Tracks of our Tears: The Songs that make us weep (article).

[Seamus Colemole]

I like you, lad.

You're my kind of gay.

So who's not your kind of gay?

 

[Roztitute]

I prefer the Pumpkins version personally, but they're both gorgeous songs.

[video=youtube;4U4opbXoMss]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U4opbXoMss[/video]

Oh I hadn't actually heard that, it's nice, cheers RFUS.

 

[RFUS]

So who's not your kind of gay?

People who are actually gay.

One of these days all this gay-acting is going to come back and bite me in the arse. Maybe literally.

 

[RFUS]

[video=youtube;KPeSbITit5U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeSbITit5U[/video]

My no.2 sad song about suicide. Just behind S-K's "Jumpers".

Not that anyone cares, but I feel I should explain this song.


Basically the whole album is about a character called "Cerpin Taxt" who overdoses to try and kill himself and then goes into a hallucinatory coma. Upon awakening and finding the real world to be so much worse than this extended dream, he leaps off a building and this time successfully ends his life

The kicker is that the character is based on a real-life friend of the band, Julio Venegas, who committed suicide at the age of 23. In addition, but purely by coincidence, another close friend of the band and sound engineer for the band; Jeremy Michael Ward, died one month before the release of the album, aged 27. He was also the brother of Jim Ward, a former member of At the Drive-in; the band in which the lead singer and guitarist of TMV were in beforehand.

So when you combine the quality of the song with how the fictional story of the album crescendos here, factored in with the real life death that surrounds it... well it's easy to see why I find this song so sad!

 

[ToffeeMark]

I see some songs getting criticism on here but two that people have mentioned that have effected me are:

[video=youtube;KB_k2BC0O58]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_k2BC0O58[/video]

And one I watched tonight because of this thread that gave me pain in my cheeks as I fought back tears (thanks Lynne).

[video=youtube;zr1pwZXf65w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1pwZXf65w[/video]

I guess I'm a sucker for children losing their parents and parents losing their children, breaks my heart.

Just gave both my kids a kiss.

 

[DualityNSNO]

[video=youtube;s1tAYmMjLdY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY&ob=av2e[/video]
Not exactly the saddest song, but one with a very special meaning for me. Plus the opening line is awesome (imo) - "Hello there, the angel from my nightmare"

[video=youtube;Q-pXD0FXLQ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-pXD0FXLQ8&ob=av2e[/video]
Just... beautiful, yet sad.

[video=youtube;GIzDsGyxsQM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIzDsGyxsQM&ob=av2e[/video]
Memories...

[video=youtube;fcIAdjzaq0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIAdjzaq0c[/video]
Found from a movie series (Supernatural) and actually liked it very very much.

[video=youtube;dviXRAedmmA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dviXRAedmmA[/video]
Very sad song in my eyes/ears... But quite enjoyable, really.

[video=youtube;yICg2QcUxAA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yICg2QcUxAA[/video]
How is this not posted?

Other songs, as i don't want to flood up with videos:

Nazareth - Love Hurts
Scorpions - When The Smoke is Going Down
Scorpions - Still loving you
Scorpions - Winds of Change
A-Ha - Crying in the rain
Whitesnake - Is This Love
Axel Rudi Pell - Broken Heart
Led Zeppelin - Rain Song
Omega - The Girl with the Pearls Hair (or the Scorpions cover - White Dove)
Alcatrazz - Suffer Me (beautiful song! really worth checking out!)
Def Leppard - Two Steps Behind
Helloween - Forever and One (Neverland) (again worth checking out)
Kingdom Come - What Love Can Be (very blues-y)
Guns'n'Roses - November Rain
Guns'n'Roses - Don't cry
Megadeth - Promises
Metallica - Mama Said
Metallica - Bleeding Me
Metallica - The House that Jack Built (sad for me, as i can really relate)
3 Doors Down - Here Without You
Ozzy Osbourne - I just want you
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Iggy Pop ft. Goran Bregovic - In the Death car (love Goran Bregovic and all his Balkanic beats and music, and Iggy just perfects this song with his soothing voice. Defo not a 'sad' song again in general, but for me it is...)

I probably am missing some, but for now this is what i can think of...
Oh and Johnny Cash - Hurt is a great shout, amazing song!

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Walk on by - Dionne Warwick, Diana Krall, The stranglers, anyone

 

[zed]

[video=youtube;hLCngW-LbQw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLCngW-LbQw&feature=related[/video] relax.........take your time............and go easy

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Anything posted in the "what are you listening to " thread by the music snobs usually makes me weep.

 

[RFUS]

Anything posted in the "what are you listening to " thread by the music snobs usually makes me weep.

We're not music snobs. We're just passionate music fans.


But why am I arguing with someone whose taste in music is as narrow as a nun's arsehole.




...okay maybe I am a snob!!

xxx

 

[Deleted member 28206]

IVE GOT A BIG CATCH HERE FELLAS!!! *reels in*

 

[RFUS]

IVE GOT A BIG CATCH HERE FELLAS!!! *reels in*

You couldn't reel me in if you tried. You're not smooth enough.

I need to be romanced.

 

[pornpimol]

nick drake,northen sky .Bob dylan ,simple twist of fate both mean alot to me when theres dust in the air

 

[Alio]

[video=youtube;UhYocrNVASI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYocrNVASI[/video]

*sigh

Boom! Shake the room. If there was any, it would be this bad boy.

Great vid too by the way J man

 

[Frank Drebin]

nick drake,northen sky .Bob dylan ,simple twist of fate both mean alot to me when theres dust in the air

Great shout northern sky. I remember the first time i heard it i was late for school and simon mayo played it saying it was his favourite song, absolute class.