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Posted: April 13 2012 at 00:39
Some that make me cry the most are:
Bravado, Rush
Postcard, Steven Wilson
La Villa Strangiato, Rush
Stars Die, Porcupine Tree
Solsbury Hill, Peter Gabriel
By the end of any VdGG or Gabriel-Genesis album, I 'll probably be crying because those are the most powerful albums I've ever heard.
Pain of Salvation and A Perfect Circle and Tool will do the trick.
Sometimes Circa Survive. Soon by Yes. The "Do you believe in the day" section of TAAB, and if Slipstream and a cheap Day Return were longer they'd do the trick. Thin Air by Anathema as well as The Beginning and The End.
Hmm, Gilmour's guitar, especially High Hopes.
King Crimson's Cadence and Cascade.
An odd one is Chain Lightning by Rush. I have no idea why.
Eriatarka, Halo of Nembuttals, Copernicus, and Roulette Dares by TMV, especially that guitar note about 4 minutes in. There are a lot!
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 23:52
I can't think of any time a piece of music has actually made me cry. Yes, powerul music makes me emotional and moves me in a profound way, but I don't typically physically express this emotion. But I did get choked up listening to music once; I had just got the news that my grandfather was dying, and I was thinking about him as I put on "Beneath the Surface" by Dream Theater, and it was one of the saddest and most beautiful things I've ever experienced.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 19:48
All the F***ing time! That's the reason why Prog moves me so! I always cry towards the end of Yes-Awaken (GFTO) with Wakeman's organ interlude leading into the choral scat-vocals. God, that stuff is ethereal and not-of-this-world! Many tunes on Bainbridge's Veil of Gossamer move me to tears as well - such beautiful music! I can't think of all the prog music that moves me to tears right now, but 9 times out of 10, that is probably why it would be listed among my favorite prog - because it moves me to tears...
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 18:45
Cry, no, but I have been moved by a great deal of music. Much of Vangelis' output, particularly Heaven and Hell, the ending of Entangled, the final line and fade out of Horslips' Book of Invasions. From Classical there is The Unanswered Question by Chrles Ives, the motets of Browne, Desprez, and Tallis, and the music of Hildegard von Bingen. There is more, but that's all that comes to mind right now.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 17:21
It has once. Not sure which tour, but one of the tours where Yes performed in-the-round-probably in the late 70's or very early 80's. They did an marvelous version of The Gates of Delerium and I got all teary when they started the Soon section. Interestingly, my younger brother, one of the least emotional people I know, also teared up at the same time.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 17:08
Cry no but get teary ----lot's---Yes CTTE, Awaken, In the Presence of, Genesis---Lamia, Firth of Fifth guitar solo---even Me and Sarah Jane----and others---
Also happened in NYC at Madison Sq Garden Yes 35th anniversary concert----And You and I was so powerful and loud---and god Howe so into it---that at the big climatic last section the whole audience was on their feet cheering and Howe miked the slide guitar part and the crowd stood cheering for what seemed a long time----preventing Jon from singing the last little part----thousands on their feet still cheering a 35 year old group was very moving for me.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 16:43
I've been through a lot accompanied by In the Court of the Crimson King. Somehow I had periods I felt deeply touched by some neo prog acts, mainly Arena.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 16:26
moonlitbay wrote:
The whole concept of "Remedy lane", by Pain of Salvation. Especially Undertow....
Its the same with me although I actually haven't ever cried because of music but I have come close . Rope Ends and Trace of Blood always bring me pretty close to tears. The Perfect Element(the album) also brings me close to tears along with the end section of Supper's Ready, especially the live version with Peter Gabriel.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 16:05
Guldbamsen wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Not quite, but there are some songs that still make me well up. Certainly 'Turn of the Century' by Yes, 'Undertow' and 'Afterglow' by Genesis.
Visions by Stevie Wonder almost gets me every time too..
I'm with you on Stevie boy. He is magnificent!
Incidentally, do you know Finnish band WigWam? This band, especially the frontsinger, sounds like a white boy version of Stevie Wonder gone Canterbury. Khan meets Wonder.
Here's a clip:
I'd not heard that. Thanks for posting the clip. I like that!
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 16:01
Haha, uh, yes. I can't even believe that there are people who aren't moved to tears by music. I pity those people.
Off the top of my head, I transcend and almost always cry when listening to Close to the Edge (Yes), One For the Vine and Ripples (Genesis), Song Within a Song and Echoes (Camel), Nothing At All (Gentle Giant), 2112 (Rush), and probably many many more to a lesser extent.
Honestly, whoever said that men don't cry is awful. The entire point of music to me is the emotional strength of it. Music besides prog has no sway on my emotions by comparison. I guess this is why some people don't understand it..
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 15:54
This is not normal crying music but I have serious brain problems. I hear magical music in my brain sometimes, and if someone is able to create that I cry because it makes me feel like I'm not alone in this world. Also, I can't understand lyrics so lyrics rarely have anything to to do with it. Also I'm permanently depressed so sometimes just hearing this music in my brain and the layers of thought that ooze from it make me cry too because it is too much to handle but you get the point.
Koenjihyyakei from Angherr Shispha - the first track towards the end made me cry because it matched those noises and the emotion coming out of it is the kind of emotion i feel constantly.
The ending of Aberkinula by the mars volta
Drunkship of Lanterns- the ending- dang its crazy
Baying of the Hounds by Opeth (The heavy part after the first acoustic break)
Gorguts- when the violin comes in on Obscura... damn
Deathspell Omega- Chaining the Kacheton - after the beginning craziness subsides and the band comes together and they strum similar chords
Sometimes Wolves in the Throne room makes me tear up too.
etc, etc, etc- there are tons of songs and instances
Also, sometimes when it isn't crying that comes out its more like a weird insane body buzz that feels like doing lines and tripping. I get crazy tingles all over my body and all of my senses become more aware.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 15:40
Marty McFly wrote:
Queen - Innuendo (because it's Freddie's epitaph)
Innuendo isn't exactly an 'epitaph' song but... One day (it was a
couple of weeks ago) I listened to this song and I really cried. As I've
found out, I've never really understood this song before. There was
such a dark feeling inside me, it was like mourning for every misjustice
on this terrible planet. Other highly emotional Queen song is 'These Are the Days of Our Lives', I almost cry each time I hear the guitar solo.
The other prog songs wich can lead me to tears are 'Half Light' by Porcupine Tree, and, probably. 'Islands' and 'Starless' by King Crimson.
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