History TearJerker / Radiohead

* "Codex", Pretty self-explanatory as to why.

* "Codex" Pretty self-explanatory as to why.

* "Codex". Pretty self-explanatory as to why.

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* "Give Up the Ghost," off of ''The King of Limbs,'' is rather tearjerky.

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* "Exit Music (For a Film)". It was written for a ''RomeoAndJuliet'' adaptation, so the TearJerker quality is imported from a much older source.
* "How to Disappear Completely" is even worse.
* Some people can feel melancholy from listening to "Karma Police".
* "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Let Down".
** The lines "One day I'm going to grow wings / A chemical reaction / Hysterical and useless" from "Let Down" deserve special mention.
** The former is even more of a TearJerker in Brazil, where it was the soundtrack for a PSA on Down Syndrome.
* Radiohead has a large assortment of these types of songs. "You and Whose Army" standing out especially.
* If you hear "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" and don't shed a single tear, you have. no. soul.
* "No Surprises" has sent many people into multi-day cascades of melancholy when they actually tried to reconcile the [[{{LyricalDissonance}} dissonance between the music and the lyrics]].

** "Motion Picture Soundtrack", from the end of ''Kid A'', has a similar air of desperation to it.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VPZ74zk6w&feature=related "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"]] was written as a tribute to Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches during World War I, who has recently passed away.
* "All I Need" is definitely incredibly melancholy and apathetic.
* "Creep". Never mind that it [[YourMileageMayVary might be cliche]], and [[CreatorBacklash Radiohead hates the damn song]]. Some people still find it impossible to not cry at the song..
** While {{Radiohead}}'s "Creep" is sad in and of itself, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXlzci1rKNM this]] cover by a homeless man can tug at the heartstrings of even the most resolute of individuals.
* "Lucky" in itself has a somber, heart-rending effect, but when set to a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekn8_tmLrBo war child video]], the song takes an entirely new light.
* "Videotape". Come on. It's a suicide note in the form of a song.

* "Go Slowly" and "Last Flowers to the Hospital", off of the extra In Rainbows disc, are both incredibly melancholy and beautiful.

* "Bulletproof... I Wish I Was" can usually tug on one's heartstrings.

* "A Wolf at the Door". While it's not as slow and melancholy as most of the songs on this list, it is sung with incredible bitterness, desperation and anguish. You can't help but feel the pain in Thom Yorke's voice during the lines "Let me back / Let me back / I promise to be good / Don't look in the mirror at the face you don't recognize / Help me, call the doctor, put me inside"

{{Radiohead}} is [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible weird]], [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel/{{Music}} disturbing]]... yet sometimes [[TearJerker really moving]].
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* The Tourist. "Hey man, slow down... slow down..."

** Then there is Four Minute Warning.

* "Creep". Never mind that it might be cliche, and [[CreatorBacklash Radiohead hates the damn song]]. Some people still find it impossible to not cry at the song..

* This troper remembers feeling melancholy from listening to "Karma Police".

* "No Surprises" has sent many of this troper's friends and family into multi-day cascades of melancholy when they actually tried to reconcile the [[{{LyricalDissonance}} dissonance between the music and the lyrics]].

* "Creep". When hearing it, this Tropes always tries to tell herself it's a cliche, it's nothing to cry about, [[CreatorBacklash Radiohead hates the damn song]], etc. It never works.

* "Videotape". I mean, come on. It's a suicide note in the form of a song.
* "Talk Show Host" nearly always leaves this troper feeling depressed.

** Let's not forget Four Minute Warning.
* "Bulletproof...I Wish I Was" always tugs on this troper's heartstrings.
* "Fitter Happier" never fails to bring this troper to tears. The line "Baby smiling in back seat" always does it for me.

* Oh sweet God, "Pyramid Song." "...and we all went to heaven in a little row boat | there was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt..." This is the only song that's ever made this Troper actually break down crying.

* The [[RearrangingTheSong live version]] of "Fog." "Where did you go bad...? Did you go bad...?" *sniff*

* The [[ReArrangingTheSong live version]] of "Fog." "Where did you go bad...? Did you go bad...?" *sniff*

* The live version of "Fog." "Where did you go bad...? Did you go bad...?" *sniff*

** The lines "One day I'm going to grow wings / A chemical reaction / Hysterical and useless" from Let Down deserve special mention.

* "Exit Music for a Film". It was written for a ''RomeoAndJuliet'' adaptation, so the TearJerker quality is imported from a much older source.

* "Exit Music for a Film", by {{Radiohead}}. It was written for a ''RomeoAndJuliet'' adaptation, so the Tear Jerker quality is imported from a much older source.
** "How to Disappear Completely" is even worse.
** This troper remembers feeling melancholy from listening to "Karma Police".
** "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Let Down".
*** The former is even more of a Tear Jerker in Brazil, where it was the soundtrack for a PSA on Down Syndrome.
** Radiohead has a large assortment of these types of songs. "You and Whose Army" standing out especially.
** If you hear "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" and don't shed a single tear, you have. no. soul.
** "No Surprises" has sent many of this troper's friends and family into multi-day cascades of melancholy when they actually tried to reconcile the [[{{LyricalDissonance}} dissonance between the music and the lyrics]].
*** "Motion Picture Soundtrack", from the end of Kid A, has a similar air of desperation to it.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VPZ74zk6w&feature=related "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"]] was written as a tribute to Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches during World War I, who has recently passed away.
** "All I Need" is definitely incredibly melancholy and apathetic.
** "Creep". When hearing it, this Tropes always tries to tell herself it's a cliché, it's nothing to cry about, [[CreatorBacklash Radiohead hates the damn song]], etc. It never works.

** Radiohead's "Lucky" in itself has a somber, heart-rending effect, but when set to a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekn8_tmLrBo war child video]], the song takes an entirely new light.

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