Songs most likely to make a guy cry

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Espsychologist

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Hello, all! This is my first post on the Escapist, which is due to lurking about this very thread and being possessed of an overwhelming desire to contribute.

OT: To those that have said otherwise, real men cry. You can't truly be human if you can't cry (save the sarcastic "what am I then, an alien?" comments, please), for it is a sign of the fundamental vulnerability of humans.

Many of the pieces already mentioned are capable of causing sadness and, indeed, tears. As a fellow nerd, however, I must voice my concern over the fact that this has not been mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go2SBr8XRac&feature=related

Also a bit surprised by this being left out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVZV__w500

First Contact is about the grand adventure that awaits those who seek it. Watchmen's theme ("Times are a'changin" by Bob Dylan) is about the passing away of the old to make room for the new.
 

linwolf

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Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
linwolf said:
Non, crying over a song is just strange.
Real men don't cry, ever.
So real men to not show emotions?
How... cowedly.
OT: It's because it was used as a funeral song for someone close to me.
Of course men can show emotions. It's just crying that I dislike, for me crying is just a thing people do to get sympathy. If you don't like something change it. And crying over a song doesn't make sense to me, a song can make me feel down but that only make me want to make things better. Crying over a song is like saying life sucks and I'm gonna go sit in a corner.
 
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linwolf said:
Of course men can show emotions. It's just crying that I dislike, for me crying is just a thing people do to get sympathy. If you don't like something change it. And crying over a song doesn't make sense to me, a song can make me feel down but that only make me want to make things better. Crying over a song is like saying life sucks and I'm gonna go sit in a corner.
If you feel sad enough to cry, then you should. I cry when I remember the event associated with the song, the song itself does not make me cry. I'm sure you cry when one of your loved ones dies.
 

linwolf

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Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
If you feel sad enough to cry, then you should. I cry when I remember the event associated with the song, the song itself does not make me cry. I'm sure you cry when one of your loved ones dies.
I don't cry, not when my dog died, or when my granddad died, not even when one of my friends died.
Last time I cried was before the age of ten, I don't feel the need to cry and I believe that there are better ways to deal with loses.
 

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Nothing Compares 2 U always gets me in a depressed state of wall stare-age every time, I can't say I've cried at any of them. But O'Connor's the closest here.
 

DustyDrB

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linwolf said:
Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
linwolf said:
Non, crying over a song is just strange.
Real men don't cry, ever.
So real men to not show emotions?
How... cowedly.
OT: It's because it was used as a funeral song for someone close to me.
Of course men can show emotions. It's just crying that I dislike, for me crying is just a thing people do to get sympathy. If you don't like something change it. And crying over a song doesn't make sense to me, a song can make me feel down but that only make me want to make things better. Crying over a song is like saying life sucks and I'm gonna go sit in a corner.
Crying doesn't always equal sitting in a corner boohoo-ing. It doesn't even have to equal sadness. Sometimes it's just a tear over a memory, or over a thought that just moves you.
 

Mikeyfell

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I'm a guy and
"Don't You Forget About Me" always makes me cry.

also any thing by Justin Bieber
but for a different reason that's much closer to
"Oh my god, why is he still alive?"
 

Jim From Accounting

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wc alligator said:
rescuer86 said:
wc alligator said:
If you're crying to a song you're probably not a guy. Haha LOLMIRITE?
HA HA Totally. Let's go do manly things like change the oil in our cars and lift heavy things and build a meth lab in my basement and wash each others backs in the shower. . .at the gym. GO TEAM. Whoo, saved it.
Sure bro,lets do EEEEEEEEEET. SOOPAH HETEROSEXUAL FISTBUMPZ!
Jim From Accounting said:
wc alligator said:
Marowit said:
Probably Blue, the song that plays at the end of Cowboy Bebop series.
Well that's pretty sad but only because of the context it is used in.
have you also considered the context that the other songs are used in.
Well I doubt they are all movie songs or that they are all accompanied by the saddest thing in animation ever. Dunno.
Why yall honkies gettin in my grill, yo?
Respect and piece out whateva... gotta listen to some Justin Bieber.
 

octafish

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The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues (These would be Anzac Day/Remembrance day tears)
Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody doing From Little Things Big things Grow (Tears of hope for humanity)
and Paul Kelly's Maralinga (Rainy Land) (Tears or rage and anger at the past).

Oh and Blue (You're a good dog), you know the one. It reminds me of all my dead pets.
 

MarsProbe

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Well, out of the songs on that list, "The Drugs Don't Work" would be the one that effects me the most emotionally. It was doing the rounds at a certain time which affected the whole family, an event for which some of the lyrics of the song fit very well.

Not that the song isn't depressing enough in it's own right....
 

Kermi

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Tears in Heaven didn't bother me until I knew what it was about... but even then it's not really that moving a song to me.

I don't think a song has moved me to tears, although there are some songs that trigger nostalgia - depending on how sad or awesome the event was that I have experienced will influence how I feel about the song.

My wife can't listen to Stairway to Heaven anymore because it was played at her mother's funeral about 3 years ago. It might be a cliche funeral song, but it was also her mother's favourite song.

If I recall, I think Hallelujah was played at my grandfather's funeral, but listening to it doesn't make me cry. The song is too hopeful for me to feel sad.

I think that's the thing too... some songs are sad or based on a sad idea, but are at the same time so powerful that they awaken the inner optimist.
 

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wc alligator said:
rescuer86 said:
wc alligator said:
If you're crying to a song you're probably not a guy. Haha LOLMIRITE?
HA HA Totally. Let's go do manly things like change the oil in our cars and lift heavy things and build a meth lab in my basement and wash each others backs in the shower. . .at the gym. GO TEAM. Whoo, saved it.
Sure bro,lets do EEEEEEEEEET. SOOPAH HETEROSEXUAL FISTBUMPZ!
Jim From Accounting said:
wc alligator said:
Marowit said:
Probably Blue, the song that plays at the end of Cowboy Bebop series.
Well that's pretty sad but only because of the context it is used in.
have you also considered the context that the other songs are used in.
Well I doubt they are all movie songs or that they are all accompanied by the saddest thing in animation ever. Dunno.
Why yall honkies gettin in my grill, yo?
Respect and piece out whateva... gotta listen to some Justin Bieber.