Have you ever cried for......?

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited October 2009
    dkg999 wrote: »
    OK, all kidding aside:

    Amazing Grace - when played by bagpipers! Gets me everytime.
    Come to Jesus - Mindy Smith

    Mindy Smith is awesome!!!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2009
    Anything by Slayer brings an acidic lump to my throat and a sulphuric tear to my eye.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Anything by Slayer brings an acidic lump to my throat and a sulphuric tear to my eye.

    Hearing Slayer makes me cry too, however for a completely different reason than the topic of this thread :eek:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited October 2009
    George Strait: "Love Without End, Amen"
    Album: It's on several, just go find it
    Format: Who cares?
    Love Without End, Amen

    I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
    Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
    When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
    Then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waited for the worst

    And he said...

    Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
    A secret that my daddy said was just between us
    He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
    It's a love without end, amen
    It's a love without end, amen

    When I became a father in the spring of '81
    There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
    And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
    I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him

    I said...

    Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
    A secret that my daddy said was just between us
    He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
    It's a love without end, amen
    It's a love without end, amen

    Last night I dreamed I'd died and stood outside those pearly gates
    When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
    If they know half the things I've done, they'll never let me in
    Then somewhere from the other side, I heard these words again

    And they said...

    Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
    A secret that my daddy said was just between us
    He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
    It's a love without end, amen
    It's a love without end, amen



    Gets me every time.
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited October 2009
    In the arms of the angel-sarah mclachlan
    I will remember you-sarah mclachlan
    Amazing grace-bagpipes
    Dare to live-andrea bocelli
    Time to say goodbye-andrea bocelli

    They all remind me of my wife who passed away in 2006
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited October 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Boys have *icks. Men have *ocks. :p

    And REAL men have horse *ocks




    :cool:



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited October 2009
    And I have a MEGA one. ;) Now, let's get back to topics, Ladies and Gents!
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    Can't believe these haven't made the list yet. They definitely get me sometimes.
    You know the band:
    In My life
    Yesterday

    snow wrote: »
    I think I shed a few tears once when I was listening to a song and a pair of 33000uf caps vented and filled the air with acrid smoke on a class A amp I had, due more to the acidic smell then the song though. f****n house reeked for days.
    REGARDS SNOW

    That made me laugh for 5 minutes. Like really laugh hard.:D
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  • beaglehead12
    beaglehead12 Posts: 80
    edited October 2009
    Boy George Karma Chamelon
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited October 2009
    daboyz wrote: »
    If you've got a daughter then "Butterfly Kisses" can work the emotions a little.

    Awesome song,I think of those lyrics often when I tuck my daughters in their beds at night.They have grown so quickly.:(
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  • beaglehead12
    beaglehead12 Posts: 80
    edited October 2009
    I never heard of the band **** and balls
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited October 2009
    Zero wrote: »
    Happy Happy, Joy Joy - Ren and Stempy.
    I prefer their rendition of "Don't wiz on the eletric fence".
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited October 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    That made me laugh for 5 minutes. Like really laugh hard.:D

    I guess I was lucky all 6 caps didndt go at once but two were plenty enough to get my attention, I heard this hissing noise and then the music died followed by the sound of acid sizzling on the amp and a huge cloud of acrid smoke, kinda reminded me of pepper spray but harder to get away from. The real crying began when I got the bill to replace all 6 caps :p



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2009
    What happened to my previous post. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    Michael ;)
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    snow wrote: »
    I guess I was lucky all 6 caps didndt go at once but two were plenty enough to get my attention, I heard this hissing noise and then the music died followed by the sound of acid sizzling on the amp and a huge cloud of acrid smoke, kinda reminded me of pepper spray but harder to get away from. The real crying began when I got the bill to replace all 6 caps :p



    REGARDS SNOW

    I feel you. Really... I do. I was only laughing because I visualized the whole
    scenario as I was reading it.
    My condolences with regard to the repair bill. :o
    -Kevin
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited October 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    I feel you. Really... I do. I was only laughing because I visualized the whole
    scenario as I was reading it.
    My condolences with regard to the repair bill. :o
    It is always funny in retrospect or when it happens to someone else, kinda like telling your buddy dont touch that tube and he does anyways and burns himself :D

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2009
    Hearing certain pieces by Adrea Bocelli tears me up a little because he was my Mother's favorite, not the same but....:(
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    edited October 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Tears in Heaven always made me tear up when it was first released.

    Crying to show emotion has absolutely NOTHING to do with being a man, and everything to do with being a human being.

    The sooner more men figure out there is more to being a man than having a *ick, the better of the world will be!

    Those of you putting down these other men, whether joking or not need to rethink your lines of reason.

    We do have great asses too Cathy !:D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited October 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Yep! I got a piece of steel in mine. And that made me cry when I got it. :eek:

    :eek::D ROTFLMAO!!! Mike you are CRAZY!!!:D

    All kinds of music can make me tear up if there are certain memories associated with it even years after the events.
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited October 2009
    The Wreck of the Edmunds Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot is a beautifully haunting song that hits home for me(although I was only 6 when it happened). It is about a laker ship that went down in Lake Superior in 75'. I had a cousin on the ship and a couple of my friends lost their fathers. The last place this ship was docked is about 1.5 miles from where I am right now.

    This song will make me tear up sometimes...
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited October 2009
    Getting emotional from music is really a frame of mind for me....the place, the time, and the mood all come together when you don't really expect it.

    The first time music put tears to my eyes was about 3 or 4 years ago in Waterbury, Connecticut where David Sanborn and Chris Botti were playing. We were seated in the very front row and Botti was playing right to us, I think it was Cinema Paradiso, and that's when it hit me....the music was so beautiful, so perfect......


    The second time I was just sitting at home watching Sarah Brightmans Live in Vienna concert...I'm alone, just chilling, enjoying the show when the song Sanvean comes on. Well, lets just say that the voice and the orchestra and the visuals were all perfect...the world just faded away for a few minutes and I was just completely immersed in the music.


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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited October 2009
    So...

    I plugged my amp into my front speakers for the first time tonight. I put on Brahms Requiem, soprano solo, and I had a tear. I've never heard it so beautiful. I also have the luxury of personal experience with the music. When I hear a piece I have performed and have a personal connection with, I can get emotional. Just listening to random music, not usually.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2009
    "There's no crying in baseball"

    "Big girls don't cry"

    "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog...cryin' all the time"
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    Yep, when my husky learned to howl at anytime she heard a long passage with a saxophone :rolleyes:

    Fact: You know a Husky's howl can be heard as far as 10miles away?

    Just glad my pit is a lazy **** and she sleeps through the loud music! In fact, she's passed the hell out right now on her new bed I got her today with Enigma playing.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    Last time I heard Enigma I was in Chicago. Crazy misty night on a balcony with Dana. Ooooohhhh mmmmyyyy......good times.

    Hey Freddy, I got my ears on some 1.6's today. Nice....
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    Last time I heard Enigma I was in Chicago. Crazy misty night on a balcony with Dana. Ooooohhhh mmmmyyyy......good times.

    Hey Freddy, I got my ears on some 1.6's today. Nice....

    Aren't they?!

    My friend has a pair of'em in his basement. Going over to his place later to check something out. Those things have some really nice bass to them too. I'm already looking to sell my sub to get something a bit more 'musical'....I'm addicted to fast-accurate-tight bass :D
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  • Talweh
    Talweh Posts: 149
    edited November 2009
    There's a few that almost always make me tear up... Little Sister by Jewel, Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd, and ever since seeing the movie "Rules of Attraction", Can't Live by Gilbert O'Sullivan reminds me of the cinematic death scene that has affected me most out of all that I have seen. It was really hard to watch, and I'm pretty jaded.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    I know what the OP is talking about. I sat down to watch/listen to Santana supernatural live dvd, and the song angel he does with Sarah McLanchlan just goes right threw me. I start tearing up.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,909
    edited November 2009
    The first time I heard Sarah Mclachlan's song Angel on my Klipsch Cornwalls with amplification that was empathetic to them (a Decware Zen SE-84B SE EL84 amp, in this particular case) my eyes did well with tears. It is a beautiful and moving song... and the speakers (which I'd paid real money for, by my own cheapskate standards) had sounded absolutely awful with the McInstosh MC-2100 soiled state amp they came bundled with -- but my oh my did they sound real with the little Steve Deckert amp by comparison.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2009
    I don't cry unless I calculate how much I've spent on audio equipment but I do get goosebumps on many listening sessions.
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