# Music that gives you chill bumps **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405 "2007-05-24T20:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/1 "2007-05-24T20:40:59Z")
I’m listening to the intro to _Money for Nothing_ on the radio and it’s one of those sounds that stands head and shoulders above the rest of most recordings. It made me want to explore the idea of how you feel when hearing either the intro to a tune or a riff within it that just blows you away. Pink Floyd’s _Money_ whenever it started on a jukebox or over the radio used to make me stop in my tracks and just listen. Allman Brothers version of _Stormy Monday_. Name some others. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/2 "2007-05-24T20:42:07Z")
The guitar solo in Radiohead’s “Lucky.” ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/3 "2007-05-24T20:43:04Z")
The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” gives me a strange, eerie thrill. The first time I heard it, it was as if I were taking a mind-altering drug. Also Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung.” Goosebump delight. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/4 "2007-05-24T20:51:59Z")
A minute or so into Portishead’s _Strangers_ the whole tune just kicks off with a monstrous bass rumble. This cannot _possibly_ be played too loud. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/5 "2007-05-24T20:53:40Z")
_Riders on the Storm_ – the Doors _Superstition_ – Stevie Wonder _What’d I Say_ – Ray Charles ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/6 "2007-05-24T20:56:30Z")
Especially two thirds into Elvis’ _If I Can Dream_. Every time. Year after year. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/7 "2007-05-24T21:08:59Z")
_Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_, the intro to _Broadsword_ (Tull) kind of a martial drum thing that stirs the blood. _Aqualung_ of course ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/8 "2007-05-24T22:14:59Z")
The opening of Foo Fighter’s _Everlong_. oh, and the “Stop!” at the start of Pixies’ _Where Is My Mind_. The bass at the start of Bauhaus’s _Bela Lugosi’s Dead_. The opening notes of Dead Can Dance’s \*Saltarello/I] ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/9 "2007-05-24T22:32:22Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] T oh, and the “Stop!” at the start of Pixies’ _Where Is My Mind_. The bass at the start of Bauhaus’s _Bela Lugosi’s Dead_. [/QUOTE] Oh yes to both! 😃 The latter is such a \*doleful \* note! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/10 "2007-05-24T22:36:08Z")
The [“Ave Satani”](http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Omen-Ave-Satani-lyrics-Fantomas/1B153CAE43A3179D48256DAC0012E3FC) theme from _The Omen._ ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/11 "2007-05-24T22:40:32Z")
How about _Carmina Burana_ by Carl Orff? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/12 "2007-05-24T22:51:10Z")
_The Very Thing That Makes You Rich_ by Ry Cooder and David Lindley _Fat Man In The Bathtub_ by Little Feat \*New York State Of Mind \* by Diane Schurr Anything Kathleen Battle sings. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/13 "2007-05-24T22:51:45Z")
\*Requiem \*by Mozart. Actually that one scares me. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/14 "2007-05-24T22:52:35Z")
_Camilla (The Old, Old Story)_ by The Art of Noise – a soft, wistful, almost melancholy song with a beautiful arrangement. One thing I like about the album this is on (_In Visible Silence_) is that it is followed by _Chameleon’s Dish_ which is a boisterous, uptempo song that is remarkably adept at pulling you out of the sweet reverie of _Camilla_ and making you want to get up and move. It’s a brilliant example of the kind of emotional manipulation music can do. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/15 "2007-05-24T23:00:05Z")
“Gibsom Street.” By [Laura Nyro](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421598&highlight=nyro). Actually, pretty much her entire \*\*New York Tendaberry \*\* album from 1969. ---
**Author:** ![TheForgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@TheForgotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheForgotten)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/16 "2007-05-24T23:25:45Z")
The last riff of the Song “Hives” from Botch’s American Nervoso. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/17 "2007-05-24T23:28:11Z")
Anything by [Peter Buffet](http://www.peterbuffett.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/18 "2007-05-25T03:18:57Z")
Music from “Twin Peaks.” Music by Julee Cruise (which overlaps the above) ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/19 "2007-05-25T07:11:36Z")
When the vocals kick in in Beethoven’s _Ode to Joy_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/20 "2007-05-25T11:37:09Z")
_Sitting On Top Of The World_ by Cream. From the moment the song begins, Eric Clapton makes his guitar scream the most sorrowful sounding blues notes. There is one note he hits during his guitar solo about two minutes in that is absolutely the saddest sounding note I have ever heard played. It gives me chills every time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405.md?page=2)