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Songs that give you chills

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kozmo7 said:
Hearing and being lucky enough to actually watch old blues legends gives me chills.

Son House -Death Letter Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral and my trial

Lightnin' hopkins - lonesome road

Howlin' Wolf/Hubert Sumlin - How Many More Years
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I got chills watching the one existing video of Lead Belly. You're watching on video a style and culture of music so long dead that it's a joy to have as much document as we do. In kind of the same way it blows my mind that I can go listen to Robert Johnson's singing. There's a document behind the legend.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzUpVyOdXek

DOA by Bloodrock

Backstory from wiki- Bloodrock was best known for the song "D.O.A." (Dead On Arrival). D.O.A. was a graphic and mournful first person account of a mortally injured crash survivor and his dead girlfriend. Some think that the song refers to a car crash, and others think that the song refers to a plane crash. Both meanings are possible, because of nuances and phrasings in the lyrics, as well as the meaning of the lyrics themselves. The lyrics "we were flying along" may refer to kids joyriding because "flying low" is a metaphor for speeding. However given the era that the song was written in, and the popularity of drug use amongst rock musicians at that time, most people assumed the words "we were flying along and hit something in the air" refer to the car's occupants as being on drugs and barely aware of where they were and what happened to them. Another possibility is that the lyrics really mean, literally, flying in an airplane, presumably in the fog or bad weather or similar. Another lyric, "Then I looked straight at the attendant. His face is pale as it can be. He bends and whispers something softly. He says there's no chance for me." could refer to an ambulance attendant after a car crash, or a flight attendant after a plane crash. Only Bloodrock knows for sure. (Although there were very, very few male flight attendants in 1971 and they were still referred to as stewardesses at that time. The term "paramedics" was relatively unknown in 1971 and "attendant" was the most common noun applied to ambulance.)

This became their only hit single, reaching #36 on the music charts on March 6, 1971. They were only marginally popular in the United States and were essentially a cult band, but reportedly became a favorite among troops in Vietnam.

I've also heard that the song was written about the Marshall football team's plane crash in November 14, 1970... it's just damn eerie.

I will not listen to this song alone anymore after the last time I listened to it alone and my TV turned itself off and back on again as I was listening to it. I'm getting chill just talking about it. fuck.
 
U2 | Acrobat | Achtung Baby

(Ignore the video. Listen to the song.)

The entire song sends a jolt down my spine, but the guitar work from 2:50 through to the end is among the most riveting I've ever heard. In particular, the five note progression the Edge does at 3:57 gets me every time. Still shakes me up with every listen.
 
favouriteflavour said:
John wayne Gacy Jr - Sufjan Stevens

Never thought I would so sympathetic to a child killer.
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"look beneath the floor boards for the secrets I have hid..."
So emotional and true...I don't even know how to respond to that.
 
tenritsu said:
Are you serious people?!

At the end of Heat, God Moving Over the Face of the Waters by Moby plays. Bone chilling stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRxfdr8T98&feature=related
CLICK ONLY IF YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED.

And then, the mashup with Unkle's In a State... is fucking amazing.
In A State / God Moving Over the Face of the Waters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lI5VVhCOyI
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Very nice yes.




Thought of another few

John Lennon - Working Class Hero

Band of Horses - Marry Song

Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

J.S. Bach - Toccata & Fugue
 
To continue the OP's Oasis theme...

Noel Gallagher - Chicago96 (I think) Acoustic version of "Don't Go Away"- sung with such passion and the crowd singing in the background just combine to be a fantastic version
 
Does anyone even listen to everyone elses youtube links? I find myself looking to see if someone else has posted the songs I'm going to rather than actually listening to all the recommendations. Maybe I'll participate and expand my horizons.

Mine are long...slow songs with huge crescendos.

Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day (with an AMAZING video someone made for youtube to match)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQqPJ5A2BI

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Moya (little slow but gets really good at around 5 minutes and utterly epic around 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsf2LoLk3SA

Hope someone gets the same chills i did.
 
Starting here in Beirut's Postcards from Italy through the end of the song. The way it transitions from the final verse to the booming trumpets gets me every time.
 
Dream Theatre: Trial of Tears (especially Once in a Livetime version), and Metropolis Pt.1

Phil Collins: In the Air Tonight (again, Live)

Michael Jackson: Human Nature, Billie Jean, Beat It and Stranger in Moscow. And especially Smooth Criminal from the Moonwalker movie. And Dangerous (Live at MTV '95).

Orbital: Halcyon, Lush 3.1, Desert Storm and Illuminate.
 
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