When the Grammies were on I walked through as some black chick was shackled to a big wheel chanting weird stuff.
Asked my daughter what in the heck was that. Got the “Oh, Daddy” with the big eye roll.
in the words of Mr. Spock...”fascinating”.
I think she’s that chubby girl who won all the Grammys last night. Can’t say I’ve ever heard the song, and I doubt it would make me cry - only two songs have done that to me over my 50+ years.
It’s a good song but cry? Come on.
The one that always gets me has a similar intro: it is the scene in Les Miserables where Fantine welcomes Jean Valjean to come with her to heaven. My eyes well up, my face heats up, and I sob as imperceptibly as possible, but I can never seem to stop my shoulders from shaking involuntarily. From the “Epilogue” scene of Les Miz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oh8HnwVZQM&feature=related
Doesn’t make me cry - low class fat girl who looks like a 19th century streetwalker, singing corny lyrics, nothing melody. Makes me wonder about life on this planet.
interesting
Is this the, “we could have had it all” song?
I like it. It did jump out from the radio, when I first heard it. The thing I noticed about the song is that that line is the only significant melody. The rest of the song is a off-kilter rhythm, carried along only by her voice. So when the melody appears, it stands out. Maybe this is what the author is getting at.
The other important part of that line is that everyone who has endured a breakup can relate to it.
Rap music makes me cry. It also makes me reload.
Can’t imagine this ssong making me cry but boy oh boy can this lady SING! What a voice...and no sleaze, blasphemy or cursing!
If you have kids, “She’s Leaving Home” by The Beatles always chokes me up.
John Michael Montgomery’s “The Little Girl” always chokes me up near the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvLyJs2FHh0
Ballad of the Green Beret by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler and Robin Moore, copyright 1966 Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret Trained to live off nature's land Trained in combat, hand-to-hand Men who fight by night and day Courage peak from the Green Berets Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret Back at home a young wife waits Her Green Beret has met his fate He has died for those oppressed Leaving her his last request Put silver wings on my son's chest Make him one of America's best He'll be a man they'll test one day Have him win the Green Beret.
Ennio Morricone? ONE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HEnIt1SMyo&feature=related TWO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5Xczethmw THREE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuyYc0gINbU&feature=fvst
Some of folk/pop singer Victoria Williams’ songs can bring tears to my eyes.
I always like to keep up with newly minted music (not dance, sampling mixing or unintelligible lyrics, or spoken lyrics (hip-hop) or profanity).
Adele is the best that has come along of her genre, since Jewel in the 1990s. Some of Gaga’s stuff is OK sans dancing. There’s a 2007 song “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s that evokes Simon and Garfunkle. So there’s some good new stuff; you just have to weed out so much crap.
Adele’s “Chasing Pavement” is her best song. The vidio is sombering, 2 lovers die in a car crash and come back together
I am 60 and addicted to “Someone Like You”. Love it.
I think Adele is amazing. And what gets me about “someone like you” is how sweet and honest the girl is. She loves this guy so much that she finds herself still in love and wishing him well even after he has marked someone else. And heseeems pretty kind too abOut how sometimes love leads to pain The lyrics are more sweet than bitter. But her voice is so full of pain. Beautiful.