I've cried at quite a few concerts, but the youtube video linked to in this post is a concert I was at a couple of years ago...wow that feels a lot longer...and Death Cab for Cutie closed this song with an orchestral rendition of what is, to me, their most emotional and perfect song.
Even listening to the album of Transatlanticism gives me chills whenever the guitar kicks in and for the last few minutes of the song. Seriously though, this live version, oh my god the string section adds so many layers to this song. It's incredible.
How about you? When and why?
I once went to a concert with my future wife to see Rufus Wainwright. Upon walking in I saw my ex-girlfriend and her date. I wasn't yet over that relationship even though I was starting a very important new one. During the concert I enjoyed the company of my future wife very much and was glad that it was her at the show with me.
That said, I had listened to Rufus's album Poses many times with my ex. In fact, for a good while we had sex to it regularly. Those songs were charged with emotion. It was a confusing show.
What made me buy those tickets? What made my ex buy those tickets? Was it both our way of saying "I'm over this?"
Well, regardless of the "why" I ended up crying during Poses, the song.