The songs that just run from the gut.

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way. Two lovers screaming that at each other every night on stage was simply awesome. Mick and Christie separating also at the same time. Fantastic tension.

Tupac - Hit em Up. There was no false tough guy in that song. It was pure hate. No hugging it out.

Tori Amos - Me and My Gun. Damn.

Thanks now I have to spin Rumors.

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Good topic.
I'm a sucker for a song about past love/being dumped so:

Dire Straits: Romeo and Juliet "You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah. Now you just say, "Oh Romeo, yeah. You know, I used to have a scene with him."" kills me. every time.

Airborne Toxic Event: Sometime Around Midnight, The whole song slowly picks up to the apex;"you just have to see her, you know that she'll break you in two." Kicks me in the balls.


Oh and Radar Love. Makes me happily think of Homer Simpson.

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Bob Dylan - Where Are You Tonight

Immortal Technique - Dance With the Devil

Guns n Roses - Get In the Ring

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King

It is about that for sure but more. Not just love. For instance, pantera 5 minutes alone would qualify for me. Although I think Hollow fits the bill more. 5 minutes sounds visceral, but Hollow was personal to Phil.

I get it.
Nine Inch Nails: Hurt

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The only thing more visceral than that was Cash doing it. Trent had a good number in his drug days. Something I can Never Have.

This is an incredible song. In college I was dragged to an Indigo Girls concert and they played it live. Probably the most powerful 5 musical minutes I've ever experienced.

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

Damn. That would have been awesome.

Afghan Whigs - My Curse. A song Greg Dulli wouldn't even sing because it meant so much to him. YouTube it. Seriously might not be your thing but it is heart on the sleeve thing.

You beat me to it. "And there's blood on my teeth when I bite my tongue to speak" might be my favorite Whigs lyric.

I'd like to add "Gemini (Birthday Song)" by Why?. Love this song. I want a verb and you give me a noun.

Lyrics
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Damn that sounds so much like They Might Be Giants. Pretty good.

The Replacements "Unsatisfied"

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I would not have thought to compare Why? to They Might Be Giants in a million years. Might want to explore the rest of their catalogue.

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I'd go with "Get Down make Love" by NIN.
Add some odder ones
Blue Skies, Allman Brothers Band
Add it Up, Violent Femmes
25 or 6 to 4, Chicago
Ted, Just Admit it, Jane's Addiction
Running up That Hill, Kate Bush

One of my favorite songs, but I don't know that it's all that visceral.

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Solisbury Hill - Peter Gabriel.

That track just sounded very might be. Not saying they do in general.

I have no idea what visceral means when it comes to music, but you're right, this song is a punch in the gut if a person is in the right mood. We've all felt like this about somebody before...and they nailed it.

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I, too, do not know what the hell visceral means in this context, so I'm just going to throw out "Purple Rain" and "Heroes."

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The Mountain Goats - "No Children"

And I'd hope when you think of me years down the line, you can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out, you'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning, there is no sign of land
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die, I hope we both die

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Are we just saying songs that "tug at your heart strings", especially if it's a reminder of places in our lives? Cause that's gonna be a long list.

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In can mean anything, if you read the first post though, what was listed were songs that were really strong and raw from the artists stand point. Go your own way,two lovers screaming at each other on stage every night. Hit em Up. Angry Tupac not holding back and it leading to his death shortly after. Tori Amos singing about when she was raped for 10 hours.

I took "visceral" to mean sung with the type of emotion where the listener has no choice but to empathize. It's difficult enough to perform a love song and then you've got an entire generation who cloaked themselves in hard-edged sarcasm and irony, and real love songs get hard to find. So you take a guy who is really a Baby Boomer at heart like Paul Westerberg, but he's playing for Gen-Xers and he's almost embarrassed to perform something like "Within Your Reach".

The Cure have several. Robert Smith is good at making the listener feel his desperation. And you don't have to be a lesbian to feel the emotion of "One More Hour". There are a lot of these pop artists on the radio today singing what may ostensibly be called love songs, but I rarely hear them putting across real emotion. Instead they have falsettos and autotune. They aren't expressing the desire and yearning of something like "Letter To Memphis". Tryin' to get to you.

You want to know what "visceral" means? How about when Tweedy sings the last line in "She's a Jar".

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Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Rolling Stones - No Expectations
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Terry Kath - Tell Me
John Cale - Damn Life
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night

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The wretched - nin
Kill you - korn
For martha - smashing pumpkins

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R.E.M. - Let Me In
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

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Alanis Morissette, Right Through You

"You took me out to wine-dine-69 me...
But didn't hear a damn word I said"

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Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
The Hold Steady - How A Resurrection Really Feels
Beach Boys - Surfs Up

Those immediately leap to mind.

Anything by An*l C*nt

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