song that always gives the shivers down the spine

shindigmachine · Post by **shindigmachine** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:21 am

and why.

i have to say "cosmonaut" by at the drive-in.

the chorus is so intense and beautiful, yet it's complete chaos. the guitars are unbelieveable, and the vocals are so heartfelt, he just hits this one note that just sends those shivers every time.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:26 am

And why?

Satanic_Versus · Post by **Satanic_Versus** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:27 am

Notorious Big, going back to cali...

R.I.P.

to bad he never made it home.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:28 am

Ouch.

Orphin · Post by **Orphin** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:25 am

Tool - The Grudge

A couple of minutes into the song, the part where the lyrics go:


Unable to forgive. and weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re sinking deeper.

Defining, confining, sinking deeper. Controlling, defining, and weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re sinking deeper.

Astroman · Post by **Astroman** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:49 am

Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - 1983 (a merman I should turn to be)
-The song itself is not that fantastic but the section where he sings:
Well it is too bad..... that our friends..... can't be with us today
I first heard that when I was 12 (1980) on a radio special about Hendrix here in Sweden. They just cut that part in and it really triggered my interest in Hendrix which THEN eventually got me interested i guitars, and the rest is history. Point is, that hearing that part still brings me back to my childhood bedroom on that September evening 1980 - it it really has a special place

ECWeagles · Post by **ECWeagles** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Hmmm..

A lot of songs do, though at different times and for different reasons.

At the moment, "Fix You" by Coldplay, when the BIG bit kicks in. Turn that up on the headphones and I get shivers. Well not shivers per se but certainly a tingle.

Another is (and yes you will kill me) My way by Limp Bizkit. Reason? It was the theme song for Wrestlemania 17 which a few of us made the trek to the states for. Still remember that tingle...

Another is "leave them all behind" by Ride. Great line in it coming off a wall of sound bridge

"Colours shining clear... fading into night" You have to listen to the song but its great, then into possbily my favorite wah solo ever.

chaz · Post by **chaz** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:45 am

Too many to list but but here's a cool one....from a guitarist point of veiw i.e. sheer power, presence, tone, feel and delivery, "Earth's Cry Heavens Smile" Santana, just enough notes to make you weep.
I could add another million songs here from rock to soul.

shindigmachine · Post by **shindigmachine** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:18 am

i still dig limp bizkit's first album, 3 dollar bill, but other than that, it's pretty much junk. the first album i like, it was really raw. i really dig those guitar tones. i know wes borland is playing seven string, but he doesn't base his playing around that low string being there. at least not on the first album.

Joel 87 · Post by **Joel 87** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:18 pm

Im hooked on Vanilla Sky atm, so powerful songs would be 'All the Right Friends' by REM, because the chorus is so fantastic and gets my spine shivering, and the verse for 'Good Vibrations' (not actually sure if this is the song title) by the Beach Boys. Its just sch a fanastic film, changed my view on life completely.

Im soppy like that lol

MarcusBlacksmith · Post by **MarcusBlacksmith** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:54 pm

There's a part in 'A Wolf at the Door' from the last Radiohead album where the character in the song is just totally losing his mind...muttering

'Dance you ****er dance you ****er don't you dare don't you flan in the face...take it with the love that's given take it with a pinch of salt take it to the taxman'...

Sends shivers of fear and pleasure down my spine everytime.
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For soppy reasons...'The Rain Song' by Led Zeppelin.
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For 'oh my God that's the best syncopation man has ever known' reasons: 'Tryin' to grow me a chin' by Frank Zappa.
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For sentimental reasons: 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen.

corky newman · Post by **corky newman** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:26 pm

Hendrix, all along the watchtower....
Deep purple, speed freak....
Steely dan, reel'in in the years...
They all make me weak in the knees..

space-boy · Post by **space-boy** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:28 pm

I shiver with lennon's breathing at girl (from Rubber soul AKA the best record ever made).
I shiver with the final sentence of Pulp's Babies ... I only went with her 'cos she looks like you, my God!
I shiver with all the versions I've heard from Radiohead's (and performed by Radiohead) Fake plastic trees (specially a live take some friend recorded for me on a CD with just a guitar and Yorke's incredible voice). I always want to cry when I listen to that wish I could be who you wanted all the time...
For some reason, human voice is the instrument that touches me deeper. I could add some other ones like Bjork, but I want to end with some sort of gift to the ears: First to finish, last to start from ted leo and the pharmacists. Don't expect it to be a great song, nevertheless, this is a small sweet tune.

mike · Post by **mike** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:34 pm

A whiter shade of pale Procol harum...because of that Hammond sound and the voice of Gary Brooker... It was the fist time that I heard a HAMMOND SOUND different from Jimmy Smith's sound (that I love very much also with Kenny Burell.)

chaz · Post by **chaz** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:39 pm

A bit of a wild one but how about the live version of Room 335 (Larry Carlton) with Steve Luke on there....great solo's..

song that always gives the shivers down the spine

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