Thirty days of music - day two
Aug. 22nd, 2010 10:39 amA song that makes me cry.
Typically, it's not the song that makes me cry, so much as the performance (and my mood). I am much more likely to be moved to tears by a live performance than a recording. Most recently, I was in tears after hearing Measha Bruggergosman's performance in Mahler's 8th Symphony. That's a bit too long to post as a clip, though. I also cried when Pink Floyd played "On the Turning Away" during their 1994 Division Bell tour.
In the end, Simon and Garfunkle's "The Boxer" is the winner. It doesn't make me cry all the time, but if I'm in the right mood, then it is indeed possible. And live? Oh man, yeah, it totally made me cry.
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Typically, it's not the song that makes me cry, so much as the performance (and my mood). I am much more likely to be moved to tears by a live performance than a recording. Most recently, I was in tears after hearing Measha Bruggergosman's performance in Mahler's 8th Symphony. That's a bit too long to post as a clip, though. I also cried when Pink Floyd played "On the Turning Away" during their 1994 Division Bell tour.
In the end, Simon and Garfunkle's "The Boxer" is the winner. It doesn't make me cry all the time, but if I'm in the right mood, then it is indeed possible. And live? Oh man, yeah, it totally made me cry.
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