# Music that makes you SHIVER - reccomendations please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064 "2003-02-01T07:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/21 "2003-02-02T18:47:59Z")
An odd collection: Aruna- _Hallowed Ground_ I don’t know much about this song/artist, but it gets me every time, in the beginning. Then it starts to lose it, but the first few seconds are a killer, with a slightly muted piano and straight vocals. Yowza. From the **Rounders** soundtrack there’s a short piece by Christopher Young called _Fold_, with a gentle piano and a lovely string background. This piece of music perfectly captures a combindation of regret and anticipation, very cool. Toad the Wet Sprocket - _Windmills_ Also gets me every time. The last verse of Wheatus’ _Teenage Dirtbag_ I’m diggin’ this thread. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/22 "2003-02-02T19:57:24Z")
If you like Enya, there is a chance you’ll like **Book of Secrets** by Loreena McKennitt. Some good shiver moments on that one. The end of Depeche Mode’s “One Caress” gives me shivers every time, too … just the way the strings swell up as the song climaxes … perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/23 "2003-02-02T23:09:11Z")
Sertao Blues - Slovo Funny Time of Year - Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Lost My Driving Wheel - The Cowboy Junkies And We’ll Dance - Thea Gilmore Moonbeam Monkey - Tanya Donelly Stars - Janis Ian Great songs and great artists, one and all. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/24 "2003-02-02T23:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \* > \*\*If you like Enya, there is a chance you’ll like **Book of Secrets** by Loreena McKennitt. Some good shiver moments on that one. \*\* Who also did a fine version of Bonny Portmore for the Highlander: Endgame soundtrack, incidentally. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/25 "2003-02-03T00:27:22Z")
For great female vocalists, check out Kate Bush. Check out her album, **The Dreaming**. ---
**Author:** ![Misha77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Misha77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misha77)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/26 "2003-02-03T00:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by stolichnaya_ > Toad the Wet Sprocket - _Windmills_ Also gets me every time. Oh, I feel the same way. But I always liked _Crowing_ more. I think you might like Mazzy Star. Listen to _Rhymes of an Hour_ or _Five String Serenade_ and if you don’t like ‘em, well, sorry for wasting your time. I also second Portishead’s Dummy. Cowboy Junkies’ _Sweet Jane_ is lovely. These are all kind of the same genre, either you love them or you blame them for inducing a coma. And on a more personal note, that song _Vide Cor Meum_, which I found from the soundtrack to **Hannibal** , just makes me cry. So does Jeff Buckley’s rendition of _Hallelujah_. Those may not be anywhere near what you asked for, but as long as they induce shivers, they’re game. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/27 "2003-02-03T02:39:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MemoryGongs \* > **Curve…“Wish You Dead” “Horrorhead” "Left Of Mother"** I doubt it’s what the OP is looking for, but Curve’s “Cuckoo” (the song, not the album) _always_ makes the hair on the back of my neck stand at attention during the chorus parts. It’s like the power of the music (mainly electric guitar and drums) is too stong for the equipment recording it so that you are given a washoud-out sound, emanating in a tidal wave over the listener. And as loud as I might play it, it’s never loud enough. And as for music making you shiver, try Biosphere’s **Substrata**. Makes you feel like you’re all alone on a Scandavian tundra. Brrr! That counts as a shiver, right? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/28 "2003-02-03T03:09:30Z")
Jenny From the Block, where J.Lo tells us that keeping it real is, to her, like breathing!!!1omg Or not. There are several Janis Joplin songs that do it for me. A couple versions of Ball and Chain, and Maybe come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/29 "2003-02-03T03:51:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Death \* > \*\* > Stars - Janis Ian > \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > \*\* > Alison Krause + Union Station ‘The Lucky One’ > \*\* My people! Let me add a couple: On \*\* Al Stewart’s \*\* “Past, Present and Future” album, at the end of “Roads to Moscow,” the lyrics end “…and the steely Russian skies go on forever.” behind that, a high, pure violin note sustains into the beginning of “Terminal Eyes.” It’s a shivering moment for sure. And, on behalf of us old Boomer, a similar classic high note. This one from the \*\* Righteous Brothers’ \*\* “Unchained Melody” (you know the one – from the pottery scene in “Ghost”), at the point where Bobby Hatfield reaches for the sky on “I ne-ee-ed your love.” Oh my. Does it every time. For longer pieces, it’s the instrumental break in \*\* Gerry Rafferty’s\*\* “Baker Street” with that incredible saxaphone followed by a super clean guitar break. And the giant-wave-collapsing guitar break in \*\* Cream’s \*\* “Badge.” ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/30 "2003-02-03T04:21:42Z")
I was going to recommend Pink Floyd’s Mother for the exact same reason that **LifeonWry**. It’s a beautiful, powerful song. I can also recommend The Pogues Fairytale in New York. Love that song, and think Kirsty Maccoll was an amazing person. The lyrics are soul stirring, especially the bit about “the boys of the NYPD choir were still singing Galway Bay…” ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/31 "2003-02-03T04:31:13Z")
The guitar at the end of “Sultains of Swing” by Dire Straits. I squint like I’m sucking lemons when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/32 "2003-02-03T04:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > \*\*For great female vocalists, check out Kate Bush. Check out her album, **The Dreaming**. \*\* This reminds me of another one: Heathcliff (spelling?). That woman has got an AMAZING voice! Plus I used to think she was pretty sexy when I was (much) younger. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/33 "2003-02-03T05:39:31Z")
Blood, Sweat, and Tears’ take on_Variations on a theme (Trois Gymnopedies)_ by Erik Satie. ---
**Author:** ![MemoryGongs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@MemoryGongs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryGongs)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/34 "2003-02-03T06:16:38Z")
I forgot about Sigur Ros. and David Axelrod’s “The Fly” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/35 "2003-02-03T07:11:12Z")
Try the acapella group called _The Nylons_. They were most famous for doing covers of 60s and 70s hits, but there is one song that I just have to close my eyes and let the shivers run up and down my spine. It’s called **The Stars Are Ours**. Most of their material is very very well done - but that’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/36 "2003-02-03T07:17:05Z")
The theme to _Jurassic Park_ **Amazing Grace** **Flying Dreams** , from the soundtrack to _The Secret of NIMH_ ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/37 "2003-02-03T07:17:49Z")
I fully agree on **Promises** (Cranberries) being a fantastic song. Suggestions (some duplicated) for more female magic moments: **Cup of coffee** by Garbage **The man with the child in his eyes** by Kate Bush **Stars** by Janis Ian **China** by Tori Amos **Gollums song** by Emila Torrini (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![TheSquirrelfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TheSquirrelfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSquirrelfish)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/38 "2003-02-03T08:16:52Z")
I agree with whoever mentioned Prokofiev… I have an album of Prokofiev & Shostakovic which makes me shiver every time. Dark russian classical, oh my! ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/39 "2003-02-03T12:26:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by MemoryGongs_ > yes gex gex most of Kid A make me delerious > > the live version of Roads from Roseland is even better. > > Have you heard Beth Gibbon’s new solo album? > > Have to give it a painful 3. Disappointing I saw your post after I’d posted my suggestions, and it kind of made my suggestions redundant. Very nice tunes there! The Roads from Roseland is the one I was thinking of - I love that album. Disappointed to hear the bad news about Beth Gibbon’s solo album - this is the second time that I’ve heard that it’s disappointing. Shame that. There are some complete albums that I consider to simply perfect music. Kid A is one of them. I put it on at work and forget about customers and everything. Blisssss… Bjork’s Vespetine is also very good. That’s shivery. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064/40 "2003-02-03T12:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*Disappointed to hear the bad news about Beth Gibbon’s solo album - this is the second time that I’ve heard that it’s disappointing. Shame that. \*\* I thought it was pretty damn good myself. I can see how it would be disappointing if you wanted another Portishead album, though. I also forgot to mention the Donnie Darko score in my first post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-makes-you-shiver-reccomendations-please/152064.md?page=3)