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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Loomer on January 11, 2012, 08:22:05 AM
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Alright lads, I know we're all big, burly, hairy-chested macho men who shite cement and piss lightning etc. etc...
But, no armour of manly manliness is without a few chinks. We all have that one song, or that one moment in a film or a whatever that makes us cry like little girls. Therefore, this thread, where those of us who dwell comfortably in our exaggerated masculinity can post the stuff that makes us weep like babies.
I'll start with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDu6hBJ-U0&feature=related
Tom Smith's "A Boy And His Frog".
Written on the very day Jim Henson died, and written from the perspective of Kermit. Now, I know Kermit is a Muppet and all, but the lyrics in general and ESPECIALLY the part where he says "I'll miss you.. Dad" and chokes up a little gets to me EVERY time. Matter of fact, this is the first time I've heard it without crying outright, but that may be because I am at work and sort of distracted.
The premise of this may be a bit silly, but as someone who grew up with the Muppets and Sesame Street, Kermit is just as real as anyone else. Just as great a childhood hero and friend as any human could ever be, so this song just gets to me so hard. And I love it for it. It's such a beautiful, touching and honest eulogy for a man that put smiles on so many people's faces.
Also, the clip of Big Bird singing "It Ain't Easy Being Green" at his televised funeral hits home in a big way each time.
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Quadra/Hiroshi Watanabe is one my favorite musicians, and he wrote a song for a show that has a special place in my heart. The song itself it quite beautiful and somber and they use it with agonizing deliberateness at certain points.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNUUdxL3n0E
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Great thread idea!
Field of Dreams
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/
This film hits so many sensitive parts of being a man... choices made in youth & regrets we may hold at lost chances. The faith in family and community.
BUT most of all... What it could be like for a man to meet his own father when he was a young man, as an equal... sh1t.. I'm crying now!
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Disney's Ugly Duckling.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8li9h_disney-silly-symphony-the-ugly-duck_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8li9h_disney-silly-symphony-the-ugly-duck_music)
I found a link to the video. I can't watch it. Even thinking about it brings a tear to my eye.
Thankfully there is a happy ending.
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Mostly it's poetry that gets me. But in terms of songs, God Only Knows (which is also my favourite song of all time) is the first that springs to mind. And Steve Earle's Billy Austin and Over Yonder.
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Marley & Me.
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Marley & Me.
^ this +1
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But in terms of songs, God Only Knows (which is also my favourite song of all time) is the first that springs to mind.
+1 for me. A bit of a softy film but at the end of Love Actually when they have this song playing and lots of people meeting/hugging etc at the airport always moves me a little.
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Toy Story 3
Watership Down
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Watership Down
I firmly consider Watership Down to be emotional child abuse... I and many thousands like me were mentally scared by that film... :(
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Watership Down
I firmly consider Watership Down to be emotional child abuse... I and many thousands like me were mentally scared by that film... :(
I can't exactly remember what was about anymore - something about sweet bunnies meeting an unhappy end. I too feel the scars though. Saddest night of my childhood
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My wife being vegan had this documentary called Earthlings laying around, so I watched it. While most of the film's images are disturbing, there was a part when a stray dog was tossed in the back of a dump truck and just sat there staring at you as the lid came down to compress the trash that he was now a part of.... :(
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I know there are films which have given me "something in the eye", but I can't think what they are at the moment....
Can't think of any songs either.
I have a heart of flint. :|
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Philly, I thought the prices you get on ebay for your "used" (i.e. stored) gear would make you cry.
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I gotta give it to Bambi, my other half decided to watch it last night which I can only describe as domestic abuse
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Botham's Ashes :lol: (not really)
The film of The English Patient used to do it to me, first few times I saw it, anyway.
There's all kinds of films that have done it, but very few of them have been able to repeat the effect on second viewing.
Songs aren't capable of making me cry on their own - they can if connected to something else, maybe used in a film or resonating with something in my life.
Anyone else reduced to tears by books? I do remember crying uncontrollably (in public, on a commuter train!) when I first read Birdsong. I couldn't see why the second time I read it :lol:
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Songs aren't capable of making me cry on their own - they can if connected to something else, maybe used in a film or resonating with something in my life.
I can guarantee that I could make you cry with song.
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Oh, and by the way... If you don't have at least one Tom Waits song that gets to you in some way, you have no soul.
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There's a song "Wires" by Athlete - was quite a hit a few years back - and it was out at the same time my best friends first child was born, premature with CP and autism.
The imagery of the hospital, the mood of the song. Everything just gets to me.
Lots of films get to me. Lots of them. I blame my wife, I used to be hard as nails before I was married. At least, that's how I remember it...
The graphic novel "The Crow" gets me too - really speaks to me.
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Chico and Rita
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Philly, I thought the prices you get on ebay for your "used" (i.e. stored) gear would make you cry.
Aaargh, don't remind me! :cry: :cry:
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Chico and Rita
Eh?? :?
(http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/files/u1465/chico.jpg)
(http://noirtexas.com/images/Actresses/Rita%20Hayworth/rita.jpg)
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I agree with the guys who mentioned Marley and Me. I remember getting to "that bit" at Palma Airport whilst awaiting a flight home and having to put it down due to one of those pesky flies that get right in your eyes and make 'em water. You know the ones don't you chaps?
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Chico and Rita
Eh?? :?
(http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/files/u1465/chico.jpg)
(http://noirtexas.com/images/Actresses/Rita%20Hayworth/rita.jpg)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235830/
:roll:
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Oh, and by the way... If you don't have at least one Tom Waits song that gets to you in some way, you have no soul.
Time
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235830/
:roll:
Ah. OK. Haven't seen it, but the poster looks familiar. Sorry and all that. :oops:
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Disclaimer: Massive wall of text incoming!!! Well, itīs what I like to do.
First of: That boy and the frog song...holy shiteeee!
Ohhh man, maybe I am just build close to the water, but I can think of several failsave tearjerkers for me. Itīs not like Iīll be crying all out, but more single tears stuff.
Well at list this will be a real mixed batch
Iīll start with movies:
Magnolia: Increadible drama, episode style (like love actually but better xD). I even like Tom Cruise in this one. And the scene where they sing...tears over tears each time. And on several other occasions.
Muppets Christmas Charol: Yes. I still watch it every year and Tiny Tim has never been so sad, EVER!
Into the Wild: I can deeply relate to the story to begin with, so the ending totally gets me. Insanely great shots of nature by the way.
Green: A documentary about the last day of an orang utan whose world got destroyed by corporations. No words, just pictures. EXTREMELY powerful.
Video Games:
Final Fantasy X: Several scenes, but the ending especially. I love this game so much I have played the hell out of it...several times. The journey through Spira is amazing every time. This game has a lot to do with who I am today.
Music: Now there are a lot that get me close, but these are pretty darn reliable.
Peter Gabriel - The book of love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmnDXRJ7btE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmnDXRJ7btE)
Originally by The Magnetic Fields. This song has always got me cause in itīs own way it is so beautiful, because in the original version it is so human and honest. Then I was introduced to this version by the finale of Scrubs and hell, like a bloody baby I cryd and now it still gets a tear from me.
Peter Gabriel - The power of the heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwOP67XhCJM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwOP67XhCJM)
Originally by Lou Reed. Just fits me, or my dreams rather. Generally the Scratch my Back album is insanely good I think.
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs386_nine-inch-nails-hurt-live_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs386_nine-inch-nails-hurt-live_music)
A lot of people prefere the Johnny Cash cover, and while it is amazing, nothing beats this live NIN one to me. Especially with the video it is brutally honest and emotional.
In Flames - Evil in a closet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzp3bdCcFE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzp3bdCcFE)
The screams are some of Anders best as far as I am concerned (with the two other songs that follow) and it really is the build up and the pure at the top of the lunge type screams that really get me. Part of my youth too.
In Flames - The chosen pessimist http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4wkz0_in-flames-the-chosen-pessimist_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4wkz0_in-flames-the-chosen-pessimist_music)
Again, the build up is great and the finale with those screams and the sonic wall...wow.
In Flames - A new dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rShKzrvrvM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rShKzrvrvM) (hope this works...the Gema can be very annoying)
Desperation and hope beautifully combined, great vocal work and the breakdown with the incorporation of strings take this over the top and just make me more than watery.
Sufjan Stevens - Christmas in the Room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDbICM9mwE
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDbICM9mwE) Yeah, a christmas song. But Stevens is an amazing songwriter and performer. This song is one of the best lovesongs I ever heard. It is intimate, heartfelt and the arangement gives it simplicity and vulnerability while still being playful and uplifting. Just beautiful.
Even though christmas is over, give this a listen.
Tallest Man on Earth - Thrown Right at me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxfb2bQxus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxfb2bQxus)
The girl is the singer of Idiot Wind. Again a love song. This is again so real and heartfelt that is makes me cry cause it is so beatiful. Also this is like a song about a girl I used to know ;)
Generally seeing the Tallest man love is amazing. He has this one new song that he so far as only played live and when you experience it live...wow, everyone stopped breathing and was more than just chocked up, he sang his heart out like I have never seen anybody do.
My Chemical Romance - Famous last words http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HARirwBFG7E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HARirwBFG7E)
The whole album is amazing, but his song...oh wow. How the song progresses from anger to love and just general epicness.
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Do I even need to link anything?
Or say anything?
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcl1PCaxFFw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcl1PCaxFFw)
Steven Wilson generally is a master of depressing and sad songs, this one being no exeption. The situation alone is sad and described this way...man.
Steven Wilson - Postcard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upetv4PTFVw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upetv4PTFVw)
Lost love + self pitty +1 = postcard
Btw, the whole Grave for Drowning is a masterpiece and the tour was too.
Radiohead - Creep Do I need to link?
The song about everyones teenage years....
The Magnetic Fields - Papa was a rodeo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2bwB_x_IA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2bwB_x_IA)
Clip from the concert I was at. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. Btw, you canīt see it in the clip, but in the mirrorball verse an actual mirrorball went on...pure perfection.
Merrit is truely a master songwriter, much underestimated.
This song is something else. Everyone was crying and laughing at the same time and THAT is a real art.
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Kiichi, seriously if all those things make you cry... I think you may be clinically depressed. :?
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Kiichi, seriously if all those things make you cry... I think you may be clinically depressed. :?
Well 4 of those are tears of joy and another 4 mixed^^
And yeah, that looks bad. I guess I am just a person that usually is very calm and relaxed. I most of the time do not really carry my emotions outward, so when I do they are more intense.
Should I make a list of songs movies / songs that make me euphoric / insanely happy / wanne dance around and actually do that most of the time?
Cause I think that would more than put things in perspective....it would be several times the amount of what I just posted.
So no need to worry about me I think.
Actually listening to sad things actually makes me happy. After the initial sadness has cleared, I reall lighten up. I guess I just get it out of my system through confrontation and reflection. (Though there are still songs that are just depressing).
Same way really hard metal like Heaven Shall Burn or such makes me calm, cause I can live out agressions with it^^
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450
There are sad songs around, but that $%&#ing breaks me.
Also, I loved watership down as a kid, watched it over and over. Its PLENTY GOOD.
(In that apparently I liked grim and harsh)
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This one also gets me, every time, and I don't know why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxjCle8ofg
I'm one of those die hard metal til I die kind of guys, but my top 3 favorite songs don't even come close to metal.
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Kiichi, seriously if all those things make you cry... I think you may be clinically depressed. :?
Well 4 of those are tears of joy and another 4 mixed^^
And yeah, that looks bad. I guess I am just a person that usually is very calm and relaxed. I most of the time do not really carry my emotions outward, so when I do they are more intense.
Should I make a list of songs movies / songs that make me euphoric / insanely happy / wanne dance around and actually do that most of the time?
Cause I think that would more than put things in perspective....it would be several times the amount of what I just posted.
So no need to worry about me I think.
Now I think you're bipolar. :?
(I know, I know, shouldn't joke about mental health issues, just in case Big Brother is reading.... :roll: )
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Another song that gets to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOp-p_mlKH4
Converge - "First Light/Last Light".
There's just something heartfelt and beautiful about it. An acknowledgement that life is hard and fate is cruel, but still a hopeful and optimistic plea for the listener to stay strong. There is a sort of desperate defiance in it. A stubborn refusal to back down and give up, no matter what sort of adversity life can throw at you. The way Jacob sings "This is for the hearts still beating", like he's close to tears the whole song through. Phwoar...
Their song "Dark Horse" does a bit of the same, although it has more of that uplifting rallying cry/call to arms sort of thing and a lot less melancholy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4x5DsES9w&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg)
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for a geek like me the death scene of the 10th doctor get's me everytime..."I don't want to go..." sob
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Oh, and by the way... If you don't have at least one Tom Waits song that gets to you in some way, you have no soul.
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For me this would have to be Georgia Lee. Especially the "why wasn't god there for Georgia Lee?" part.
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When the wife pus on Despirate Housewives I want to kill myself. Does that count?
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When the wife pus on Despirate Housewives I want to kill myself. Does that count?
Most certainly
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books : "La vie devant soi" (sorry, don't know the englisg title) from Emile Ajar (aka Romain Gary).
movies : Roberto Benigni's "vita e bella"
songs : well, quite a few but the obvious winner is "Army dreamer" by Kate Bush.
Oh and FWIW : I never pretented to be anything like a "big, burly, hairy-chested macho" - only hairy-chested ;)
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movies : Roberto Benigni's "vita e bella"
Yeah, that comes close.... but if I remember right, I felt the film was a little manipulative.
I'm sure I cried at a film last year, but can't for the life of me remember what it was. :roll:
(Not counting the tears of frustration I cry at the sheer stupidity and "lowest-common-denominator-ness" of a typical Hollywood blockbuster)
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One song that always makes me cry is Give My Love to Rose by Johnny Cash. Another candidate is Playboy Mommy by Tori Amos.
When it comes to films the ending of Dead Man Walking does it a plenty for me.
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I forgot "Slipped her the big one" by Danger Danger...
A lot of the girls I've known choke up on that one...:?
http://youtu.be/WlE0bX5qB5Y
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Wish I could Cry like you bunch of wet lettuces :D
This gets me and it's the only thing that gets me close to tears. I can't even cry at funerals.
It's about a british commando from world war 2, you have to watch the whole programme for it to really rip your heart out as it gives details building up to the event and the poor guy's graphic account of the war.
Surrounded by German forces he took refuge in a house in Norway and stole food and a trinket containing words from the bible. Over 50 years later he returns and meets the occupants of the house again and reveals his guilt for stealing.
http://wn.com/commando_britain's_elite_soldiers_of_ww2_2/
i can recommend the whole programme, but you can see what I'm waffling on about if you skip to the last bit (part 12) and watch the first 1 minute and ten seconds and then go to 8:48 to see him return to the house years later.
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Every time I look at my bank balance I sob uncontrollably, but as far as music goes, this Richard Thompson track gets me every time (Dimming Of The Day/Dargai), the hairs are standing up on edge even as I type this and listen to it, beautiful song...
http://youtu.be/qzqjD-_OMHk
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Every time I look at my bank balance I sob uncontrollably, but as far as music goes, this Richard Thompson track gets me every time (Dimming Of The Day/Dargai), the hairs are standing up on edge even as I type this and listen to it, beautiful song...
http://youtu.be/qzqjD-_OMHk
Oh yes, that's a good one.
Which - for some reason - reminds me, there are a couple of Thea Gilmore songs which tug at the ol' heart strings. Don't think I've ever actually blubbed though.
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...It's about a british commando from world war 2...
This made me remember another tune that make me rather sad (I know it's about WWI), Eric Bogle's No Man's Land. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda too.
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...It's about a british commando from world war 2...
This made me remember another tune that make me rather sad (I know it's about WWI), Eric Bogle's No Man's Land. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda too.
good call, the Pogues' version always get me too...
http://youtu.be/konzHWQXuX0
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Mine are
- Emma Watson with short hair
- my timetable for next term
- whenever I hear Katie Katona speak on TV
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg)
WTF???
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Just been reminded of another couple.
The children's story "The Little Match Girl"... Oh my word. Can't read that to my kids without crying and my voice going. It's embarrassing.
Also - the film The Green Mile.
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Also - the film The Green Mile.
Yeah, that does it for me too.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg)
WTF???
I clicked that link when I came to the end of MDV's suggestion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450
T'was a bit of a drastic transition.
Closest thing to a musical tear jerker for me is Moonlight Sonatta....or rather, me attemping to play it on a Ģ50 classical guitar.
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I guarantee that 99% of you are going to utterly hate this. But you're wrong, it's utter genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wkMlBgB-Cd0#t=51s
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well - i watched Watership Down on ITV3 yesterday afternoon. no tears whatsoever. thought it was a decent animation (but not amazing). i guess people show it to their kids too young. must have been a tender age when i watched it because i remember being really unhappy back in the day.
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well - i watched Watership Down on ITV3 yesterday afternoon. no tears whatsoever. thought it was a decent animation (but not amazing). i guess people show it to their kids too young. must have been a tender age when i watched it because i remember being really unhappy back in the day.
Apparently the one you really shouldn't watch is the other Richard Adams adaptation, The Plague Dogs....
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I guarantee that 99% of you are going to utterly hate this. But you're wrong, it's utter genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wkMlBgB-Cd0#t=51s
I prefer this version from my favourite film ever :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3zlk4AoWs&feature=related
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Also - the film The Green Mile.
Yeah, that does it for me too.
I saw that at the cinema and it totally caught me off guard, was fighting 'em back - such a moving film.
This thread is showing that we're all a bunch of wet blokes hiding behind our Morbid Angel t-shirts :roll:
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Also - the film The Green Mile.
Yeah, that does it for me too.
I saw that at the cinema and it totally caught me off guard, was fighting 'em back - such a moving film.
This thread is showing that we're all a bunch of wet blokes hiding behind our Morbid Angel t-shirts :roll:
I thought The Green Mile was just a contrived and flagrant attempt to make a film even more tear-jerking and Oscar-worthy than The Shawshank Redemption - same setting, same author, same director. But it isn't half as good a film. :P
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Also - the film The Green Mile.
Yeah, that does it for me too.
I saw that at the cinema and it totally caught me off guard, was fighting 'em back - such a moving film.
This thread is showing that we're all a bunch of wet blokes hiding behind our Morbid Angel t-shirts :roll:
I thought The Green Mile was just a contrived and flagrant attempt to make a film even more tear-jerking and Oscar-worthy than The Shawshank Redemption - same setting, same author, same director. But it isn't half as good a film. :P
Half as good as Shawshank is still worthy of spots in top 100 rankings though imho.
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I don't have emotions other than happy and pist off, but this one is as close as you're ever gonna get. One of my favorite tunes ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSJu9Xk-7k
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Smashing pumpkins - mayonaise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww4TGqbzKB8
always been one of my favourites but it gained extra emotional significance when played at a friends funeral earlier last year. Now i literally cant listen to more than a few notes without it getting to me
also this pair of jimi hendrix recordings, when he isnt quite trying and its stripped back to its bare bones. not sad songs really i know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etH_NMeoF-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wu-aLIAzWo
as for films - almost anything and not always what i expect. I have given up trying to stop or hide it :)
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Smashing pumpkins - mayonaise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww4TGqbzKB8
always been one of my favourites but it gained extra emotional significance when played at a friends funeral earlier last year. Now i literally cant listen to more than a few notes without it getting to me
Have had a similar experience but with some terrible black eyed peas cowpat of a song.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg)
WTF???
I clicked that link when I came to the end of MDV's suggestion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450
T'was a bit of a drastic transition.
Closest thing to a musical tear jerker for me is Moonlight Sonatta....or rather, me attemping to play it on a Ģ50 classical guitar.
I followed that link and ended up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOJD_TdIKY
Possibly one of the funniest things I've experienced in a while... I'm kinda hoping that's real.
EDIT: Sorry to drag the thread off track. Have a bit of Judie. If I belt this out I get slightly emotional.
Magnificent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds903B96V8
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I followed that link and ended up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOJD_TdIKY
Possibly one of the funniest things I've experienced in a while... I'm kinda hoping that's real.
To me that is somewhat of a classic. Just so nicely cut...and actually helped me get into that kind of genre a bit. Though I might have a little too much fun with it now in a sense...who else laughs when listening to such music.
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Also - the film The Green Mile.
Yeah, that does it for me too.
I saw that at the cinema and it totally caught me off guard, was fighting 'em back - such a moving film.
This thread is showing that we're all a bunch of wet blokes hiding behind our Morbid Angel t-shirts :roll:
I thought The Green Mile was just a contrived and flagrant attempt to make a film even more tear-jerking and Oscar-worthy than The Shawshank Redemption - same setting, same author, same director. But it isn't half as good a film. :P
Shawshank is a MUCH better film, no doubt, but that has a really upbeat ending - watched it lots of times and never get tired of it.
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I followed that link and ended up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOJD_TdIKY
Possibly one of the funniest things I've experienced in a while... I'm kinda hoping that's real.
To me that is somewhat of a classic. Just so nicely cut...and actually helped me get into that kind of genre a bit. Though I might have a little too much fun with it now in a sense...who else laughs when listening to such music.
Wow. I mean, just wow...