A friend has composed a beautiful song, about someone who has died, it is lovely but when people listen to it they start crying. I could hardly sing it all the way through first time without choking up. He's asked me to sing it at a concert, but I would feel bad about making people upset/cry - but he says this is the whole point of sad songs and people love crying when they hear them. I think that's weird, what do you think? I would hate to cry if sitting in an audience, but maybe I am wrong? Help!
2007-04-04 10:31:31 · 27 answers · asked by Julia 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Just sing, if they cry its better out than in.
2007-04-04 10:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by **ZARA** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 50's there was a singer called Johnnie Ray and he used to cry as he sang certain songs - his nickname was the Prince of Wails - which says a lot about the 50's.. I guess that joke may have been original back then :o)
I don't see anything actually wrong in singing a song that touches people enough to produce a few tears - Any form of art should be attempting to reach people and produce an emotional reaction of some sort, I guess.
At least you'd know you have performed the song well and taken your audience with you.
Besides, everyone cries when I sing - regardless of what song it is - "Get him off" is probably the most popular :o)
2007-04-04 10:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Kes51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's ok. I think people love songs that move them in one way or another. There are a lot of good songs that make me cry. You just have to have the right timing for a song like that. All in all, if it's a good song and it has real meaning I don't see how you could get away with not singing it.
2007-04-04 10:35:04 · answer #3 · answered by rosenhoffer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should sing it. Maybe not at the end or the beginning but somewhere in the middle, then have a break after it.
People LOVE sad songs, even if they make them cry. Sad songs are just so moving, it makes them great to listen to.
People do sing sad songs at concerts BTW (for ex. James Blunt-Goodbye My Lover, No Bravery and Jordin Sparks-I Who Have Nothing).
2007-04-04 21:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Soccer Lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 06:55:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's alright, if you can move an audience to the point of crying then you've got some real talent. People don't like to just listen to music, they also like to feel it. So if you can sing a song & put meaning into it & move an audience to that point then do it!
2007-04-04 10:37:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most music stirs the emotions in us. Sometimes it brings out happiness...sometimes it doesn't. While emotions may create discomfort for some, to hear a song, and be so moved to tears is not a bad thing. It not only indicates the connection between that music or lyric with our hearts, it also can be a connector to others who experience the same feelings. In a perfect world we would all show only emotions that were "comfortable" and only at "appropriate times". To create or establish healthy attitudes one must be allowed to "feel" and allow oneself to (within reason) express those feelings. If tears come....the tears were there! SING!
2007-04-04 11:00:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best songs of all time are powerfull songs. They should be either very happy or very sad, both are good. The songs I hate are the boring middle of the road songs that dont make you feel anything, they are a waste of time. One of my favorite groups is Pink Floyd which sing a lot of sad songs. Try listening to "The gunners dream" by Pink Floyd, I think that song is great, but very sad.
2007-04-04 10:37:58 · answer #8 · answered by MARTIN B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um... no, u don't really wanna get people to start crying at a prescribed happy time like a concert. unless of course it was a funeral, or the concert was in memory of the depated- then fine.... but make sure u sing it perfectly.... there's nothing more awkward than listening to a sad song about someone who died being sung badly while people around you are crying.
2007-04-04 10:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by leon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For concerts and the like I think it is alright. "Sad" songs are appropriate for graduations and other "emotional" times as well.
As long as this song wasn't sung out of context (at a wedding for example) I would think you could pull it off. Overall it depends on how comfortable you are singing it. If you're not feeling right then that is going to carry through in your voice and the performance isn't going to be as strong.
2007-04-04 10:38:23 · answer #10 · answered by tngapch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok I was in the same situation as you my uncle died on top of crystal mt right in front of me so his wife and daughter asked me to sing the song that he sung to his daughter before she went to bed and i was thinking the same way you were but I ended up singing it without crying because i relized people are crying because they loved that person and i was selabratng his life with a major song so yah i think you should sing it
2007-04-04 10:38:17 · answer #11 · answered by Patrick L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋