Great Songs To Cry To

Casimir Pulaski Day – Sufjan Stevens

yessss. good list. I would also add “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt. Damn. that song hurts.

 I’d Rather Go Blind–Etta James

rilo kiley- rest of my life and science vs romance, also, tanita tikaram, valentine heart.  i have whole other lists in case its gloomy out, for summer crying, winter crying. i’ve shared this with my significant other, he’s cool with it. 

Other than radio they play in supermarkets and elevators, you don’t hear much about Al Stewart anymore, but I saw him play a church with a midget last year.

Other than radio they play in supermarkets and elevators, you don’t hear much about Al Stewart anymore, but I saw him play a church with a midget last year.

Every time someone covers “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen a kitten dies. 

It should be a capital crime. 

Oh shit, you got me with “Graceland.” My always-cry Paul Simon song is “Adios Hermanos”

Where’s “Fix You”? That’s been in at least 8573784 sad scenes on television.

Where the fuck is Adele in this list? I feel like she strictly writes her songs to make the listener weep.

for your consideration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFIr4SlRGg&feature=related

I really do almost cry every time I hear that song. And almost everything by Joni Mitchell.

Dang. So on point with With Or Without You, The Reason Why and Hallelujah. Definitely my top crying songs.

i like it. a personal favorite (?) of mine is ‘a stone’ by okkervil river.

um again, where is bright eyes. dghjkl

Oh, man, that is so true.

Also, Make You Feel My Love.

post on the internet so the rest of us have weepy-music at the ready for not having boyfriends.

i mean… um…

sooooo good.

“Someone Like You” could make me cry in a second on the happiest day of my life.

Fuck Was I, Jenny Owen Youngs.  ”Love grows in me like a tumor/parasite bent on devouring it’s host/I’m developing a sense of humor/’til I can laugh at my heart between your teeth/’til I can laugh at my face beneath your feet.” 

Pretty sure I’ve cried my way through the entirety of Damien Rice’s “9″ album, which probably makes me a cliche, but, eh. You’ll get that.

hold the phone, i said significant other, meaning, like he’s around and a guy he’s not “ready to be in a relationship” i got plenty to cry about. maybe him seeing my itunes and spotify mixes is what made that happen. 

Carolina by M. Ward or Slim Slow Slider by Van Morrison or I Was Young When I Left Home by Bob Dylan

I came here just to add “Fix You.” Holy shit that’s a great crying song.

I started sobbing just by reading the song titles. ;-;

lolololol

Come on, how come Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” is not on the list? I really find it a very sad song. I’d also like to add Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me”

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters- Elton John, Mexico- Cake, and Breathe Me- Sia, Save Me- Aimee Mann are good cry songs as well.  Good list!

hell yes to sinead. my ex and I used to sing that song as an ironic thing and now it ain’t so funny

third eye blind – deep inside of you

third eye blind – deep inside of you
beck – lost cause

I always cry to Cat Power.

spot on with harry nilsson. i would also like to publicly divulge crying to nazareth’s cover of ‘love hurts’ simultaneously indulged the pleasure of crying while also making me stop crying because of how ridiculous i seemed to myself listening to the cover in the first place

Allure! That brings me back to middle school days. What happened to them?

noooo Halleluja by Jeff Buckley. Infinitely better and 1000x more likely to make you cry

Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright by Bob Dylan and Butterfly by Weezer and Lover You Should Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley and (this is my guilty pleasure, depth of sorrow song) Last Kiss By Taylor Swift. Cry away, peeps.

Leonard  Cohen Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen 

I love you

YESSSS

Mine is Survivor “The Search is Over”

Admit it. You were totes into the soundtracks for “Garden State” AND “The Lass Kiss.” 

Admit it. You were totes into the soundtracks for “Garden State” AND “The Lass Kiss.” 

BON IVER’S “MICHICANT” IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE SONG TO CRY TO

the entirety of “for emma, forever ago”

YES

PERFECT SONNET

Oh, this is so completely fantastic and perfect. Saving this…also, stay out of my head.

I don’ t care what you call me – David Ford.
I would die for you – Matt Walters.
So let go – The Good Life

You-tube away kids, they’re tear jerkers.

everything goes dark and eerie when I hear that song. Not to mention hearing a weeping kitten in the background.

Ugh, I have seven separate playlists of crying music (yikes?) but these songs are the best:

A Case of You – Joni Mitchell (also anything off of Blue)
Blake’s View – M. Ward
Don’t Let Me Down – The Beatles

Oh, and, also… William Fitzsimmons, anyone? Makes me wish I were capable of growing a really fantastic beard to soak up my tears.

Also, The Funeral by Band of Horses

BOTH SIDES NOW

Almost Lover – A Fine Frenzy
Little Hell – City & Colour
And just anything, anything sung by Matt Walters.

 And this too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cUf4GFmpj0

Came here to say that.

When I think of the S.O. term it makes me think they’re around “for serious”. Still think you should share that crybaby playlist or two for the rest of us…

uhm, also any album by The Smiths (mostly The Queen is Dead) makes me wanna die when i’m sad. yeah.

Falling Awake by Gary Jules, best sad song period!

Bearded folk singers FTW!

:(

When I was going through the worst part of my break up I listened to Adele’s “21″ album from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to bed. “Don’t you remember” is the worst one.

“When will I see you again?”

Omg, I feel you so much. I had one of those “significant others”. Completely exhausted all my crying songs.

“The Trapeze Swinger” Iron & Wine. 

The Brokeback Mountain theme song.
It’ll break your heart in seconds.

My altimate tear fest playlost includes: 
to build a home – cinematic orchestra
I have nothing – Noah and the Whale
Don’t be afraid you’re already dead – Akron/family 
U2 cover – With or without you – Hamish Cowan And when Im in a sad crying rage – new york, I love you but you’re bringing me down – LCD Soundsystem 
They get me everytime.  

for me it’s martha by tom waits, “and I was always so impulsive/ I guess that I still and/ but all that really mattered then/ was that I was a man/ I guess that our being together was never meant to be/ but Martha, Martha/ I love you can’t you see” I guess the best time to listen to this would be after you know you’ve let something go too far and you don’t know how to make things right. 

ditto on almost lover. i used to cry to that when i had it on my ipod.

For me it’s Wonderful World by James Morrison, Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to be Loved) by Bright Eyes, A Line Allows Progress A Circle Does Not by Bright Eyes, Warwick Avenue by Duffy, and When You Were Young by The Killers, for some reason too.  
I hate knowing I’m 100% going to cry if I’m alone listening to them, but it seems like it needs to be done sometimes when you just want to release and cry about whatever is happening.

me too. “when you love someone and it goes to to waste… could it be worse?” makes me teary every time. 

Make Up Smeared Eyes by Automatic Loveletter. Almost everything by Automatic Loveletter.

Don’t Confess – Tegan and Sara

Lyrics that make you lose it: And every second I spend waiting drags me closer to this grave/No I’m not alone, I’m just on my own/And I, it’s a little cold outside/And don’t be so hard on yourself, you won’t get better till you get worse/Send a little love my way

When to listen: When you feel all alone in inexplicable misery.

Racheal Yamagata’s The Reason Why gets me every fucking time. 

Joni Mitchell – Case of You. never fails.

my boyfriend and I just broke up. I went through all of the comments and bought several songs on itunes. tonight’s gonna suck and I’m ready for it. 

also, I forgot to mention last week….TRY ME by James Brown is probably the best. Walk Away by Ben Harper. Fuck.

most Bright Eyes, anything off the Antler’s first album, annnnnd Adele. ugh Adele. she occasionally makes me cry when I’m not even sad

Sufjan Stevens – Romulus

(first song I noticed that I would tear up every single time I heard it)

I find Stevie Wonder’s “Lately” song to be heartbreaking/ fueling the waterworks. The lyrics that get me are ” Well, I’m a man of many wishes/Hope my premonition misses/ But what I really feel my eyes won’t let me hide /‘Cause they always start to cry/ ‘Cause this time could mean goodbye”

Went through many nights during a breakup sobbing to this one 

Haha I kept scrolling and scrolling looking for “Fix You” and finally used auto-find. Lightsss will guiddee you hoome…  UGH! I just got goose bumps typing that out.

A really upsetting song I find is ‘Mad World’ by Gary Jules

this years love- david gray
the scientist- coldplay

I know this was written over six months ago, but…I got dumped today.  Will be listening to these on repeat for an indeterminate amount of time.

oh, and “Simple Together” by Alanis Morissette.  Never fails.