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re: Songs that make you weep

Posted by:	Chromolume 04:34 pm EST 01/20/15
In reply to:	re: Songs that make you weep - wisebear 01:58 pm EST 01/20/15

Falsettos.....What Would I Do This is one of those songs that I have such an intense personal connection to that it makes me cry automatically - I'm sure most of us have a few of those. In my case, it (only, lol) concerns a very tough breakup that I went through in the year after after Falsettoland played off-Broadway. Though I also imagine that the literal subject matter of the song - losing someone to AIDS - has made this a very personal song for many people because of the specific context, the early 80's setting of the show, and the early 90's premiere (which I still consider somewhat early in terms of our dealing with the epidemic). Another AIDS-related Finn song that brings me to tears is "Monica And Mark" from Elegies. Those sections where they start singing in neutral syllables especially. The music is very emotional on its own terms, but that very "primitive" expression of wordless singing evokes something incredibly powerful, given the context. (And the way that, when it happens for the first time, it literally interrupts the narrative, giving the sense that the singer can't even bring himself to finish his own sentence.)

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