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The Unofficial 'Tearjerker Songs Here' Thread

What makes the Johnny Cash version of Hurt sadder to me is that it brings to mind an old man who's life is slowly decaying and he's reflecting on pain and wasted time (It helps that this was one of Cash's last songs), and the simple delivery of just a guitar and his voice just makes his pain feel a lot more real than NIN's version, which just seems a little too surreal to express it as well. But I do give all credit to Trent Reznor for writing and coming up with the song. And I do like the original, it's just not as sad to me.

But music is subjective, so that's just my opinion. :D
 
Skymin said:
What makes the Johnny Cash version of Hurt sadder to me is that it brings to mind an old man who's life is slowly decaying and he's reflecting on pain and wasted time (It helps that this was one of Cash's last songs), and the simple delivery of just a guitar and his voice just makes his pain feel a lot more real than NIN's version, which just seems a little too surreal to express it as well. But I do give all credit to Trent Reznor for writing and coming up with the song. And I do like the original, it's just not as sad to me.

But music is subjective, so that's just my opinion. :D
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I had a discussion on that and I think Hurt is best viewed within the concept of the album it was written in and the state Reznor's head was in when he wrote The Downward Spiral. The Downward Spiral is one of my alltime favourite albums. I like Cash's version a lot but I don't like his vocal delivery that much either. To me the emotional, trainwrecked ending (fuck I am typing this with tears in my eyes, who am I kidding) of an album that is so mechanical in nature; so as if the protagonist was devoid of every sense of emotion; rejection of God; rejection of sexual love and completely animalistic; rejection of human relationships; to see him become the opposite when he realises the blood on his hands, is the ultimate redemption for me. I view it within that context as a better song.
 
If a song were to make me cry, it would most likely be by Celine Dion. It's not that they're sad, but there's something so beautiful, pure, and passionate in her songs that just makes me want to cry. A few good examples of this (all in my opinion, of course) are "It's All Coming Back to Me", "That's the Way It Is", and "My Heart Will Go On".

Oh, and music from The Lion King. <3
 
Watershed said:
I had a discussion on that and I think Hurt is best viewed within the concept of the album it was written in and the state Reznor's head was in when he wrote The Downward Spiral. The Downward Spiral is one of my alltime favourite albums. I like Cash's version a lot but I don't like his vocal delivery that much either. To me the emotional, trainwrecked ending (fuck I am typing this with tears in my eyes, who am I kidding) of an album that is so mechanical in nature; so as if the protagonist was devoid of every sense of emotion; rejection of God; rejection of sexual love and completely animalistic; rejection of human relationships; to see him become the opposite when he realises the blood on his hands, is the ultimate redemption for me. I view it within that context as a better song.
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honestly, I just like the NIN version because it's more interesting with the dynamics and such, while JC's is just an acoustic guitar song like any other one you can find on the radio. it's also kind of weird to hear Johnny Cash sounding all sad and defeated while singing "I will tear you down, I will make you hurt", while in NIN's angrier song it fits pretty well.

but who even cares, they're both good songs. :\
 
To put in my two cents in the "Hurt" discussion, I grew up with Johnny Cash's version so I'm kind of biased towards that one. Heard it first (for sure, considering I hadn't known about NIN until the 300 movie), heard it on TV when it came out... I listened to the NIN version a few minutes ago and I prefer Cash's for the reasons Skymin said earlier. But I don't know the context within either album or anything.

It's funny, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here was in the related videos for Hurt. That's just the one I was going to post... I'm surprised nobody else has (unless I skimmed over it).

And now for my "pusscake" songs, as VPLJ has so eloquently put it. I remember the opening to The Last Unicorn always making me cry. Geez, the whole damn movie made me cry. The only versions I can find on YouTube suffer from some high-pitchification during the transition from VHS to whatever format it's in these days, though, so it's kind of ruined.

"The Day Will Come" and "My Home, Sweet Home" from Final Fantasy V tear me up every time...

And, it didn't when I was little, but it makes me cry now- the credits song in My Neighbor Totoro. The version from the Fox dub from 1993 is the only one that really does it though (the link is to the Disney version from a few years back, I couldn't find the old one on Youtube), because I grew up with the Fox Totoro. I watched it until the VHS tape finally broke...
 
Alraunne said:
And, it didn't when I was little, but it makes me cry now- the credits song in My Neighbor Totoro. The version from the Fox dub from 1993 is the only one that really does it though (the link is to the Disney version from a few years back, I couldn't find the old one on Youtube), because I grew up with the Fox Totoro. I watched it until the VHS tape finally broke...
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totoro is wonderful. i grew up with the fox dub as well. i actually had a catbus plush when i was maybe six. (this song didn't make me cry. i just wanted to respond because i loved that movie so much.)
 
Oh, Radiohead. With your Exit Music (For a Film), Fake Plastic Trees, and No Surprises.

They just depress us all.
 
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