The band that made us cry

Sahara · #1 08-10-2005, 01:33 PM

Just thought this might be an interesting discussion ...

Are there any Mac songs [including solo stuff] that you cry at when you listen to them? Or at least, did at some stage or another?

I cried at Desert Angel the second or third time I heard it, which was April this year. Just the whole Gulf War thing, and the love she gave out to the soldiers really came out through the song.

Also, I think I cried at Beauty and the Beast -- on the album version and ALMOST at the Live at Red Rocks version [only the end, though, the last line].

And I think I nearly cried at Beautiful Child on Live in Boston. It was extraordinary.

I think they're the only three.

Anyone else?

PenguinHead · #2 08-10-2005, 04:05 PM

Though I've heard it a million times since 1977, if I'm at a concert when Stevie sings "Landslide" I have to fight back the tears. I feel like such a wuss, but looking around at the crowd, I can see that it has a similar impact on many others.

I wish she will come up with another song that has such universal impact. It's one of those certain songs that --- even if you have no clue who Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks are --- has a timeless appeal.

SteveMacD · #3 08-10-2005, 04:15 PM

The first time I heard "Dreaming The Dream" (live in concert, prior to the release of "Time") got me feeling a little teary-eyed. Which is unusual for me.

**jbrownsjr** · #4 08-10-2005, 04:17 PM

Why!!!!!!!!!!

chiliD · #5 08-10-2005, 04:44 PM

First 20x's I listened to the studio version of "I'm So Afraid"

"Why"

And, the first time I heard AND SAW Peter Green play. (I was in tears through most of the Splinter Group's set...and grinning from ear-to-ear simultaneously)

***ThePenguin*** · #6 08-10-2005, 04:47 PM

Why....Songbird....Say Goodbye....those songs always get to me.

When I saw saw the five of them onstage at the first Dance show I went to, I cried like an idiot. I never thought I'd see that day.

-Lis

catinthedark · #7 08-10-2005, 04:54 PM

Oh, my goodness... Songbird. Christine at a piano alone... I've cried everytime I've seen her do it live.

Beautiful Child on the SYW tour. Got me everytime. The fact that it's a beautiful song, but also the fact that I never ever thought I'd hear it live.

Say Goodbye. No explanation necessary.

GypsySorcerer · #8 08-10-2005, 04:56 PM

At concerts, I've teared up during "Landslide," "Beautiful Child," "Say Goodbye," "Goodbye Baby," and "Beauty & the Beast."

I've been known to get misty-eyed listening to "Storms," "Songbird," and "Why" as well.

shackin'up · #9 08-10-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

First 20x's I listened to the studio version of "I'm So Afraid"

Now there we have a Big connection chiliD!

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Originally Posted by chiliD

And, the first time I heard AND SAW Peter Green play. (I was in tears through most of the Splinter Group's set...and grinning from ear-to-ear simultaneously)

Same again. In a F*cking TENT near the belgian coast one of the first splintergroup gigs outside of england....

AND I was in tears about 75 % of the SYW-show in OKC july 1st 2003. My first Buck-Nicks experience after 26 years of longing.

But when i think of it I shed most of the tears in my life listening to FM.....:

....listening to Tusk (whole album), GOS, the first time I saw the Dance, and EVERYTIME I hear Bleed to love her and Silver Springs of that album....

Don't Stop during puberty when I was heartbroken again between 78 and 82, I needed to play that to put myself together again.After that " Can't go Back" took over....

amazingly much more moments too, like hearing Sorcerer sung live in 74. I guess I am a sentimental idiot.

Still connecting ChiliD?

gerald

amber · #10 08-10-2005, 05:31 PM

I'm always crying to some mac or stevie song. Heck, the other day I think I got teary listening to Down on Rodeo.
BC got me each time at my SYW shows, right when Linds comes in.
I almost always cry if I listen to Goodbye Baby. Almost always for Storms. Sometimes I cry just cause something sounds so beautiful to me, a la Insider Live. Sometimes I cry cause something kicks so much ass, I can't believe it exists, a la Edge and SB. Heart of Stone, that one really gets me. Never Make Me Cry.
Basically, I could MacCry at any moment. I'm tearing up now reading other people's choices....

Serrart · #11 08-10-2005, 05:49 PM

I've got teary-eyed for many Mac/Stevie songs:
Beautiful Child (in every version, but especially live)
Sara, Say Goodbye, Goodbye Baby on SYW Tour
Why live
Storms
I'm so Afraid, Big Love/Go insane, Landslide, Silver Springs on The Dance (I needed a lot of tissues the first time I watched it )
Over and Over, Brown Eyes live

Stevie's:
Love Is
It's Only Love
Bella Donna (in the demos especially)
Touched By Angel
Space Needle
Beauty And The Beast live
Hotel California, Circle Dance (on Two Voices Tour)

... and many more.

Romy

wondergirl9847 · #12 08-10-2005, 07:39 PM

I wept like a psycho at the Dallas SYW show on June 16, 2004 when Lindsey played Red Rover. I mean weeping, people. LOL It was the first time I'd seen him do it live and I knew it would hit me, but it hit me like a Mack truck. After it was over, my mom looked at me like "Good Lord, are you okay?"

I cry at various live versions of ISA, especially if something bad is going on, or if I have PMS or something. LOL

I have teared up at Landslide too...I adore that song, especially the Dance version.

Dreammms · #13 08-10-2005, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

I'm always crying to some mac or stevie song. Heck, the other day I think I got teary listening to Down on Rodeo.
BC got me each time at my SYW shows, right when Linds comes in.
I almost always cry if I listen to Goodbye Baby. Almost always for Storms. Sometimes I cry just cause something sounds so beautiful to me, a la Insider Live. Sometimes I cry cause something kicks so much ass, I can't believe it exists, a la Edge and SB. Heart of Stone, that one really gets me. Never Make Me Cry.
Basically, I could MacCry at any moment. I'm tearing up now reading other people's choices....

i am like that too!

sara always kills me though. any live version. especially from the in concert video.

amber · #14 08-10-2005, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreammms

i am like that too!

sara always kills me though. any live version. especially from the in concert video.

yay! Crying twins, activate!
I don't even like Sara that much, But her singing it, and watching that footage of her smiling....well, I broke down like a little girl. It was so beautiful.

realcowgirl · #15 08-10-2005, 10:18 PM

I'm new to the boards, and figure this is as good a time as any to see if I can post!

Landslide, Beautiful Child, Beauty and the Beast . . .I have cried every time I've seen her sing them, and often just listening in my truck. Occasionally, Crystal has had the same effect. And, when I heard her sing Circle Dance, I was definately tearing up! lol