Don't know that it wrecks me, but this song is always intense I think

Live version of Tears in Heaven.

The Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah

My grandfather Texas A&M '50 passed away a couple of weeks ago at the age of 95 and my buddy sent me this one and said he was listening to it in his honor. PJ is my second favorite band of all time and it wrecked me. For some reason I always thought it was on the album "Riot Act" and didn't realize it was made for Tim Burton's film "Big Fish" that I've never seen.

edit: Interestingly now in reading through the comments on this video so many are like mine above.

I have been digging this for a while now. Its so so good.

Cavalleria Rusticana

Even without the memory of watching it in the theater, this song is just gorgeous.

Ben Folds Five - Brick
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

The River- Garth Brooks

Has absolutely nothing to do with the lyrics

I went to TAMUG my freshman year and was at the fish camp before the start of school. At that time, there was only one other person from my high school that was a fish that year and he happened to be a good friend. We were cracking jokes the whole time and just really cutting up. Drew was laughing so hard he was crying when they played The River at the closing event. Everyone thought he was just overcome with emotion and had no idea just how funny the situation was.


I didn't know then that I would be saying his name at Muster later that spring. On valentines day 2003 he was partying and ended up mixing booze with several xanax. He later slipped into a coma and died. I still think back on that time with my high school buddy every time I hear that song.

My Girl

It is what I danced to with my dad at the reception and he always calls me my girl. I could not tell the last time he used my name. He did insist on Tanya at birth though because my mom wanted Summer Rainbow.

Very happy with that choice

When the piano kicks in during this song it just does something. This album came out when I was at A&M and to this day it just makes me sad, it's a beautiful song. It takes me back and not in a good way. I didn't know I was battling actual depression until much later in life. I can remember riding around CS listening to this song wishing I knew wtf was wrong with me.

This entire album qualifies, but these two in particular are a gut punch both for the songs themselves and knowing Layne was die shortly thereafter.

Tears in Heaven -Clapton


We had a daughter pass away in her sleep at 7 weeks back in 2017 and now even hearing the intro guitar just kills me.

Edit for the unplugged version

I got a call early one morning from my best friend that his Mom had lost her battle with cancer. His Dad had died from cancer just a few years prior and his parents were family to me. When I got in my truck that morning, 'I am the Highway' was queued up on my cd player and I just started bawling like a baby thinking about my best friend and his family.


This one gets me just from being a Dad, especially at the very end when he's talking about his Dad and how he can come up with a way to tell him how much he loved him


Just a beautiful song that hits me right in the feels

For my dad.



For my boy.

A month or so after my daughter was born, I was on the floor playing lego blocks with my older son. My wife turned on a country mix on Spotify and this this song came on.



Absolutely wrecked me.

My girl is nearly two now. This song still makes me tear up whenever I hear it.

The knowledge that you not only failed in your most important job, but you passed that on to your son, would be devastating.

Pretty sure this song influenced me on some level in my own parenting decisions and life priorities.