Songs That Bring a Tear to Your Eye (for all the right reasons)

[Flex Your Head]

Eels have a beautiful way with melancholy and E has such a wonderful voice. Sitting here looking through old photos and stuff with a nice glass of red in my hand, they can bring a teeny tear to the eye.

'Things The Grandchildren Should Know' in particular is a thing of beauty.



'Railroad Man' gives it a run for its money though.



And how about a bit of Johnny Cash recorded shortly before he shuffled off this mortal coil...



Great great songs. Anyone else, or do I just need to 'man up' a tad? ;o)

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Fields of Anthenry.

 

[Brighton TID]

Love the Eels. It's a Mother****er does it for me. Harsh title but really sad.

First time I heard Wires by Athlete I welled up a bit and I don't even have kids.

 

[The Legend that IS Lawro]

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Atmosphere - Joy Division

 

[tinycowboy]

Hundreds Of Sparrows - Sparklehorse
When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - Roy Harper

Lots more

 

[tinycowboy]

Atmosphere - Joy Division

Good one - "people like you find it easy" gets me every time.

 

[OzMike]

Longer - Dan Fogelburg, for the Mrs.
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum.
Hate Me Today - Blue October.
Aubrey - David Gates.
She's Leaving Home - The Beatles.

 

[Norman Potting]

It's A Hard Life (Wherever You Go) - Nanci Griffith

...And from a very recent album ("Still Fighting The War") by Slaid Cleaves - "Gone". Another track on the album - "Texas Love Song" makes me laugh.

 

[WATFORD zero]

 

[rcf0712]

Decades by Joy Division and the ghostly Song To The Siren by This Mortal Coil, the latter every time without fail, in fact I usually have to turn it off before it ends.....

 

[Garret Bobby Ferguson]

Completely agree re the Eels. He manages to craft beautiful songs from very raw emotions. A personal favourite is 3 speed which is such a tender recounting of his early life with his sister and the loss he now feels just bleeds out of every line and chord.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

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[Grombleton]

Lot of love for Eels. Climbing To The Moon is the one song that does it for me from E's back catalogue.

Others include:
Elliott Smith - Twilight
Elbow - Scattered Black & Whites
Elbow - An Imagined Affair
Death Cab For Cutie - Passenger Seat
Athlete - Chances

 

[Jam The Man]

The Warmth Of The Sun - Beach Boys

 

[Razzoo]

Arcade Fire - In the backseat

 

[spongy]

Sinead O'Conner - Nothing compares

 

[VAL1850]

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Theatre Royal - Brighton Til I Die

 

[red star portslade]

 

[brakespear]

Hundreds Of Sparrows - Sparklehorse

This for me.....I hope this is the same version as the 'hidden' track on 'It's a Wonderful Life' - at work so can't hear it.