The tribute to Bruce Springsteen clip did make me cry. (I decided that bursting into tears while in class would have been unseemly). The water works started a couple of seconds into Sting's performance began.
Every thing about the performance hit a heart string or two... And at first I really had no idea why. Of course it was a beautiful performance, but that wasn't what made me so emotional. I watched the clip again and tried to pinpoint the parts that touched me. If you could hear the feelings of yearning and sadness and hope, that's what it would sound like.
Obviously it would be no fun if I hadn't learned anything new, but not to worry. I did
1) Bruce Springsteen needs to be on my iPod...right now
2) It is impossible not feel emotional about music that so effectively conveys human emotion
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