Songs That Have Moved You To Tears — Page 3

I'm Here-The Color Purple
Make Them Hear You-Ragtime
For Good-Wicked
All I Ask of You (reprise)-Phantom of the Opera

"What would I do" from Falsettos
"Around the World" / "Another Winter in a Summer Town" from Grey Gardens

I am going to leave some more personal songs off here. But, the following I'm willing to divulge:

The verse in "A Little Fall of Rain" where Eponine says "I'll sleep in you embrace at last. The rain that brings you here is heaven blessed. The skies begin to clear and I'm at rest, a breath away from where you are. I've come home from so far."

Also, "I Dreamed a Dream" when the right person sings it. (I've had the pleasure of hearing two exceptional Fantines do this. There were some others I saw, but they didn't measure up.)

"How Could I Ever Know" really does it (the line "how could I know I would never hold you, never again in this world?" really gets me-I saw it a couple times as a kid and the staging was perfect.)

"Somewhere" from West Side Story does it because you know what's going to happen (or if you know)

In Phantom, where he says "Christine, I love you" if the Phantom has been played sympathetically will elicit tears (at least from me)

"On My Own"-the line 'Without me, his world will go on turning, the world is full of happiness that I have never known".

And for a non-mega musical: "Around the World" from "Grey Gardens".

There are some others, as I can emote easily when the music moves me, but some are too personal for here.

A few seem to do it to me every time, regardless of who is performing:

--"Sunday": The song, as it swells in volume and intensity, just captures it all. The Move On/Sunday reprise is just as powerful to me...it just makes it all feel complete.

--Les Mis finale: From when Fantine comes in with "Take my hand..." Into the quiet start of Do You Here the People Sing. Cried during every performance I've seen, even during the movie.

--Ragtime finale: The first time I saw the show was 18 years ago in Toronto. I was barely 12, but I knew it was special. Hearing the little boy begin the epilogue with the whole, "The era of Ragtime had run out..." totally finishes this 2 hour history lesson. Each of the characters coming forward and ending their story is so moving yo me, as we see what's happened to Coalhouse's dream, the children, and the world.

The first song that I ever remember moving me to tears by itself was "Mr. Tanner" by Harry Chapin. I was sitting in the car while my mother picked up dry cleaning and it came on the radio. It was the first time I heard it.

Some others that have been mentioned:
"Around the World" / "Another Winter in a Summer Town" from Grey Gardens

"Last Night of the World" from Miss Saigon

Updated On: 3/11/14 at 02:05 PM

The one song that has reduced me to sobs in every production of this particular show I've ever seen is What Makes Me Love Him? from THE APPLE TREE.

And after Audra Ann sang I'll Be Here at Carnegie Hall, I was bawling so hard that, instead of applauding, I just shouted, 'OH F*CK YOU!' It hit a little too close to the bone.

Wow,great, great lists everyone. Almost all of mine have been mentioned, especially songs from West Side Story and 1776. I'll add two:

You've Got To Be Taught (South Pacific)
Dyin' Ain't So Bad (Bonnie & Clyde)

"Come To My GardenLift Me Up" Perfectly staged in the original Broadway production of THE SECRET GARDEN. The way Colin put his head on his mother's shoulder as the lights ever so slowly dimmed, leaving just one tiny spot on the child with mother until the light blew out like a candle.

"Just Like That" from A CHRISTMAS STORY. The way the song starts with the mother telling Ralphie that the bad times will be gone "Just Like That", but then turns the meaning into her lament for how quickly time is passing and how quickly her kids are growing up. Then, when she picks up Randy's snow suit and hugs it as if he were still in it. As a parent, that gets me every time.

The one song that has reduced me to sobs in every production of this particular show I've ever seen is What Makes Me Love Him? from THE APPLE TREE.

"What Makes Me Love Him?" gets the tear ducts moving. Adam's monologue after is what opens the floodgates for me.

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Even after 30 years, the entire score of LES MIZ makes me cry.

CHILDREN WILL LISTEN/NO ONE IS ALONE, SEND IN THE CLOWNS, NOT A DAY GOES BY

FOR GOOD from WICKED

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Two songs fom Illya Darling come to mind:

Love, Love, Love and Ya Chara

A lot of times I find that the songs that move me on stage are not the same as on the recordings, or vice versa. For example:

Staged:
Gold (Reprise) - Once
Child of My Child - The People in the Picture

Recorded:
When I Grow Up - Matilda
My Child Will Forgive Me - Parade
The Funeral - Parade
Left Behind - Spring Awakening

Both:
Finale - The Great Comet

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"Fifty Percet" as sung by Dorothy Loudon for the Leading Ladies performance.
"Natasha and Pierre" from the recently closed production. Got me every time.
"He Wanted a Girl" from Giant. Hauntingly simple and heartbreaking.
"I Never Know When (To Say When)" from Goldilocks. A beautiful song.
"He's Good For Me" from Seesaw. Oh Michele Lee, I love you!

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