Songs that'll make you cry

bazza
May 04, 2008 at 10:48 AM posted in General Discussion

I was listening to this song this morning and was wondering if you needed to understand all the lyrics of a song to experience the full emotion of it.

Maybe Cassie can be provide some good Chinese examples?

 

 

  

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bazza
June 05, 2008 at 12:19 AM

This is a good one. Neil Diamond - Hello Again.

It gets me in first 30 seconds.

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wildyaks
May 10, 2008 at 07:10 PM

Hey, thanks, Gesang! Conjures up a lot of memories...

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gesang
May 10, 2008 at 06:42 PM

They are kind of hard to find in Youtube...many are only called "tibetan song"...I was just lucky to find the one above... and maybe because it is so popular (at least in 2007). Uploaded just for you, wildjaks: insight in one of my personal experiences of this song ;-) (sorry for the quality..it was dark and late...)

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wildyaks
May 10, 2008 at 04:23 PM

Yes, of course. If I would know how to find it and then post my favourite song, that makes me cry, I would...(bya de khrung khrung dkar po by Rongzhong Erjia and Nima Lhamo)

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gesang
May 10, 2008 at 04:10 PM

You sure know it wildyaks!? I thought so ;-)

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wildyaks
May 10, 2008 at 04:09 PM

Nice one, Gesang!

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gesang
May 10, 2008 at 03:55 PM

Wow, i managed to poste a video!

Music quality of tibetan pop music might be doubtable..but this one makes me cry every time!

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gesang
May 10, 2008 at 03:49 PM

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GreyPhoenix
May 08, 2008 at 10:54 PM

This one makes me cry every time... Hope the embed works!

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pipsy
May 08, 2008 at 06:47 PM

The original Hank Williams song "I'm so lonesome I could cry". listen and weep!

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wildyaks
May 08, 2008 at 04:13 PM

It's in Mandarin. I found that link:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/audio/2004-12/07/content_2304107.htm

Sorry, don't know how to embed links. And the singer is 杨臣刚, as steesen said.

now, that I subjugated myself to listen to that song again, jjust to find a link, it will be hours, until I can get it out of the system. That makes me cry!

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hitokiri6993
May 06, 2008 at 03:16 PM

wildyaks: Is that song in Cantonese or Mandarin? Pls. send me a song link if it's ok.:)

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steesen
May 06, 2008 at 02:53 PM

wildyaks ,刘德华 never songs 老鼠爱大米,it's 香香 or 杨臣刚 who songs it!

i think that nobody cries when listening to this song,that's a sweet song!

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RJ
May 06, 2008 at 01:52 PM

Wildyaks, yes you have the correct one. Its more about laughing than crying.

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wildyaks
May 05, 2008 at 06:27 PM

you guys talking about that song 我爱你, 爱着你, 就像老鼠爱大米。。。??? Or something of this sort? (Is it Liudehua who sings it?) Who cries when listening to that song??? That I would find really hard to comprehend... Totally agree with calkins - for the Chinese version

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lunetta
May 05, 2008 at 04:40 PM

If you really want to feel miserable there's nothing like Kansas and Dust in the Wind... ;-)

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bazza
May 05, 2008 at 04:38 PM

如果你是会员就我能加你为好友。:)

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cassielin
May 05, 2008 at 03:35 PM

rjberki and rich

I am sorry for reply you late. It has been a long day, so many works I need to do. I am not sure will I film my own performance, many things are still not decided. But if I get a chance, I think I will try to film some performances for the graduation for you.

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cassielin
May 05, 2008 at 03:27 PM

bazza, I don't have tudou username but I can still use it. Youtube is very slow here so I prefer to use tudou. When you use tudou to watch some videos you can click the stop button and let it go first.先按暂停键,让它走完。

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steesen
May 05, 2008 at 02:50 PM

"My prayer" by devotion!

listen to this song every night before sleep^-^

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bazza
May 05, 2008 at 02:23 PM

casie, do you have tudou username? I registered a while long but never used it much because it was really slow, but it's a lot faster now. Maybe because I have a better connection.

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harrysigh
May 05, 2008 at 07:45 AM

everynight in my dreams make me cry sometimes

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ewong
May 05, 2008 at 04:55 AM

祝你一路顺風 is one of my favorite :) I love 小虎隊 !!

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cassielin
May 05, 2008 at 04:37 AM

rjberki,

老鼠爱大米once was very famous here. When I was a freshman my foreign teacher taught us the English version.^_^ I agree with you, I prefer the Chinese version to the English version.

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rich
May 04, 2008 at 08:37 PM

Yes, I vote for a recording of Casie's performance... or a personal invitation to come watch if I am in China when she does it. :)

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calkins
May 04, 2008 at 07:49 PM

Woops sorry, I was referring to the English song's lyrics.

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RJ
May 04, 2008 at 07:43 PM

yep, if the song had been in english I would have hated it. I just thought the whole thing was funny and it was popluar during one of my stays in China. I guess its a nostalgia thing.

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calkins
May 04, 2008 at 06:52 PM

The lyrics from that song make me cry......cry for the person who wrote them.

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RJ
May 04, 2008 at 05:41 PM

I always liked "as the mouse loves the rice"

cassie will you film your performance for us?

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RJ
May 04, 2008 at 05:17 PM

You guys are pretty misty. Do you cry when Dorothy says goodbye to the scarecrow.?

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jamestheron
May 04, 2008 at 05:06 PM

Oh, and with my avatar, how can I forget "It's Not Easy Being Green"

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jamestheron
May 04, 2008 at 04:53 PM

Yes, YMCA also makes me cry, but not as much as "Cat's in the Cradle." Of course for differing reasons.

Perhaps this all depends on your cultural programming.

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hitokiri6993
May 04, 2008 at 04:31 PM

dave: curiously asking...how does YMCA make you cry? People in the Philippines go 發瘋 when they hear that.:)

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bazza
May 04, 2008 at 04:17 PM

Beautiful songs, Cassie. Here is one that I like.

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RJ
May 04, 2008 at 03:40 PM

sadness is part of love. no risk, no gain. No pleasure without pain.

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cassielin
May 04, 2008 at 03:39 PM

Btw, I am preparing these three songs recently because I am going to sing a song in the party for graduation. May be I will choose the second one at last since it is the classic one. It is an oldie but a goodie.

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cassielin
May 04, 2008 at 03:33 PM

Here is the third song named一路顺风,which also has the same meaning with the last one. Both of these two songs mean wish your friends good luck. " target="_blank">NameYourURL

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cassielin
May 04, 2008 at 03:30 PM

Here is the second song named祝你一路顺风, which means wish you a fine trip/have a pleasant journey. " target="_blank">NameYourURL

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cassielin
May 04, 2008 at 03:19 PM

hey, Bazza, as I am going to graduate from my college soon, my head is filled with all those songs about friendship and farewell. They will absolutely make me cry. Here is the first song named朋友别哭,which means Don't cry my friend. " target="_blank">NameYourURL

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dave
May 04, 2008 at 11:04 AM

YMCA by the village people makes me cry.