Songs That Make You Cry No Matter How Many Times You Listen to them..... — Page 4

There are very few songs that make me cry every single time I hear them, but...
"A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Mis
"Those You've Known" from Spring Awakening
um...I know it's not actually on a C.D. but "The Life I Never Led" from Sister Act gets me kind of teary eyed sometimes...

"You Can't Stop the Beat" from HAIRSPRAY

I'm not the only one, either. Something about the building momentum of the song/number hits a certain nerve in people.

"Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You" from THE LAST FIVE YEARS. It's just so heartbreaking to take a journey through their lives and see everything in their relationship come to and end. Especially to hear Cathy be so hopeful about her relationship with Jamie when Jamie is singing about how it's over. That final "goodbye," Cathy's being hopeful, Jamie talking about how their marriage is over. Wow, I am getting misty eyed just thinking about it.

ps. To anyone who hasn't heard the score this isn't really a spoiler, because the first song is Cathy talking about their relationship being over.

I also agree with "The Old Red Hills..." from PARADE. Ah, Jason Robert Brown.

I haven't been able to get through "Drift Away" without tears since Grey Gardens closed.

The Finale of Passion, when the entire cast starts singing. It's the most beautiful, haunting sound and I get chills just thinking of it!

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"You Can't Stop the Beat" from HAIRSPRAY

I'm not the only one, either. Something about the building momentum of the song/number hits a certain nerve in people.

Totally agreed. I can't explain it...I thought I was the only one.

And word to L5Y. It kills.

And of course, In Whatever Time We Have. Has anyone heard the version on The Schwartz Album? Brian d'Arcy James and Luba Mason I think....anyway, it's gorgeous.

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I can't believe this was only mentioned once, but I'll second it: "Somewhere" from WSS.

"Maybe This Time" from Cabaret, the movie.

"Oklahoma". Only in the past few years, but when I hear "We know we belong to the land, and the land we belong to is grand..." it gets me. So innocent.

And in the unexplainable category, "So Long, Farewell" from SOM, the movie, and "I Can Do That" from ACL, the Wayne Cilento version.

Pretty much all of The Last 5 Years gets to me. Especally Still Hurting.
Come to your Senses from Tick, Tick boom is a big one, too.

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1. Overture from Gypsy - I don't know why. It just gets me so elated that I cry whenever I listen to it.

2. Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You from L5Y - That entire show, but especially that song, just devastates me. ::shivers:: Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott ... <3

3. Around the World from GG - Especially the stripped down Ebersole-and-a-piano version, that song gets me every time.

4. See Me from Bare - The idea of the song and what's going on it it kinda hit home.

Plus a couple others that elude me just now ...

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I can sometimes get teary-eyed watching parts of Riverdance. I'm a dork.

Other than that:
Defying Gravity (only when it's live)
Make Them Hear You and Finale- Ragtime
Some Things Are Meant To Be- Little Women
Imagine from Lennon always made me cry

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I am absolutely reduced to rubble every time I hear Katherine Hepburn sing the title song from COCO.

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"How Glory Goes" from Floyd Collins
"Finale" from Parade
"Epilogue" from Ragtime
"No One Has Ever Loved Me" from Passion
"Johanna" (the Act II one) from Sweeney Todd

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"Tender Sheperd" from Peter Pan
"Fable" Light in the Piazza
"The Light in the Piazza" Light in the Piazza
"Children Will Listen" Into the Woods
"Old Maid" 110 in the Shade
"Is It Really Me" 110 in the Shade
"In Buddy's Eyes" Follies
"Beautiful" SITPWG
"Something Wonderful" The King and I makes me bawl like a big baby for hours. I cannot even listen to it or even think about it for very long without weeping. It's a little pathetic.
"This Nearly Was Mine" and "Twin Soliloquies" South Pacific
When Christine Ebersole sang "I Only Have Eyes for You" in the 42nd Street revival
"Love Who You Love" "Love's Never Lost" and "The Cuddles Mary Gave" from Man of No Importance
"Another Winter in a Summer Town" Grey Gardens
"Say the Word" Kerrigan and Lowdermilk There's a great recording of Celia singing it on their Myspace page.
"I'll Forget You" The Scarlet Pimpernel V2.0 and up
"Just a Housewife" Working
"Mama, Look Sharp" 1776
"If He Walked Into My Life" Mame
"I Promise You a Perfect Ending" Mack and Mabel
"Wake Up, I'm Leaving" Drop Everything
"Days of Plenty" and "Some Things Are Meant to Be" Little Women
"Make Our Garden Grow" Candide, but only because it's so gorgeous
"How Could I Ever Know" The Secret Garden
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" Les Miserables
"Cheer Up, Charlie" Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (ironic, no?)
"And I Was Beautiful" Dear World
"Lonely House" Street Scene
"I Remember" Evening Primrose
"It's Hard to Speak My Heart" and the whole finale sequence of Parade
"I Hate Him" into the "Her Face" reprise from Carnival

That's a pretty long list. I guess I'm just a weepy person.

What I Did For Love, A Chorus Line revival.

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