History TearJerker / TheBeatles

** Everything about "Free As A Bird". ''Everything''. John's lyrics are tragic considering he died during the happiest time of his life. Paul's and George's are depressing because they sound like they wish it hadn't ended the way it did. The Wikipedia page has hundreds of depressing stories that can make you cry ([[ARareSentence which isn't a sentence you expect to say all that often). Then there's the fact that it sounds like John is singing from beyond the grave. Hell, the music video can make you cry, and all it is is hundreds of Beatles shoutouts.

** Tear Jerking FridgeBrilliance. Eleanor Rigby "... was buried along with her name." [[spoiler: ''Everyone forgot her.'']] A possible exemption could be made for Father McKenzie.

''In my life I've loved them all...''\\

''Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter''

''Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here''
''Here comes the sun, here comes the sun''

''and I say it's all right''

''Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces''

''Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here''

''Here comes the sun, here comes the sun''

** During that entire song cycle in the second half of Abbey Road, the power that's released with this bit is unreal.
** The melody is ''Golden Slumbers'', ''Carry That Weight'', and ''The End''. You need to listen to all three songs to get the tears flowing...
-->''And in The End/ The Love You Take/ Is Equal To The Love/ You Make...''
** And then wait for the hidden song ''Her Majesty'', a sweet little ditty that provides the saddest kind of MoodWhiplash ever.

*** Sinatra actually called it the best love song Lennon or McCartney wrote... which is ironic as it's George Harrison's song about his wife [[TheMuse Patti Boyd]].

* "She's Leaving Home", an oddity as Beatles songs went (considering their "mischievious kid" personas). This troper finds lines form that song like "We gave her most of our lives... we struggled hard all those years to get by" especially heartbreaking. Then there's "In My Life," "Here, There and Everywhere," "Golden Slumbers"...

*** And then wait for the hidden song ''Her Majesty'', a sweet little ditty that provides the saddest kind of MoodWhiplash ever.

* "Real Love" turns this troper into a sopping mess.

* "Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time....

* It's hard to listen to "Two of Us" while you're consciously aware that it comes from their final album. "You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead..."

** Try watching [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAf59XJPQC4 this]] ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' AMV that uses the song... * sniff*

* In [[Tropers/{{Lurkerbunny}} this troper]]'s case, "When I'm Sixty Four" but only because it plays over the ending credits of ''The World According To Garp'' (which has its own entry in the film examples).

* This troper had never actually come to tears over a song. Then she heard "Eleanor Rigby" a few minutes ago...and the hopeless lyrics finally hit her.
** Oh my God, "Eleanor Rigby". It made me break down in tears every time I heard it. Given that I am a lonely nerd with few real friends, the gloomy lyrics about loneliness and people coming together too late really made an impact. If you don't cry at "Eleanor Rigby", you have no heart.
** "Eleanor Rigby" was one of this troper's absolute favorite songs as a lonely, shy, quiet, nerdy child because of how much she could relate to it. S-- er, I also found it one of the saddest, most haunting songs ever recorded.
** Even the version of "Eleanor Rigby" from the Anthology, which is ''just the strings'', will haunt you.
*** Speaking of the Anthology, try to watch the music video of "Free as a Bird" now. That song makes me cry like a baby.

** During the entire song cycle at the second half of Abbey Road, the power that's released with this bit is unreal.

* "She's Leaving Home" also counts.
** No, that one kills me, too.

* "Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time..."

* TheBeatles, "The Long and Winding Road" and "Eleanor Rigby". Depending on your mood, "Across The Universe" also fits.
** "In My Life" for this editor.
** Don't forget "Julia", which John Lennon wrote for his late mother.
** "Here Comes the Sun" is a particularly bittersweet song, especially when one considers how cheerful the song sounds.
** In [[{{Lurkerbunny}} this troper]]'s case, "When I'm Sixty Four" but only because it plays over the ending credits of ''The World According To Garp'' (which has its own entry in the film examples).
*** Although considered Narm to some, Russell Brand's version of "When I'm Sixty Four" is heartbreaking for this troper because Russell was instructed to sing it as if the answer to "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?" was "No."
*** "Yesterday" does it for me.
**** For me too.
*** Ever since watching the CowboyBebop AMV where it's featured, this troper simply can't hear "Yesterday" without going teary eyed.
** "Hey, Jude" -- sad melody, and there are times when the lyrics don't quite make it better.
*** As a child of two parents who divorced, "Hey Jude." (It helps that I'm blatantly idealistic.)
*** It's not just you. Now that he's divorced, "Hey Jude" has driven Paul [=McCartney=] to tears at least once, visibly, when he was performing it. In general, when "let her into your heart" becomes impossible or counter-productive, this song turns sad.
*** This troper associates "Hey Jude" with a ''bad'' crush who didn't return his feelings. He spent an hour listening to it on the way to the airport. Not pretty.
*** Paul [=McCartney=] has also admitted that the song has TearJerker connotations for him based on his relationship with John Lennon. Not only did Lennon praise it as the finest song [=McCartney=] ever wrote, but when first playing the song to Lennon, [=McCartney=] was adamant that he'd remove the line "the movement you need is on your shoulders", convinced it was just a placeholder lyric; Lennon, however, believed that that was the finest lyric in the song and insisted [=McCartney=] leave it alone. Since Lennon's death, [=McCartney=] admits that he finds it hard to think of that line without choking up a bit.
** "Let It Be", period.
*** This troper has seen large, shaven, tattooed men break down into ManlyTears hearing this song.
*** Although this troper found the rest of ''AcrossTheUniverse'' to be disappointing, their rendition of "Let It Be" done by a single a capella boy, a gospel choir, and then played over the image of a young soldier's funeral, just got to this troper.
*** ThisTroper was frozen to her seat, wide-eyed, during that portion of ''AcrossTheUniverse''. Personally, however, she finds [[spoiler:the imagery of the boy who was ''singing the a capella intro's funeral'' much more heartwenching''.]] It still chokes me up, sometimes, when it comes up on my iPod when I remember the scene.
*** Try watching [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAf59XJPQC4 this]] ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' AMV that uses the song... * sniff*
** ''AcrossTheUniverse'''s rendition of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" unfailingly makes this troper feel lonely (and usually lachrymose).
** "A Day in the Life" for this troper. Try to ignore the LyricalDissonance and notice how depressing the words actually are.
*** Except for Paul's cheery part.
**** Maybe that's why Paul has been omitting the final verse when he covers this song...
*** This troper now breaks down into tears at A Day in the Life, because of the way George Martin presents the song (and cries) in the Beatles Anthology documentary.
*** For this troper, the most depressing version of this song is Jeff Beck's instrumental version from George Martin's "In My Life" album; the sad, melancholy beauty of the song is amplified to the point where it's almost tangible.
** This troper had never actually come to tears over a song. Then she heard Eleanor Rigby a few minutes ago...and the hopeless lyrics finally hit her.
*** Oh my God, Eleanor Rigby. It made me break down in tears every time I heard it. Given that I am a lonely nerd with few real friends, the gloomy lyrics about loneliness and people coming together too late really made an impact. If you don't cry at Eleanor Rigby, you have no heart.
*** Eleanor Rigby was one of this troper's absolute favorite songs as a lonely, shy, quiet, nerdy child because of how much she could relate to it. S-- er, I also found it one of the saddest, most haunting songs ever recorded.
*** Even the version of Eleanor Rigby from the Anthology, which is ''just the strings'', will haunt you.
**** Speaking of the Anthology, try to watch the music video of "Free as a Bird" now. That song makes me cry like a baby.
** "She's Leaving Home" also counts.
*** No, that one kills me, too.
** "For No One," as well.
** "All You Need Is Love". Really. Usually happy tears, but this troper's known more cynical people to break down when they hear the song. Why? "I wish it were true."
** "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" does it for [[{{Pinkbaron}} this troper]]. ''With every mistake we must surely be learning/Still my guitar gently weeps/I don't know how you were diverted/you were perverted too/I don't know how you were inverted/no one alerted you''
** The first time [[{{Ephedra}} This Troper]] heard the song "Blackbird" was on a long drive home one night. She broke down in tears.
** "Real Love" turns this troper into a sopping mess.
** "I'm Looking Through You" tends to makes this Troper sad. It sounds like a fairly cheery song, but the line 'love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight' makes my stomach twist simply because it makes me think about the fragility of love.
** "Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time..."

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