Ever been moved to tears at a gig?

tbm · May 2014

Not playing, attending. This has only happened to me once, but I totally welled just because the music had such a physical and emotional impact on me. I could never envisage it happening again mind, but it popped back into my head today becuase the song that was being played - The Wolves (Act I and II) by Bon Iver - popped up on iTunes shuffle just now and it all came flooding back.

If you cried at a gig cause you'd been dumped that day it doesn't count.

It sounds daft, and if I heard somebody else talking about it I might raise an eyebrow, but having experienced it I'd be interested to see if anyone else has too.

Jalapeno · May 2014

Looong time ago, I noticed a certain moistness watching Camel on their Snow Goose tour, was like you ^^^^ very moving, we'd done the book at school so I knew the story.

not_the_dj · May 2014

A few times but I really remember welling up for:

Seeing Tori Amos singing "Me and a Gun"

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band with Jake Clemons nailing his late uncle's sax solo to Jungleland (I blubbed like a baby, as did everyone else in the pit with me)

NPP · May 2014

not moved to tears but nearly asphyxiated myself: as a teenager when seeing a local blues band the guitarist pulled off a spell-binding solo, not technically snazzy but like a captivating story. I completely forgot to breathe and nearly passed out as a consequence - and I was completely sober, it was early afternoon and the venue was a fairly well-lit school foyer. I can't remember what he played but I can still recall how I felt, and that was nearly 30 years ago!

ROOG · May 2014

Happens to me quite often and I don't have to be at a live gig, some performances, on TV or audio only affect me.

Am I weird?

not_the_dj · May 2014

ROOG said:

Happens to me quite often and I don't have to be at a live gig, some performances, on TV or audio only affect me.

Am I weird?

Nope, me too.

tbm · May 2014

Yeah, films and tv isn't so rare. But that pit of the stomach physical reaction has only happened that one time.

High 5 guys <<SMACK>>. We can all be big jessies together.

ROOG · May 2014

/\ LOL, that is how I feel at times!

Kebabkid · May 2014

Paco De Lucia Sextet gig at the Dominion Theatre, London within the first 10mins, as did most of the audience. Bless him and RIP. Funny enough, also at another flamenco gig, a Paco Pena show. My wife was a wreck during and after that one!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and when FM reformed or played again after a long hiatus at Firefest, Rock City, Nottingham. A lot of us were there at the start and seeing them back again and as good as ever, and those songs etc was very nostalgic.

monquixote · May 2014

Yeah at a Bjork gig when she did Unravel.

Sometimes I go off in the car when a song comes on.

thecolourbox · May 2014

I saw Jack White couple years back and he did "You've got her in your pocket", totally solo with no band, very contrasting song to the rest of the set which was full band and very extroverted, the switch to an introverted and such a sad song flipped me over the edge quicker than you can finger pick a D major chord

randomhandclaps · May 2014

Prince doing Nothing Compares 2 U at the O2 was the only time I can recall a gig having that effect on me.

dindude · May 2014

Seeing The Flaming Lips, first time I'd ever heard there music, at Glastonbury back when they were promoting the Soft Bulletin. Couldn't believe my ears. I was pretty drunk, but still, what a sound.

bluechargeboy · May 2014

Green and Grey by New Model Army on at least two occasions! Not quite tears but an indescribable welling-up feeling which I can only describe as "this is the soundtrack of our lives the last 20 years". Softy!

equalsql · May 2014

When I got a chance to see the Black Crowes in Manchester a couple of years ago,while Luther Dickson was playing with them (thanks to @Mudslide73). When they kicked off into 'Wiser Time' I definitely had a lump in my throat.

Cirrus · May 2014

A few times. A couple that spring to mind are U2 in Manchester, maybe 2002? They played "kite" and dedicated it to Bono's dad, who'd just passed away from cancer. Another time was when Elbow played the old Academy in Birmingham, they played a song called 'Tower Crane Driver' and it was pretty incredible.

flatout · May 2014

Yup. Elbow have done that to me. Unbelievably, so have The Libertines, The Cribs, and even Noel Gallagher!

viz · May 2014

Just come out of a Medtner concert and logged on and saw this - yep I've just been literally crying for the last 10 minutes of his piano quintet! You must listen to it everyone!!

DiscoStu · May 2014

Portishead performing 'Roads' at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh.
Caught me surprise, I can tell you!

I think I'd break if I saw Duke Special play 'Love is a Series of Scars' live.

ElectroDan · May 2014

Not really. Although I nearly wept at a Velvet Revolver gig in Cardiff CIA. The sound was loud and badly mixed, the band lack lustre and uninterested, and a boyhood dream of watching Slash was ruined! Couple that with how much we paid for a pair of tickets, only to walk out (first and only time) due to the appalling shittness, and I get a bit teary eyed thinking about it even now.

Cirrus · May 2014

Velvet revolver were shit at the nia too, shocking sound!

sted · May 2014

Watched Bonamassa at the RAH and they charged me ten quid for a glass of champagne at the interval, cried all the way through the 2nd set.

Jez6345789 · May 2014

Gary Moore playing the messiah will come again Hammersmith

randomhandclaps · May 2014

DiscoStu said:

Portishead performing 'Roads' at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh.
Caught me surprise, I can tell you!

Roads is my all time favourite song and gets me each time I hear it. The one time I was around and got tickets to go and see them, about two hours before we due to leave I slashed my leg open and spent the time of the gig having it put back together. That moved me to tears.

stickyfiddle · May 2014

REM and Springsteen have both sent me over the edge. I'm sure others have too.

digitalscream · May 2014

Only once - the first time I saw my old band play after I'd quit. They were playing at a festival, and they played my favourite song (the one which made me join in the first place). I had no idea that I'd formed such an emotional attachment to that song...it really took me by surprise.

They're supporting us at tonight's gig...I should be able to keep it together

tbm · May 2014

digitalscream said:

Only once - the first time I saw my old band play after I'd quit. They were playing at a festival, and they played my favourite song (the one which made me join in the first place). I had no idea that I'd formed such an emotional attachment to that song...it really took me by surprise.

They're supporting us at tonight's gig...I should be able to keep it together

This post ade me cry! Be strong, dude.

JayGee · May 2014

Most recently (and most dramatically) was when I saw Roger Daltrey performingTommy a couple of years or so back.

Not so much the material or the performance (although both were spellbinding), more that it turns out I have a lot of childhood memories of my late brother bound up with that piece of work and they came back in an utterly overwhelming 3D, iMax, Dolby Surround flood.

Music can do that to you...

IanSavage · May 2014

Engineered Midge Ure at the IGF years ago; I've never been a fan of his work particularly and had only a passing familiarity with 'Dancing (With Tears In My Eyes). After he'd explained the inspiration for writing it and then performed it on an acoustic guitar with vocals dripping with reverb I was blubbing into the sound desk.

I blame the fact that I'd just become a dad.

tbm · May 2014

Hugs all round guys.

ElectroDan · May 2014

sted said:

Watched Bonamassa at the RAH and they charged me ten quid for a glass of champagne at the interval, cried all the way through the 2nd set.

Shit! How much were the Quails eggs and Caviar?

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