Have you ever shed tears at a Jacket show?

De1euze! · Mar 27, 2011, 01:54 PM

Quote from: DaFunkyPrecedent on Mar 27, 2011, 01:39 PM
Quote from: De1euze! on Mar 27, 2011, 01:21 PM
numerous times...

first show ever at Radio City, definitely cried a bit during The Bear...cried again for that one at Terminal 5. First jacket song that ever really really deeply effected me.

As others, if Steam Engine gets played, I'm gonna lose it, especially after the initial "take your money and your drugs" explosion, the build up into "all the proof you need" always gets me

I cried at T5 when At Dawn began. I think it may be my favorite album opener on a Jacket record (and I feel bad saying this, discrediting all the others, especially mahgeetah and WC) and the progression from just strumming into percussion, all coming together when Jim bursts in with "at daaaaaaaaaaawn we ride again." Waterworks. Beautiful.

have shed tears during during every Lay Low bridge/solo section I've ever witnessed live. close to musical perfection

Dondante, for sure, every time.

There are just so/too many Jacket songs that I have deep emotional ties with

1st POST!!!!!!!!!

and you talk about your tears....

Sorry to get all emotional with the first post

I've lurked for a very long time, and posted for a short while about a year and a half ago under a different name, but this thread in particular inspired me to start a new account

Taterbug · Mar 27, 2011, 02:05 PM

Yes, I was still ripe with emotion from the loss of my father is sept 08. During the show in december at the Chicago theater they played "Look at you" and the combination of Jack Daniels and still in shock of his passing I lost it. In his last weeks I gave him an I-pod full of music he liked and included some MMJ tunes including "look at you" and he really enjoyed it. He made a point to me that the songs from the Ipod be played at his viewing. Every time I hear it I get a lump in my throat and the memories of our good times together. Music for me is a way to attach certain memories to songs that remind me of the good the bad and the ugly times in my life.

ALady · Mar 27, 2011, 04:03 PM

The more I think about this, the question becomes, have I ever not cried at a Jacket show... :embarassed: I'm a big softy, I guess. But I think it's beautiful that their music has the ability to connect with something in so many of us. Makes me think about bigger questions.

CHIMMJFAN · Mar 27, 2011, 04:49 PM

Damn, love the responses, I was curious if this thread would elicit many responses but it's nice to see how others have been affected by MMJ'S music!

I was thinking if I ever hear Jim sing "Suspicious Minds" live I will hands down be a mess, has a lot to do with my father's passing.

I know it sounds strange but I'm real excited to know that very soon there will be new songs that are going to strike deep emotion in me from "Circuital". LOL I may cry over a new song I haven't even heard yet!

CHIMMJFAN

tdb810 · Mar 27, 2011, 08:12 PM

Strangulation! @ t5, like a big baby.

headhunter · Mar 27, 2011, 08:32 PM

Welcome De1euze! This forum is meant for people who can really get moved by the music.

woodnymph · Mar 27, 2011, 11:30 PM

Quote from: ALady on Mar 27, 2011, 04:03 PM
The more I think about this, the question becomes, have I ever not cried at a Jacket show...

^this :)

Crispy · Mar 28, 2011, 08:59 AM

It's not just sweat pouring down my face at these shows.

Tracy 2112 · Mar 28, 2011, 10:13 AM

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

BH · Mar 28, 2011, 10:39 AM

My very first show. The Bear. I was a mess before I even realized it was happening.

Bigsky · Mar 28, 2011, 10:49 AM

I'm crying right now... :'(

Crispy · Mar 28, 2011, 11:34 AM

The Cure also makes me cry -- for different reasons...

waitin on the boat here · Mar 28, 2011, 12:39 PM

I'm not sure if I have physically shed tears or not, but the emotions is always there during the last half of Dondante.

ynwa · Mar 28, 2011, 02:13 PM

i don't think i've ever cried, but i've definitely welled up @ a few different shows. 1st time was @ the MoF show @ united palace theater 11/6/09 during IWBTWYD. i'd just found out earlier that day that my dad needed quadruple bypass surgery so i was really, really upset. wasn't even gonna go to the show but my dad insisted and, man, when he & conor duetted on this - i almost lost my shit completely. not out of being sad though. i just felt this overwhelming sense of peace about everything, like i knew everything was gonna be ok (which it did turn out to be).

other songs that seem to get me, just about every time, are TWTHS, Steam Engine & Dondante.

johnnYYac · Mar 28, 2011, 02:57 PM

Quote from: ynwa on Mar 28, 2011, 02:13 PM
i don't think i've ever cried, but i've definitely welled up @ a few different shows. 1st time was @ the MoF show @ united palace theater 11/6/09 during IWBTWYD. i'd just found out earlier that day that my dad needed quadruple bypass surgery so i was really, really upset. wasn't even gonna go to the show but my dad insisted and, man, when he & conor duetted on this - i almost lost my shit completely. not out of being sad though. i just felt this overwhelming sense of peace about everything, like i knew everything was gonna be ok (which it did turn out to be).

other songs that seem to get me, just about every time, are TWTHS, Steam Engine & Dondante.

I think the Monsters of Folk show I saw in Boston was the closest I actually came to tears. I brought my Mom on her 65th birthday and during At Dawn took her hand.

I was seeing Jim live for only the second time, the first being MMJ Boston a year earlier and WAY back in the crowd. For MoF, we were 7th row. I was consumed with emotion but fell short of producing tears. Bermuda Highway moved me too.

ynwa · Mar 28, 2011, 06:12 PM

Quote from: johnnYYac on Mar 28, 2011, 02:57 PM
Quote from: ynwa on Mar 28, 2011, 02:13 PM
i don't think i've ever cried, but i've definitely welled up @ a few different shows. 1st time was @ the MoF show @ united palace theater 11/6/09 during IWBTWYD. i'd just found out earlier that day that my dad needed quadruple bypass surgery so i was really, really upset. wasn't even gonna go to the show but my dad insisted and, man, when he & conor duetted on this - i almost lost my shit completely. not out of being sad though. i just felt this overwhelming sense of peace about everything, like i knew everything was gonna be ok (which it did turn out to be).

other songs that seem to get me, just about every time, are TWTHS, Steam Engine & Dondante.
I think the Monsters of Folk show I saw in Boston was the closest I actually came to tears. I brought my Mom on her 65th birthday and during At Dawn took her hand.

I was seeing Jim live for only the second time, the first being MMJ Boston a year earlier and WAY back in the crowd. For MoF, we were 7th row. I was consumed with emotion but fell short of producing tears. Bermuda Highway moved me too.

clearly testament to how powerful live jim is. i mean, we hear these songs over & over on the albums & various live recordings; but there's just something different about BEING THERE. it's a completely different, almost tangible, connection to the music. it's powerful shit.

danz · Mar 28, 2011, 06:30 PM

my eyes just nearly teared up while listening to the newly released T5 version of 'it beats 4 u,' so afterward i put on the new song, 'think you can wait' by the national ;D

kydiddle · Mar 28, 2011, 10:15 PM

Quote from: BH on Mar 28, 2011, 10:39 AM
My very first show. The Bear. I was a mess before I even realized it was happening.

Awww. Really? :)

I cried every night at T5. First tears of joy, then they played One in the Same and I thought about someone who had not been on my mind in a long, long time. More tears during Where to Begin. It was awesome. Then the last night I cried because it was over.

Apeskies · Mar 29, 2011, 12:17 AM

I most def have. Their shows are so magical, it's hard not to during certain moments.

:-X

ALady · Mar 29, 2011, 12:19 PM

Quote from: kydiddle on Mar 28, 2011, 10:15 PM
Quote from: BH on Mar 28, 2011, 10:39 AM
My very first show. The Bear. I was a mess before I even realized it was happening.

Awww. Really? :)

I cried every night at T5. First tears of joy, then they played One in the Same and I thought about someone who had not been on my mind in a long, long time. More tears during Where to Begin. It was awesome. Then the last night I cried because it was over.

I cried the first night just from the realization of what an excruciatingly beautiful week it was going to be, and the realization that although it was just beginning, it was going to be finite in nature.