Has a prog song ever brought you to tears?

Tears, close but no.  Goosebumps occasionally, now there you go.

I cry rarely.  I don't think I've ever cried during a movie or anything, but Sigur Ros's "Vaka" made me cry once.  And eariler this week I cried uncontrolably while watching the music video for Glosoli.

"Man Erg" by VDGG - the "acolytes of gloom" section also "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)" - the whole song

Not full on wailing, but my eyes have gotten moist over songs, but usually just because of the beautiful epicness of them. Classical and some jazz has done this for me of course too. A few songs like this:

Edited by King Crimson776 - February 08 2009 at 16:01

memowakeman wrote: Yes a few times.

Even if you just mean "Yes" as in 'Yeah", or "Yes" as in "Yeah" and as in Yes the band, you've reminded that "Heart of the Sunrise" used to make me feel a little weepy when I was young... "Sharp distance, how can the wind with so many around me? SHARP DIS-TANCE... I feel lost in the cit-ee-ee-ee."

'Here comes the Flood' - appropriately!

Jon Anderson's good too. If I hadn't played "So long ago so clear" in my room on that far-off summer day, the girl I was in love with might never have kissed me!

No Prog song has ever brought tears to my eyes or made me really emotional in such a way.  Still, like Friede, VdGG's "House with no Door" springs to mind first.  "The Herald" by Comus evoked an emotional reaction.  and GG's "Think of me with Kindness" to some extent.  And Art Zoyd to an extent has made me feel wistful and a kind of sad loneliness (unlike tears of joy).

micky wrote: paganinio wrote: as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these: The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine", A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts" all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes. I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX,  like classical music.  Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite. yep...they would Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ...  hahhahah.  I grab a hankie with those as well

As long as manOwar doesn't make you reach for the tissue paper CLICK (might provoke tear jerking in some).

Conversely to you, paganinio, classical (to use the general descriptor rather than just the period) has evoked very strong emotional reactions in me.  It really has made me gulp, and feel emotionally overwhelmed.  It can be so beautiful/. Quite often, though, it's when there's a transition in mood and it's more simple (say a single violin comes clearly out of the mix). I stopped listening to it at one time because so much provoked such overwhelming emotions in me.

When music is more emotionally complex and varies, it's more likely to have an emotional impact when it changes mood than if it's the same mood all the way through.  It's all about the moments.  Lots of music in prog certainly provokes emotional reactions, like Magma, but not to tears.  Perhaps some bands in the archives, which will go unnamed, have bored me to tears.

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micky wrote: paganinio wrote: as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these: The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine", A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts" all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes. I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX,  like classical music.  Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite. yep...they would Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ...  hahhahah.  I grab a hankie with those as well

Yeah, to be honest plain hard rock and metal pretty much fails to arouse any emotions in me, it just sounds simplistic and cheesy now. But I back in sophomore year or so I'd probably agree with that statement.

paganinio wrote: as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these: The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine", A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts" all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes. I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX,  like classical music.  Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite.

yep...they would

Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ...  hahhahah.  I grab a hankie with those as well


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