For Tammy Rae - Bikini Kill
Fade Into You; Be My Angel - Mazzy Star
The Darkest Night of All - Lisa Germano
Immortality - Pearl Jam
Good Things - Sleater-Kinney

Stevie Wonder - I Believe when I fall in love it will last forever

To add to my list of R&B gems:

Joe - I Wanna Know

Forgot about these:

Whiskeytown - Don't Be Sad

Barenaked Ladies - Some Fantastic (yeah...believe it or not. the chorus/refrain is pretty haunting when you're going through a breakup with a chick you like. long story...i digress. carry on.)

Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting

Buddy Holly - Everyday

Weezer - Island in the Sun (nice segue there, huh?)

Jack Johnson - Cupid

(more to come when i think of 'em)

Pretty much everything I've heard by U2 .

Amen brother on Big Star.

Now,
Here Come's a Regular - Replacements
Side one - Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell

I enjoyed Raingods With Zippos but haven't really liked the early Fish solo stuff that I've heard so far. I do love his work with Marillion but generally find myself listening to Hogarth era material more often (AOS, This Strange Engine, Marillion.com, Anoraknophobia). Still haven't managed to figure out how I feel about Marbles though and I preordered it so I've had it since it came out.

Michael

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton is a heartbreaking but beautiful song he wrote about the death of his young son. It really chokes me up when I hear it. Another song that evokes the same feeling for me is Time by The Alan Parsons Project.

To me, the man with a lock on this category is Brian Wilson -- at his peak, his ability to turn out heartrending songs was uncanny. See: "God Only Knows", "Caroline No", "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)", "Wonderful", etcetera.

• Tori Amos - Winter, Gold Dust, Your Cloud
• Prince - God [Instrumental], Venus de Milo, When We're Dancing Close And Slow, Condition Of the Heart
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons, That's the Way Of the World
• Joss Stone - Spoiled, Security
• Mariah Carey - Anytime You Need A Friend
• Chanté Moore - As If We Never Met, Am I Losing You?
• Wendy & Lisa - This Is the Life
• U2 - In A Little While
• Norah Jones - Come Away With Me, What Am I To You?
• Maxwell - Whenever, Wherever, Whatever, Lonely's the Only Company pt 1 & 2, Lifetime
• Tony! Toni! Toné! - Whatever You Want, Anniversary, Lovin' You
• Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Bitter [the ENTIRE album]
• Sarah McLachlan - I Love You, Full Of Grace
• Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place, the Body That Loves You, Come Back To Me
• Elton John - Empty Garden, the Last Song [this song played at the end of "And the Band Played On" is truly heart wrenching].

I'm sure there's more....

My Immortal- Evanescense (sp)
And
Whiskey Lullaby- Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley

"Pictures of You" - The Cure
"Temptation" - New Order
"No Surprises" - Radiohead
"Enjoy The Silence" - Depeche Mode
"Ice Blink Luck" - Cocteau Twins
"See You Soon" - Coldplay
"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel

I hear Tori Amos does a great live version.

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out --Neil Finn, w/Johnny Marr on guitar

Life in Mono --Mono

Just Like Heaven --The Cure

The Man Who Sold the World --Nirvana

El Dia Que Me Quieras - Carlos Gardel (You need to know Spanish to understand the song).

I second Windmills by Toad the Wet Sprocket. I'll also add one by them "I think about"... Just beautiful!!

Where can I find this? Unless I'm mistaken, its not an album track. Can't find it on iTunes either.

Few songs:

George Harrison - What Is Life
George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity
John Lennon - Crippled Inside
John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
Paul Mcartney & Wings - Band On The Run
Paul McCartney - Another Day
Ringo Starr - Photograph
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays ...... (have always liked this song, just didn't know it was based on real life until last last)
Cindy Lauper - True Colors

Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon

Wish You Were Here - Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie - vocals)

"If" by Bread
"Colour My World" by Chicago
"Never My Love" and "Cherish" by The Association
"Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace

Some out of what I've been listening to lately:
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) - The Arcade Fire
Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene
Good Woman - Cat Power
Warning Sign - Coldplay
We Can Have It - The Dears
The Man Who Told Everything - Doves
It's a Motherfucker - The Eels
Powder Blue - Elbow
Your Love Means Everything (Pt. 2) - Faultline
What Happens When the Heart Just Stops - The Frames
Inmates - The Good Life
Ghost - Howie Day
Cathedrals - Jump, Little Children
She Has No Time - Keane
Papa was a Rodeo - Magnetic Fields
Proof is What You Get - Mark Mallman
Hold On - The Shore
Tear Stained Eye - Son Volt
A Coda - The Trashcan Sinatras

All I Want - The Poozies (a heart-aching take on "Wouldn't It Be Loverly")

maybe SB was thinking of "Cocoon", because that should be on my list...
-di doctor-

I agree. I mentioned this before (not sure if it was this thread), but we had a project in high school where we were given a poem and we had to interpret it in a presentation to the class. The teacher also let us pick a song that went with the theme of the poem. I chose this song and when I pushed play everything went quiet and the song played. I love that he chose to play it at his Unplugged gig and it sounds so beautiful with just Clapton singing and playing the guitar. There was not a dry eye in the class (be it just people tearing up or people crying rivers).

Of course there were only three guys in the class (including me), as it was an Advanced Placement English class, but still...(if anyone just sits down and listens to the song it brings so much emotion).

Once I Was--Tim Buckley
One Love/People Get Ready--Bob Marley
Alexandra Leaving--Leonard Cohen
Love Itself--Leonard Cohen
When I Fall--Steve Earle
Goodbye--Steve Earle
Side of the Road--Lucinda Williams
April Come She Will--Simon and Garfunkel
American Tune--Simon and Garfunkel
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda--Pogues
The Broad Majestic Shannon--Pogues
The Song With No Name--Shane MacGowan
Don't Worry Baby--Beach Boys
Time--Tom Waits
Dancing Lessions--Sinead O'Connor
Thank You For Hearing Me--Sinead O'Connor
This is a Rebel Song--Sinead O'Connor
The Town I Loved So Well--Dubliners