic band?

Toby Keith: American Soldier
Alan Jackson: Where were you when the world stopped turning
J. Michael Montgomery: Letters From Home
Darryl Worly: Have you Forgotten
Dusty Drake: One Last Time
Lee GreenWood: God Bless The USA
Charlie Daniels: The Last Fallen Hero
Charlie Daniels: Freedom and Justice For All

Amazing Grace
I'm Already There
This Ain't No Rag its A Flag
Riding with Private Malone

These are the songs that I can think of off the top of my head for my most emotional songs.

Song from an artist I cant remember: Sticker on the Bumber of my SUV

Damn right. Do you also like Mum, another Icelandic band?

I haven't actually heard much about them, short of their name.
I should go check them out.

Dazed and Confused and Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin have to be up there.

"Sixteen I fell in love
With a girl as sweet as could be
It only took a couple of days 'Til she was rid of me
She swore that she would be all mine
And love me till the end
But when I whispered in her ear
I lost another friend"

Dazed and Confused and Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin have to be up there.
More so, D'yer Maker, The Lemon Song and No Quarter I think. Emotional punch!

More so, D'yer Maker, The Lemon Song and No Quarter I think. Emotional punch!

Yeah, they have so many :) Throw Heartbreaker on that list too.

How about Dumb by Nirvana as well?

How about Dumb by Nirvana as well?

Yeah, that's a pretty good one. I forgot about that one myself.

Time to go dig up my old CDs and try to figure out which album it was on, because I want to hear it, but I'm too stubborn to go look at a website to check.

Yeah, that's a pretty good one. I forgot about that one myself.

Time to go dig up my old CDs and try to figure out which album it was on, because I want to hear it, but I'm too stubborn to go look at a website to check.

It's on In Utero and the Unplugged album. Dig out unplugged and put "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on my list as well, even though it was a Ledbelly cover :)

Placebo are a good band for emotional music too.

Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing", hands down.

Iron and Wine - the postal service (might be the other way round, I can never tell with that song)

The song you are thinking of is the Iron & Wine cover of "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service.

Sam Beam is the songwriter and only true member of Iron and Wine, and all of his songwriting is amazingly emotional, take "Naked As We Came":

She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard

She says "if I leave before you, darling
Don't you waste me in the ground"
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard

whitesnake - here i go again

What is it about singers with ugly voices that allow them to put so much emotion into them?

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Alannis Morisette...etc.

The only people that come to mind when I try to think of someone with a beautiful voice AND tremendous emotional content are Whitney Houston and Barbara Streisand and they are both total bitches. :p

Anything off of Pink Moon by Nick Drake is extremely emotional as well, especially the title track and "Parasite".

Couple of these have already been mentioned but hey,


Faget - Korn
Disarm, In the Arms of Sleep, Galappogas - The Smashing Pumpkins
Something in the Way, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, Where did you sleep last night (cover) - Nirvana
Hallelujah (Cover by KD Lang, but especially Jeff Buckley)
Creep, 2+2=5, Exit Music (for a film), Karma Police - Radiohead

Reel Big Fish-Where Have You Been
Catch 22-As the Footsteps Die Out Forever

(So I'm a ska kid)

The wedding present - Suck
Dare
Spangle
Dalliance
Take me
Unfaithful

The Smiths - How soon is now?
Asleep
I know its over
Heaven knows i`m miserable now
Back to the old house
Hand in glove
Unlovable

The Damned - Eloise
Sanctum sanctorum

Megadeth - In my darkest hour

Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens
Just like a man

Man it's so awesome you guys know Smashing Pumpkins. They're my favorite band of all time. In the Arms of Sleep is good for a sad emotional song, but for emotional in general, I like Fuck You (An Ode to No One) and Bodies. Bodies is such a good song. Especially if you know how to play guitar, you will understand why playing that song is such a visceral experience. Sweet. Rock on friends. Happy New Year.

Also for consideration, I nominate "Fred Jones, Pt. 2" and "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds and "Rain Song" by Sunny Day Real Estate. Also anything off Beck's Sea Change album.

Where did you sleep last night (cover) - Nirvana
Creep - Radiohead
Zombie - Cranberries

This is sort of personal, but I feel that any of the songs in any musical that I take part in have extreme emotional effects.

Aerosmith- I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing

Indian Summer - Angry Son
I Hate Myself - To A Husband At War
Saetia - One Dying Wish, Venus and Bacchus

Samba Pa ti by Santana, pure instrumental, but it somehow always evokes such emotion to me. Joyous and uplifting.

Might Moves by Bob Segar on the other hand always fills me with melancholy, the song has a personal connection that matches it's tone.

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
- Welcome To The Machine
- Sorrow
- High Hopes
Syd Barrett - Dark Globe
- Love you

And a lot more, everytime Gilmour puts his hand on a guitar, the emotion flies through the sky

It's Gonna be alright by Ween
And before you dismiss them as a silly band, read the lyrics:

Baby what have I done
Gone and left you, all alone
It's hard for me to sing this song
We've been together for so long
I think I know what my soul's got to say
And it won't hurt as bad, someday
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
Guess I'm ruled by my heart
Built a life and I tore it all apart
It's just not our time
But you'll find a new love, and you'll be fine
So many dark and lonely nights
But I believe someday I'll see the light
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever let's the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
For me and you

I find the Cat Stevens song Father and Son depressing cause it always reminds me that I'll be old one day. :(

Great choices so far...thanks for reminding/introducing me to these musical gems! A few from my record stack would be...

Rocket Man - Elton John
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Purple Rain - Prince

Great choices so far...thanks for reminding/introducing me to these musical gems! A few from my record stack would be...

Rocket Man - Elton John
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Purple Rain - Prince

All good stuff Gawdly; though I guess you're an SF guy [no offence, I am too]. Can't believe nobody mentioned Guns 'n' Roses - Patience. For my $00.2 worth; add Beck, Bozzio & Hymas - Where Were You? You don't need singing to convey emotion.

The most emotional song ever is by far something in the way by Nirvana. Iron Maiden do some pretty emotional ones as well:

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Blood Brothers
Dance of Death
Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner

I could have a huge list for these as I am a huge Maiden fan. They are immense live as well, the best band to perform live by far.

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Leonard Cohen - Susannah (and anything else he's done)

Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

oh, and David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

Rocket Man - Elton John

Absolutely.

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life -- Stevie Wonder

Watching the Boats Wih My Dad-Buckethead

Nirvana - Oh Me

also...

Ben Folds Five - Still Fighting It

Cat Stevens - Cat's in the Cradle

...and any other father-son songs. I have to be honest though, those are the only two I can think of.

Cat Steven's "Trouble".

The Beatles' "Yesterday"

And though I hate to say it because I cringe whenever I hear them:

Barbara Striesand's "The Way We Were"

"Memories" from the musical "Cats".

"All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera.

Come to think of it, there's a lot of stuff from "Phantom" that would qualify.

Alkaline Trio - Blue In The Face (greatest band of all time)
Feeder - Child In You
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (wot u think of morriseys new stuff, i love it)
Bic Runga - Sway
Stereophonics - Word Gets Around (what a debut album)
Chilli Peppers - Soul To Squeeze
Alkaline Trio - Crawl (anything by them actually)

Good Suggestions people

The Beatles' "Yesterday"


Yesterday...now that was good. So was "Little Willow"

I suggest everyone watch these videos. They are emotional AMVs.

DragonBall Z to Ben Folds Five - Still Fighting It

http://www.morethantoast.com/video.php?id=12

Cowboy Bebop to Beatles - Yesterday

http://www.morethantoast.com/video.php?id=23

Grave of the Fireflies to Paul McCartney - Little Willow

http://www.morethantoast.com/video.php?id=3

Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Beatles - Yesterday
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Burt Bacharach - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Des'ree - Kissing You
Disney - The Lion King (Afrikaan Vocals)
Eileen Ivers - Nearer My God To Thee
Jem - Maybe I'm Amazed
Jerusalem
Judy Garland - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Julie Andrews - Climb Every Mountain
Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
M People - Search For The Hero
Robson and Jerome - I believe

The song that plays when Luke Skywalker is looking at the twin suns of Tatooine and his miffed because he can't go the academy - John Williams

People Everyday - Tsuneo Imahori

Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

"These Eyes"-the Guess Who

"You Are My Sunshine"- Brian Wilson

The latter hits especially hard because it is sung in the past tense. It also has some amazing standup bass work.

Silverchair - Asylum
Tom Waits - Poor Edward

Nine Inch Nails:
- Hurt
- Leaving Hope
- The Great Below

And Mozart's Requiem.

oooh. NIN... pretty pretty

Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

But numero uno is
Chris DeBurg - Lady in Red

Beatles - For No One, Within You Without You

Beatles I'm a loser
Rod Stewert Maggie
Johnny Cash Down there by the train (written: Tom Waits)
Most everything listed above as well.
Also that one song by Dire Straights, about the street corner musician, playing songs for this girl, but there love never does blossom. I can not remember the title, but that always hits my heart when I hear it.
Dinnertime

Beatles I'm a loser
Rod Stewert Maggie
Johnny Cash Down there by the train (written: Tom Waits)
Most everything listed above as well.
Also that one song by Dire Straights, about the street corner musician, playing songs for this girl, but there love never does blossom. I can not remember the title, but that always hits my heart when I hear it.
Dinnertime
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

Leonard Cohen - Susannah (and anything else he's done)


Excellent pick.

Also Yesterday is a great one, but In My Life is a better one by the Beatles. Johnny Cash did a cover of it on his last album and it is amazing.

All these places had their moments,
with lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living,
In my life,
I loved them all.

Ik voel me zo verdomd alleen~ Danny De Munk.
I'm sure you all heard of him. :D :p

R.E.M - Everybody Hurts

Lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/r.e.m./113019.html

System Of A Down - Boom

Lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/system-of-a-down/134794.html

John Lennon - Mother

Lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/lennon-john/82499.html

John Butler Trio - Take

The lyrics aren't really important for this song. It's the instrumental part of the song that speaks for itself.

Sulo - Wash

Lyrics: (Note: Since I can't find the lyrics for this anywhere on the net I'll just post them as to the accuracy of what I think they are)

We’re not compensating cold but it’s up to you,
We’re still prisoners.
Your president says “Jump”
And our prime minister lands on his shoulders.

Are you scared?
Well I am.
Are you scared?
Well I am.
Are you scared?
Well I am.
But this won’t be on my conscience.

To have blood on my hands,
What if I killed someone?
Mr Prime Minister,
Will you send your only son?
To have blood on my hands,
What if I killed someone?
Would you send your only son.

We won’t be used by the British,
Or by America,
We will speak with our own voice,
We won’t be used for your cannon fodder
And I won’t fight a war,
My life is nothing but a whore.

To have blood on my hands,
What if I killed someone?
Mr Prime Minister,
Will you send your only son?
To have blood on my hands,
What if I killed someone?
Would you send your only son. (x 3)

Draw up your list
Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings


thats one of the most beautiful songs ever

Faure - Elegy

Blindside - Shekina

"Late Goodbye" by Poets of the Fall

Try and find it and give it a listen.

Ambeon - High

And NIN? Emotional? Only if you think the sounds goats being gutted in a running car factory is emotional.

Just a few that have come to mind (and not yet mentioned, I think):

The Beatles:
The Long and Winding Road
Let it Be

Simon and Garfunkel:
The Boxer
The Sound of Silence
The Dangling Conversation
Silent Night/7 o'clock News

just about anything on The Postal Service's "Give Up"

Flaming Lips:
Do You Realize?

From Madama Butterfly:
Un bel di

From Rent:
Without You (not to mention most of the musical)

a lot of the stuff by the Cranberries, their version of rhyming might be repeating the same word at the end of every line but you know that Dolores O'Riordan means it when she sings it.

Heres some more of my all time fave emotional songs

NIN - Something i can never have

Annihilator - Phoenix rising

The Almighty - Out of season

Tex and the horseheads - Clean the dirt

Leonard Cohen - The future

For me...
(some due to personal experinces)

REO Speedwagon: I Can't Fight This Feeling
Phil Collins: Come stop your crying, Another day in paradise
Electrasy: Cosmic Castaway
Tiwsted Sister: We're not gonna take it
Styx: Lights, Haven't we been here before, Babe
J.F. Handell: Hallejuah Chorus
J.S. Beethoven: Symphony 9
Bon Jovi: Living on a prayer
3 doors down: Here without you
Metallica: I don't remember the title. The one about the whipping boy.
.38 special: Hold on loosely

Just to name a few, music is a very emotional art, and for me is often a very emotional experince. These are just a few that have hit me lately, or hit me hard enough in the past that they still stick out in my mind.

Thought of more:

Beetles: fool on a hill
Billy Joel: Piano man
Elton John: Someday out of the Blue

"Angel's Son" by Sevendust

"I'm Stupid" by Prime STH

"Fortunate Son" by CCR

"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton

"Lonely Stranger" by Eric Clapton

"Old Love' by Eric Clapton

"Scars" by Papa Roach

tears in heave pwns it up

I hate tears in heaven. It's so damn cheesy.

immortal technique - dance with the devil

most people don't know him but everyone should download and listen to this song

immortal technique - dance with the devil

most people don't know him but everyone should download and listen to this song
Got a link or will we have to go P2P?

Billy Joel: Piano man

I feel like such a schmuck for forgetting.

Man it's so awesome you guys know Smashing Pumpkins. They're my favorite band of all time. In the Arms of Sleep is good for a sad emotional song,
Yeah I agree, that song is a total heartbreaker.

no.....sorry i dont have a link

My favs:

Georgina, I'm Sweet On You

Our Lord Is a Vengeful Lord

Gayly We Prance About

Purple Rain

She Gets the Shakes, When I Stomps On My Brakes

She Stopped Loving Her Today

Country Bumpkin

Darling Companion

Unchain My Heart

Oh fuck. I was walking around town when I remembered this thread and came up with a list of things I should post, since I was bored like hell. (why do I even go outside anyway?) Unfortunately, something happened on the way home and I forgot the list. I also forgot what happened on the way home, but that's an entirely different matter.

Ooh, that song Beloved by VNV Nation is one that's up there on my list of 'happy songs'. That's a pretty emotional song...

"Moments lost when time remains,
I am so proud of what we've done.
No pain remains no feeling
Eternity awaits...
'Grant me wings that I might fly',
my restless soul is longing.
No pain remains no feeling.
Eternity awaits."

Yeah I agree, that song is a total heartbreaker.

Oh yeah.
A lot of that album is pretty good. I liked Mellon Collie in terms of emotions, it took you on a ride through all sorts of them.

'1979' and 'Tonight, tonight' are good.

I always loved Billy's voice, he was really good at conveying emotion, in my opinion. I was so annoyed when I played some of their stuff for a friend and he said "Well, the guitar is good, but what is this unholy nasal shriek?"

I guess SP is an acquired taste.

"Time of Your Life" - Greenday

That's my most emotional song ever. I can't believe no one's listed it yet, personally.

Other songs include:

"End of the Innocence" - Don Henley
"This Side of Paradise" - Bryan Adams
"Look Through My Eyes" - Phil Collins
"On a Day Like Today" - Bryan Adams
"Be Like That" - Three Doors Down
"Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
"Name" - Goo Goo Dolls

Queen-Too Much Love Will Kill You, Who Wants to Live Forever, The Show Must Go On, These Are the Days of Our Lives

The Beatles-Let it Be, In My Life

John Lennon-Imagine

Jewel-Hands

Sarah McLachlan-I Will Remember You, Angels

I hate tears in heaven. It's so damn cheesy.but for emotion it is a blinder. after all, a song about the death of his son is not that cheesy really is it?

sorry about the double posting, for the sports (especially footie) fans about, how about Abide with me or Jerusalem?

Söknuður

Oh yeah.
A lot of that album is pretty good. I liked Mellon Collie in terms of emotions, it took you on a ride through all sorts of them.

'1979' and 'Tonight, tonight' are good.

I always loved Billy's voice, he was really good at conveying emotion, in my opinion. I was so annoyed when I played some of their stuff for a friend and he said "Well, the guitar is good, but what is this unholy nasal shriek?"

I guess SP is an acquired taste.
My favourite songs off that album are Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Thru the Eyes of Ruby and Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. If you go to www.billy-corgan.com you can get an awesome live video of Thru the Eyes of Ruby. It's an 80MB download, though, so don't do it if your connection is a slow dial-up.

However, it's not my favourite album by them. I think that Siamese Dream and yes, Adore are both a quite a bit better than Mellon Collie. I think they are more honest and have better music too. Perfect is perfect!

What song did you play for your friend? Was it Zero?

Beatles - For No One, Within You Without You


is Within You Without You the one that starts "We were talking about the space between us all..."? if so then it is surely an unemotional song, about detachment? hence the robot voice?

My suggestion: There is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths

I hate tears in heaven. It's so damn cheesy.

but for emotion it is a blinder. after all, a song about the death of his son is not that cheesy really is it?

It might be historically well founded cheese, but it's still cheesy to me. The author is dead etc.

"Time of Your Life" - Greenday

That's my most emotional song ever. I can't believe no one's listed it yet, personally.
I'm sorry, but I hate that song. Probably because everyone always plays it everywhere whenever they're emotional. When you're a teenager and saying goodbye to friends you won't see for a long time, someone always thinks it would be a good idea to play that irritating song.

but for emotion it is a blinder. after all, a song about the death of his son is not that cheesy really is it?
Sorry, but Tears in Heaven does nothing for me. I think it's overly slushy, even fake. Which is sad because I know it's not fake at all.

Definitly Goo Goo Dolls - Iris! Amazing song.

Or Nice Weather for an Airstrike by some icelandic band!

is Within You Without You the one that starts "We were talking about the space between us all..."? if so then it is surely an unemotional song, about detachment? hence the robot voice?

My suggestion: There is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
Yes it has the sitar in it. I think it's emotional.

That's a great Smiths song, worthy of nomination!

John Hyatt: Have a Little Faith in Me
Led Zep: 10 Years Gone
William Topley: The Ring
Anything from Damien Rice
Paul McCartney: Maybe I'm Amazed

I may well get laughed out of town for some of these, but all my other choices have already been covered. So here goes:

A Perfect Circle - Three Libras
Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face
Bob Dylan - Sara (the story behind this song is amazing)
Counting Crows - 'Round Here
Counting Crows - A Long December
Dave Matthews - Crash Into Me
Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim (or anything that has Lisa Gerrard singing)
Live - The Dolphin's Cry
Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (both versions are tearjerking)
Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Tracy Chapman - Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight
VAST - Touched
The Whitlams - No Aphrodisiac

Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)

sorry about the double posting, for the sports (especially footie) fans about, how about Abide with me or Jerusalem?
Jerusalem gets my vote.

Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)

You cannot truly connect w/ those lyrics if you do not have kids.

Songs gauranteed to bring tears to my eyes, most especially if I attempt to sing along, due to sheer power of emotional response:

NVN Nation - Honour
Beborn Beton - Eisplanet
Apoptygma Berserk - LNDP3
Elton John - Candle In the Wind
Dido - White Flag
Seabound - Watching Over You
Poe - Haunted

Yeah, a couple of them are by artists you people might snicker at, but true power isn't in a genre, it's in the artistry.

Iron Maiden - Paschendale

That one gets me every time. Sorry for taking up space, but I'd like to post the lyrics for it:


In a foreign field he lay
Lonely soldier, unknown grave
On his dying words he prays
'Tell the world of Paschendale'

Relive all that he's been through
Last communion of his soul
Rust your bullets with his tears
Let me tell you 'bout his years

Laying low in a blood filled trench
Killing time 'til my very own death
On my face I can feel the falling rain
Never see my friends again

In the smoke, in the mud and lead
Smell the fear and the feeling of dread
Soon be time to go over the wall
Rapid fire and the end of us all

Whistles, shouts and more gun fire
Lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
Battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb
Be reunited with my dead friends soon

Many soldiers eighteen years
Drown in mud, no more tears
Surely a war no-one can win
Killing time about to begin

Home, far away
From the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away
But the war, no chance to live again

The bodies of ours and our foes
The sea of death it overflows
In no man's land, God only knows
Into jaws of death we go

Crucified as if on a cross
Allied troops they mourn their loss
German war propaganda machine
Such before has never been seen

Swear I heard the angels cry
Pray to god no more may die
So that people know the truth
Tell the tale of Paschendale

Cruelty has a human heart
Every man does play his part
Terror of the men we kill
The human heart is hungry still

I stand my ground for the very last time
Gun is ready as I stand in line
Nervous wait for the whistle to blow
Rush of blood and over we go

Blood is falling like the rain
Its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame
And so we die on Paschendale

Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire
Running straight at the cannon fire
Running blind as I hold my breath
Say a prayer symphony of death

As we charge the enemy lines
A burst of fire and we go down
I choke a cry but no-one hears
Fell the blood go down my throat

Home, far away
From the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away
But the war, no chance to live again

See my spirit on the wind
Across the lines, beyond the hill
Friend and foe will meet again
Those who died at Paschendale

In the same vein:

Eric Bogle - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

I think you need to be Australian to really feel the emotional impact of this song... Whole facets of our national identity are summed up in the Gallipoli campaign, and every time I hear this song I feel a lump in my throat. But it's also an incredibly moving and well-written song about the futility of war.

"Now when I was a young man, I carried me pack,
And I lived the free life of the rover.
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback,
Well, I waltzed my Matilda all over.

Then in 1915 my country said, "Son,
"It's time you stopped ramblin', there's work to be done."
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun,
And they marched me away to the war.

And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As the ship pulled away from the quay,
And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears,
We sailed off for Gallipoli.

And how well I remember that terrible day,
How our blood stained the sand and the water,
And of how in the hell that they called Suvla Bay,
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.

Johnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well,
He showered us with bullets and he rained us with shell,
And in five minutes flat, he'd blown us all to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
When we stopped to bury our slain,
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs,
Then we started all over again.

And those were left, well we tried to survive,
In that mad world of blood, death, and fire.
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive,
Though around me the corpses piled higher.

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head,
And when I woke up in me hospital bed,
And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead,
Never knew there were worse things than dying.

For I'll go no more waltzing matilda,
All around the green bush, far and free,
To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs -
No more waltzing matilda for me.

So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed,
And they shipped us back home to Australia.
The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane,
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.

And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay,
I looked at the place where me legs used to be,
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
To grieve, to mourn, and to pity.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As they carried us down the gangway.
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared -
Then they turned all their faces away.

And so now, every April, I sit on me porch,
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march,
Reviving old dreams of past glory.

And the old men march slowly, on bones stiff and sore,
They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war,
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask meself the same question.

But the band plays Waltzing Matilda,
And the old men still answer the call,
But as year follows year, more old men disappear,
Someday no-one will march there at all.

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?"

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge, Soul to Squeeze
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts 1-4), Vera, Goodbye Blue Sky
U2 - A Man And A Woman, One
Foo Fighters - February Stars, Everlong
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
System Of A Down - Roulette
Radiohead - Sail to the Moon, Exit Music (For A Film)

My favourite songs off that album are Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Thru the Eyes of Ruby and Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. If you go to www.billy-corgan.com you can get an awesome live video of Thru the Eyes of Ruby. It's an 80MB download, though, so don't do it if your connection is a slow dial-up.

However, it's not my favourite album by them. I think that Siamese Dream and yes, Adore are both a quite a bit better than Mellon Collie. I think they are more honest and have better music too. Perfect is perfect!

What song did you play for your friend? Was it Zero?

Most of their stuff was awesome. If only Billy Corgan didn't love himself so much :p

The singing style took me some getting used to, but hell they were a great band.

Two of the more emotional songs I can think of off the top of my head are:
Switchfoot, Dare You To Move
Fuel, Innocent(piano acoustic)

Hmmm, lets see... For most notable emotions in songs worth listening to....

Tim McGraw Just to see you smile (http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songslister.html/m/mcgraw_tim/just_to_see_you_smile3.crd)

Colin Raye: Little Rock (http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songslister.html/r/raye_collin/little_rock.crd)

Jars of Clay: Frail (http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/jars_of_clay/frail.html)

Snow Patrol: Run (http://info.browserdirect.net/apps/eps/eps.cgi?upartner=newdotnet&ps=NNUSKDST&bidpart=AJ&rank=2&bid=&query=snow%20patrol%20run&redir=http%3A%2F%2Ftm.wc.ask.com%2Fr%3Ft%3Dan%26s%3Dnt%26uid%3D245c82e3d45c82e3d%26sid%3D345c82e3d45 c82e3d%26qid%3D914E6DF16BE61A43927E5CCA1AAE27F9%26io%3D1%26sv%3Dza5cb0df6%26o%3D0%26ask%3Dsnow%2Bpat rol%2Brun%26uip%3D45c82e3d%26en%3Dte%26eo%3D-100%26pt%3DSnow%2BPatrol%2B-%2BRun%2BLyrics%26ac%3D3%26qs%3D121%26pg%3D1%26ep%3D1%26te_par%3D108%26te_id%3D%26u%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fw ww.anysonglyrics.com%2Flyrics%2Fs%2Fsnow%2520patrol%2520lyrics%2Frun%2520lyrics.htm)

Days of the New: The Down Town (http://www.oddrealm.com/dotn/lyrics.html#Down)

To get you awake and energized...
Over Kill: Evil never dies (http://www.inlyrics.com/lyrics/O/Overkill/61143.html)

And the most relevant to me...
Further Seems Forever: Snowbirds and Townies (http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/furtherseemsforever/snowbirdsandtownies.html)

My favourite songs off that album are Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Thru the Eyes of Ruby and Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. If you go to www.billy-corgan.com you can get an awesome live video of Thru the Eyes of Ruby. It's an 80MB download, though, so don't do it if your connection is a slow dial-up.

However, it's not my favourite album by them. I think that Siamese Dream and yes, Adore are both a quite a bit better than Mellon Collie. I think they are more honest and have better music too. Perfect is perfect!

What song did you play for your friend? Was it Zero?

I started at the beginning with 'Tonight, tonight'...
I made him listen to the good songs on it, but there seems to have been no effect...
He practically fell asleep during the beginning of 'Porcelina of the Vast Oceans', which was really annoying. That's a good song!

Oh yeah, about Siamese Dream...
I say that was their best overall album. For some odd reason though, nobody who's not a die-hard fan like me that I know has ever even heard of Siamese Dream.
I will still stubbornly maintain that it's really good though...

Next time I 'introduce' somebody to a new band, I'll have to try involving handcuffs and restraining straps.
:p

Songs gauranteed to bring tears to my eyes, most especially if I attempt to sing along, due to sheer power of emotional response:

NVN Nation - Honour
Beborn Beton - Eisplanet
Apoptygma Berserk - LNDP3
Elton John - Candle In the Wind
Dido - White Flag
Seabound - Watching Over You
Poe - Haunted

Yeah, a couple of them are by artists you people might snicker at, but true power isn't in a genre, it's in the artistry.

Yay, somebody else that listens to some industrial!

On an entirely unrelated note:
How come nobody has ever heard of Poe?
And the people that do mostly want to break Poe CDs because they think it's a service to humanity.
:(

Oh yeah, about Siamese Dream...
I say that was their best overall album. For some odd reason though, nobody who's not a die-hard fan like me that I know has ever even heard of Siamese Dream.
I will still stubbornly maintain that it's really good though...


I and my clan of fellow Smashing Pumpkins fans (OK, 3 people) all agree :)

I may well get laughed out of town for some of these, but all my other choices have already been covered. So here goes:

A Perfect Circle - Three Libras
Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face
Bob Dylan - Sara (the story behind this song is amazing)
Counting Crows - 'Round Here
Counting Crows - A Long December
Dave Matthews - Crash Into Me
Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim (or anything that has Lisa Gerrard singing)
Live - The Dolphin's Cry
Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (both versions are tearjerking)
Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Tracy Chapman - Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight
VAST - Touched
The Whitlams - No Aphrodisiac


Absolutely anything by Lisa Gerrard! Best songs: Host of the Seraphim, Indus, Yulunga, Spider's Stratagem, Shadow Magnet... the list just goes on and on...

In the same vein:

Eric Bogle - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

I think you need to be Australian to really feel the emotional impact of this song... Whole facets of our national identity are summed up in the Gallipoli campaign, and every time I hear this song I feel a lump in my throat. But it's also an incredibly moving and well-written song about the futility of war.

"Now when I was a young man, I carried me pack,
And I lived the free life of the rover.
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback,
Well, I waltzed my Matilda all over.

Then in 1915 my country said, "Son,
"It's time you stopped ramblin', there's work to be done."
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun,
And they marched me away to the war.

And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As the ship pulled away from the quay,
And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears,
We sailed off for Gallipoli.

And how well I remember that terrible day,
How our blood stained the sand and the water,
And of how in the hell that they called Suvla Bay,
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.

Johnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well,
He showered us with bullets and he rained us with shell,
And in five minutes flat, he'd blown us all to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
When we stopped to bury our slain,
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs,
Then we started all over again.

And those were left, well we tried to survive,
In that mad world of blood, death, and fire.
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive,
Though around me the corpses piled higher.

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head,
And when I woke up in me hospital bed,
And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead,
Never knew there were worse things than dying.

For I'll go no more waltzing matilda,
All around the green bush, far and free,
To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs -
No more waltzing matilda for me.

So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed,
And they shipped us back home to Australia.
The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane,
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.

And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay,
I looked at the place where me legs used to be,
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
To grieve, to mourn, and to pity.

But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As they carried us down the gangway.
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared -
Then they turned all their faces away.

And so now, every April, I sit on me porch,
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march,
Reviving old dreams of past glory.

And the old men march slowly, on bones stiff and sore,
They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war,
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask meself the same question.

But the band plays Waltzing Matilda,
And the old men still answer the call,
But as year follows year, more old men disappear,
Someday no-one will march there at all.

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?"


I agree entirely, another which gets me is the march and chaoral from the longest day or the theme tune to the band of brothers

radiohead:

pyramid song
you and whose army?
i will
2+2=5
motion picture soundtrack
true love waits
talk show host
like spinning plates
exit music (for a film)
no surprises
climbing up the walls
the tourist
fake plastic trees
just
street spirit (fade out)

The Mars Volta - Televators
Ebba Grön - Die Mauer
Life of Agony - Pretend

Regina Spektor - Ode to Divorce
Juliana Theory - August in Bethany

Roy Orbison:
Crying
It's Over

Any Phil Collins songs
Romeo et Juliette soundtrack: avoir une fille, aimer.
Jeff Buckley:hallelujah
Sade: by your side
Dido: here with you, thank you
Andrea Bocelli: vivo per lei
Enya: only time, anywhere, orinocco flow
francis Cabrel: l'encre de tes yeux

Not that anyone really know them here :D

3 Doors Down - Here Without You
Tim McGraw - Don't Take The Girl (Can't even listen to it) :(
Daniel Beddingfrield - If You're Not The One

Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses
You cannot truly connect w/ those lyrics if you do not have kids. Maybe not, but you can if you are a child. ;)

The most emotional song to me is "We're going to be Friends" by the White Stripes. It's not as timeless as most songs suggested, though...