Has a prog song ever brought you to tears?
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Topic: Has a prog song ever brought you to tears?
Posted By: paganinio
Subject: Has a prog song ever brought you to tears?
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:53
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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. |
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:57
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No way... that's pussy sh*t.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:58
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There are some which ALWAYS bring tears to my eyes. Most notable it is "House with no Door" by Van der Graaf Generator.The line "it doesn't seem right when there's that little dark figure running - won't somebody help me?" never fails to open my tear ducts. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:58
| I voted 'A few times'. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:59
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Whot be fooled again?... jejeje, ok, what a strange thing that is... Once! King Crimson´s Starless, but I was very drunk ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:59
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Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:04
Nope. But i've been pretty close with these songs:
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:04
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Epitath
does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong
emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too.
"Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen
that can wratchet up the goose bumps.
POSTED BY TSZIRMAY Definitely Epitaph, but the mother of all tear bringing prog songs is Turn of the Century - the sheer force of the story and a love that never dies, to the extent that it is reborn, gets me every time. I am, of course, a very old romantic  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:07
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Many times. If it hasn't I feel sorry for you. Most recently it was the line in Agalloch's I Am The Wooden Doors "It is this grandeur that protects the spirit within From the plight of this broken world" ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:08
| Some Rush tracks like Afterimage,The Pass and Time Stand Still. The lyrics are very touching. And Geddys vocals are just great on these songs. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:09
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The Snow Goose does it every time. The album is just such a mixture of joy and terrible sorrow (provided you know the story). A few others can do, but never like that. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:16
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The only time I remember was like a year ago, I was reallllllly baked listening to Iter Impius... a pretty emotional song i guess. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:21
Mee too! Which album is Turn of the Century on? I am having aging memory lapses!  ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
lazland wrote:Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:23
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"Tears" by Rush due to the violin-Mellotron eruptions
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Posted By: June
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:30
Not yet, but I'm heartless. 
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:34
A few times, yeah. Like Friede, one song by VDGG never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Pilgrims is amazing  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:35
Same here. It's been close, but I usually react differently when overflowed with emotion. |
Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:35
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Many songs! King Crimson is the winner in bringing tears to my eyes.
Camel, Nektar, VDGG, many italian bands and others I can't remember at the moment, have done it too.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:41
yep...they would Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ... hahhahah. I grab a hankie with those as well  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Gustavo Froes
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 14:00
| No....but Jerusalem(ELP)came quite close to it. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 14:01
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 14:25
[LOL} Yeah, me too ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 14:34
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).
As long as manOwar doesn't make you reach for the tissue paper http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_edDXclsnTdA/SQ64qdFwk_I/AAAAAAAAAk4/RfTscEvZcnI/s400/manowar1.jpg - 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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:01
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Yes a few times. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:14
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'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! |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:24
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Every now and again the crazed Romantic poet in me is brought out... a few significant ones: 1. Lost - Van Der Graaf Generator... When the final verse begins and the piano sets in... 2. Les Porches Du Notre Dame - Maneige The piano solo... so amazingly sweeping. 3. Lady Of The Dancing Water - King Crimson All about the lyrics... so much loss. 4. Aisle Of Plenty - Genesis Yeah. I'm a wuss. 5. Echoes - Pink Floyd. That's probably it. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:34
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." ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:34
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Few times... from the same reason. Usually with these songs: Van der Graaf Generator - "Lost" Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - "750.000 anni fa ... L'amore?" Ozzy Osbourne - "Old LA Tonight" (not prog but really great) -------------  
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:48
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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: Naima - John Coltrane Blue in Green - Miles Davis Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus Claire de Lune - Debussy Fallen Angel - King Crimson Back in NYC - Genesis Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd My Song - The Moody Blues House With No Door - VDGG Nimrodel - Camel
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Posted By: Trial and Error
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 15:56
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Of course! And I cry often, but I'm a crybaby. One of the reasons I'm not listening too closely to In the Court of the Crimson King or Van der Graaf Generator... I'd cry far too often, then. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Trial_And_Error/?chartstyle=SidebarRed1"> 
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 16:23
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"Man Erg" by VDGG - the "acolytes of gloom" section also "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)" - the whole song
also Peter Hammill's solo efforts - "A Way Out", "Shingle Song" - who could say that Peter Hammill is quite...sentimental
but I doubt that sentimentalism is one of his songs' qualitiesAlso "Acronym Love" by Riverside ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 16:26
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And of course Hackett's solo in "Firth of Fifth" ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 16:40
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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. ------------- . |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 17:17
| Snow by Spock's Beard has some moments. Mainly Camel though. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 17:21
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Tears, close but no. Goosebumps occasionally, now there you go.
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Posted By: Lucent
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 17:28
Dragonforce makes me cry due to their lack of talent. On that note, I've probably never cried to a song. However, when I'm emotionally distraught, I try to find a song which can sympathize with me. Titan by Phideaux, Glass Arm Shattering by Porcupine Tree...those are the ones which do it for me. |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 18:00
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The climax of Supper's Ready did it once the first time I listened to it out of sheer beauty. I was told to lie in my bed in complete darkness while completely immersed in sound. That was probably the most emotional music has ever made me.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 18:09
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King Crimson has done it to me a few times, though only when i was new to their music especially The Night Watch/Trio and Epitaph Close to the Edge has brought on a tear at the climax of the song, but not since 2006 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Dimosthenis
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 18:31
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Guys i am a major weeper when it comes to music. So this is my list: 1) almost every revolutionary song by Flogging Molly 2) and you and i (YES) 3) christmas song (JT) 4) The light dies down on Broadway ( the part Peter sings ...between the freedom i had in the rat race or stay for ever on this forsaken place HEY JOHN!!!!) 5) wish you were here (of course!) 6) LATERALUS (tool) 7) hearts alive (mastodon) 8) The cost of freedom (Crosby steels nash and young) 9) The meaning of life (offspring) 10) I want to conquer the world (Bad religion) 11) It's a long way to the top (After all i am a teenager playing rock alright?) 12) BABA O RILEY everytime i hear townsend's singing part (The absolute youth song ever written) I just hope the ones who checked this out also heard some of the songs, just a sharing of feeling. ------------- And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out. Keep going. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 18:51
| Yah, many times. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 19:05
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A few times... always the same songs. I don't cry, I just get moist eyes mostly. I have cried when drunk and upset to one song though. Van der Graaf Generator - Lost I played it 4 times in a row once not long after I broke up with my ex-girlfriend. Others that have hit me hard: The intro to Man-Erg. The piano is beautiful. The sax solo on My Room (Waiting in Wonderland). Then there's other artists: Magma - the end of Theusz Hamtaahk on Retrospektiw I-II Salle Gaveau - Arcos Non-prog: The Cracow Klezmer Band - De Profundis One section of Osvaldo Golijov's opera Ainadamar I've had moments of sheer joy. This is usually when I giggle. I giggle a little when I hear something amazing that just makes me extremely happy. One tune that does this: Elton Dean's Ninesense - Seven for Me -------------   
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 19:38
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Music is emotional, and can induce some tears. But generally, no, no single song sets me off on that. Now particular moments, for example the day after John Lennon was murdered the local rock stations were playing non-stop Lennon/Beatles, well yeah then there's some tears, but not for the music per se, but for the voice that had been silenced forever. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 19:45
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If I do its rarely the song itself, but what the song makes me think of when I hear it.
Examples:
Peter Gabrial - Family Snapshot
VDGG - Lost
My Room (Waitinf For Wonderland)
Peter Hammill - A Louse Is Not A Home
As you can see, PH/VDGG do this to me the most. And for that I will always love Mr. Hammill. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:10
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Not really; but, Dream Theater's song "Through Her Eyes" always seems to get me. Especially since I have a daughter. E ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:25
While there are many songs that will bring a tear to my eye (Yes -- Awaken, Rush -- Resist,, and Genesis --Supper's Ready would be examples,) it's not the complexity that matters. It's the build-up, ------------- 
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:41
I don't know how I forgot about this. It only worked a couple times after listening to the full album but still. Genesis seems to have a musical monopoly when it comes to becoming misty eyed. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:50
| I'm surprised not to see any mentions of Pain of Salvation yet. A trace of blood has made me cry more times than any other song |
Posted By: Pnoom
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:50
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Nope, never. I have to some non-prog songs, though. I guess songs about Winston Churchhill dressed in drag and stuff like that just isn't my thing when it comes to breaking down my emotional barriers. |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 21:31
| The soft section of close to the edge, the last section of anesthetize, (porcupine tree) parts of storm static and she drempt... on LYSFLATH, and benighted by opeth. I cant thini of any more. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 22:31
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Great gig in the sky has me reaching for the tissues. Oh....the innuendos! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 23:14
I second this. The very end of that song is just so overwhelming. I think listening to some of the lengthier songs while having headphones on heightens the experience. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 23:18
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Many times(over the years) as i am an emotional person,but really it doesn't happen often. I get moved a lot emotionally though. The biggest tear-fest for me was listening to the song "Saviour Machine II" by SAVIOUR MACHINE. A combination of Eric Clayton's passioante vocals and the lyrics are heart breaking. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 01:37
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not actual tears..but quite close..many prog songs made me 'emotional, reflective and feeling 'at peace'
many of latimer playing..esp in ice/summer lightening/never let go..dawn by eloy..every single track..the wall/..early rooster also affected me greatly..and many more..
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 03:06
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As a youngster (aged about 7) the 3rd Impression of Karn Evil 9 used to always make me cry. I loved the music, but as a little nipper, I was always upset for poor Greg Lake, as the computer prevailed.
Nowadays, there's a few that have moistened my tear ducts. Two from Going For The One, Awaken and Turn Of The Century still do, thirty-odd years after I first heard them. And also, the stunning ambient conclusion of I Am The Sun Part 1 by The Flower Kings brought tears to my eyes, such is the beauty of that piece of music
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 03:49
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I'm far too much of a man to cry at music..
Although, there are many prog songs that bring me close when I'm in a certain frame of mind, notably.. 'One for the Vine' - Genesis ("He walked into the valley, all alone...etc") The little melody that Tony Banks plays after Phil's lines really stirs me. 'Blood on the Rooftops' never fails to move, as does 'Afterglow' "Chamber of 32 Doors" I would say is Gabriels most emotional performance with the band. I love that song so much! Van der Graff Generator have many moments too. 'Man ERG' 'Refugees' and 'Still Life' to name but a few. Yes, probably too many moments to mention, although I should say, that 'Awaken' and 'Turn of the Century' have made me 'well up' before now. Honoury mentions to The Enid, Pink Floyd, Rush, Renaissance, Kate Bush and Porcupine Tree. 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 03:49
| ^^^ Oh and the Moody Blues!!! |
Posted By: Q6
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 04:56
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There are lots of songs that can inspire the tears given the situation. I remember listening to "Open the door" by "World Trade" year ago and crying my eyes out. So.... I just listened to it again and thought.. "must have had a bad day" because sitting here now.. there's zero humidity in the tear ducts.  Dry as a dragons nostril!!!!However.... I have cried when writing my own songs Q ------------- http://www.paulcusick.co.uk - www.paulcusick.co.uk |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 05:29
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wtf Paganinio!! If I ever cry on A-HA, please CUT MY B*LLS OFF ------------- https://soundcloud.com/why-music Prog trio, from ambiant to violence https://soundcloud.com/m0n0-film Film music and production projects https://soundcloud.com/fadisaliba (almost) everything else |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 05:31
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A few times. Here's the ones I remember: Robert Wyatt, side two of the Rock Bottom album (especially Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road). Peter Hammill: Wilhelmina Pearls Before Swine: Use of Ashes Pink Floyd: Jugband Blues (at the time around Syd Barrett's death) None of these tracks are "progrock", but they are all in the archives. Happens more often with classical and folksongs, though. + early Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 06:10
Ditto, ditto on those two by ELP and Yes. The end-double-time section of Kansas, Incomudro, does it to me too - especially when the volume is cranked! Just about the whole song "Awaken" by Yes GFTO gets me every time... |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 08:03
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For me it would be "Shine On You ....", and a part of "A Fair Judgment' by Opeth where Michael Akerfeldt says "Leave it be, it was meant for me..."
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 09:44
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The other day is the only time I can remember right now, it was ELP's fanfare to the common man but it I was having this daydream about the the overthrow of capitalism and a united earth sort of Battlefield Earth style  and so the music got me all teary eyed.I've been under a lot of stress lately. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 09:56
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Cry? I think never...oh wait, I think when I saw Aussie Floyd performing the Floyd songs I knew at that moment, I think I had a tear or two.... But usually I get chicken skin with: Islands by King Crimson, I Get Up by Yes, Good People by Yes, many parts of All of the Above by Transatlantic, and well many, many others... |
Posted By: Joe Rockhead
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 14:29
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Soon by Yes ( ending to The Gates Of Delirium ) has many times as when someone passed away I always used it to reflect back upon ths person or pet. It's actually good for you. The only other ones who make me cry are crap bands or RAP bands. ------------- J Rockhead |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 14:59
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yes , a few -------------  |
Posted By: XunknownX
Date Posted: February 10 2009 at 08:13
Those who answered "no", get out of this community and leave us true progers be 
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Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: February 10 2009 at 09:44
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Plenty: Take a Pebble, the opening of Thick as a Brick, Supper's Ready, etc.
Also, while not prog, some of Counting Crows best stuff bypasses my brain's processor (what's left of it) and directly connects with an emotional reflex.
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Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: February 10 2009 at 16:25
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Twice...VdGG's REFUGEES and Camel's For Today... emotional songs...------------- Democracy=A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people... 
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Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: February 10 2009 at 16:56
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Another song that made me THIS near to cry was Watching and Waiting by The Moody Blues...I guess this is one of the most emotional songs by the moodies along with My Song and One More Time To Live...
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: February 10 2009 at 17:08
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"Chi Mi Puo' Capire" by New Trolls... Oh, my only remembering can let me weep... ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 13:20
Sorry, only picked the rest of the thread up tonight - it was, of course, the one & only Going for the One ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 13:21
Sorry, only just picked up the thread tonight - it was, of course, the one & only Going for the One  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 13:22
Sorry, only picked up the thread tonight - it was, of course, the one & only Going for the One ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 13:23
Sorry, only just picked up the thread tonight - it was, of course, the one & only Going for the One ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 13:24
WHOOPS - IT error - sorry all!!  
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 20:50
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I think "Wings For Marie" Pt.s 1 and 2 have made me teary eyed, and I think definetely plenty of PF. Probably more Tool as well.
The only stuff that comes to mind after that is non-prog. There are a couple NIN instrumentals like "A Warm Place" and "Leaving Hope" which bring me to sweeping emotions every time.
Other than that... I think a Blink 182 album made me cry when I had just heard a friend had died. That was a long time ago though. ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 13 2009 at 06:59
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No, but Pain of Salvations A Trace of Blood brouhgt me close.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:17
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Quite a few times, but always the same songs -
Closing section of 'Seven Stones' - Banks's mellotron coda is beautiful in its simplicity. Closing section of 'Suppers Ready' - Just a soaring quality of the music & lyrics; gets me every time. Finally... (whisper it quietly) The live version of Dream Theater's 'The Spirit Carries On' - "Move on be brave, don't weep at my grave, because I am no longer here, But please never let your memory of me disappear" followed by Petrucci's solo... total blub-fest every time ------------- 
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Posted By: Greywoolfe
Date Posted: February 13 2009 at 09:35
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For me, it was Marillion's 'The Web'. I'd never fully appreciated this track until I went through a very messy divorce in 1994- then the lyrics hit home, and I was a quivering wreck as soon as realisation dawned. ------------- 21st Century Schizoid Fan. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 13 2009 at 11:23
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Now there was an album to move one to tears if in the wrong mood... Script For A Jester's Tear speaks to everyone suffering the pains of unrequited love or those in a bad relationship.
Damn you Fish! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: February 14 2009 at 02:38
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A few. I can't remember all of them, but each time probably coincides with me really getting into a band. Latimer's playing on songs like Ice and Stationary Traveler often come close. Shine on You Crazy Diamond did once around the time of Syd's death, as well as Obscured by Clouds did recently :(. Sigur Ros is great, the vocals can be very emotional if you are "into" the song. Although I don't often cry because of songs, they are often very emotional to me. GY!BE is breath takingly beautiful. My entire list could include every band I like, so I'll just leave it at that.  |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: February 14 2009 at 07:41
| A few times. Particularly Pink Floyd and Genesis. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: February 14 2009 at 08:11
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Few times. The ending to SFAM by Dream Theater is the most memorable. I cry almost every time I listen to that album. Other than that, few songs make me cry. Scenes just has an incredible story, and captivates me like no other.
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: February 14 2009 at 08:12
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Oh yeah, and occasionally during Snow...
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Posted By: Lev
Date Posted: February 14 2009 at 08:55
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I remember crying to Borknagar's 'Epic' album, just out of sheer amazement. I was about 13, to be fair. I don't remotely see it as one of my favourite albums now, but back then it was top of my world.
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Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 17:36
| Yes... Camel's "Ice" and Marillion's "The Script For A Jester's Tear"... |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 21:05
Amen. Took the words out of my mouth. |
Posted By: Octavian
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 04:38
| No. But I usually feel as though I'm about to during parts of King Crimson's Epitaph and Yes' And You And I. |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 07:21
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First time I listened to the whole "Tormato" by Yes, tears just flooded as I thought "I paid a tenner for this crap..." -------------  |
Posted By: Proggy Pogo
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 07:53
Pink Floyd's Shine on You Crazy Diamond, the last few (instrumental) minutes - very moving. Also Guiding Light from IQ's The Seventh House album, the line "but we passed each other by like seasons out of time" always makes me fill up.  ------------- 
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Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 18:12
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Some Yes, early Genesis, and a couple of tracks by Esperanto... ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: March 02 2009 at 22:31
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Jon Anderson's Song Of Seven... Deep right there. Don't know exactly why, but it did me in. ------------- 
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Posted By: mr_johnny_lee
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 00:06
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Usually guitar parts/solos but not the songs themselves: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (solo - P.U.L.S.E. version especially), On The Turning Away (solo) Marillion - Easter (solo), Sugar Mice (solo and I guess the song too), The Great Escape (solo) Genesis - Firth Of Fifth section from Old Meldy (I don't know what it is but it just sounds so powerful and so good I wanna cry) Musically because I don't normally listen to sings for their lyrics. ------------- Jon Sheffield, England (currently residing in Tokyo, Japan) |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 00:29
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On Camel's DVD Coming of Age, Latimer simply wrings out the towel with his sizzling rendition of "Ice"! When it's over, his whole body just sags , incredible! I mean you need to see this to believe it , gets me sniffling very time and if it leaves you cold (Ice , get it?) then you need to return to Nashville and pick up some down home cookin'! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 02:32
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a lot of times when Ilisten to Pink Floyd's - Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Wish You Were Here, Brain Damage and especially Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Atom Heart Mother!
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Posted By: Nucleus
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 09:57
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I have had tears when seeing prog live... Moody Blues - Question Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-Englar Sigur Ros - Viorar Vel til Loftarasa
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Posted By: AlexUC
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 12:50
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Kevin Gilbert's The Shaming of the True, with 'Starting into nothing' and 'Water under the bridge'... This album has been my favorite for many years, and the only that made me cry once... ------------- This is not my beautiful house... |
Posted By: AtlantisAgony
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 13:03
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I don't think I've ever actually cried, but the closest I've com is probably with "Hole" by Anekdoten. That one just left me amazed the first time I listened to it. ------------- proggity prog prog |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 13:33
| One time while liestening to "Jerusalem". There is a synth line right after Lake sings "Bring me my bow".... then the line appears... "of burning gold" right after that another line bursts from the speakers. It's impressive and highly emotional. |
Posted By: AlexUC
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 14:15
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Kevin Gilbert's The Shaming of the True, with 'Starting into nothing' and 'Water under the bridge'... This album has been my favorite for many years, and the only that made me cry once... ------------- This is not my beautiful house... |