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[IceDoesntHelp]

The whole album Birth.Eater by Oceana

 

[Jenov]

Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven

Tears in heaven is especially touching because he's singing about his dead 4 year old son

 

[Ben Ghazi]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep

 

[spliced]

Bad Religion stuff. They sing about a lot of stuff that I had in my head but never heard anyone else express.

 

[hypotc]

The whole album Birth.Eater by Oceana

Nice. I've been an Oceana fan since first listening to The Tide in 2008.

 

[Officer.Sanchez]

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold

 

[WriterGK]

This album. The whole thing is a story about a man who falls in love with a bipolar, terminally ill woman. It's pretty heart wrenching.

Listen to the whole thing if you have the time.

Excellent choice, Sir. Have been listening to this album since 6/7 years ago. And now again on my ipod. It's such a beautiful album, so powerfull. I feel blessed that I once saw them Live at a festival.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Air - Le Voyage de Penelope

Zero 7 - Passing By

Massive Attack - Angel

The Weeknd - Valerie

 

[norinrad]

Genesis - No son of mine
Suzanne Vega - Luka

It sort of touches me as i come from a household of abuse, though i did survived and the key to my survival has never been in doubt . In my case i did not know that it was abuse until much later when i got older and realized what has been done to me.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep

And we used to sleep on the beach here, sleep overnight..they don't do that anymore. Things changed...you see.

They don't sleep anymore on the beach.


;_;


And of course, The Mountain Goats - This Year

 

[Jaroof]

Sad/Pretty Songs:
Sanctuary by Frank Ticheli
Posted this song before in a similar thread.
Still one of the most beautiful pieces that I've ever heard, and also had the honor to play.

Esto Les Digo by Kinley Lange is another classical piece that gets me. That soprano solo at the end. :')

Oh, and NieR's Emil - Sacrifice
Another gorgeous song, performed commendably.

Gurren Lagann - Omae no XXX yo, Sosoritate!

Happy Songs:
Kamakura by Emancipator
I guess it's not the tone of the song, but its composition. Such a masterfully crafted song.

BT - Every Other Way always cheers me up, as well. Such an upbeat song.

 

[King Kovu]

Ed Sheeran - Afire Love

The song reminds of my grandma who died of alzheimer's ;_;

 

[Mantrox]

Nils Frahm - Says
Can be quite emotional.
The progression and crescendos are pretty awsome.

Just found the track recently.
Stay with it, it just gets better and better.


https://youtu.be/xih8aiacRSk?t=5m25s

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Erhu fiddle played in an amazing song, accompanied by piano
Popped up on YouTube years ago as part of a "Shen Yun performing arts" tour. It has stuck with me since. It's one of the most powerful and touching songs I've heard. I feel unfortunate that there's no higher quality version in an actual music player format.

Also: Man of the World from Naruto, and I haven't even seen a single Naruto episode. Lirik loves to play this song in his stream.

 

[StaffyManasse]

Music that can calm you down anytime: Post rock and metal. Like my favourite Callisto song, Latterday Saints.

Music that can make you forget all your troubles for a moment: Gaslight Anthem makes me feel like it's all going to be alright

Music that can make your eyes so dang watery: Glósóli by Sigur Ros, especially the music video.

 

[Spartacus]

Nine Inch Nails - Still

The whole album gives me chills down my spine.

 

[mcz117chief]

Smetana - Má vlast: Vltava (Die Moldau)

From 1:02 onwards is just magical.

Great pick and the fact that he was deaf when he composed it makes it even more impressive

For me there have been a few but lately it is the credit song from NieR
Ashes of Dreams

 

[backstep]

I always found this a surprisingly moving song, considering the subject; lamenting a lost (and presumably gay) relationship that existed in the hyper-macho football hooligan scene of the 80s.

Stars - Barricade

 

[Denzar]

True Widow, man.

Love that band.

 

[Zombine]

Joe Hisaishi - One Summer's Day [LIVE]

Beautiful song. Gives me goosebumps every time.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - Lost

A song about a lost wallet that goes deep. I don't know what it is about the song, the lyrics or the way Amanda Palmer sings, but I involuntarily tear up every time I hear it--it can't be helped.

 

[Sanjay]

Gotye - Bronte

This video and song is simply amazing and very moving.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

Unpretty TLC Because sometimes I feel unpretty too.

 

[inked_illusion]

Lots of Weezer's Pinkerton Era songs were very emotional albeit uncomfortable at times, but my all time favourite from that era was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eu7HIY_Pn8

Even to this day, I keep coming back to Weezer's Pinkerton just to reflect and ground myself.

Another classic for me:

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

Very emotional, and easily the best Smashing Pumpkins song by a mile.

 

[bucknuticus]

Transatlanticism- Death Cab for Cutie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3b6hDCIeDk

 

[Edzi]

The Parks And Recreation theme makes me incredibly happy yet slightly nostalgic.

 

[Generalpsyduck]

Time by pink Floyd. One of the best songs ever written it really helps me relax

 

[Semper88]

Music that can calm you down anytime
Music that can make you forget all your troubles for a moment
Music that can make your eyes so dang watery

One a different note, Dansen Aan Zee by Dutch band Bløf.
I generally don't really care for songs in my own language, but this one has this strange effect on me. I move with the music and all of a sudden I need to dry my eyes. Music, man.

BlØf is awesome! That song... Its something else.

 

[Rookje]

Explosions in the Sky - Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwk5F-mJH8g

 

[HotHamWater]

Massive Attack - Paradise Circus and Sufjan Stevens - Chicago were the first that came to mind.

Good to see The Antlers already mentioned, as well.

 

[ThisGuy]

This right here. All night.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KSHY1_ux8rs

 

[Rolanderson]

The only ones that affect me on their own are:

I'll Try Anything Once - The Strokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RDq5PKcN5g
It gives me such a sense of nostalgia and self-reflection, it reminds of high school for some reason.

Heroes - David Bowie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3SjCzA71eM
This song gives of love that is doomed to fail, but that that doesn't matter, only the now matters. I don't know why this resonates so much with me, I'm not exactly romantic or anything.

There are others that affect me, but only because they are attached to something else (even if they are good songs):

Libera Me from Hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT6LFOIofRE
Sorairo Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQvLECht08
Both from Gurren Lagann, they give this feeling that I can I do anything, one might say that I can do the impossible and see the invisible.

Kimi no Kioku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHdOXCoja-c
From Persona 3, it gives me both joy and sadness when I hear it, I still tear up everytime

 

[squallheart]

https://youtu.be/jeqdYqsrsA0


https://youtu.be/kTVvtlfU-Ts

 

[Cocaloch]

A lot of mine have already been mentioned, but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBe7Wq6vhWs

takes the cake for me.

 

[Lotto]

there's too much

ranges from Have A Nice Life to Shugo Tokumaru music

i'm pretty emotionally one-dimensional though, these both make me happy.

 

[Lord British]

Myriad moments from The Mountain Goats.

IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU PEOPLE YEARS TO RECOVER FROM ALL OF THE DAMAGE

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Synthwave. Just so awesome. It relaxes you but also gets your blood pumping.

 

[despire]

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg_af9b8c

One of the finest pieces of classical music ever composed in my humble opinion.

 

[War Peaceman]

This album. The whole thing is a story about a man who falls in love with a bipolar, terminally ill woman. It's pretty heart wrenching.

Listen to the whole thing if you have the time.

A really great album. One of the best, most complete albums ever.

 

[thepatient666]

The new Failure album 'The Heart is a Monster' hits me pretty hard. Particularly 'Snow Angel' and 'AM Amnesia'. Such a great band that's been under the radar for 20 years.

 

[Sagely]

Over the past few weeks I've gotten into Nine Inch Nails, and the timing is such that the music really speaks to me. The Downward Spiral and The Fragile in particular have taken me to the places I needed to go, emotionally, and now Trent Reznor is my favourite musician.

Song of the moment is probably Various Methods of Escape, but the earlier albums are flawless in my opinion and very powerful.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Nice. I've been an Oceana fan since first listening to The Tide in 2008.

Birth.Eater for me..I think the Tide is average lol.
Love them as Polyenso still though.

 

[enoki]

Mutyumu - Hai no Hai