Deep Red Bells by Neko Case
Young Ned of the Hill by the Pogues
Katana Groove and Battle Without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei
I Miss the Girl by Soul Coughing
Leeds by Indigo Girls
Posession by Sarah McLachlan (yeah, I admit it)
I Am Stretched On Your Grave by Sinead O’Connor
The original version of John Hiatt’s Have A Little Faith In Me
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ** I Got Dosed By You**
Jordan Zevon singing his dad’s Studebaker
And I’m only double-posting because I was just thinking recently how weird it is that this song always gets me, no matter how many times I hear it:
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Oooh good call, Sol. Goosebumpy song.
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry–Hank Williams
Anthem–Original recording of the musical “Chess”
Stan - Eminem. Gets me every time.
Roger Waters did Live in Berlin after the wall came down. Tons of guests did a full length concert of Pink Floyd’s *The Wall. *
Sinead O’Connor singing Mother is jaw dropping.
Devil Got My Woman, recorded in 1930 by Mississippi bluesman Skip James. All of Skip’s songs were melancholy, but this is his masterpiece. Quite possibly the creepiest song ever recorded.
Rambling Man, by Hank Williams, the Senior. As close as you can come to a three-minute audio suicide note.
Those Memories of You by Trio (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris). It’s powerful as hell to hear three beautiful young women singing about loving someone, “until the day they lay me down”.
re the Eurhythmics 1984, the song “Julia”
Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue “Where the Wild Roses Grow”
Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra’s “Some Velvet Morning” (I first heard the Lydia Lunch remake, but Art Bell plays the original a lot on his show)
Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”
re the Eurhythmics 1984, the song “Julia”
Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue “Where the Wild Roses Grow”
Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra’s “Some Velvet Morning” (I first heard the Lydia Lunch remake, but Art Bell plays the original a lot on his show)
Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”
Charlie Daniels - The Legend of Wooly Swamp
Johnny Cash - covers of Hurt and I won’t back down
Soundgarden - cover of Come Together
Warren Zevon - So much by him, but especially Keep me in your heart for awhile
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
All I can think of offhand
Peace - DESK
Another vote for Armstrong’s Wonderful World.
**Ave Maria **
O Holy Night, performed by a single voice, unaccompanied
**The National Anthem ** - not chills, specifically; I get misty
Joan Osborn’s One Of Us, when the electric guitar kicks in right at the beginning.
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms
Just thought of another one no one has mentioned .
Otis Redding - Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay . The ultimate feeling lonely song , ever .
The Show Must Go On by Queen. Thinking about how he knew he was dying makes me all shivery.
Roxanne (the version in the movie Moulin Rouge).
Fix You - Coldplay
Riders on the Storm - the Doors
Uninvited - Alanis Morrisette
My Immortal - Evanescence (I’ve always heard it as a mother/son song, no matter what it was written for)
Dear God - XTC
Seasons of Love - Rent
1,000 Kisses (Reprise) - also from Rent
That song the Queen sings in The Magic Flute - Mozart
The Uninvited Guest by Secret Commonwealth
Warren Zevon’s take on Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door “Let me in!”
Guinevere - from Camelot. Just something about the line “And then men she holds so dear, go to war for Guinevere” sends shivers up my spine.
Otis Redding - (I’ve Got) Dreams to Remember
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Tori Amos - Bloodroses and Me and a Gun
Loreena McKennit - The Highwayman and Dante’s Prayer
Get Up Kids - I’ll Catch You
Bright Eyes - Something Vague
Just posting this is giving me gooseflesh.
I thought of another one… “Breathe” by Midge Ure. I’m listening to it now and have goosebumps an inch tall.
BTW- Midge Ure was in the fricken’ Bay City Rollers. hee hee. But seriously, he has a great voice.