History TearJerker / EltonJohn

* Other Elton John songs that can make the trick are "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Sacrifice".

* This verse from "Levon" always makes this troper cry, especially because she knows what Levon is feeling- you want to explore the world, escape your bubble, and yet you stay behind while everyone else goes on their merry way: "Levon sells cartoon balloons in town/His family business thrives/Jesus, blows up balloons all day/Sits on the porch swing watching them fly/And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus/Leave Levon far behind/Take a balloon and go sailing/While Levon, Levon slowly dies"

* Portions of Elton's ''Blue Moves'' album, once you understand the RealitySubtext behind it. [[note]]Elton was burned out from performing and the pressures of fame, strung out on drugs and alcohol, had broken up with his boyfriend, manager John Reid, and was about to reveal his sexuality to the public; Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin was also addicted to alcohol and drugs, and his marriage had collapsed--Bernie's wife had taken up with Elton's bassist Kenny Passarelli at the time[[/note]] "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", "Someone's Final Song", "Chameleon", "Cage The Songbird", "Between Seventeen And Twenty", "Tonight" --- the album is full of [[TearJerkers Tear Jerkers]].

* And then his version of "[[TheLionKing Circle of Life]]."

* Portions of Elton's ''Blue Moves'' album, once you understand the RealitySubtext behind it. [[note:Elton was burned out from performing, strung out on drugs and alcohol, had broken up with his boyfriend, manager John Reid, and was about to reveal his sexuality to the public; Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin was also addicted to alcohol and drugs, and his marriage had collapsed--Bernie's wife had taken up with Elton's bassist at the time]] "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", "Someone's Final Song", "Chameleon", "Cage The Songbird", "Between Seventeen And Twenty", "Tonight" --- the album is full of [[TearJerkers Tear Jerkers]].

* Portions of Elton's ''Blue Moves'' album, once you understand the RealitySubtext behind it. "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", "Someone's Final Song", "Chameleon", "Cage The Songbird", "Between Seventeen And Twenty", "Tonight" --- the album is full of [[TearJerkers Tear Jerkers]].

* "Indian Sunset", which was sampled for [[{{2Pac}} "Ghetto Gospel"]] several decades later.

* "Indian Sunset", which was sampled for [[2Pac "Ghetto Gospel"]] several decades later.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o0hI85SPkNA All The Girls Love Alice]]" is really sad (a lesbian getting killed in the streets!) despite being [[LyricalDissonance an upbeat song]].

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh123TonnOc Harmony]]".

* "The One" is of the "TearsOfJoy" variety, and Elton himself says that when he first sang it in the wake of events in his life (among other things, sobering up) and his acceptance of who he really was Taupin's lyrics really hit home.

* "Candle In the Wind", both the originalo version dedicated to Marilyn Monroe and the 1997 version dedicated to Princess Diana, can really hit some people right in the heart.

* Other Elton John songs that can make the trick are "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Sacrifice"

* Never mind "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", how about just "Goodbye" from ''Madman Across the Water''? That song's not even two minutes long and it'll still hit you hard if you haven't heard it in a while.

* "Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me" is pretty powerfully Tear-jerking. At least, this troper thinks so.
* For this other troper, the Elton John songs that make the trick are "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Sacrifice"
* For this troper, it was "Daniel".
* And for this troper, it was his version of "[[TheLionKing Circle of Life]]."
* "Skyline Pigeon" for this one.
* Considering [[Tropers/KingCrInuYasha this troper's]] major at math and sense of loneliness, I breakdown everytime I hear "Rocket Man".
* ''Candle In the Wind'' has always hit this troper right in the heart. And let's not forget ''American Triangle'', written to commemorate Matthew Shepherd.
* How has the epic intro to "Funeral For A Friend" escaped mention until now?
* Guys. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0PKcKbjlKg Candle in the Wind ''1997'']]. For ''Princess Diana''. This troper remembers watching her funeral as a 5-year-old, okay? It hurts way down.
** This troper will second your vote for that one. I watched her funeral too...on my ''twenty-first birthday''. That song just about killed me.
* When I was a kid, I was always touched by EltonJohn's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". I love it even more knowing the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Saved_My_Life_Tonight story behind the lyrics]]. If it doesn't affect you then...

* "Tiny Dancer". Triumphant tearjerker, but it still gets this troper every damn time.
* There are also "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", "I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)", "One More Arrow", "Song For Guy".
* "Ticking" and "The Greatest Discovery" for this troper.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZzXEFDznoA Empty Garden]]" by EltonJohn. Just...damn.

* "Tiny Dancer". Triumphant tearjerker, but it still gets this troper every damn time.