Has prog ever made you cry?

I cried when the idealism, purity and beauty of prog died in '76/'77 (but maybe earlier) and I also cried - but differently - when it was "resurected" in 90's.

Edited by napoca - August 21 2012 at 03:17

Never cried from a song but Caravan songs make me really melancholic but also happy at the same time. I'm 17 and they kind of make nostalgic for a time I never knew nor lived in.

Of course it has.

Yes,  there have been many examples of prog cry/pre-cry(Bravo!) songs for me. 

I don't think I ever cried because of prog. Goosebumps: yes. It happens most of the times when I listen to the closing section of Yes' Awaken.
Crying: with some movies I shed some tears, not often. But I cannot name any music to which I cried.

Popol Vuh's "Nicht Hoch Im Himmel" (the track) has just worked on my senses.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - June 23 2012 at 11:35

The Bearded Bard wrote: I don't actually begin to cry, but listening to the Soon part of Gates of Delirium gets me pretty darn close.

Definitely feel the same here, it's such a powerfully melancholy song - very suiting for a the end of a battle.  There's a sense of profound loss and dissatisfaction with the outcome of an event.

They aren't listened on here, but Aereogramme is a band that should be and the last swan song of their last album (suitably) "My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go," is "You're Always Welcome."  Just thinking about the song pulls at me in ways that can't be said.  It's like telling someone who's loved and dead that you'll continue to wait forever.

Some song have something inside that just runs tears into eyes. Brain damage/Eclipse and A Plague OLK are mighty.

I have no clue why, but Yes' Circus of Heaven made me come close to crying.

marillion- misplaced childhood; bitter suite: not sure which 'part' , but when the narrator goes with the streetwalker- 'i can hear your heart'...  the whole album is emotionally true... the tragedy of the average man and woman... impossibility of connection... so many nights...