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Post by Blue on Apr 12, 2017 2:55:08 GMT
Has any music ever moved you emotionally, especially to tears?
It can be anything from modern songs on the radio to movie scores to opera.
I personally don't listen to the radio often as I feel the quality and messages are poor. However, I stumbled on Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran. I didn't think much of his other songs, but this one had me balling on my drive home. Maybe it was my mood at the time. I listen to it now and the feelings can't be recaptured.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Apr 12, 2017 4:11:06 GMT
Sibelius-"The Swan of Tuonela". Tears flow. Every. Single. Time.
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Post by Sulla on Apr 12, 2017 4:21:18 GMT
Certain pieces in opera and classical music do it for me. The drama of cellos and violins is compelling. The effect can be even greater when video is added.
This is from Tous les Matins du Monde (1991). The love Msr. de Ste. Colombe holds for his deceased wife is so strong that when he plays his viola de gamba, she returns to visit him.
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Post by hardball on Apr 13, 2017 2:11:39 GMT
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Post by rmcrae on Apr 13, 2017 3:12:26 GMT
The A cappella portion at the beginning is what gets to me the most. Aaliyah had such a pure voice.
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Post by jamesottosweetheart on Apr 13, 2017 17:23:24 GMT
If only I had discovered him sooner, to me, this late beautiful precious is the complete and total package.
God bless you and his family always!!!
Holly
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 13, 2017 17:52:23 GMT
Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde:
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 13, 2017 21:15:14 GMT
Yes, quite a lot actually. To post a more recent example I discovered:
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 14, 2017 2:53:37 GMT
"This Woman's Work" - Kate Bush
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Post by Jayman on Apr 14, 2017 5:40:09 GMT
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Post by Morgana on Apr 14, 2017 11:13:31 GMT
Has any music ever moved you emotionally, especially to tears? It can be anything from modern songs on the radio to movie scores to opera. I personally don't listen to the radio often as I feel the quality and messages are poor. However, I stumbled on Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran. I didn't think much of his other songs, but this one had me balling on my drive home. Maybe it was my mood at the time. I listen to it now and the feelings can't be recaptured. I've never heard that song before - it's beautiful. My eyes did fill with tears, though to be honest, music does that to me often. Recently, I've been more drawn to classical that to pop but that doesn't mean I don't like it. The first time I heard this I bawled my eyes out. It still moves me every time I hear it. Here's another that get's to me very time: (yes, I'm a fan of Andrea Bocelli in case you hadn't guessed.) I don't understand a word of the following video, but it doesn't matter - his voice is enough. Nessun Dorma. And to think I used to hate opera. |
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Post by permutojoe on Apr 15, 2017 20:02:09 GMT
Great question for a thread. Should perhaps be the first question one asks of music or any type of art.
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Post by pennypacker on Apr 15, 2017 20:57:46 GMT
"Castle On The Hill" gets me every time!
Also:
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Post by NJtoTX on Apr 15, 2017 21:38:56 GMT
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Post by needysboy on May 12, 2017 20:10:19 GMT
"Three Babies" by Sinead O'Connor.
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Post by rmcrae on May 17, 2017 3:25:43 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 17, 2017 6:01:18 GMT
‘Alanis Morissette – ‘That I Would Be Good’.
I have Alanis Morissette’s ‘The Collection’ album and that is one of my favourite songs on it. I especially love when the flute starts at 3:26 (and this answers a query I had about the song, as the version on my CD always seemed to have this very faint, but still noticeable, buzzing/fuzzy sound in the background during this track...but since it’s also present in that video, I guess it’s just part of the song).
There’s two pieces of music that stand out, as they always seem to get to me thanks to them being used to perfection at the ends of two movies...except they had such an impact, that even when I’m not watching the movies they’re from and am just listening to the isolated tracks by themselves, they still bring back those emotions felt when listening to them in the context of the films.
The first is ‘Now We Are Free’ by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard from Gladiator.
And the second is ‘To The Stars’ by Randy Edelman from the movie Dragonheart (especially from 1:13 onwards).
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 17, 2017 11:22:59 GMT
Yes, quite a lot actually. To post a more recent example I discovered: Talk Talk/Mark Hollis were an incredible group, with so many fine albums/songs, but Spirit of Eden is very hard to beat. For me, those last few minutes of the final song, Wealth is one of those rare moments, where everything just fits so damn well, and the gentle sound of the church organ, is as close to as I have been of breaking into tears by listening to a song. Such a tender and majestic ending to a haunting masterpiece. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 17, 2017 11:41:59 GMT
XTC/Andy Partridge, another brilliant british pop/rock group who released some of their best stuff during the 80s, but where my favorite album might just be the stunning Apple Venus Vol 1 (1999) and one that finish it all off with the most beautiful end cut, named The Last Balloon, where in the final minutes, you really feel like floating through the air.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 17, 2017 11:57:02 GMT
This one came as a big surprise, as I felt most of the album A Map of the Floating City (2011) was way off the sharp and beautiful melodic/song writing quality Dolby used to deliver back in the 80s, and suddenly as I was about to give up, I were met with this astonoshing work, called 17 Hills, and I must have listened to it 15-20 times in a row, as I sometimes do, when finding a new favorite song that moves me in a certain way.
Anyway, Thomas Dolby got a hold of the talented Mark Knopfler, and together they made one of the finest songs from 2011.
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