Songs that tear you into two

[ishkash]

The idea of the thread is to learn about new songs.The thread line is abstract, so you can draw your own inferences.This way we would get rid of subjectivity.eg "What is the song that make you emotional?" etc.

For me its Pearl Jam's amazing cover of Last Kiss.It leaves me blank for emotions, amazing absolutely amazing.

 

[Bonochick]

"Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS

 

[sharky]

right now, Walk On and No More Drama from Mary J. Blige

 

[Bonochick]

How Could I Not Think Of This One...My Fave Non-U2 Song...

"Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones

 

[cell]

Wow, thats a hard one because there are a lot of songs that really do a number on me...I probably have a few more but these are it for now.

1. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

2. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

3. Offspring - Gone Away

4. Color Purple Soundtrack - Speak Lord

 

[HeartlandGirl]

How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead

Surrender - The Devlins

I've Seen It All - Bjork and Thom Yorke

Pagan Poetry - Bjork

Joga - Bjork



Hmmm. I'm sure I'll think of a few more later. Sorry for all the Bjork, but some of her songs...wow!

 

[Salome]

R.E.M. - You
U2 - Lemon
Palace Music - Give me Children
The Beach Boys - Until I die
R.E.M. - E-Bow, the Letter
Gram Parsons - A Song for You
The Beach Boys - God only knows
U2 - Rejoice
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy song
Los Lobos - Short Side of Nothing
Natalie Merchant - My Beloved Wife

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

im tellin ya, put me in control of ls

Cup of Coffee, Garbage



*coughbangandclattercoughs*

 

[joyfulgirl]

Sorry for all the Bjork, but some of her songs...wow!

Did you see "Dancer in the Dark"?

I guess I haven't been very emotional lately because I can't think of one particular song that triggers my emotions these days. I tend to play those songs to death until I am immune to them, I guess! Tori Amos' "Putting the Damage On" used to do it.

 

[Bono's shades]

Just a few off the top of my head:

U2 - Tomorrow

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (I know, it was originally a Leonard Cohen song, but I've never heard that version and Jeff's version just brings me to tears)

Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train

 

[Lilly]

shhh...quiet april

counting crows - long december

rem - everybody hurts

and i'll triple the motion for inxs - never tear us apart

the sarajevo "one" too...with the orchestra

 

[pax]

"Strange Currencies" R.E.M.
"Stay" U2
"Song for a Winter's Night" Sarah McLachlan's version
"Gloomy Sunday" Billie Holiday
"Now My Heart Is Full" Morrissey
"Putting the Damage On" Tori Amos

(I wasn't going to put Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"...but what the hell...Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" plus his cover of Dylan's "Mama You've Been on My Mind.")

 

[Truly]

"Nightswimming" - REM

that's all I can think of right now.

 

[ghetofabu]

First thing I thought of when I saw the title of the thread

Mercy - Sarah McLachlan

 

[pinkfloyd]

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND ( parts I `II`III`IV`V`VI`VII`VIII`IX )

by one little known english band for people
...


I dedicate this song to Syd , JFK and ..............

 

[cloudimani]

for me its gotta be Jeff Buckley's - Lover, You Should've Come Over, I'm practically in tears every time I hear it.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Did you see "Dancer in the Dark"?

I guess I haven't been very emotional lately because I can't think of one particular song that triggers my emotions these days. I tend to play those songs to death until I am immune to them, I guess! Tori Amos' "Putting the Damage On" used to do it.

Indeed I did. Talk about a film that will tear you in two!

And I agree with "Putting the Damage On." Also "Strange Currencies" by R.E.M. And the "One" from the Miss Sarajevo single. All good picks.

 

[adamswildhoney]

U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bruce's Born in the USA

and I cant think of anymore right now!

 

[u2loopy]

Passengers-Miss Sarajevo

Queen-One Year of Love

 

[cass]

no quite into two.......butalmost

There was an Australian band called Hunters & Collectors. They wrote a song, but I'm not exactly sure of the correct title. I recently have discovered a Luka Bloom cover version of it....it's my latest...I have actaully been not programming it in,it's that good but I do love it. I think it's called "Throw Your Arms Around Me" It's where my quote down there comes from.
There are others, but that is the current one.
I have one that puts me back together...I like those ones.

G'day howzit goin' mate?

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Just thought of another one:

Beautiful Day by Three Colours Red

Anyone else heard of it? I saw the video once and had to own it forever. Good, heartwrenching stuff.

 

[Rono]

Give them a leader by TC Matic
Hungerstrike by Temple of the dog
You weren`t there by New Model Army

 

[souLnation2002]

Coldplay - Yellow
U2 - In a Little While
Oasis - Stand by Me

 

[MonaVox]

OMD so many

frick I can't think straight right now

"Difficult Kind" ~Sheryl Crow

"So What" ~Ani DiFranco

"You're Missing" ~Bruce

"One" (live in PopMex espec) ~U2

"Someday We'll Know" ~New Radicals

"Nothing Compares 2 U" ~Sinead

"Purple Rain" ~Prince

"EZ" ~Pete Yorn

"This Year's Love" ~David Gray

"Now My Heart is Full" ~Moz

"WGRYWH" ~U2

"Harder Now That It's Over" ~Ryan Adams

"Unsent" ~Alanis

Like everything by Tori Amos...."Cooling" ...everything....

"Sad Eyes" ~Bruce

"Colorblind" ~Counting Crows

"Champagne Supernova" ~Oasis

"Raining in Baltimore" ~Counting Crowws (Ok like EVERYTHING by them too)

"Sitting Outside a Broken Phone Booth" ~Primitive Radio Gods

"Someone Saved My Life Tonite" ~Elton John

"Silver Spring" ~Fleetwood Mac

"Don't Cry" ~GnR

"Take a Bow" ~Madonna

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

i got more

Beautiful Day, Acrobat-U2
Darkness on the Edge of Town, Secret Garden-Bruce
Winter-Tori Amos
Don't Look Back In Anger-Oasis
Ruby Tuesday-The Stones
All Apologies-Nirvana
Until the Good Is Gone-Little Steven
Very Rare-JSBX


That's off the top of my head for stuff right now.

 

[souLnation2002]

Robbie Williams - Angels
John Lennon - Imagine
Oasis - Little by Little

 

[Diane L]

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...

 

[Zoomerang96]

worrywort, acoustic version of killer cars, how to disappear completely, fake plastic trees, street spirit, airbag, exit music, motion picture soundtrack, kid a, let down, sail to the moon, true love waits - radiohead

standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand

real atmospheric orchestra music...as in the slower stuff.

mr. tambourine man like a rolling stone - dylan

us and them, comfortably numb, jugband blues - pink floyd

untitled, thirty three, tonite tonite - smashing pumpkins

then a good deal of u2, many of you have mentioned them already.

 

[~LadyLemon~]

Hmmmm...

U2: Stay
Bad
With or Without You

Otis Redding: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

James Taylor: Fire and Rain

John Lennon: Imagine

Bruce Springsteen: Into the Fire

The Beatles: Long, Long, Long

Elvis: In the Ghetto (haha--just kidding!!!)



I know there's lots more but I can't think of them...

 

[wannabe]

Smashing Pumpkins - Untitled, Hummer
Atari Teenage Riot - Sick to Death
Pearl Jam - Given to Fly