Anonymous wrote:Two of Us (Beatles)
Home (Stephanie Mills)
I'm Going Home (Rocky Horror soundtrack)
Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
Take Me Home (Phil Collins)
Home (Philip Phillips)

Creep by Radiohead (1992)
Creep by STP (1993)
Creep by TLC (1996)

Anonymous wrote:Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls
Ghost by the Indigo Girls
Praise You in the Storm by Castiing Crowns
You Oughtta Know by Alanis Morrisette
The Prayer, sung by Celine Dion and Andrea Boccelli
Fast Car, Tracey Chapman
Cats in the Cradle by Cat Stevens
You'll Be in My Heart (from Tarzan movie), Phil Collins

Nice list! Just want to add Homesick by Mercy Me.

And Amazing Grace.

Anonymous wrote:Adia (Sarah McLaughlin)

+1!

Anonymous wrote:If I Loved You, Delta Rae
Somebody More Like You, Nickel Creek
Good Things, BoDeans
word to Indigo Girls' Ghost mentioned above
29 and Competition Smile, Gin Blossoms

Adding Five for Fighting's 100 Years to my list above. And Lou Reed's Dirty Blvd. No one mentioned this song when he died and I think it is his best work.

Anonymous wrote:I've been crying about "Cat's in the Cradle" since the first time I heard it when I was about 8. (I was a sensitive child.)
There was also a song about some kind of whizzing, buzzing toy that also made me cry.

The Marvelous Toy, by Tom Paxton? I actually think it's a very sweet song, sort of the opposite of Cat's in the Cradle - I do react emotionally to it, but more happy than sad. Kid gets a magical little toy from his Dad, loves it his entire life, and eventually gives it to his own son. We have a picture book version of this song, really fun to read with the kids. "It went zip when it moved, bop when it stopped, and whirrr when it stood still ... I never knew just what it was, and I guess I never will".

Tom Paxton has several tearjerkers, though. Check out The Bravest, about firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11 - told from the point of view of someone who was saved by them. "Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound of firemen pounding up the stairs while we were running down". Sends chills down my back every time I hear it.

Anonymous wrote:Buckets of Rain
Tangled Up in Blue
Make You Feel My Love

I know you...

Anything James Taylor, mainly because I have a personal connection.

Blue October -Into the Ocean.

Because the Night, Patti Smith version
All of Me, John Legend (I stopped the car and pulled over the first time I heard it)
We Shall Overcome
You are my Sunshine
Something , Beatles on Abbey Road
Reasons, Earth Wind and Fire

Did you know George borrowed the opening lyric from his friend James Taylor? "Something in the Way She Moves" by JT is also a pretty great song.

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the "songs that make you happy" thread - what songs make you just really feel it all, pull at your heartstrings and all of that? No emotion in particular, just emotion.

For me -
Mr. Brightside (The Killers) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE
Float On (Modest Mouse) - http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=CTAud5O7Qqk
The Winner Is (Danna/DeVotchKa) - http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=PBraHI5DwJ0

Bridge over Troubled Waters always gets me. My 8th teacher used to sing it to us-while playing piano, during lunch hour (we used to eat lunch in our classrooms).

there are tons more but this one comes to mind right away.

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

The Indigo Girls basically own this thread. I'll throw in 'You and me of the 10,000 wars' for good measure.

Also, 'You could be happy' by Snow Patrol. I know it's not a _good_ song, but Jesus, that one just guts me.

Home Life, John Mayer
Ghost and History of Us, Indigo Girls
If I loved you, Delta Rae
Secret World, Peter Gabriel
Coming around again, Carly Simon
Someone Great, LCD Soundsystem
Crying, KD Lang (I'm with the straight DH pp who called this one a world-stopper -- I gasped in shock the first time I heard it)

Right now, I have been really rocking out to Let Go by RAC on repeat. It brings up happiness and sadness at the same time for me.

Because the Night, Patti Smith version
All of Me, John Legend (I stopped the car and pulled over the first time I heard it)
We Shall Overcome
You are my Sunshine
Something , Beatles on Abbey Road
Reasons, Earth Wind and Fire