Most moving songs you ever listened to?

Cold Water by Damien Rice

Sophia said:

The one that comes to mind immediately is Born in the U.S.A. The whole song moves me, every time I listen to it.

I had a brother at Khe Sanh
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone

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It both amuses and saddens me how often that song is mistaken for a pro-USA song. Was it Reagan who used it in his presidential campaign? And here at work, when this company was Daimler-Chrysler, the Chrysler side of the business had a promotional video using Born in the USA as the backing track.
When a song starts "Born down in a dead-man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground", it's not going to be a song about how good it is to be an American...

Art of Noise-Moments In Love (Quiet Storm)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl1FnycngW8

Darn, I can't believe I forgot Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight."

"The Pass" -- Rush

John Clancy - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

BenPanced said:

And I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it, but Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah is nothing short of amazing.

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Absolutely. Emotionally spine chilling and a truly great performance by a singer we lost way too soon.

And on a more intensely personal song, one of my all-time favorites as well -- Bonnie Raitt:

I Can't Make You Love Me

And I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something that it won't

You can see it in her face; you can hear it in her voice. This is a woman who has lived a lot of life.

rugcat said:

Absolutely. Emotionally spine chilling and a truly great performance by a singer we lost way too soon.

And on a more intensely personal song, one of my all-time favorites as well -- Bonnie Raitt:

I Can't Make You Love Me

And I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something that it won't

You can see it in her face; you can hear it in her voice. This is a woman who has lived a lot of life.

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Yep, she means it alright. Seems like she's been there. Very moving, actual chills.

The sentiment of that song is maybe one we can all relate to; been on the wrong side of things. But it does take a special performer to bring it out, to make it real, and I think it's usually the live stuff where you're most likely to find it.

The songs of Bacharach and David have always moved me, and this one in particular, the sentiment of this song always hits me where I live. A guy in this case, but it could easily be a girl, who doesn't know how to love.

It's been done by countless performers, but this live performance by Dionne Warwick seems to capture it well.

If only fools are kind, then I guess it is wise to be cruel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdbcU9RDjLM

This is either the most brilliant thread ever or the most evil thread ever because it is the perfect distraction from query writing hell. Either way, I love it and I can't resist adding my own impossibly condensed list. (Now if only I could make that damn query so concise. Too bad I can't set it to music...)

Current listening:

"When You Are Smiling and Astride Me" by Father John Misty"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4xkW2Zt5A

Quite possibly all-time favorite:

"Untitled" by Stellastarr*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvLiTSU0SY

And of course:

"Twenty Four Hours" by Joy Division
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiCc_mFXD3E

"Winter Light" by Linda Ronstadt, "Soul Searchin'" by Meshell Ndegeocello, "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" by Donny Hathaway, and "I Just Called To Hear Your Voice" by Oleta Adams.

Bueno excellente.

Feint-Laurence, 2Pac-Changes, Queen-We Are The Champions

love that song

I used to love that on the radio. I would get so frustrated because the DJ would basically say "the The THE This is The day" and I'd think to myself, tell me the name of the group, not a bunch of "the's!"

The The - This is The Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nonGWDxcJNA&feature=kp[/QUOTE]

Brace yourself for an epic list of sadness/emotional feel-y stuff:

"Sparrow" - Simon & Garfunkel
"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
“One Tin Soldier” – Original Caste
“Peace Train” – Cat Stevens
“Imagine” – John Lennon
“Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)” – Don McLean
“Landslide” – Fleetwood Mac
“Bright Eyes” – Art Garfunkel
“Mad World” – Tears for Fears
“Losing It” – Rush
“Domino” – Genesis
“Mercy Street” – Peter Gabriel
“Perfect Water” - Blue Öyster Cult
“The Pass” – Rush
“Send Me an Angel” – Scorpions
“The Show Must Go On” – Queen
“Everyday Glory” – Rush
“The Memory of Trees” – Enya
“Evacuee” – Enya
“I Believe” – Blessid Union of Souls
“Pilgrim” – Enya
“Smaointe...” – Enya
“City Bird” – Of Montreal
“Nobody’s Home” – Avril Lavigne
“Home” – Michael Bublé
“Eli, the Barrow Boy” – The Decemberists
“Choose Your Partner” – Bering Strait
"Just Imagine" - Bering Strait
“Who You Are” – Lunatica
“The Crane Wife 1 & 2” – The Decemberists
“The Crane Wife 3” – The Decemberists
“Return to You” – Visions of Atlantis
“After the Storm” – Mumford & Sons
“The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)” – The Decemberists
“Remember Us” – Gabriel Royal
[FONT=&quot]叶えて[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (Grant My Wish) - Akino Arai[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Seconding Bufty's Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends. Kris Kristofferson is an amazing songwriter.

I have a pretty, uh, singular taste in music. It's okay if you guys hate these songs. e2cry

This one pretty much almost makes me weep: The Last Time by Ten.

And another one... Get ready to weep.

BY FAR THE MOST MOVING SONG IN MY UNIVERSE...

Backstory here...

After being silent for 33 years about the pedophile who abused me when I was 11, I went to Ohio for what is called a WEEKEND OF RECOVERY retreat. It's put on by www.malesurvivor.org

There were about 30 men there with me...all from different parts of the Americas.

After arriving, we entered this huge round building where chairs were set in a circle. We were all TERRIFIED OUT OF OUR SKIN. Understand that this was, for most of us, the first time we dared to speak of our sexual abuse EVER.

I walked into the room and Mumford & Sons TIMSHEL began to play to usher us inside...

Cold is the water
It freezes your already cold mind
Already cold, cold mind
And death is at your doorstep
And it will steal your innocence
But it will not steal your substance

But you are not alone in this
And you are not alone in this
As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand
Hold your hand

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I could have died. I still tear up every single time I hear it. It takes my breath away...literally.

Not only is it an incredibly beautiful song, well performed...but it was hauntingly nail-on-the-head for ALL OF US.

I will never forget that moment in my healing journey. I have tears in my eyes just thinking about that song!

I had to think long and hard on this because movement means a lot of things to me and not all of those various dimensions of movement are too often incongruous when putting them into music. There is the music that causes your feet to launch, buzzing with energy. There is the music that fixes stones of lead to the feet. There is the music that causes the body to list into a contortion in ponder.

And for something that strikes all three, that is rare. The song I would have to say that fits all three is "Dad" by Nomeansno.

Oh. Short list?

Adele - Someone like you
Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
James Blunt - Goodbye my lover
Evanescence - My immortal
Evanescence - Hello
Evanescence - Missing
Bon Jovi - My guitar lies bleeding in my arms
Alexander Rybak - 13 horses

And then there's one I'm probably the only one here to know:
Aziz Maraka - Meen Gallek
I don't get a word but it makes me blubber every time.

I have a few:

Blur - No Distance Left To Run
Rufus Wainwright - Zebulon
Elton John - Tonight

But my all-time favourites are "Shattered" by Trading Yesterday and "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol.

The National - Runaway

I don't know why. It just speaks to me.

Susanne - Leonard Cohen

Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez

Hallelujah - written by Leonard Cohen and sung by Jeff Buckley

The Trapeze Swinger - by Iron and Wine, also sung by Gregory Alan Isakov

The Stable Song- Gregory Alan Isakov, actually any song by this man

Man, if you are a drinker, and need help getting drunk, come to this thread

Sirens - Pearl Jam
Teusday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana
It's A Man's World - James Brown
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders
Let it Be - The Beatles
Don't Cry - GNR

Music is very important to my inner life. The best songs to me are the ones that move me and stick with me.

FEBRUARY SONG and TO WHERE YOU ARE, Josh Groban
STRANGER IN MY PLACE, Joan Baez
FIELDS OF GOLD, Sting
I WILL BE HERE, Steven Curtis Chapman
UNTIL I FIND YOU AGAIN, Richard Marx
AT SEVENTEEN, Janis Ian

I could go on. There are so many that speak to my heart.

"I'll Be Seeing You" by Jimmy Durante. It's after hearing it in "The Notebook", now I just can't hold my tears everytime I listen to it.