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Sufjan Stevens Vs. My Tearducts
Inlander:
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...as for sad songs, the saddest I can think of is "The Testimony of Patience Kershaw" by some bloke called Frank Higgins. I know it via its recording by a lovely English folk singer named Elle (pronounced "Ellie") Osborne...
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Been listening to this song all day, and it's definatley more depressing than Casimir Pulaski Day by miles.
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YAY! I WIN!!
I don't want to spoil the song for anyone, but there's one particular line in it that really gets me. She sings "A lady sir, oh no, not me" - and then the line after that, oh man. You just wanna hug her.
Lexington, 125:
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--- Quote from: Skibas_clavicle ----fucking BRIGHT EYES
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I like Bright Eyes. And they make me sad sometimes. "Bowl Of Oranges" especially.
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I too like bright eyes, but he can get heavy-"The joy in discovery" really makes me sad. M83-farewell/goodbye is another one-the music alone gets me all weepy 'sobs'
Injektilo:
Casimir Pulaski Day is truly heart-breaking. I recall driving along Lakeshore Drive in Chicago while fresh snow fell in the mid-afternoon and this song coming on. I was overcome by the power it had, especially in the atmosphere around me.
Other songs that have played with my tear ducts:
"Try Not To Breathe" - REM
"The Weight" - The Band
"Crawling Back To You" - Tom Petty
Garcin:
I don't understand how this song has "cancer of the bone" in the second line, and it still took me like 5 listens to actually figure out what it was about. It think it's the fucking banjo. It just makes me think that it's a happy song. Yeah, put me down in the "cried when he realized what the song was about and really listened to the lyrics for the first time" column.
Lise:
--- Quote from: Inlander ---Oh. Here was me thinking this was a thread about some mash-up between Sufjan Stevens and some indie band I'd never heard of called "My Tearducts".
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I fell for that, too. Coincidence? In fact, I was going to name my reply "Sufjan Stevens vs. My Tearducts vs. Badly Drawn Boy" (in terms of musical similarity), until the thread turned into everybody's sob story.
I flinch everytime I hear Death Cab's "Marching Bands of Manhatten", as it was playing the first and only time my boyfriend was sentimental to me. "Your love is gonna drown"- I'm testament to that. Other than that, I can't think of individual songs with emotional repercussions, though certain lines just trigger the faucet.
"Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole ...And there is comfort in the sound."
EEEECK. It's a damn good thing I don't pay particular attention to Sufjan's lyrics while the tracks are playing.
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