[MuckItUp]

I was listening to a live version of Morning Bell on my ipod sitting on a New York subway train, and it got to that intense, amazing part after the "sleepy jack, the fire drill. Running around etc etc. " bit, and it just hit me like a sack of bricks. How fucking brilliant?

Anyone else ever get punched in the gut by Radiohead in public, where you can't hide your tears?

Or maybe I'm the only jackass...

[bitumen]

I was crying on my bike the other day. I don't think anyone saw, it was a quiet day on the trail. Can't remember what it was that set me off. Something in the Cambridge show.

[kafkadoodledoo]

the early b-sides have a certain hold over me, like "stupid car" or "you never wash up after yourself". not sure what it is. nostalgia. the simplicity of it. sometimes remembering how young thom was is a factor, and imaging all the stress he was starting to hold.

[irene]

I've never understood people that cry over songs or books or TV shows or movies.

Except if it's the episode of Futurama where Fry's dog waits and waits and waits for him, or the part in Lilo & Stitch where Lilo's gonna get taken away by the child custody people because those are just TT_TT

[kafkadoodledoo]

irene, on 10 March 2010 - 12:05 AM, said:

I've never understood people that cry over songs or books or TV shows or movies.

Except if it's the episode of Futurama where Fry's dog waits and waits and waits for him, or the part in Lilo & Stitch where Lilo's gonna get taken away by the child custody people because those are just TT_TT

what about the episode of futurama where fry talks to leela while she's in a coma because the doctors said it would help and when she regains consciousness he's holding her hand saying, "please wake up"?

or the one where he think his brother stole his name and all his goals and aspirations, like being the first astronaut on mars, only to find out his brother missed him so much when he disappeared that he named his son after fry

no wait, this is about radiohead. how to disappear completely used to get me all the time

[bitumen]

it doesn't pay to be too crusty Irene - let this shit in

[raaainbow]

MuckItUp, on 10 March 2010 - 04:42 AM, said:

Anyone else ever get punched in the gut by Radiohead in public, where you can't hide your tears?

me, many times. while driving my car and listening to LSP live. or On The Beach. or Nude. (just to name a few...). that was in public. and in private - I'm not able to count how many times it happened... lots of RH's songs make me very melancholic and all the factors contribute to this: Thom's voice, the lyrics, the melody...

[raaainbow]

kafkadoodledoo, on 10 March 2010 - 08:40 AM, said:

how to disappear completely used to get me all the time

oh yes, tell me about it...

[Lain Iwakura]

one time i cried while watching a toilet paper tv ad

[`n Vliegtuig]

i cried once before i left cape town 'cause i thought maybe korea would be scary and i cried when my cat died and those are the only times i cried in my 20's

[Trifle]

I might be a bit of a cry-baby but I tend to react very emotionally when listening to music, and especially when listening to Radiohead. I guess it's mostly because I feel that they are being very sincere and Thom means what he's saying - their music is 100% bullshit-free. Their emotional honesty, as well as the combination of dark lyrics and the most beautiful melodies, always gets a response out of me.
So I have to pay some attention when compiling playlists for work, for example Videotape or Street Spirit can't be included... It's not only RH though which can make me cry - others include eg Elliott Smith, Elbow (Friend of Ours makes me cry instantly every time), Nina Simone.

This is in contrast with many other artists which use all the tricks in the book to make emotionally moving songs, but they just end up sounding fake and mostly just irritate the shit out of me. Worst example: Celine Dion, ewww.

[raaainbow]

drgloom, on 10 March 2010 - 02:48 PM, said:

I guess it's mostly because I feel that they are being very sincere and Thom means what he's saying - their music is 100% bullshit-free. Their emotional honesty, as well as the combination of dark lyrics and the most beautiful melodies, always gets a response out of me.

I wouldn't put it better.
there's only one musician that used to get that emotional outburst out of me the way RH does - that's Jacques Brel.

drgloom, on 10 March 2010 - 02:48 PM, said:

So I have to pay some attention when compiling playlists for work, for example Videotape or Street Spirit can't be included...

god, I know what you mean...

[Cosmic-Merchant]

irene, on 10 March 2010 - 08:05 AM, said:

I've never understood people that cry over songs or books or TV shows or movies.

Except if it's the episode of Futurama where Fry's dog waits and waits and waits for him, or the part in Lilo & Stitch where Lilo's gonna get taken away by the child custody people because those are just TT_TT

good that episode had me in a depresion for days
... i cant watch it when ever it comes on

wat about in toy story 2 when the show us jessys past ... lump in the throat

videotape and motion picture soundtrack really get me goin
but its good to let it out

other than radiohead i guess sigur rós get me goin sometimes
ara batur and all alright really get me goin ... and vaka and von ...

[Moon Bear]

hmm Radiohead used to make me cry, like nearly every listen to OKC + Kid A was intense --> be welling up for Exit Music... but now feel immune to it, probably listened to them too much and got bit desensitised. But yeah – good for you, crying in public is great and if more people did it the world would be a better place

[peanut crayon]

the tourist once had a really hard effect on me towards the end. i was sitting on an empty train from my college back to my home town. it was beautiful really. the other one that had a close second was motion picture soundtrack on the same train a few weeks later. not the actual song itself, but that small little part at the end. i left my ipod running and i had completely forgot about it and i was looking out the window - the sun was at a really low point and was shining in through the window in that orange glow in my eyes almost blinding me but it was blinking because of the passing trees. as soon as the little heavenly sounds started to play and get into its high point a clearing with a river perfectly framed in the window as a bird flew over the train and out over the river and followed it like a path. the sun was absolutely perfect and the moment couldnt have been timed in a million years.

[foodcourt]

i still cry with radiohead but it usually coincides with the climax of the song i'm listening to - bodysnatchers being the first example coming to my mind - it's a kind of ball starting from the stomach and spreads out to my limbs and brain, makes me jump and cry OHMYGODTHISISFUCKINGAMAZINGROCKONROCKONROCKON WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! tears of happy rage, something like that
maybe it's communicative, they've been happier as a band after all.

[chickenwing]

fake plastic trees always makes me cry or want to cry.
-_______-

[zdkrdh]

I cried when I killed myself

[irene]

kafkadoodledoo, on 10 March 2010 - 12:40 AM, said:

what about the episode of futurama where fry talks to leela while she's in a coma because the doctors said it would help and when she regains consciousness he's holding her hand saying, "please wake up"?

or the one where he think his brother stole his name and all his goals and aspirations, like being the first astronaut on mars, only to find out his brother missed him so much when he disappeared that he named his son after fry

no wait, this is about radiohead. how to disappear completely used to get me all the time

Nah, neither one of those really made me cry

[Rich]

I cry when browsing GRT