What PSB track (or part of a PSB track) moves you emotionally? (Crying, goosebumps, etc.)

[davee]

I have a "PSB Poignant" playlist which includes the following, intended to provoke an emotional response like this:

Being Boring
The Way It Used To Be
King's Cross
Dreaming of the Queen
It Always Comes as a Surprise
Footsteps
Luna Park
Something Special
The View from your Balcony
The Survivors
Do I have to?
Your funny uncle

[Drico One]

Sad robot world, which popped into my playlist earlier, is still poignant and, arguably, particularly apposite today. I love the humanity in Neil’s “thought I heard one crying.” That always brings a little gulp to my throat.

It’s an exquisite sigh of sentience on an album where the overriding theme is the very opposite: of getting out of one’s head…

Drico.

[Gabby]

Pinhead44's comment on a separate thread re James Ford reminded me that on my first listen to Electric, as the closing tingling sounds of Vocal faded, I was welling up. It was an emotional ride.

It wasn't specifically Vocal that did it, more the album as a whole.

[Pj72BPSBFan]

I think the following songs in their repertoire have quite an emotional impact on me:

Later tonight.
A new life.
Do I have to?
It couldn’t happen here.
Rent.
King’s Cross.
Your funny uncle.
It must be obvious.
This must be the place I waited years to leave.
Being boring.
To face the truth.
Nervously.
End of the world.
Dreaming of the Queen.
Young offender.
Too many people.
Hit and miss.
It always comes as a surprise.
Always.
Love is a catastrophe.
King of Rome.
The way it used to be.
Invisible.
I cried for us.
Sad robot world.
Brick England.
Hoping for a miracle.

Sometimes it’s specifically the lyrics and the way they are sung, sometimes it’s the sounds used in the melody, sometimes a combination of both. I don’t know if this resonates with people but in the album version of Young offender even though the melody is generally very upbeat the part where the guitar sound comes in during the latter half really hits me, along with the “I know, I know” lyric.

Of course Being boring has that fantastic line of “I never dreamt that I was meant to be …” and knowing the story behind the song that usually gets to me.

The other one that usually brings me close to tears is The way it used to be. The sense of longing and loss conveyed in that song crush me. It’s the kind of song that makes me feel proud to be a PSB fan.

[Neilatrone]

West End Girls bass line at the outro always brings me back to 1980s when I first heard it. It captivated me at the time and even now i get s lump in my throat hearing it. Thank you Chris and Neil for being the soundtrack of my life.

[Skybluearmy87]

Love comes quickly, I was lucky to see them in Gran Canaria, and was at the front to see Neil doing his slow walk , wow that hit me like a truck , I cried

Another song that makes me cry is between two islands, reminds me of a holiday romance I had , he was touring the world and we met in Gran Canaria, after five days he went over to Tenerife, the lyrics I so could have written

Vocal , always like the song but live it takes it onto another level , the whole place erupted, the floor was bouncing, goosebumps wow

[PSBForTheMasses]

I am usually a very self-disciplined person. I did not cry a single tear in my father's funeral and when I lost two beloved friends in the past...

But PSB songs are a different story...I still do not cry (maybe I am lacking tear glands) but they haunt me to the point of depression.

The biggest culprit is It Couldn't Happen Here. I always feel empty, devoid of any life energy when I hear those haunting notes. A deep sadness runs through me with all orchestral dabs pulling the strings of my heart, probably because this overlapped with my financially and emotionally hardest times in my youth, with lots of lost opportunities and chances...

Later Tonight and This Must be the Place...Both manage to stir up my bad memories of boarding school menaces and nightmares...loneliness, cold, shivering like a pup, helplessness away from family...This Must be...is a piece of art that accidentally fell onto the earth from heavens in the form of a pop song for me (and interestingly Behavior is among my least favorite albums). Is there any phobia in psychology for the fear of boarding schools?

King's Cross-

I am not scared- sad sad sad, actually you are very scared Neil as you know that the relation will not go anywhere as usual and you will be...alone again. Why trying to deceive yourself?

"If I was you, if I was you I wouldn't treat me the way you do"... How desperate...

Discoteca- I did not see any love for this in this post but this song haunts me as it reminds me the last days of my sorrowful youth, moving to a family man status with a problematic and haunting past that continues to linger inside me...again too many wasted opportunities because of financial shortfalls and an alcoholic father..

"I don't speak in anger
though the chances that I've let
pass me by and now regret
I can't forget
They're haunting me
like a score of unpaid debts" Those unpaid debts will always remain unpaid...that's the most painstaking part for me.

To step aside-
Hit and Miss-

Minimal- Many think that it is an Ibiza song but to me it is "existential".

Last to die- where Neil croons the following lines, he always gets me:
"The sun sets in flames as the city burns
Another day gone down as the night turns
And I hold you here in my heart
As things fall apart"

Honorable mentions:
The outro of Young Offender, The Way It Used To be ("So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere")

[XXXPJ97]

I was born in Husum, Germany, after the second world war, and grew up in a humanities environment characterized by Rudolf Steiner's teachings. The beauty of nature and the architecture of the manor houses, especially the community e.V., Schloss Richthof and Hofgut Sassen, left a lasting impression with me. After my baptism in the hall of the community, I remember the moments when the community service provider picked me up from kindergarten. The large park with its fountains, ponds and extensive meadows, where I was often in the sun, was a second home for me. But despite this beauty I often felt lonely because I was looking for a special woman who could enrich my life.

In the Loheland Foundation I learned that it is not the food or the people who are sacred, but the truth and the soul. In the morning we greeted ourselves with a saying that reminded us that symbols are only ways to grasp the truth. When I got older, I spent a lot of time at Richthof Castle, where I was sitting in a large living room, surrounded by magazines over the Vietnam War and Geo-article over distant countries. The sight of Claude Monet's poppy flowers and the large fireplace created an inspiring atmosphere, especially when solving my math tasks. But most impressed me by the people who lived holy until the end of life. Table prayers and weekly Bible evenings were part of our everyday life. However, I wondered whether the myth about creation really corresponded to the truth.

Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, described the humanities as "secret science" and was a rebel against the strict rules of the Catholic Church. I noticed that many of my friends were children of rebellious parents who went their own way. I was particularly fascinated by the topic of sexuality. Steiner described perversion and masturbation as psychiatric diseases, but I questioned the correctness of these statements. What you should actually do was all sacraments with a woman and let the children baptize. The story of Philippe Jordan, a police officer who finds the love of his life in the red light milieu, fascinated me. I decided to end my studies of the humanities in this world because I wanted to find a woman who suits me.



In "This must be the place i waited years to leave" the feeling of loneliness and longing for a fulfilling life reflects. The protagonist reflects on his past and the search for a place that is more than just a physical place. Similar to me in my childhood, where I was looking for importance and a connection, the song conveys the feeling that you often stay in an environment that does not do justice to you. The melancholy and the pursuit of change in the song remind me of my own questions about identity and belonging.

The critical examination of the expectations and ideals that shaped us runs through both - my life and the song. It is the desire for an authentic life that drives us to leave the familiar behind us and strive for a little bigger.