# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/21 "2007-05-25T11:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] How about _Carmina Burana_ by Carl Orff? [/QUOTE] ABSOLUTELY! ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/22 "2007-05-25T11:57:04Z")
Television’s “Marquee Moon”, the title track of their debut album. The part where the really long guitar solo goes back into the bass riff… I can’t make it justice in words, but if you’ve heard it you know what I mean. It’s fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/23 "2007-05-25T13:01:22Z")
There’s a part in the Leo Kottke tune _Eggtooth_, where he’s kind of just noodling around when suddenly he cuts loose with that great Kottke twelve-string roar. Never fails to send a chill. And, it’s corny as hell, but I love that old Chilliwack tune _Fly at Night_, when they get to the line: Ooooo, we like the big wide spaces, Yeaahhh, we like a sea of faces It’s innocent pop fluff, and maybe it’s just the way he sings the lines, or maybe it’s the five descending notes between the lines, but it always gets me, the rare times I hear the tune. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/24 "2007-05-25T13:21:40Z")
I’m a sucker for songs that end with huge crescendos. Give me the last 30-45 seconds of: - “Gloria” by **U2** - “Claire” by **Jimmy Eat World** - “For Those About To Rock” by **AC/DC** I’m also a sucker for great harmony: - the _a cappella_ breakdown in “Sloop John B” by the **Beach Boys** - the chorus in **Bad Religion** ’s “Turn on the Light” - most of **Queen** ’s “Somebody to Love” - the choruses in “Peace of Mind” by **Boston** ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/25 "2007-05-25T14:48:11Z")
Another Cream one, the live version of “Crossroads”, with Clapton just tearing it apart in the solos. The opening rise and scream of “Welcome to the Jungle” at the beginning of football games always gives me goosebumps as well. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/26 "2007-05-25T14:55:46Z")
I get that “chilling” feeling way to easily. If I just stop to listen to a song–practically any song–with any seriousness, it’s almost a sure thing I’ll get the “chills” at some point. I hate it. My subconcsious apparently appreciates _everything_ aesthetically. But the reaction is sometimes stronger than it is at other times. I’ll see if I can catch a strong reaction and then I’ll have something actually relevant to the OP to contribute. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/27 "2007-05-25T14:59:53Z")
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills & Nash ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/28 "2007-05-25T15:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Anything by [Peter Buffet](http://www.peterbuffett.com/) [/QUOTE] Heh. I processed that as Jimmy Buffet and thought, "To each his own, but 😕 " The beginning of Springsteen’s Badlands gets me revved up. It’s hard to narrow down my absolute favorite of his, but that’s right up there. Driving beat LIGHTS OUT TONIGHT Trouble in the heartland Got a head-on collision SMASHING IN MY GUTS MAN ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/29 "2007-05-25T15:32:19Z")
**1812 Overture** : Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s one of music nerds’ favorite things to look down their noses at. Well, it’s damn effective popular entertainment, and if the last few minutes don’t go up and down your spine, you’re probably dead. **I Can See For Miles** : Still the ultimate Who song, IMO. Has to be the single version, though; the album mix is watered down. **Baba O’Reilly** is almost its equal, but not quite, and I wish it didn’t have the violin part at the end. Grieg’s **Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor** : The first movement. After the killer opening, it lapses into a fairly pedestrian piece, and I don’t like the main theme. But in the last two or three minutes, as it builds to the repeat of the opening chord sequence, it just kicks all kinds of ass. **Genesis Hall** by Fairport Convention: I think after all these years, this is still my favorite Richard Thompson song, and Sandy Denny and the band really pound it home. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/30 "2007-05-25T15:49:39Z")
Several pieces come to mind, in no particular order: The last four minutes or so of “One Endless Childish Day” by Dark Suns. The entire song (well, album, really) builds up to the moment. “One Last Goodbye” by Anathema. Just… wow. It seems whenever it comes up in shuffle at work (only a few times, considering how huge my library is), someone always comes up and goes “Who _IS_ that?” Odysseus’s theme from “The Odyssey” by Symphony X. I don’t think Homer could have done it any better. They absolutely catch the mood. “Dreaming Neon Black” by Nevermore (both the album, and the title track specifically). Absolutely chilling in it’s portrayal of such a delicate matter. “Mercy Lord” by Antestor. I admit it, I actually cried when I first heard this one. I imagine most other people would just be confused. I’m sure I’m missing some others. And, of course, “Face of Melinda” and “Godhead’s Lament” from Still Life by Opeth, they’re brilliant songs from a brilliant album, but they’re not so much chilling in and of themselves as they were in the context of where my life was when I heard them. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/31 "2007-05-25T15:50:58Z")
Forgot: **O Mio Babbino Caro** by Puccini. There’s a relatively new (2002) recording of this by the aforementioned Kathleen Battle that I have to get my hands on. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/32 "2007-05-25T15:54:13Z")
Knights in White Satin - Moody Blues Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/33 "2007-05-25T16:03:17Z")
I don’t listen to a ton of classical music, but _Romance for Violin_ (that’s the name it is under on my ipod) by that **Beethoven** dude brings tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/34 "2007-05-25T16:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_, the intro to _Broadsword_ (Tull) kind of a martial drum thing that stirs the blood. _Aqualung_ of course [/QUOTE] The first time a friend and I heard _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_, I was driving us somewhere on an errand. I immediately pulled into a parking lot and stopped, just as he reached for the radio to turn it up. We sat there and listened to it all the way through, with goosebumps on our arms. When it was over, we just looked at each other for a moment, then went looking for a music store. Our original errand was put off by tacit agreement until we had a copy of the song. It still gives me chills many years later. _The Wreckers_ by Sarah Davis and _The Yew Tree_ will send shivers down my spine in the hands of the right performers. Loreena McKennit’s adaptation of “The Highwayman” gives me chills, too. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/35 "2007-05-25T16:20:32Z")
“Minuano (Six Eight)” by the Pat Metheny Group, about 7 1/2 minutes in. Lots of other Metheny/Mays compositions do it for me, but this one is the tops. Second best for them is “The First Circle”. ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/36 "2007-05-25T16:20:59Z")
The crescendo in _3 Days_ by Jane’s Addiction. Makes feel like I’m going to explode. The vocal solo in _Gimme Shelter_ by the Rolling Stones. Goosebumps everytime, especially when her voice cracks. She reached deep down for that emotion. _Break Stuff_ by LimpBizkit, but only when I’m having a bad day. After the 1st minute of _Trip Like I Do_ by Crystal Method when the bass really kicks in. The opening guitar riff on _Can’t You Hear Me Knocking_ by the Rolling Stones. (It must be played as loud as possible). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/37 "2007-05-25T16:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] The first time a friend and I heard _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_, I was driving us somewhere on an errand. I immediately pulled into a parking lot and stopped, just as he reached for the radio to turn it up. We sat there and listened to it all the way through, with goosebumps on our arms. When it was over, we just looked at each other for a moment, then went looking for a music store. Our original errand was put off by tacit agreement until we had a copy of the song. It still gives me chills many years later. [/QUOTE] Now that’s the kind of chillbumps I’m talking about! Serious stop-in-your-tracks blown-away stuff. I failed to mention _Billie Jean_ and until Michael Jackson does something much weirder than he already has, that contribution makes him a hero. I always get that feeling as they build to the break in _Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You_. Are any of you familiar with that trumpet piece known as the _deguello_? One of the pieces on Miles Davis’s _Sketches of Spain_ album has that sound. There’s also a sort of march on that same album that gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![TheForgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@TheForgotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheForgotten)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/38 "2007-05-25T16:51:49Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] - “For Those About To Rock” by **AC/DC** QUOTE] Hell yes! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/39 "2007-05-25T17:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] The first time a friend and I heard _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_, \ It still gives me chills many years later. [/QUOTE] Reading that post, heck - just _thinking_ about it still does. I don’t know what it is, the actual event had no impact on my life. I remember Dad pulling into the driveway about halfway through and we sat in the car until the song was over. ---
**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 25, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405/40 "2007-05-25T17:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Heh. I processed that as Jimmy Buffet and thought, "To each his own, but 😕 " [/QUOTE] heh heh, yeah. Peter Buffet is nothing like Jimmy Buffett, tho I like JB, too. Peter Buffet mixes American Indian sounds and themes with a somewhat new age-y to jazzy sound. Is often mesmerising, even haunting at times. [Here](http://peterbuffett.com/sounds/yonnondio/yonnondio-yonnondiopart2.mp3) is a completely legal\* sample MP3 of 1992’s _Yonnondio_ which I think may help someone see what I enjoy about his music. \*it’s a link from his official website which sells his CDs, so no copyright issues at all [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gives-you-chill-bumps/405405.md?page=3)