Xiu Xiu - Hives Hives
Xiu Xiu - Suha

I can't remember listening to a song for the first time and crying spontaneously. But, because of whatever else was going on in my life at the moment I do remember crying to these:

Sonic Youth - Hoarfrost
Wilco - Muzzle of Bees
Yo La Tengo - Night Falls On Hoboken
Sonic Youth - Winner's Blues
Stereolab - UHF/MFP

I once cried to "Pale blue eyes". But then again who hasn't?

I'm far more likely to cry at an uplifting song than i am a sad one.

this has me in tears almost immediately, for much the same reason as happens with 'Mind Games':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQcOrqQLN8

For

me.

Exactly, me neither. I'm not saying it isn't sad, but I tend to be quite a depressive person anyway, and so I find expressions of sheer joy actually more emotionally overwhelming.

I can (and have) wept buckets to this, for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcf5kzBCdy4

o rly?

I've yet to cry to a song.

ya rly.

Not even those times you've been slicing onions while listening to it?

Ed Kuepper - Messin' Pt II (its prequel Messin' With the Kid by The Saints is pretty tear worthy as well)
Haunted Henschel - Deep Inside Her Bathrooms

van morrison-astral weeks, veedon fleece, moondance

van the man is the soundtrack to my teenage depressed days. when i was 17 i got super depressed (like most teenagers) and seriously hated everything and wanted to swallow a fith of bourbon and jump off a brigge. every day after id get back from hanging with my friends and listening to punk, metal, and extreme/experimental stuff id totally let my guard down and put on van, drink alone, and sometimes, cry. of course now i do this when i just listen to him happily (brings back memories).

That's interesting because I was going through a period of quite bad depression around the same time that you mention and would listen to Veedon Fleece a hell of a lot. I never really thought about it as a sad album, but I did become quite obsessed with it. 'Linden Arden Stole the Highlights' is still one of my favourite songs of all times.

The Beatles "In My Life"

Marquee Moon always gets me a bit watery eyed.

Also Cosmic Dancer by T. Rex.

Not sad, just really really pretty

Alan Braxe - In love with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqOKhmTc7w

im not middle class enough to cry at songs. i cry at my life. im so much cooler than you all.

Slowdive.

I've never cried to any music but I do get emotional listening to lots of euphoric dance music such as that, 808 State (if it's the one with the saxophone in), Go, You're Not Alone, etc (I don't have a clue who the artists are).

Otherwise it would have to be My Bloody Valentine: Something, Slowdive: Avalyn 2, Bardo Pond: Tommy Gun Angel, and another vote for Mind Games.

I think I already said slowdive... but I want to specifically mention the songs "blue skied an clear" and "souvlaki space station".

I'm listening to Blue Skied an' Clear right now, it's beautiful!

I'd also like to mention Crazy For You and Dagger.

Oh yeah Adam, have you heard the Slowdive demos? They rule.

oh yeah so reading the thread, two other obvious ones:
- Jim O' = halfway to a threeway
- SY = hoarfrost

Avalyn I and II.
Morningrise
Alison
Dagger
Catch The Breeze

Love and Anger by Kate Bush just came around on random play. I haven't heard it in months and man, I'm still bawling my eyes out. Her voice, David Gilmour's guitar, beautiful. If only someone told her not to say 'yeah' like that.

i think Unplugged in NY, by Nirvana was touching.
as greedrex said Misery is a Butterfly.
Beck - Sea Change.
Cat Power - You Are Free.
Blur - Think Tank.
Radiohead - Amnesiac.

and The Fountain OST

I think by "Go" you mean the Moby track?

this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-K4k6tDi4

*cries*

Neil Young- On The Beach. Namely See the Sky About to Rain and Ambulance Blues Every F**king time. Damn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM

this version too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2QmQ...eature=related

johny cash singing hurt is a very sad song a real tear jerker.

joy division > 'new dawn fades'

:(

damien jurado. i cannot not name drop him enough.

Repped :cool:

very rarely will a song itself actually make me cry.

there are only two that come to mind.

paper bag by fiona apple.
its a mix of the lyrics and just the sound of her voice.

michelle by the beatles.
not so much the lyrics, it's just the instrumentals. they're beautiful and sooo damn sad.

listen to prayer for chibi on acid...

Haha man if you like that stuff you'll LOVE their early stuff... brilliant band.

Animal Lover.. it's worth reading the book that comes with the album if you have an actual copy. One of the few bands I really care about the packaging for and such.

I misread this as "prayer for chabib on acid" :o

it's the title of the next mirror/dash 7inch single.