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I know it's not a is it normal question. I'm just curious, what song or songs do you love that everytime you hear it it gives you goosebumps or makes your eyes well up?! is it normal that I have this reaction to song(s)?
I love Zeppelin, and lots of shit...If I had to like, pick a song, I Shall Be Released by Jeff Buckley. -listen to it!
Mainly r&b such as Ordinary People by John Legend as listed above..Crying Out For Me by Mario is another that quickly came to mind..and some country songs like I Hope You Dance by Faith Hill. Definitely that Titanic song by Celine Dion too.
-The Used- Taste of Ink
-Glassjaw- Ape Dos Mil
-Modest Mouse- Ocean Breathes Salty
-The Bouncing Souls- The Pizza Song
I've only cried over songs I associate with someone's death. The reason being, I always have a song in my head, even when someone dies, and then that song is forever associated with that person's dying. So there's about five songs I can't listen to without crying.
As for goosebumps? I'm an audiophile, there are way too many to name.
Let Down, Idioteque, Subterranean Honesick Alien, Ride the Cliche, Seven Caged Tigers, Daisy, Big Empty, And So I Know, Skyrim background music, Resident Evil 4 soundtrack, Citizen Erased, Hard Sun, Unforgettable Fire.
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me, I do it for you
Hiya,
Songs can either make me cry until I can't breathe & feel like throwing up, or I absolutely luv them.
Since we're talking about ones I love, any & all versions of an old blues song called 'In The Pines'. The best I’ve heard so far is by Martin Simpson.
"Don't Cry For me Argentina" The version by Sinead O'Connor. (Madonna has no soul) It's such a beautiful song. Every single verse hits my heart. Sinead's cover is my favorite. She just sings it with such honesty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Difq1ToeQA
I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance.
Well im more of a hip hop person but I have that movie 'V for Vendetta' and one day noticed this beautiful voice in the background so I took out my iphone and shazzamed it lol it was Julie London-Cry me a river. Loved that song. And also these two old skool songs from Pete Rock & CL Smooth, searching and T.R.O.Y. Love those two classics
I'd never cry over music but I do get goosebumps from some. A few examples would be :
The Scientist - Coldplay
Speechless - Lady GaGa
One Day Like This - Elbow
The Takeover, The Breaks Over - Fall Out Boy
My Heart - Paramore
How To Save a Life - The Fray
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Breaking Down - Florence + The Machine
You Sent Me Flying - Amy Winehouse
Video Games - Lana Del Ray
Hometown Glory - Adele
Most of the above have several songs which just send shivers down my spine. I could go on for hours naming songs.
I have several. A few are super cheesy from when I was little but ya know. They mean a lot to me :')
Aces high - Iron Maiden
Rhyme of the ancient mariner - Iron Maiden
Holy Smoke - Iron Maiden
And strangely far from the above examples,
Ordinary People - John Legend
A lot of songs send chills down my spine. One song that has special meaning and is very difficult to find is called "She" by Hummingfish.
The chorus:
She's not what you expected
You thought you were garrisoned
You had all your sides well protected
She is more than she seems
Asks more than a dream
Nothing less than everything
She gives you more than you knew you wanted
and now what you're wanting you never ever had before
Real true imperfect love
And now I keep thinking of music. Here are a few others
The Host of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance, actually, almost anything by Dead Can Dance
Let's not shit ourselves (To love and to be loved) - Bright Eyes
Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
Lonesome Valley from the soundtrack to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Mad World - Gary Jules
Jupiter - Holst
There's more, but i'll stop now.
I can't beleive you said Jupter! The first time I heard it was at an assembly in jr. high. The Utah Symphony was playing a bunch of random for us. The moment they started playing Jupiter I had goosebumps on my arms. It was the most amzing thing I've ever heard live. It has stuck with me for years!!! Love it!
Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Heather Nova - Island
Nick Drake - Place to Be
Thomas Newman - Road To Chicago
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Massive Attack - Protection
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
I literally don't get chills down my spine. I guess I'm not that sensitive and all that, but there are songs that shake me to my core sometimes, if you will.
Some songs that I can think of, that move me are 'Celluloid Heroes' by the Kinks and 'Wouldn't it be Nice' by the Beach Boys.
Both great gems in my music archive.
some examples:
-good old Leatherstrip and other pieces of EBM
-Nick Cave - Weeping Song and many others
-Rammstein - Eifersucht, Mutter, Mein Teil, Sehnsucht...
Pretty much anything by Whitney Houston. She just had the most amazing voice!
That song from Treasure Planet - I'm Still Here...
TEARS. TEARS EVERYWHERE.
well there are songs that have meaning to me, ill think of more, but one two big ones are these 2
http://vimeo.com/1882847
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig
Weirdly, I just mentioned it in my previous answer. Jerusalem. Also, the aria from Madame Butterfly, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, many of Chopin's Etudes, Preludes, and Nocturnes. Beethoven's third symphony (the Eroica). Phillip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi
But popular songs: "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell always chills me a little bit. "I've Never Been To Me" by Charlene, as well. It sounds horribly old-fashioned and club-singerish but, lyrically, it's overwhelmingly sad. Three Sinead O'Connor songs/covers too: "Nothing Compares 2 U", "The Emperor's New Clothes" but particularly "My Special Child".
The Beatles do it a lot: "Eleanor Rigby", "She's Leaving Home", "For No One", "A Day in the Life"
But if you mean spine-chilling in a good way, lots and lots of David Bowie, Lou Reed singing "Perfect Day" or "The Last Great American Whale", Queen singing "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Oh, and obviously the entire oeuvre of the boy Bieber.
-love: Invisible - Clay Aiken
If I was invisible
Then I could just watch you in your room
If I was invincible
I'd make you mine tonight
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If I was invisible
(Wait..I already am)
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