The most tear-jacking saying goodbye songs

[jrnic]

For those over 35 y/o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zmbzrJtNyY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZCWyx0lss4

Those weren't tear jerkers, they just plain made me depressed! Oh man, the really sad part is I remember those songs from AM Radio!

Actually, hearing those songs made me..........

[horns666]

I was instatly reminded this was another Blazer thread..

There seems to be an ongoing "vibe" to his threads ...much like me and my 50 lb metal balls. Maybe, juts maybe Blazer is the sensitive BILL Z BUB from a paralell universe.

[Rsmacker]

"Close my eyes forever" by Ozzy and Lita used to do it for me (not so now because the woman I associate it with turned into a big fat moose. A cheating one.)

"Nothing Else Matters".

The ultimate one has to be "She's Gone" by Black Sabbath....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F7lRBM2U3nc

I discovered how much that one brings me down about 15 years ago, one gloomy winter Sunday afternoon. It's fair to say that if there had been a gun within reach, I'd be a cabriolet.

And.......like a soft twat, I've just listened to it and I still well up at the sound of the guitar at the start. By the end of the second verse I still can feel the stabbing pain inside, it's actually physical. It's a good job the sun is shining today, I might not let it get to me. Thanks very much to the maudlin cunt who started this thread. I'm off to see which bannisters will support my weight.

[mastershake]

"Close my eyes forever" by Ozzy and Lita used to do it for me (not so now because the woman I associate it with turned into a big fat moose. A cheating one.)

"Nothing Else Matters".

The ultimate one has to be "She's Gone" by Black Sabbath....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F7lRBM2U3nc

I discovered how much that one brings me down about 15 years ago, one gloomy winter Sunday afternoon. It's fair to say that if there had been a gun within reach, I'd be a cabriolet.

And.......like a soft twat, I've just listened to it and I still well up at the sound of the guitar at the start. By the end of the second verse I still can feel the stabbing pain inside, it's actually physical. It's a good job the sun is shining today, I might not let it get to me. Thanks very much to the maudlin cunt who started this thread. I'm off to see which bannisters will support my weight.

Seriously???

[horns666]

"Close my eyes forever" by Ozzy and Lita used to do it for me (not so now because the woman I associate it with turned into a big fat moose. A cheating one.)

"Nothing Else Matters".

The ultimate one has to be "She's Gone" by Black Sabbath....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F7lRBM2U3nc

I discovered how much that one brings me down about 15 years ago, one gloomy winter Sunday afternoon. It's fair to say that if there had been a gun within reach, I'd be a cabriolet.

And.......like a soft twat, I've just listened to it and I still well up at the sound of the guitar at the start. By the end of the second verse I still can feel the stabbing pain inside, it's actually physical. It's a good job the sun is shining today, I might not let it get to me. Thanks very much to the maudlin cunt who started this thread. I'm off to see which bannisters will support my weight.

:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

[Rsmacker]

Seriously???

Abso-fucking-lutely! If I ever top myself, it will be after listening to that.

[mastershake]

ooooooooooook

[horns666]

Abso-fucking-lutely! If I ever top myself, it will be after listening to that.

Bro, didn't mean to laugh..you just have a way with words I really dig.

[Blazer]

+1000

Knowing the tragic reason why that song was written, it amazed me that Clapton could perform it live without breaking up.

If anyone's too young to remember, have to be some young'ns here, Clapton's 4 year old son fell like 50 stories to his death from a NY city apartment window.

Have you ever heard the other song he wrote about the death of his son Conner?

"The Circus left town"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veGF9Vjo_IE

Perhaps even sadder than "Tears in heaven"

Clapton has broken down a couple of times while attempting to play those songs live. He's only human.

[Vass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHPNPcgn64

C'mon.

Vass

[triplehold]

Wow- heavy. I've skipped over this thread but I just read everything in it's entirety. Hawaii locals call it "chicken skin", my mom called it "goose bumps", but whatever it is, it is when a tune just grabs you by your insides and makes you stop and think about who or what or when. Some songs just resonate with your inner vibration or whatever. Not trying to get cosmic here or anything, but it is pretty intense at times. As dumb as this sounds, "Whiskey In A Jar" by anybody, stops me dead- I wish I knew why. I had a younger brother who was an incredibly smart, good looking and a successful family and businessman. About 14 years ago he went out in his back yard and blew his his brains out, nobody- and I mean nobody- saw it coming. The next morning, still in that fog of shock, I reached over and turned on the clock radio and a second later the mandolin intro to REM's "Losing My Religion" started. I'm in no way a fan of that bands' music, but to this day whenever I hear that tune, no matter where I am, I just turn inside myself. Thanks for letting me tell you this.

[Leftyzrule580]

I've always gotten that emotional feeling from Chuck Schuldiner's "Voice of the Soul." Anybody feel me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd4q0Xx-u1Y

[iced_earth]

I listen to these when the mood hits...

Anathema - One Last Goodbye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfGgKApO_6g

Pain of Salvation - Undertow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBHBaw11CXU

[Rsmacker]

Bro, didn't mean to laugh..you just have a way with words I really dig.

No problem, laughter is nature's best medicine! (Unless a little bit of wee comes out and you are wearing light trousers).

Mastershake will maybe find out, one day when some woman kicks him in the teeth. Then the nuts. Then the wallet. Sitting there wondering what the fuck happened, he'll listen to "She's Gone" and think "Fucking hell, that's spooky, that was written for me, 30 odd years ago!!!!" He'll see things differently then, when the hair stands up on the back of his neck.
(Of course, the same thing is true of other songs and other emotions. I sometimes think "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Timmy Mallett was written for me. I always try to say "Ah Yeah" when I shoot my load)

All that pales into insignificance when you read Triplehold's post though, very sad.

[Endrik]

Not tear-jacking but kinda creepy and very emotional

Phil Collins - "In The Air Tonight"

I'm not sure if it's really a goodbye songs. Phil said it doesn't have any meaning, it's just something he wrote after breaking up with his wife.
But there's speculations that it's something much deeper.

This is from wiki:
An urban legend has arisen around "In the Air Tonight". According to the legend, the lyrics are based on a tragic event Collins witnessed, usually a drowning (as in the song's lyrics), in which a man could have helped the victim, but did not do so (an alternate version of the legend has the onlooker a murderer, intentionally drowning the victim, rather than an apathetic bystander). A common ending is that Collins invites this man to a show and sings the song to him, often with a spotlight pointed at him. Afterward, the man is arrested or, in some versions, is wracked with guilt and has a heart attack or commits suicide. Other versions of the story involve Collins discovering his wife having sex with (or being raped by) another man, often a close friend; the man subsequently drowns while Collins himself watches.

Phil said this:
I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of someone come up to me and say, 'Did you really see someone drowning?' I said, 'No, wrong'. And then every time I go back to America the story gets Chinese whispers, it gets more and more elaborate. It's so frustrating, 'cos this is one song out of all the songs probably that I've ever written that I really don't know what it's about, you know.

The lyrics:

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
Ive been waiting for this moment, all my life, oh lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord

Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
Ive seen your face before my friend
But I dont know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin, I know where youve been
Its all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
Ive been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord
And Ive been waiting for this moment all my life, oh lord, oh lord

Well I remember, I remember dont worry
How could I ever forget, its the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you dont fool me
The hurt doesnt show; but the pain still grows
Its no stranger to you or me


It could very well be an urban legend but we never know.

That being said, I remember it very well when it was on Miami Vice's first episode. Damn, that was very impressive how the visual side and the music was matched together. No other tv show has impressed me that much visually as Miami Vice. Michael Mann is genius when it comes to that. No point looking for humor in his work but when it comes to coolness and visual art then you can't get much better than Mann.

Here's the full tune with Miami Vice vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdHG-c-1kJM

Here's the actual clip that was in Miami Vice pilot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIc8LxcXFk0&feature=related

This is the original music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7gajAb2ww