[Mr Incredible]

After some random searching through my music archives I came across a tune which ALWAYS gives me goosebumps and makes the hair stand on the back of my neck:

Edward Elgar's NIMROD.

Gets me every time.

What tunes have the same effect for you?

[Pat_C]

Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries', probably because of the association with Apocalypse Now.

[yetanotherbob]

Allegri's Miserere (The popular edition as opposed to the authentic one)

When the soprano hits that top C it is simply breathtaking

Bob

[Mr Incredible]

Originally Posted by yetanotherbob

Allegri's Miserere (The popular edition as opposed to the authentic one)

When the soprano hits that top C it is simply breathtaking

Bob

Yep, that too.

Mozart's Requiem is close behind as well.

Just to keep things on a modern footing as well...... played loud, the CD (i.e. not soundtrack) version of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.

[shb367]

Synth & guitar intro to Shine on You Crazy Diamond - what a start to a cd!

[huwg]

Floyd....
The Great Gig in the Sky, especially the piano intro.Aussie floyd version from new dvd
Echoes, especially the big build up before the vocals kick in at the start of the second half.
The Gunners Dream
Comfy numb - that solo still blows me away

Radiohead - Exit Music

The choral section to Beethoven's 9th

and many more

[quarry2006]

Vide Cor Meum from the film Hannibal.

Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig what's-his-face.

Blood On The Rooftops by Genesis (specifically when the chorus kicks in)

Adaggio for Strings by Barber. Yes, it's overplayed but that's besides the point.

[Mr Incredible]

Originally Posted by quarry2006

Blood On The Rooftops by Genesis (specifically when the chorus kicks in)

does it for me too.
What about 'Many Too Many' by Genesis?

[Geege]

The only song that gives me goosebumps, mainly for its excellent riff and solo at the end is:

AC/DC - For those about to rock (We salute you)

[Kieron]

Ok, well these are a bit DJ'ey

"Follow Me" by Lange

"Set You Free" (OMD Maid of Orleans remix) by N-Trance

And my personal favourite. My all time favourite?

"Don't You Want Me" by the Human League.

Now let me explain why. Yes Mr Oakey took a lot of inspiration from Kraftwerk (he freely admits this) but if you listed to the layering on that track, the tight production courtesy of Martin Rushent, the use of synthesisers on each layer (serious multi-tracking when multi-tracking was quite difficult), and the fact that the song has lyrics that comprise a story make this the ultimate track for me.

I think that Phil Oakey is a genius that should be revered in the way we covet the biggest songwriters over the years.

Give it a listen again. Ignore that stupid petrol station commercial or whatever it was that it was used in. Listen as the layers come in one at a time. Listen to it with an open mind.

Then go buy "Dare" - the album!

[pave]

Really like "Magnolia" by J.J cale...first time i listened to a version by Pat Travers.............

[Soundwave]

I have a few...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Unforgiven
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Metallica - Memory Remains (Well ever since the concert at Wembley Anyway)
Guns N Roses - Dont Cry
Guns N Roses - Civil War
Three Dog Night - Shambala
Terry Reid - Seed of Memory
Terry Reid - To be Treated

Now these ones dont so much as give me goosebumps but more of a lump in my throat...

Trace Adkins - Arlington
Tim Mcgraw - I'm Already Home
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All

Neil

[EricHitchmo]

when the riff kicks in on 'Money for Nothing'
the solo in Hendrix's version of 'All Along the Watchtower'
'Debaser' by the Pixies
'Orion' Metallica
'Blue Monday' New Order
'California Dreaming'

journey - don't stop believing
the clash - london calling

those are the two that i can think of right now

[systemsdead]

love in vein by the ruts

[Matt_C]

Where to start?!?!?!?!

Pink Floyd - ALL of "Dark Side..." for a start, then a lot more of their stuff including "Shine ON You Crazy Diamond", "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb" (intro to second solo is the ONE here - but then it IS the BEST solo in the world... Possibly), "Echoes", "Sorrow", "Take It Back", "High Hopes" - and STILL more!!!!!

Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters", "Turn The Page", "Fade To Black", "Unforgiven", "Mama Said" - and whilst it's not THEIR song, it is related - "The Ectasy Of Gold" by Ennio Morricone - god that really gives me chills!!!!!

Dream Theater - Pretty much all of it! So many songs of theirs get the arm hairs raised, especially "Sacrificed Sons" and "Octavarium"! Not gonna list any more as be here all day!!!! Except for the last track from the opus "Siz Degree's Of Inner Turbulence" - when this hits the 5 octave note at 2:14 I get SERIOUS goosebumps!

Guns N Roses - "November Rain" and "Don't Cry" for sure, but also "Civil War" oddly enough.... Love that song! "Coma" REALLY does it for me too, but most of all - "Estranged" is the one!

Lately, Christina Aguilera has been getting some playtime - and "The Right Man" hits the spot aswell. Her voice is simply STUNNING, whether you like her style or not (and I'm a rocker more than a pop listener) but also "Voice Within" works for me....

Jimi Hendrix - "Little Wing", "Voodo Child (Slight Return)" and "The Wind Cries Mary", "Hey Joe"

Queen - "The Show Must Go On" - and the live version with Elton singing aswell - "Innuendo", "Barcelona", "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama", "Freebird", "Red White and Blue", "Tuesdays Gone" (And the Metallica + Friends cover of that song aswell)

Radiohead - "Paranoid Android", "No Surprises"

Muse - "Unintended", "Sing For Absolution"

The Wildhearts - "Sky Babies", "Do The Channel Bop"

Little bit embarrasing, but sod it - Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love" !!!!

Rush - "YYZ", "Spirit Of Radio", "Red Barchetta"

Shakespears Sister - "Stay"

Slayer - "Angel Of Death", "Reign In Blood", "Dead Skin Mask"

Vanessa Carlton - "1000 Miles", "Sway", "Pretty Baby"

Vannessa Mae - "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "Storm"

Narina Pallot - "Sofia"

Evanesence - "My Immortal", "Hello" (<-- BIG time)

The Black Crowes - "Hard To Handle"

Alanis Morrisette - "Perfect", "Forgiven", and the "secret" track on the end of the Jagged Little Pill album - a BEAUTIFUL acapella song...

Aerosmith - "Boogie Man", "Crying", "Crazy", "Dream On"

Also rather embarrasing - Celine Dion - "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"

Meatloaf - "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are", "For Crying Out Loud"

Dire Straits - "Money For Nothing" - that intro is a killer!

Duran Duran - "Ordinary World"

The Eagles - "Hotel California", "Desperado"

Within Temptation - "Angels"

Joe Satriani - "The Forgotten (Part 2)", "Flying In a Blue Dream"

Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells" (various bits)

No Doubt - "The Climb"

Pearl Jam - "Black", "Release"

Poison - "Every Rose Has a Thorn"

Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"

Terrorvision - "Some People Say"

Harold Faltermeyer + Stever Stevens - "Top Gun Theme"

U2 - "Hands That Built America", "With Or Without You", "Origin Of The Species"

There are more but too much to think about right now!!!!

Not even gonna list the classical music that gets me - there is PAGES worth!!! But well-known highlights include Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", Barber's "Addagio For Strings", Bach's "Air (On A G-String), and of course Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" (mot famous of which is of course, "Oh Fortuna" - but rest assurred, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Strauss, Handel, Brahms, Wagner, Dvorak, Hayden, and many others reside in this catergory!!!!!

As you can see from my list tho - there is quite a diversity in the type of song that gives me chills or goosebumps. It is often the case that the "ballad" style song does it, but I am a very musical person, and have music of all types flowing in my veins, and it is something VERY dear to me, so songs from all walks of life do it to me - I haven't even bothered to mention anything by "clubby" style music - Trance, Euphoria, that sort of boppy dancey stuff..... But with me it can be soppy stuff, ballads, general rock, right up to stupidly hard and fast metal - hence Slayer's "Angel Of Death"!!!!!

For me it's certain phrases, passages, and note associations/cadences etc.... I get a LOT of emotion from songs, of all types...

So there you go - you now have my short list!

[Matt_C]

Silly me - forgot film scores!!!! I love Hans Zimmer's work, and also John Williams - stuff like the Batman Begins soundtrack (Zimmer), Star Wars : Episode 1 (Williams) for example.....

Film scores are usually good ones for goosebumps!

[Toon-man]

Some great stuff so far. Jackson Browne`s music does it for me, great melodies with some biting often sad lyrics...

[vespats1]

I know this might sound a bit sad, but Eva Cassidy - somewhere over the rainbow just gets me every time, and usually hate this kind of music.

[Mylo]

Every time I watch Ferris Bueller this tune gets me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6zlmi_EU5M

[Hi/zuum]

music in conjunction with video - Sigur Ros & Saglopur, in the video at the end, the 'mother' lifts her drowned 'son' out the water. it sounds bleak but it's just beautiful IMO.

The Humming Chorus, Puccini, Madame Butterfly.

[spiver]

Thin Lizzy – Still in love with you (From ‘Live & Dangerous’)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (From ‘Grace’)
Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There’s Someone (From ‘I am a Bird Now’)
Dave Matthews - Some Devil (From ‘Some Devil’)
U2 - With or without you (From ‘The Joshua Tree’)
Coldplay - Fix You (from ‘X&Y’)
Damien Rice – The Blowers Daughter (from ‘O’)
Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing

[AgentCool]

Originally Posted by Matt_C

Silly me - forgot film scores!!!! I love Hans Zimmer's work, and also John Williams - stuff like the Batman Begins soundtrack (Zimmer), Star Wars : Episode 1 (Williams) for example.....

Film scores are usually good ones for goosebumps!

Very true. I know it's an obvious choice but John Williams' score for E.T. is easily one of the best pieces of music produced in the past century. I'll never get tired of that score. Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo score is definitely up there as well.

Claude Debussy's three-movement Nocturnes is also a fantastic work of classical music and one of my all-time favourites.

[dowzer]

A couple that work for me......


Jerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Metallica - Star Wars Imperial March
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Ozzy - Shot in the Dark
Savatage - In the Hall of the Mountain King (awesome riff)
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Lisa Gerard - Now We Are Free ( Gladiator soundtrack - haunting voice)

Loads more from Metallica,Maiden,GnR etc.

[Mr Incredible]

Just realised after listening to some other tracks:

Genesis - Carpet Crawlers (Seconds Out version).

[Matt_C]

Just remembered another one thats doing it to me as we speak!

Christina Aguilera - Hurt (from the Back To Basics album)

[timus]

Metallica - Fade To Black awesome At Wembley
Metallica - Memory Remains incredible at Wembley!!!!
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Cliff Burton Anasthesia from Kill em All
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb love that solo
Guns and Roses - November Rain Slash's solo brilliant.
Virtually the entire S&M album by Metallica a great combination works brilliantly.

I could go on there are so many.

[Example]

Jeff Buckley - Halleujah

Gets me everytime

[RMCF]

Pietro Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana .

Piece of music better known as theme from Raging Bull - pure quality.