barrymarshall Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I am just a poor boy (or whatever it's called!) -> Simon and GarfunkleThe Boxer - it's a lovely song, as are most of theirs.I am just a poor boyThough my story's seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the restWhen I left my home and my familyI was no more than a boyIn the company of strangersIn the quiet of the railway station running scaredLaying low, seeking out the poorer quartersWhere the ragged people goLooking for the places only they would knowLie la lie ...Asking only workman's wagesI come looking for a jobBut I get no offers,Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh AvenueI do declare, there were times when I was so lonesomeI took some comfort thereLie la lie ...Then I'm laying out my winter clothesAnd wishing I was goneGoing homeWhere the New York City winters aren't bleeding meBleeding me, going homeIn the clearing stands a boxerAnd a fighter by his tradeAnd he carries the remindersOf ev'ry glove that layed him downOr cut him till he cried outIn his anger and his shame"I am leaving, I am leaving"But the fighter still remainsLie la lie ... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 The Boxer is a great song! "Cut him til he cried out in his anger and his pain, I am leaving I am leaving but the fighter still remained."Or something like that. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymarshall Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 just pasted in lyrics above Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizenED Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Anyone for Nick Drake?Northern Sky Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 KeefI liked Mrs Keef before the wedding but after the 2 choices you highlighted above I like her even more. "America" gets me everytimeAnd really really gutted I missed the day. But I think I've said this already.....Ireland was lovely tho! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Mac Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 The following get me, for a variety of reasons:-Sparky's Dream - Teenage FanclubStanding Here - Stone RosesLast Night I Dreamt - Smiths/Morrissey (I prefer Morrissey's live versions)and"Say nighty-night and kiss meJust hold me tight and tell me you'll miss meWhile I'm alone and blue as can beDream a little dream of me" (which my mum used to sing to get me off to sleep)To stem the flow of tears I think of Phil Collins - mentioned above - as my good friend Tom marked his best porno vid "Phil Collins" safe in the knowledge that no one would ever bother remove it from his shelf. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 The Faces - Sweet Lady Mary ( from about 1970, long before Rod Stewart turned into a Las Vegas Cabaret act!!!!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Cat Stevens _ Father & Son ( Describes me and my dad to a tee!!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Atila, you have just gone up hugely in my estimation. Sweet Lady Mary (from Long Player - 1971) is an absolutely gorgeous song and one of my all time favourite tracks from The Faces. Lovely bit of pedal steel by Ronnie Wood by the way and this is from the time when Rod was great. I can forgive him the rest of his career after the Faces because he was just so bloody good then but once he went all Hollywood - forget it.The Faces - Sweet Lady Mary Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Jah Lush Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Atila, you have just gone up hugely in my> estimation. Sweet Lady Mary (from Long Player -> 1971) is an absolutely gorgeous song and one of my> all time favourite tracks from The Faces. Lovely> bit of pedal steel by Ronnie Wood by the way and> this is from the time when Rod was great. I can> forgive him the rest of his career after the Faces> because he was just so bloody good then but once> he went all Hollywood - forget it.> > The Faces - Sweet Lady MaryJah, you're not wrong. I loved this band in my teens, and was lucky enough to catch them live in 1974 at the Lewisham Odeon (RIP) They were a treat live, they weren't the tightest band in the world, but they made you feel good!!! Weird how we share a great taste in music, but are poles apart on the football front!! (Only joshing!!!!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Elton John - Come down in time Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Bastard Radio 2 played In the living Years as I was driving home for lunch yesterday and caused me to drive through ED bawling my little eyes out! Pathetic!Exit Music for a Film (Radiohead) always gets me and "I Try" by Macey Gray (only cos I listened to it every day driving down to hospital to see my dying dad! Kind of apt some of the lyrics in that tune - like "Goodybye and I choke" amd "My world crumbles when you are not here"Jeees I need to cheer up ffs! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 "I try" is a beautiful song! "I try to walk away and I stumble" is the line that gets me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Yep - thanks for that - welling up again now! I really need to pull myself together! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 This is slightly embarassing but the episode of ER where Mark Green dies in Hawaii (sorry if that's ruined it for anyone but it was years ago, where have you been?) has this song - it was one of the most powerful bits of television drama I had seen and always brings a small lump to my throat despite being a really cheery song:Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizenED Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Liking the Macy memories.I Try is a truly great song but I think this is even betterStill I still..light up like a candle burnin when he call me up I still...melt down like a candle burnin everytime we touch Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1731-songs-that-bring-a-tear/page/5/#findComment-51995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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