Songs That Give Us the Chills

dankind

I have certain songs -- sometimes it's just a moment in a song, other times it's the whole song, and other times it's a certain version (live or studio) of a song -- that never fail to give me the chills when I hear them. 

I figure that this has to happen to other people here.

What are some songs that are always certain to give you the chills?

I'll start: Billie Holiday's version of "Strange Fruit."

https://youtu.be/0mO92ll_q0k

F Me In The Brain

Moonlight Sonata -- and I also get the chills from the Immortal Beloved movie scene, for sure a favorite

Crank this up, headphones....tough to beat, for me.  Can even listen to the whole thing vs. the common short parts.

https://youtu.be/OsOUcikyGRk

dankind

F Me In The Brain said:

Moonlight Sonata -- and I also get the chills from the Immortal Beloved movie scene, for sure a favorite

Crank this up, headphones....tough to beat, for me.  Can even listen to the whole thing vs. the common short parts.

https://youtu.be/OsOUcikyGRk

Ha! I was in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which lifts Moonlight Sonata for the number "Schroeder," so I can never listen to Moonlight Sonata without hearing Lucy's feigned awful singing over it. My ex played Lucy, too, just to sully it even more.

https://youtu.be/toyLQzd8HrY

F Me In The Brain

dankind said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Moonlight Sonata -- and I also get the chills from the Immortal Beloved movie scene, for sure a favorite

Crank this up, headphones....tough to beat, for me.  Can even listen to the whole thing vs. the common short parts.

https://youtu.be/OsOUcikyGRk

Ha! I was in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which lifts Moonlight Sonata for the number "Schroeder," so I can never listen to Moonlight Sonata without hearing Lucy's feigned awful singing over it. My ex played Lucy, too, just to sully it even more.

https://youtu.be/toyLQzd8HrY

Don't you go ruining my song!

Good that they cast Lucy as an annoying twat irl, as well.

tempo_n_groove

There are other versions of this that are fantastic but Garanca is one of the best.

Carmen/Habenera

Enjoy

https://youtu.be/K2snTkaD64U

ed243421

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QWDAwzQmnDI

JPPJ84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZnBNuqqz5g

ha, so the embedding only works on a desktop computer!

Glorified KC

This song kills me every time I hear it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r6A2NexF88

ed243421

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=af8Cg0a1bbw

cutz

JPPJ84 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZnBNuqqz5g

ha, so the embedding only works on a desktop computer!

Good one.

cutz

https://youtu.be/XtSQFewjDD0

dankind

https://player.vimeo.com/video/39457760

hedonist

So many, but Dies Irae comes to mind first.

Fuckin' Mozart, man.

JPPJ84

hedonist said:

So many, but Dies Irae comes to mind first.

Fuckin' Mozart, man.

There’s some amazing classical music! I have to give Mozart a try! I love the Carmina Burana, the part where the choir sets in?! Goosebumps!
Also love a lot of soundtracks like the one from Gladiator and Lord of the Rings! The Last March of the Ents for instance is really haunting (if you love the movies I guess)

dankind

JPPJ84 said:

hedonist said:

So many, but Dies Irae comes to mind first.

Fuckin' Mozart, man.

There’s some amazing classical music! I have to give Mozart a try! I love the Carmina Burana, the part where the choir sets in?! Goosebumps!
Also love a lot of soundtracks like the one from Gladiator and Lord of the Rings! The Last March of the Ents for instance is really haunting (if you love the movies I guess)

You take the trouble to construct a civilization ... to ... to build a society, based on the principles of ... of principle ... you endeavor to make communicable sense out of natural order, morality out of the unnatural disorder of man's mind ... you make government and art, and realize that they are, must be, both the same ... you bring things to the saddest of all points ... to the point where there is something to lose ... then all at once, through all the music, through all the sensible sounds of men building, attempting, comes the Dies Irae. And what is it? What does the trumpet sound? Up yours. I suppose there's justice to it, after all the years.... Up yours.

--Edward Albee

JPPJ84

dankind said:

JPPJ84 said:

hedonist said:

So many, but Dies Irae comes to mind first.

Fuckin' Mozart, man.

There’s some amazing classical music! I have to give Mozart a try! I love the Carmina Burana, the part where the choir sets in?! Goosebumps!
Also love a lot of soundtracks like the one from Gladiator and Lord of the Rings! The Last March of the Ents for instance is really haunting (if you love the movies I guess)

You take the trouble to construct a civilization ... to ... to build a society, based on the principles of ... of principle ... you endeavor to make communicable sense out of natural order, morality out of the unnatural disorder of man's mind ... you make government and art, and realize that they are, must be, both the same ... you bring things to the saddest of all points ... to the point where there is something to lose ... then all at once, through all the music, through all the sensible sounds of men building, attempting, comes the Dies Irae. And what is it? What does the trumpet sound? Up yours. I suppose there's justice to it, after all the years.... Up yours.

--Edward Albee

Fine! I‘m at my sister’s house in 40 minutes! I‘ll make her put it on straight away! 
Can‘t do it now, I’m in England and not paying for the roaming

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PJ_Soul

My #1 of all time is K.D. Lang's Hallelujah. I really don't care for any other version very much, only because hers is so superior to them that they pale in comparison IMO. Including the original by Cohen. And this version, from the 2010 Olympic opening ceremonies, is the best performance of it for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOQSk_cMO0

Perfect Day by Lou Reed is also a great one for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxI4KK9ZYo

JPPJ84

Love Dies Irae! Sounds awesome! Might love Carmina Burana a bit more though

hedonist

That KD version is beyond beautiful.

Also love Sinead's Three Babies.

And the opening notes to No Quarter - the whole song, really - but the beginning always makes me envision snowy grounds almost blue, darkness, wind.

DK, up yours!

PJ_Soul

hedonist said:

That KD version is beyond beautiful.

Also love Sinead's Three Babies.

And the opening notes to No Quarter - the whole song, really - but the beginning always makes me envision snowy grounds almost blue, darkness, wind.

DK, up yours!

I changed the KD version in my post because I realized I didn't post THE best version, which was her 2010 Olympic opening ceremonies performance. That's there now. Literally gives me goosebumps every time.

I had to go listen to No Quarter after you said that.... OOOHHHHH yeah. That really is a fantastic intro!! And really the whole song gives me chills... And now Since I've Been Loving You is playing, and it's heavenly. LZ is one of my favorite bands of all time (maybe #1, maybe #2), but I've really not listened to them for such a long time until right now, as for the past few years I've really been exploring new music (or new music to me) instead of listening to what I already know and love. I've got to remember to spin them again though - at this point it will feel fresh again.