I’m working on burning a CD of songs that give me chills. What are some that seem to get to you? I found it interesting that so many of the ones I could think of have a Latin flair and none of the songs are relatively recent. There hasn’t really been a thread grouping these songs since 01 so I am hoping new ones have come out but I just can’t think of them.
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Tennessee Stud (Johnny Cash)
El Paso
Last Kiss (Pearl Jam)
Highwayman
Pancho and Lefty
7 Spanish Angels
The Long Black Veil
Kawliga
Closer (NIN)
Still the One (too many bad memories) Rosalita (when Springsteen sings “The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance,” I can fell and share all the joy.)
Hmmmmmmm I thought you wanted songs that are eerie on their own without the song having any special significance for the listener. Anyway, my vote goes for Carly Simon’s “The Three Of Us In The Dark” (on her “Come Upstairs” album from 1980).
It’s well worth a listen. A few of the lines are not sung but whispered in her ultra-sultry voice. This song evokes the feeling of a cool, windy autumn night (at least to me anyway).
Not to hijack but is anyone else familiar with this song?
And while I’m on the subject of the Civil War, **The Battle Hymn of the Republic ** always gives me chills, especially when it’s sung by a good men’s choir.
“Nightmares” Silver Sunshine. (Clicking the link lets you listen to the song on their MySpace page)
“One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed” Snow Patrol
“Recoil” by Ani Ani Difranco (maybe you need to have known someone who had alzheimer’s)
“Just a moment” Nas. It’s not my type of music, normally but…
You’ll never find it, or even the lyrics, unless you buy the CD but “Sister” by Marry Me Jane may be the ceepiest song I’ve heard in the past 5 years. CD’s cheap at Amazon ("…tick") ftr.
Run For The Roses (By Dan Fogleburg) can actually bring me to tears ; I always remember seeing it right after the great Secretariat died , made into a special video using film clips of The Big Red Horse from a foal up until a few months before his untimely death . I would give ANYTHING to have a copy of that video .
Total Eclipse of the Heart (By Bonnie Tyler) is another one that gives me serious shivers .
some good ones. And yes, I am really looking for songs that are… moving all on their own, the lyrics the melody, not just because of special meaning to the listener.
I can add:
The Foggy Dew, and Jackie (Sinead O’Conner)
Where did you sleep last night ‘unplugged’, (Nirvana)
