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      <![CDATA[I'm a little late here, but I have to mention songs from two of my longtime favorite classic pop albums -- "Madame George" and "Cypress Avenue" from Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks," and "Late for the Sky" and "For a Dancer" from Jackson Browne's "Late for the Sky."  True story -- many years ago I was trying to hustle the daughter of some friends of my parents (they were playing matchmaker, I think).  The girl and I were alone together in a bar somewhere, really hitting it off, and we started talking about our favorite music, She said that she was a huge Jackson Browne fan.  By that time we were pretty drunk and we starting reciting/singing the lyrics to the above-mentioned Jackson Browne songs.  We both realized how profoundly beautiful and sad life was, started crying, agreed that relationships (and everything else) were ultimately futile, gave each other a hug and stumbled off into our tragically melancholy isolation.  Thanks, Jackson.  She was a real looker, too.
        
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      <![CDATA[Lennon's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkc1aKAVYY">Mother</a>" and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5K1L2uAVxE">God</a>".  I've forbidden myself from playing them while driving, it's too tough to see through the tears.<br />
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      <![CDATA[Ain't shit sweet, but the following songs have made me feel, ahem, introspective:<br />
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Drive-By Truckers "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife"<br />
Ben Folds Five "Brick"<br />
Hoyt Axton "The Peacemaker"<br />
The Nonce "Things Fall Apart"<br />
Danny O'keefe "The Drover"<br />
        
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      <![CDATA[I can be a big fucking baby when I hear the following:<br />
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Ween "I'll Miss You" <br />
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anything off "The Boatman's Call" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds<br />
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Arvo Part "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten"<br />
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Samara Lubelski "Follow You"<br />
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Phosphorescent "Wolves"<br />
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Yo La Tengo "Nowhere Near" <br />
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John Murphy "Red Dresses"<br />
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Vitesse "Out Under Stars"<br />
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Slowdive "Here She Comes"<br />
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Donovan "Catch The Wind" (acoustic version)
        
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      <![CDATA[Unless I'm in the thick of a breakup or grieving over someone close to me who has died, it's far more likely that I am crying over a song because the music/words are so bravely truthful or because they express something I haven't been able to express on my own, not because they are sad. So, for instance, some of Brother Ali's tracks make me cry, certain hymns and spirituals will do it (Nearer My God To Thee, Amazing Grace, Swing Low Sweet Chariot), "Happy" by Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, "Child Is Gone" by Fiona Apple, and almost everything Jeff Buckley ever recorded can hit me in that weepy sweet spot
        
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      <![CDATA[Lulu - "To Sir with Love."
        
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      <![CDATA[In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Frank Sinatra<br />
What's Her Name Today? - Elvis Costello
        
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      <![CDATA[The entire Aeroplane Over The Sea alblum by Neutral Milk Hotel.  Us by Regina Spektor
        
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      <![CDATA[Off the top of my head:<br />
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Leonard Cohen - "The Stranger Song"<br />
Chet Baker - "The Thrill Is Gone"<br />
Low - "Alone"<br />
UNKLE - "Rabbit in Your Headlights"<br />
Tom Waits - "Green Grass"<br />
Dusty Springfield or Noel Harrison - "The Windmills of Your Mind"  both recordings have a good heap of cheese, but that damn song gets me every single time. Something hypnotic to it.<br />
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I should stop now otherwise I'll just keep going...
        
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      <![CDATA[This is probably going to sound cheesy and mainstreamy, and perhaps a little weird, but the Beatles' "A Day In The Life" consistently makes me tear up. <br />
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Big ups on the nod to TTB!
        
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      <![CDATA[@6<br />
Ah, thanks for reminding me of Eitzel. American Music Club's <i>Engine</i> and <i>California</i> have a wealth of beautiful weepers on 'em.
        
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      <![CDATA[I normally wouldn't recommend Mark Eitzel's brand of bummer to anyone, but the solo acoustic "Songs of Love Live" is about as raw and poignant as they come.
        
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      <![CDATA["Parking Lot" by Mineral was always one of them.<br />
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A good chunk of the Carissa's Wierd catalog works as well.
        
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      <![CDATA[Azure-Ella Fitzgerald<br />
Alabama-John Coltrane<br />
That Lucky Old Sun-Ray Charles<br />
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This 1-2-3 punch of sorrow can be found on the stunning Malcolm X soundtrack.<br />
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Also, Have Mercy by Two Ton Boa is tragic and great.
        
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      <![CDATA[Sometimes It Snows In April by Prince.
        
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      <![CDATA[lisa germano- too much space.  really anything by hear is more harrowing than any other musician on earth, but this one makes you feel like you're 90 on your deathbed.
        
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      <![CDATA[3 off the top of my head are...<br />
the decemberists - the second half of California, one youth one beauty (i think its called).<br />
Cat Power - The Coat is Always On.<br />
and lately the pathetic song "Hope There's Someone" on I Am A Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons...
        
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