Insomniac musings: songs that make me cry…
September 4, 2007… and why. The list is cover-specific – not everyone’s version of a particular song triggers the blues. Got it down to a fairly short list of reasons, but I can’t really think of a shorter way to express “brings back the feelings of a particular time or experience.” Okay, for the purposes of this list, let’s call that “flashback.”
So I’ve got these categories (for all you INTJ’s).
- flashback: instant time travel, listened to it at the time of the events
- empathy: been there, felt that, wallowing in it
- sympathy: may not have experienced situation but song is so damn good
- guilt: probably showed up on a mix tape from an ex, or should have
- association: with childhood, parents, etc.
Category 1: flashbacks
- More Than This and Slave to Love: Bryan Ferry
- Trouble: Cat Stevens
- Witches: Cowboy Junkies
- Dreaming My Dreams With You: Cowboy Junkies
- Somebody Who Loves You: Joan Armatrading
- If You Were to Wake Up: Lyle Lovett
- I’ll Be Seeing You: Mandy Patinkin
- Something I Can Never Have: NIN
- Mercy Street: Peter Gabriel
- I Remember You: Eurythmics
- Save Me: k. d. lang
- It Could Be Sweet: Portishead
- Nothing’s Changed: Chris Isaak
- Found Out About You: Gin Blossoms
- La Vie en Rose: Edith Piaf
And hey, I’m sleepy. Thank God. More tomorrow, after hours.
aaah. Those songs would make me cry too. But probably not for the same reasons as you.
Where’s the ACDC? The Metallica? Guns and friggin Roses? Now those are some real tear-jerkers.
Suck it, yacht boy.
I bet you cry at the end of The Magnificent Seven, don’t you? Don’t you?
Sing that last comment in a Carly Simon voice, okay?
I confess to listening to that Mandy Patinkin cassette quite obsessively for several years, and I can still hear every single long chilling note of “I’ll Be Seeing You” in my head. And I bet MP’s “Danny Boy” would get even the Speed Merchant a bit misty.
We saw him in concert; the Hub actually loved him, much to his own amazement. He’s very funny.