Songs that tear you into two

[pax]

"Comfortable" John Mayer
"Grace Is Gone" DMB
"Angel" Massive Attack
"I'm on Fire" Bruce Springsteen
"The Dancer" PJ Harvey

as well as, at this point, practically any song Jeff Buckley ever sang.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Can't Help Falling In Love-Bono's version
Take You Home-Garbage
Just Like A Woman-Bob Dylan
shitthatoneby Neil Young about a man and i've loved this song forever and now i cant think of the name of it
Human Touch-Bruce
Badlands-Bruce
(*let's save some time and say everything pretty much ever done by Bruce, U2, and the Stones does it for me)
In My Life-Beatles

 

[ishkash]

 

[Edgeman]

Coldplay - Trouble

The Tea Party - Release

Garth Brooks - The Dance (He's the only country singer I like....sue me!)

Jimmy Eat World - In My House

Collective Soul - Run

Coldplay - In My Place (That riff gives me the shivers every time)

A lot of the Radiohead songs already mentioned

Some Oasis songs said already

And of course a whole smack of U2 songs

 

[OzAurora]

Jane Says by Janes Addiction- This is one song that I can play over and over again and never tire of it and it always effects me profoundly especially the line at the end that goes- 'Jane says, shes never been in love, she dont know what it is, she only knows if they want her'- arrghhhhhhhh!!!!!

Birima by Youssou N'Dour- the most soothing voice in all of the world and this song captures this so beautifully,

IN Gods Country by you know who- I luurve this song so much and probably listen to it at least once a day, I love the lyrics, the guitar, everything about it

American dreaming by Dead Can Dance

Hold me by Fleetwood Mac

Throw your arms around me by Hunters and Collectors

Blow up the pokies and Charlie #3 by The Whitlams

 

[mad1]

Ok, uhm, a bit hard to know right now, but here are fav main(ish)ones

Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses
Bjork - Harm of Will (this is so fuking eerie, yet calming at same time)
Chicane - Autumn Tactics
Coldplay - In My Place
Robbie Williams - I Will Talk (Hollywood will listen)
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Radiohead - Plastic Trees
Manic Street Preachers - All The Time In The World
The Verve - Lucky Man
Bette Midler - The Rose
The Beloved - Deliver Me




If I tink of more I will be back, mind not tinking on everything yet.....

but, the above songs, DO tear me.............

 

[daisybean]

"Ohio" CSN
"Strange Fruit" Billie Holiday
"Bad" Some Irish band
"Overcome" Live
"Going to California" Zepplin
"The Chain" Fleetwood Mac
Almost anything by Tori Amos

 

[Angela Harlem]

nightswimming -rem
by my side -inxs
amazing grace -by that guy
throw your arms around me -hunters and collectors
tears in heaven -eric clapton
local hero -dire straights

 

[meegannie]

Tom McRae -- Bloodless
The Verve/Ben Harper -- The Drugs Don't Work
Elbow -- Asleep In the Back
Doves -- Break Me Gently
U2 -- All I Want Is You
Coldplay -- The Scientist
Mojave 3 -- Room With A View
Damien Jurado -- Ohio
Damien Rice -- Cannonball
Embrace -- Fireworks

 

[joyfulgirl]

Re: A Song That Sets Me To Sobbing

Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel

Winter-Tori Amos

This is THE song that makes me want to curl into a fetal position and sob for a long, long time! It's so beautiful and has so much emotion to it. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry...

Yep, this one can get me still sometimes. Tori can take you there, yes she can.

 

[ghetofabu]

Just thought of another one. I think the song is called "stay" or "stay with me" and it is by Shakespeares sister. It is really sad

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Just thought of another one. I think the song is called "stay" or "stay with me" and it is by Shakespeares sister. It is really sad

Dude! I used to have that single on tape.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Dude! I used to have that single on tape.

Me too!

Are we allowed to add more songs? Here goes!


Caroline - Concrete Blonde
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen
Runaground - James
Wonderland - Angie Aparo
The Doughnut Song - Tori Amos (Yes, joyful, she definitely takes us there! )
Time and Time Again, Perfect Blue Buildings, Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows
Cast No Shadow - Oasis

 

[pax]

"Everything's Not Lost" Coldplay
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" and "Your Song" Elton John
"Bookends" Simon and Garfunkel
"I Want Someone Badly" shudder to Think w/Jeff Buckley
"Waiting on an Angel" Ben Harper
"When They Ring the Golden Bells" Natalie Merchant
"Wild Horses" the Sundays' version
"Verdi Cries" 10000 Maniacs
"Songbird" Fleetwood Mac

 

[Cowgirl]

this is a low, no distance left to run, shes so high, clover over dover..blur
thirty three, beautiful, perfect..smashing pumpkins
last goodbye, hallelujah..jeff buckley
high and dry, fake plastic trees,..radiohead
cup of coffee..garbage
slide away..michael hutchence and bono
wicked game..chris isaak
cast no shadow..oasis
sonnet, history, space and time..the verve
play dead, pagan poetry, i miss you..bjork
clocks,everythings not lost..coldplay
writing to reach you..travis
in a lifetime..clannad and bono
theme form harrys game..clannad
landslide..fleetwood mac
jane said..janes addiction
dont u forget about me..simple minds
not enough time, baby dont cry, by my side, never tear us apart..inxs
stand inside your love..pumpkins

i know theres so many more

 

[oliveu2cm]

good question

'Bad'
'WGRYWH'
'One' -U2

'On My Own' - Les Miserables
'I Shall Believe' - Sheryl Crow
'Wind Beneath My Wings' - Bette Midler
'Sail Away With Me' - David Gray
'Better Man' - Pearl Jam
'Fields of Gold' - Sting
'Talk Tonight' - Oasis
'Secret Garden',
'City of Ruins' - Bruce

maybe it's lame but I get chills every time the 'Star Spangled Banner' is sung.

 

[Naya]

Bad, Stay, All I want is you, WOWY, Mothers of the disappeared, Stuck in a Moment, Tomorrow

The Beatles: Oh darling, Let it Be, Julia

John Lennon: Imagine, Jealous Guy

Coldplay: Yellow, Trouble, The Scientist

REM: Everybody Hurts

Blur: Tender

Rolling Stones: Wild Horses, Angie

 

[Kieran McConville]

Coldplay: Green Eyes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Amsterdam

PJ Harvey: We Float

Catpower: Metal Heart

Neil Finn/Split Enz (not sure): Edible Flowers

Van Morrison: Madame George

Nick Cave: Love Letter

Sentimental eh.

 

[Basstrap]

ok...I live on these types of songs...

Flaming Lips - In The Morning of Magicians
Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
Leonard Cohen - Take this Waltz
Neil Finn - Wherever You Are
Jeff Buckley - Lover...
Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You
Coldplay - Scientist
Pearl Jam - Indifference
U2 - With or Without You
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Radiohead - How to Dissapear Completely
Doves - Satellites
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Elliott Smith - Everything Means Nothing to Me
David Gray - This Years Love
Ours - Dancing Alone
Portishead - Roads
Rufus Wainwright - Consort
Rufus Wainwright - Tower of Learning
Elbow - Red
The Frames - Seven Day Mile
Ed Harcourt - Whistle of a Distant Train

 

[pinkfloyd]

Song From DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER live LP

COMFORTABLY NUMB

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Well besides the obvious U2 picks,

The Manics - If you tolerate this...
(I don't understand what the **** this song is about, but from the bridge onwards (and on the street tonight) to the end of the song everything just completely resonates with me in a musical sense.)
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees, Idioteque
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
The Smiths - There Is A Light, How Soon Is Now, I Know It's Over
REM - Find the River
Oasis - Live Forever (Noel's live version)
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
Mono - Life In Mono
Gemma Hayes - Back Of My Hand
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
Pearl Jam - Given To Fly, Black, In Hiding

 

[ACROB@T]

The Smiths - I Know Its Over, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music, Citizen Erased, Unintended

U2 - Love Is Blindness, One, Night And Day

The Verve - Sonnet, I See The Door, Where The Geese Go, She's A Superstar, So Sister, The Drugs Don't Work, This Time

Nirvana - Dumb, You Know Your Right, Something In The Way, About A Girl

Oasis - Sad Song, Talk Tonight, Rocking Chair

Pink Floyd - Sorrow, High Hopes, Comfortably Numb, Fletcher Memorial Home, Echoes

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees, Street Spirit, (Nice Dream), Lucky

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy, Tear Drop, Man Next Door

Nick Drake - River Man

Jeff Buckley - Hallejulah, Dream Brother

Coldplay - Trouble, The Scientist, Politik, A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Manic Street Preachers - Design For Life, Motorcycle Emptiness

Pearl Jam - Black, Indifference

BT - Satelitte

Suede - Trash, Beautiful Ones

Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore, Tonight Tonight

 

[TripThruUreWires]

Pearl Jam: Oceans, Nothingman, ...Small Town, Yellow Leadbetter, Sleight of Hand, Parting Ways

REM: Nightswimming (as already mentioned a few times)

Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees, How to Disappear Completely, Street Spirit

from the Gladiator soundtrack: Now We Are Free

Annie Lennox: Why, Waiting in Vain

Enigma: Return to Innocence

Coldplay: Amsterdam

Elton John: Sacrafice

 

[HelloAngel]

Gawd, such a good thread... my goodness...

The Cure - Letter To Elise, Caterpillar (remix)
NIN - Something I Can Never Have, Hurt
Tori Amos - Tear In Your Hand, Little Earthquakes, Northern Lad, 1000 Oceans, Silent All These Years, Space Dog, Caught A Lite Sneeze, Hey Jupiter
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Coldplay - Yellow, Everything's Not Lost, Shiver, In My Place
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Depeche Mode - Condemnation, Walking In My Shoes, Breathe, Only When I Lose Myself, Home, Question of Lust
Mazzy Star - Halah, Fade Into You
Duran Duran - Come Undone, Ordinary World
Innocense Mission - Bright As Yellow
Jane Jensen - Angel, Superstar
PJ Harvey - Horses In My Dreams, You Said Something, This Mess We're In, Good Fortune, Angeline
Starsailor - Tie Up My Hands, Good Souls, Way To Fall
Blur - Tender, The End, No Distance Left To Run, This is a Low


and the #1 all time tear me in two song for me - U2's "One"

 

[Giant Lemon]

amazing thread!

So many of my picks have already been listed, so I'm just going to mention "Never Is a Promise" by Fiona Apple. Definitely a tearjerker.

 

[ouizy]

One Tree Hill
All I want is You
Nightswimming

No one is to Blame (threw that in there for the old skool kidz)

 

[HelloAngel]

No one is to Blame (threw that in there for the old skool kidz)

Yes.

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

ill make this nice and simple

joe cocker

you are so beautiful

nuffzed!

 

[dsmith2904]

Alanis Morissette -- That I Would Be Good
Fleetwood Mac -- Songbird
Pearl Jam -- Black
Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach -- God Give Me Strength
Elvis Costello/Paul McCartney -- That Day Is Done
Concrete Blonde -- Joey
Guns 'n Roses -- Patience
U2 -- One
Black Crowes -- Sister Luck, Seein' Things, Thorn In My Pride, Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye, Good Friday
INXS -- Searching
Madonna -- You Must Love Me
Rod Stewart -- Downtown Train

 

[senrab]

All this you can leave behind...

U2 - Walk On, One, Bad, Kite, WOWY
Beatles - In My Life, If I Fell, Hey Jude
John Lennon - Jealous Guy, Mother, Beautiful Boy
Chantal Kreviazuk - Surrounded
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Tori Amos 1,000 Oceans

There are more but I can't think of any right now...