there are a number of songs/symphonies which cause me to tear up.

i well remember watching/listening to Ishtak perlman playing the theme to Schindler's List on public tv and feeling so moved by it that i'd wept for a half hour afterward.

other pieces:

barber's 'adagio for strings'

'the swan' by sant seins [spelling?]

ave maria

'st swithins' day' by billy bragg

0, holy night

the gentle african music which played during the very poigant scene in ' the color purple' in which the character played by whoopie goldberg meets her african family

the old african american spiritual, 'going home'

 and, last but NOT least, julee cruise's song [have forgeotten its title] which was played during the scene at the roadhouse when the giant says to agent cooper 'it's happening AGAIN'. what a lush, poignant melody with such pathos.

it's pileated, isn't it?

"The World Spins". :) I remember when she sang that live at the '02 fest, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. It never made me cry all that much really (I would get "misty-eyed" but nothing more), until this past summer when my best friend's mom passed away suddenly, and on my bff's MySpace page she had that song playing for several weeks afterwards. It was really heartbreaking in a whole new way.

For the longest time (and this is mortifying to admit), the song "The Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas made me choke up. Which I always found weird because I hate Pocahontas.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

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This guy from town, Johnny McIntyre, has a bunch of songs that make me want to cry.

-cg

Never heard "Christmas Shoe"

But I too have no tear ducts so Deanne says I'm a robot.

The only song that comes close for me is "Black" by Pearl Jam.  Eddie's vocals are very haunting indeed.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

'For the longest time (and this is mortifying to admit), the song "The Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas made me choke up. Which I always found weird because I hate Pocahontas.'

amanda, i know what you mean. while i've never heard this song, there is a song which the 'teacup' in 'beauty and the beast' sings which really gets me going.

geez.

regarding 'freebird'  a punk friend and i always used to laugh at the song and parody it whilst thrusting our hands, using the satanic sign, in the air.

it's pileated, isn't it?

Beautifully put, as ever i have never heard the original version but I am assured I have no need to. And the bit that really gets me with the Johnny Cash version is right near the end where the music swells. *bottom lip wobbles*

Dance of the Hours makes me cry too, but in a "bloody hell that's fantastic" sort of way.

My theory by A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and it belongs to me, and I own it, and what it is, too.

Ange's Odyssey

eh? sorry, but this went right over my head. like a lot of things do.

it's pileated, isn't it?

the straight story soundtrack - angelo badalementi - rose's theme & also laurens walk

mulholland drive soundtrack - rebekah del rio - Llorando, man! rebekah has a very beautiful voice!

The sound wind makes through the pines. The sentience of animals. What we fear and what lies beyond the darkness.