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Anyways to stay on topic. Last two days have been pretty terrible again after a long period of highs and tore down a bit tonight when Josephine (Oh Wonder) starting talking about the meaning about the song 'All We Do' and when the song kicked in, I just stood there, you know? Not even able to sing along and just froze for a sec there until the song was pretty much over..
Post by potentpotables on Mar 7, 2019 7:53:28 GMT -5
I've told this story before, but here goes: April 14, 2004. Musicology Tour. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. I had picked up my girlfriend of 18 months, my college girlfriend, about an hour north of Pittsburgh and we started driving to the show. We had been having some issues, so about halfway down when she started crying in the car, I knew she wanted to break up. I looked at her and basically said - "I am seeing Prince for the first time tonight, can we wait until after the show?" She agreed, grabbed tissues and wiped her tears and on we went. The show was amazing - the edge of tears began when they showed Alicia Keys inducting Prince into the RnR HOF. I know when Baby I'm A Star came on, I got goosebumps, and then it went into DMSR and I had tears of joy. Then the encore happened - Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and obviously Purple Rain, and during Purple Rain we were dancing together and I was bawling. She broke up with me on the way home. Like any bad for you relationship, it was like pushing over a soda machine, you have to tilt it a few times before you can topple it, but this was the night it started.
I saw Prince two more times in 2015 - March in Louisville, June in DC. At the June/DC show, he brought out Stevie Wonder. We had noticed Stevie sitting at the side of the stage, thought it was cool and hoped for the best. Prince gets behind the keys and starts into a jam with the band which has the beat of a Stevie song, but which one? They are into the shell of the song, and Prince goes over and gets Stevie and leads him to the keyboard, and Stevie starts messing around and falls into Superstition. That was tears of amazement or unbelief - just couldn't believe what was happening.
Less than a year later, I am driving from Vegas through the Mojave Desert to Coachella and stop at a rest stop in the middle of the desert when I look and I have like 50 texts. That's how I found out Prince had died. LCD started Friday night off showing Prince's version of Creep at Coachella 2008 before they took the stage, and they did a cover of Controversy that was funky and cool, no tears. Saturday, Sufjan brought out Gallant and did a face melting version of Purple Rain, and I had to go hide for a bit, I was a mess.
I've told this story before, but here goes: April 14, 2004. Musicology Tour. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. I had picked up my girlfriend of 18 months, my college girlfriend, about an hour north of Pittsburgh and we started driving to the show. We had been having some issues, so about halfway down when she started crying in the car, I knew she wanted to break up. I looked at her and basically said - "I am seeing Prince for the first time tonight, can we wait until after the show?" She agreed, grabbed tissues and wiped her tears and on we went. The show was amazing - the edge of tears began when they showed Alicia Keys inducting Prince into the RnR HOF. I know when Baby I'm A Star came on, I got goosebumps, and then it went into DMSR and I had tears of joy. Then the encore happened - Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and obviously Purple Rain, and during Purple Rain we were dancing together and I was bawling. She broke up with me on the way home. Like any bad for you relationship, it was like pushing over a soda machine, you have to tilt it a few times before you can topple it, but this was the night it started.
I saw Prince two more times in 2015 - March in Louisville, June in DC. At the June/DC show, he brought out Stevie Wonder. We had noticed Stevie sitting at the side of the stage, thought it was cool and hoped for the best. Prince gets behind the keys and starts into a jam with the band which has the beat of a Stevie song, but which one? They are into the shell of the song, and Prince goes over and gets Stevie and leads him to the keyboard, and Stevie starts messing around and falls into Superstition. That was tears of amazement or unbelief - just couldn't believe what was happening.
Less than a year later, I am driving from Vegas through the Mojave Desert to Coachella and stop at a rest stop in the middle of the desert when I look and I have like 50 texts. That's how I found out Prince had died. LCD started Friday night off showing Prince's version of Creep at Coachella 2008 before they took the stage, and they did a cover of Controversy that was funky and cool, no tears. Saturday, Sufjan brought out Gallant and did a face melting version of Purple Rain, and I had to go hide for a bit, I was a mess.
Whoa, I was at one of the Louisville shows AND I found out Prince died leaving Las Vegas and driving through the Mojave towards Coachella.
The one that got me was 2ManyDJs. They opened with a Prince remix...I want to say Little Red Corvette or 1999, and had RIP Prince as their backdrop for a minute. That was when it hit me how real it was. That Controversy cover was fire tho.
I've told this story before, but here goes: April 14, 2004. Musicology Tour. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. I had picked up my girlfriend of 18 months, my college girlfriend, about an hour north of Pittsburgh and we started driving to the show. We had been having some issues, so about halfway down when she started crying in the car, I knew she wanted to break up. I looked at her and basically said - "I am seeing Prince for the first time tonight, can we wait until after the show?" She agreed, grabbed tissues and wiped her tears and on we went. The show was amazing - the edge of tears began when they showed Alicia Keys inducting Prince into the RnR HOF. I know when Baby I'm A Star came on, I got goosebumps, and then it went into DMSR and I had tears of joy. Then the encore happened - Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and obviously Purple Rain, and during Purple Rain we were dancing together and I was bawling. She broke up with me on the way home. Like any bad for you relationship, it was like pushing over a soda machine, you have to tilt it a few times before you can topple it, but this was the night it started.
I saw Prince two more times in 2015 - March in Louisville, June in DC. At the June/DC show, he brought out Stevie Wonder. We had noticed Stevie sitting at the side of the stage, thought it was cool and hoped for the best. Prince gets behind the keys and starts into a jam with the band which has the beat of a Stevie song, but which one? They are into the shell of the song, and Prince goes over and gets Stevie and leads him to the keyboard, and Stevie starts messing around and falls into Superstition. That was tears of amazement or unbelief - just couldn't believe what was happening.
Less than a year later, I am driving from Vegas through the Mojave Desert to Coachella and stop at a rest stop in the middle of the desert when I look and I have like 50 texts. That's how I found out Prince had died. LCD started Friday night off showing Prince's version of Creep at Coachella 2008 before they took the stage, and they did a cover of Controversy that was funky and cool, no tears. Saturday, Sufjan brought out Gallant and did a face melting version of Purple Rain, and I had to go hide for a bit, I was a mess.
Whoa, I was at one of the Louisville shows AND I found out Prince died leaving Las Vegas and driving through the Mojave towards Coachella.
The one that got me was 2ManyDJs. They opened with a Prince remix...I want to say Little Red Corvette or 1999, and had RIP Prince as their backdrop for a minute. That was when it hit me how real it was. That Controversy cover was fire tho.
I was pulling into the In and Out in Barstow a few hours later and heard Raspberry Beret and that's what started my crying.
Despacio had a few tears too when James was spinning only Prince records for awhile. DMSR came on in there and I about lost my shit. It was amazing.
I had an ever bigger crying meltdown last fall seeing NIN play Hurt again. Luckily enough people around me in the pit were comforting about it.
Also last fall: during Julien Baker's first few songs of her set (Everybody Does, Rejoice), seeing The National perform About Today and Sorrow (the latter with Phoebe Bridgers on guest vocals), and at the end of a transcendent Death Cab show during Transatlanticism.
Got plans to see Robyn, The Antlers, and The Twilight Sad this year, and I'm going to be disappointed if their music does not manage to move me to tears.
I saw Tori Amos back in 94 a few months after Cobain killed himself. It was still haunting me a bit even months later. She played Jim Croce's American Pie into Smells Like Teen Spirit and I was probably still sniffling after the next song.
I've told this story before, but here goes: April 14, 2004. Musicology Tour. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. I had picked up my girlfriend of 18 months, my college girlfriend, about an hour north of Pittsburgh and we started driving to the show. We had been having some issues, so about halfway down when she started crying in the car, I knew she wanted to break up. I looked at her and basically said - "I am seeing Prince for the first time tonight, can we wait until after the show?" She agreed, grabbed tissues and wiped her tears and on we went. The show was amazing - the edge of tears began when they showed Alicia Keys inducting Prince into the RnR HOF. I know when Baby I'm A Star came on, I got goosebumps, and then it went into DMSR and I had tears of joy. Then the encore happened - Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and obviously Purple Rain, and during Purple Rain we were dancing together and I was bawling. She broke up with me on the way home. Like any bad for you relationship, it was like pushing over a soda machine, you have to tilt it a few times before you can topple it, but this was the night it started.
I read this a few hours ago and I can't stop thinking about it. It's kind of beautiful.
I've told this story before, but here goes: April 14, 2004. Musicology Tour. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. I had picked up my girlfriend of 18 months, my college girlfriend, about an hour north of Pittsburgh and we started driving to the show. We had been having some issues, so about halfway down when she started crying in the car, I knew she wanted to break up. I looked at her and basically said - "I am seeing Prince for the first time tonight, can we wait until after the show?" She agreed, grabbed tissues and wiped her tears and on we went. The show was amazing - the edge of tears began when they showed Alicia Keys inducting Prince into the RnR HOF. I know when Baby I'm A Star came on, I got goosebumps, and then it went into DMSR and I had tears of joy. Then the encore happened - Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and obviously Purple Rain, and during Purple Rain we were dancing together and I was bawling. She broke up with me on the way home. Like any bad for you relationship, it was like pushing over a soda machine, you have to tilt it a few times before you can topple it, but this was the night it started.
I read this a few hours ago and I can't stop thinking about it. It's kind of beautiful.
It sucked at the time. It became a great story like two months later. The summer of 2004 was the Summer of Josh (me). So was 2005. And 2006, and so on.
She now has 4 kids and I'm just a DINK/newlywed over here.
Post by phiercelyphresh on Mar 24, 2019 16:08:06 GMT -5
I cry at shows somewhat often. A few that really stand out in my mind include Paul McCartney in 2013, of course. There were multiple instances throughout the performance but the hardest cry that night by far was during Maybe I'm Amazed. I had two friends with me and when one of them asked if I was okay, the other said "Dude, she's never been better." One of the more recent instances was in 2017 in Cincinnati for Foo Fighters. They were playing on October 20th, Tom Petty's birthday and he had just died a few weeks prior so when Dave Grohl began a story about Tom Petty then broke into Breakdown, I lost it. Tom has always been one of my all time favorite artists and though I'm sure I've cried at at least one of the three shows of his I was able to attend, nothing jumps out in my memory right now. Another time I think about often was during The Flaming Lips at Allgood in 2012. My Grandmother had just passed away and Do You Realize hit me like a ton of bricks. In a good way though. <3<3<3
Post by threatlevelmidnight on Mar 25, 2019 12:53:01 GMT -5
When I was 13, and had questionable taste in music, I was at Warped Tour and was seeing the band Gallows. They were playing a pretty wild show all from down in the middle of the pit. I was standing on the edge playing it safe. Then a quite large 30+ year old man who was moshing roundhouse kicked me in the chest. My short life flashed before my eyes and I flew backwards to the ground. Definitely cried, can't remember the tune.
Post by Dave Maynar on Apr 3, 2019 14:03:48 GMT -5
Thought of one today: Mountain Oasis 2012 when Zola Jesus played with JG Thirlwell. She played Collapse walking up the aisles singing directly at different people in the audience. EAP was there near me.
An artist or band doesn't make it into my pantheon of favorites unless they have at least a few songs that make me cry. I generally know going into a show during which songs I'm going to lose it, but I'm often surprised when another song, which I wasn't expecting to stir my emotions, gets to me. At a live show, sometimes a song or lyric can be framed a bit differently depending upon the flow of the setlist and the vibe in the room.
But, basically, I can look at that list of upcoming shows in my footer and know exactly which songs are going to do it to me.
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It looks like this post has been kinda quiet for a little bit but I'm here to share my stories:
Paul McCartney: At ACL, it happened twice. The first was when he sang "Blackbird" and his stage rose up and it looked like he was singing on top of the moon. That song plus 60,000 people singing along got the tears going. The second time was when he had a stretch in his setlist where he went from Let It Be -> Live and Let Die -> Hey Jude and it was one of the most emotional stretches I've ever been through.
The Killers: Usually, when I've been anticipating a show for a while, I cry during the first song and this show was no different. As soon as Brandon Flowers walked on stage, the tears came out. Then, they went straight into Mr. Brightside and everybody lost their mind. The second time during this show was when they played Read My Mind. It's my mom's favorite Killers song and it was her birthday that day, so that hit me hard.
Twenty Øne Piløts: This one was when they played Car Radio. That song has helped me through so many rough times and seeing them perform it live and singing it with 20,000 people was very moving. Jumping and screaming "wooAAAAAooOooh" during the bridge was one of my favorite moments from any concert I've ever been too. Also during Trees when Tyler and Josh stood on top of the crowd at the end when there was confetti and cryo and the burning car, just beautiful.
Post by fridakahlo on Oct 19, 2019 20:47:57 GMT -5
How did I not know this thread exists? Crying is my middle name.
Mumford & Sons at Bonnaroo 2011 - my best friend's and my first ever festival, and the entire reason we went up there in the first place. I watched a YouTube video of it recently and holy cow, that was a special show. Honorable mentions to Ray Lamontagne, Iron & Wine, and Arcade Fire as well.
Bon Iver and City and Color @ Bonnaroo 2012. I was an absolute puddle at both.
Florence & the Machine @ Bonnaroo 2015 - when she sang "Sweet Nothing." Wept. My friends wanted to go see someone else but they took one at me, looked at each other, and mouthed to each other "we can wait."
Porter Robinson with the Worlds tour/Okee. Need I say more?
Lana Del Rey at Buku this year, pretty much the entire set. Was full-on sobbing during Video Games and Summertime Sadness.
There are so many others but those stand out to me. Sounds like I need to prepare for Julien Baker at Okee.
One that got me recently that I didn’t expect was Phil Collins. As soon as Against All Odds started (his opener I might add) I started bawling. I didn’t see that one coming at all.
Brandi Carlile totally sucker punched me at Roo this year. I wasn’t really familiar with her music and wasn’t planning on being at her set, but I ended up there anyway thinking it would be a set I probably wouldn’t pay much attention to. By halfway through The Eye I had a pretty steady stream of tears going. It was strange because I’ve never had such a strong emotional reaction to a song hearing it for the first time, from an artist I barely knew at all, but damn if she didn’t have me completely in the palm of her hand for those few minutes.
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One that got me recently that I didn’t expect was Phil Collins. As soon as Against All Odds started (his opener I might add) I started bawling. I didn’t see that one coming at all.
Same thing happened to both my wife and I when we saw him a few weeks ago. She looked me during Against All Odds and asked if I was crying and then started laughing and said "Me too." That show was super nostalgic and emotional which surprised me a bit. Take Me Home at the end of the show also got me. I also was surprised at how evil/ominous In the Air Tonight is live. I never noticed that before in the studio version.