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Songs that give you goosebumps...

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:01 am
by theia
She moves through the fair - Fairport Convention


Songs that give you goosebumps...

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:13 am
by theia
Thanks for putting in the link for me, Betty...I'm rubbish at anything like that :-5

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:17 am
by AnneBoleyn
Anything sung by Enya. Her voice...................so haunting, lilting, inspiring!

A sample:

May it be - Enya - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:19 am
by Oscar Namechange
You've started something now !!!!

This always reminds me of my eldest brother.... who used to sing this........ a lot.

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:29 am
by Oscar Namechange
I'll put this here for my husband.... he believes this Is the greatest performance he's ever seen live ...

On vocals Paul Roberts who replaced Hugh as lead singer.

To the right... In my opinion, the greatest electric guitar I've ever seen... John Ellis

To the left, the object of many of my dreams ( swoon ) Jean Jacques Burnel on bass.

The Stranglers (German TV 1997) [07]. Sinister - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:46 am
by theia
AnneBoleyn;1421166 wrote: Anything sung by Enya. Her voice...................so haunting, lilting, inspiring!

A sample:

May it be - Enya - YouTube


Oh yes, I loved her earlier albums...that track must be from a more recent one because I hadn't heard it before...definitely goosebumpy

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:47 am
by theia
oscar;1421167 wrote: You've started something now !!!!

This always reminds me of my eldest brother.... who used to sing this........ a lot.

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) - YouTube


Love that song...he was Cockney Rebel, wasn't he?

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:57 am
by Betty Boop
This one reduced me to tears driving the car the first time I heard it a few years ago now

Mika - Happy ending lyrics - YouTube



Then this one did the same a couple of years ago

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts (Official Music Video) - YouTube

There's no doubt its the timing of the songs combined with what's going on in life that's the trigger for the song ending up meaning so much. Both were songs that I didn't listen to for a long time.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:05 am
by theia
Betty Boop;1421173 wrote: This one reduced me to tears driving the car the first time I heard it a few years ago now

Mika - Happy ending lyrics - YouTube



Then this one did the same a couple of years ago

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts (Official Music Video) - YouTube

There's no doubt its the timing of the songs combined with what's going on in life that's the trigger for the song ending up meaning so much. Both were songs that I didn't listen to for a long time.


Definitely...music is such a powerful trigger for the emotions. It takes you back to where you were. And there are times when I can't listen to certain songs because of how they make me feel. "She Moves..." is one of those.

Songs that give you goosebumps...

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:05 am
by Snooz
Evanescence My Immortal - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:07 am
by Betty Boop
theia;1421174 wrote: Definitely...music is such a powerful trigger for the emotions. It takes you back to where you were. And there are times when I can't listen to certain songs because of how they make me feel. "She Moves..." is one of those.


Oh yes the Mika one didn't bother me this time round, but the Jar of Hearts is still relevant and that brought goosebumps.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:11 am
by theia
SnoozeAgain;1421175 wrote: Evanescence My Immortal - YouTube


Oh...it's blocking me from listening

Edit: and I just tried my own google search on youtube and I get no sound there either, just the lyrics.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:11 am
by Oscar Namechange
My Father hated my ' loud ' music but even In his old age, he was deeply moved by this video.

Simple Minds - Belfast Child - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:19 am
by theia
oscar;1421178 wrote: My Father hated my ' loud ' music but even In his old age, he was deeply moved by this video.

Simple Minds - Belfast Child - YouTube


Very lovely...and occasionally, shades of She Moves...

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:20 am
by Oscar Namechange
ISAAC HAYES SHAFT! - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:22 am
by Betty Boop
theia;1421177 wrote: Oh...it's blocking me from listening


My Immortal-Evanescence(lyrics) - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:22 am
by Oscar Namechange
theia;1421179 wrote: Very lovely...and occasionally, shades of She Moves... And another reason to swoon over Jim Kerr lol

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:26 am
by Snooz
Thanks Betty. The lyrics are great but they don't have any meaning for me... it's her voice. That girl has the voice of an angel.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:29 am
by theia
Betty Boop;1421181 wrote: My Immortal-Evanescence(lyrics) - YouTube


Incredible voice and very poignant lyrics



(thank you, Betty)

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:31 am
by theia
oscar;1421180 wrote: ISAAC HAYES SHAFT! - YouTube


Aww, shut up, oscar :wah: that takes me back further than is surely humanly possible.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:33 am
by Betty Boop
theia;1421184 wrote: Incredible voice and very poignant lyrics



(thank you, Betty)


A bit too poignant lol.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:34 am
by Betty Boop
theia;1421185 wrote: Aww, shut up, oscar :wah: that takes me back further than is surely humanly possible.


Indeed, and rather scarily the little one got up to perform his version of dancing! :-3

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:37 am
by Oscar Namechange
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Live) - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:39 am
by Betty Boop
Snooze reminded me of Evanescence's huge hit

Evanescence - Bring Me To Life - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:39 am
by Oscar Namechange
At first listen one could assume something else from the title but Richard Ashcroft actually wrote this for his Father who was dying of cancer.



THE VERVE - Drugs Don't Work (Glastonbury 2008) - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:49 am
by Betty Boop
Coldplay - Fix You - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:04 am
by Betty Boop
Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona - YouTube





Freddie Mercury Last Moments In Color (These Are The Days Of Our Lives Making The Video) - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:06 am
by Snowfire
Beautiful song, beautiful voice. Sarah McLachlan


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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:25 am
by gmc
so many

Nostradamus - Al Stewart - YouTube

Prelude - After the Goldrush - YouTube

Christina Aguilera Beautiful Lyrics - YouTube

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:19 pm
by Snowfire
About as beautiful and dramatic as it gets. Thank you Pink Floyd and thank you Clare Torry


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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:26 pm
by Kathy Ellen
theia;1421163 wrote: She moves through the fair - Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair (1969) - YouTube


I love this song Theia. Also, so great to see you!!

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:32 pm
by Snowfire
Achingly, breathtakingly gorgeous. It brings tears to my eyes.

I cried when I heard this for the first time


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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:42 pm
by Snowfire
If you listen to this without crying I doubt you have any feeling at all. This is the choral version of the great masterpiece Agnus Dei (Adagio for strings ) by Samuel Barber


Songs that give you goosebumps...

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:33 pm
by theia
Agnus Dei...so, so beautiful, Snow

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:34 pm
by theia
Kathy Ellen;1421200 wrote: I love this song Theia. Also, so great to see you!!


Haunting isn't it, Kathy. Good to see you too.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:48 pm
by Ahso!

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:52 pm
by AnneBoleyn
West Side Story, one of my 2 favorite musicals of all time. I know the lyrics to each song & can act them out too.

I admit to getting goosebumps to You'll Never Walk Alone. Corny, but despite my trying not to react it happens anyway. Even now, just thinking about it.

Songs that give you goosebumps...

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:01 pm
by theia
AnneBoleyn;1421231 wrote: West Side Story, one of my 2 favorite musicals of all time. I know the lyrics to each song & can act them out too.

I admit to getting goosebumps to You'll Never Walk Alone. Corny, but despite my trying not to react it happens anyway. Even now, just thinking about it.


He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother gets me that way too.

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:02 pm
by AnneBoleyn
theia;1421235 wrote: He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother gets me that way too.


me too!! theia, thanks for this wonderful thread!

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:10 pm
by theia
AnneBoleyn;1421237 wrote: me too!! theia, thanks for this wonderful thread!


I was half listening to a programme on the radio about the origins of She Moved...they played Sinead O' Connor's version which was good but, for me, not as good as the version by Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention and well, you know the rest.

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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:35 pm
by Jarlaxle
After 9/11, this song is absolutely haunting...

Tough to hear on the video, but as he starts playing, a lot of people shout "NO!"

Around the 45 second mark, look closely at the piano.


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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:10 pm
by Oscar Namechange
Playing a Chris Issac CD In the car just now, I am reminded of this track that still gives me goosebumps.

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game - YouTube

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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:18 pm
by Oscar Namechange
GEORGE MICHAEL "Father Figure" - YouTube

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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:23 pm
by Oscar Namechange
Rockferry - Duffy ♪ - YouTube

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:13 am
by Bruv
I thought this was just a girlie thread, but seeing as some of the most macho men on here have contributed I shall give some of my goosebump making selection.

I have a wide taste in music and I never knock so called popular music, so first......

I believe I can fly

Followed by the exact opposite end of the spectrum.

Non, je ne regrette rien

Now for a new one.

Someone like you

And an old one....

Passing strangers

Wonder how much about ourselves we reveal by our choice of music ?

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:39 am
by Oscar Namechange
I like your choices Bruv and some I had never heard before.

Tis true, music Is a powerful tool. It may not be the song, It's the memories It evokes and on hearing the music, we are Immediately transported back to that moment In time.

As an example... my Father was In the hospice dying and my eldest brother due to a falling out hadn't seen or spoken to him for over ten years. he was umming and ahhing as to weather our Father would want to see him so I sent his this..

Mike & The Mechanics - The living Years - YouTube

He went... and then after my brother had left my Father said to me ' I can go now'.... and he did that day.

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:52 am
by Oscar Namechange
This takes me back to my first husband.

Madonna - Till Death Do Us Part (Album Version) - YouTube

Closely followed by

Madonna - 08. Oh Father - YouTube

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:59 am
by Snowfire
In the same manner, this beautiful song makes me think about my father. I never danced with him but certainly wish I could

Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross (Lyrics) - YouTube

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:00 am
by Oscar Namechange
Snowfire;1426637 wrote: In the same manner, this beautiful song makes me think about my father. I never danced with him but certainly wish I could

Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross (Lyrics) - YouTube I love that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! makes me think of my father also.... Great choice.

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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:04 am
by Oscar Namechange
This transports me right back. I was 14 years old and finally my over protective Father allowed my eldest brother to take me to his youth club where the bikers hung out. Even better, he let me wear his Levi's for the night.

CURVED AIR BACK STREET LOVE - YouTube