Goose bump songs

[Bam!]

hey duders!

You read right! :W

Songs that give you......goose bumps!

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Me first :

Nina Simone Wild is the Wind

This song has so much emotion to it....it's IMO emotionally draining when listening to it......When you are finished listening to this particular piece....you'll need a hug ops: :lol:

[David Meek]

Good idea Bammer! :yesnod: Here's four to get you started.

Billy Dean - Only The Wind and Once In A While, Greatest Hits
Linda Ronstadt - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me, Hasten Down The Wind
Tears For Fears - Famous Last Words, Seeds Of Love

[dave]

OK, heres a relativly unknown artist, her name is Lana Lane. Shes got this song off of her greatest hits disc called "Seasons" and it always gives me
goosebumps as well as shivers! if you get a chance check this one out
its great!
BTW good thread BAM :T

[David Meek]

A couple more:

Sarah Brightman - This Love, La Luna
Little Feat - Red Streamliner, Time Loves A Hero

[Bam!]

Glad you like it guys!

Some good titles there that I must check out....me wants goose bumps!

:lol:

[George Bellefontaine]

MY WAY by Sinatra

IN THE GHETTO by Elvis

CRYING by Roy Orbison and K.D.Lang

Opening of ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

BLUE BAYOU by Linda Rondstat

These are just a few I can think of at the moment.

[David Meek]

IN THE GHETTO by Elvis

Oh yeah. :T

[jimmyp58]

Had a feeling George you'd like 'My Way'. It's one of mine too (I think I was weaned on it from my Italian parents).

[Burke Strickland]

Play Linda Ronstadt's "Greatest Hits Volume One" and you are bound to find at least three or four songs that bring goose bumps (in addition to "Blue Bayou").

Here are ten songs that give me goose bumps, bring tears to my eyes, rip my heart out, make me say “wish I could write one like that”… :>)

• First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Dionne Warwick: Here Where There Is Love (LP)
• Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust
• Hello In There Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust
• I Dream of Jeannie/Danny Boy Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust
• The Night They Drove Ole’ Dixie Down Joan Baez: Blessed Are
• Fountain of Sorrow Jackson Browne: Late For The Sky
• Der Schildwache Nachtlied Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (perfomed by Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry with the New York Philharmonic condicted by Leonard Bernstein)
• Goin’ Back Dusty Springfield: The Dusty Springfield Anthology - Disc 1
• Yesterday When I Was Young Dusty Springfield: The Dusty Springfield Anthology - Disc 2
• To Love Somebody Slobberbone: Slippage (song originally performed by The Bee Gees)

Burke

[David Meek]

Ambrosia - Holdin' On To Yesterday, Ambrosia

[dave]

Another one that really gets me is when I hear John Lennon playing
"In My Life" from Rubber Soul

[Danbry39]

Old Guy Alert...Old Guy Alert...Old Guy Alert....

Some of the chill producing song for this old guy include:

Wake Up Little Susie - Every Brothers
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers (live at Fillmore version)
Words of Love - Buddy Holly
Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
You Don't Realize - The Electric Flag
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

I do very much like many of the listed songs so far though.

[dave]

We are showing our age here Danbry!!!!
I've got another one to show just how old I really am!!!
Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
It gave me goose bumps then and it still does to this very day...

[Danbry39]

Me too, Dave.

That is a chillingly good song. The high notes Art Garfunkle hit in it was beyond belief and Paul Simon's lyrics sound as touching today as they did way back when.

[jimmyp58]

Here's a couple more for me...

'One Fine Morning' - Lighthouse
'Fantasy' - Earth, Wind & Fire

[BradF]

some tunes that do it for me:
Be My Baby / Ronettes
River Deep, Mountain High / Ike and Tina Turner
Bernadette / Four Tops
I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Love You) / Aretha Franklin
The End Of The World / Skeeter Davis

[jimmyp58]

Oh, and a few more...

'My Girl' - Temptations
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' - Elton John

[dave]

For sure "the end of the world" by skeeter davis I completly forgot about that one :Z

[George Bellefontaine]

A few others:

KILLING ME SOFTLY by Roberta Flack

WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE particularly by Leonard Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic

WIND BENEATH MY WINGS by Bette Middler

YOU ARE LOVE by Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson ( from the film SHOWBOAT)

[glangston@socal]

Only one I can think of

Like a Rolling Stone

The piano/organ intro sets it off..... 8O

[Chris D]

Opening of ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

Cool, George, not many people know the true name of that piece. (or that it continues past the first 30 seconds) Most just refer to it as the "Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey"

All these are very good. Some of mine:

God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood
Imagine by John Lennon
Cat in the Cradle by multiple artists
Candle in the Wind by Elton John (the original, not the disappointing remake--I'll never understand that)
Hosanna Holy Holy by Phil Driscoll (he has a trumpet solo the 2nd half that makes you want to crank up the volume until your ears bleed)
Bad by U2 (one of my favorite songs by my favorite group--best version is on the Rattle and Hum DVD movie)

[jimmyp58]

The National Anthem of the United States sung by Whitney Houston at the Super Bowl a few years back.

[Danbry39]

While we are feeling patriotic, I'll add America as sung by Ray Charles.

[Bent]

Not to wear anything on my sleeve, nor to wave any flag - but I attended a Sarah McLachlan concert two weeks ago, and although I am not terribly impressed with her latest offerings from Afterglow (although I haven't heard the whole album yet), I'm always brought to a halt when I hear either of three of her songs.
The first is "Fear", where she excercises both her fabulously detailed range as well a her vocal dynamics, so much so that she can draw you inward to hear a melodic whisper and then immediatly set you on your backside with a full on raptureous sonic assault. It was terrific to see the effort she put into this song at the concert - as if she knew that the day that she may not ever be able to do that again couild well be the next sunrise.

The second is "The Possesion" from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, where as I understand the lyrics refer to a frightening incident in her life that involved dealing with, locating and charging a stalker that was causing her some grief for a long while.

The third one is also from Fumbling', called appropriately "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" (although the title doesn't appear in the lyrics of the song) - her live version is a more up-tempo rendition of an almost regae beat hidden in
the midst of a vocal driven song.

[Bam!]

WoW....well written Bent!

I'll have to give her another listen....

:T

[jimmyp58]

I wasn't trying to exhalt my patriotism regarding Whitney's version of the U.S. National Anthem. It is simply her rendition that brings me goose-bumps. So very many people try to sing that song and it is near impossible to pull off as it is so difficult. She simply took this song to another level and unless I hear an opera singer singing it, no one else can compare since I got used to her version. Her range and strength was phenomenal.

For me, the same can be said about 'My Way'. This song was written by Paul Anka and when he sings it, to me, it comes no where close to when Sinatra sang it. Some songs, I agree, sound goose-bumpy no matter who sings/plays them but some songs simply sound far better from some artists than others. I guess I could lump in with this, 'New York, New York' --- this is another goose-bump song for me yet to me, no one sings it better than Sinatra (sorry if I offended any Liza Minelli fans!).

[Bent]

Sorry Jimmy, I wish I hadn't started my post the way I did now.
I did see Whitney, and you are correct in your summation of her performance.

I can't really take back what I wrote, but I can confirm that I didn't mean to slap anyone for being patriotic, everone is entitled to be so.

I should merely have said that Sarah is one of the artists (of late) who gives me chills, who just happens to be Canadian.

Please accept my appologies if I had offended you (or anyone else, for that matter).

[Bam!]

Sorry Jimmy, I wish I hadn't started my post the way I did now.
I did see Whitney, and you are correct in your summation of her performance.

I can't really take back what I wrote, but I can confirm that I didn't mean to slap anyone for being patriotic, everone is entitled to be so.

I should merely have said that Sarah is one of the artists (of late) who gives me chills, who just happens to be Canadian.

Please accept my appologies if I had offended you (or anyone else, for that matter).

Jim! :unsure:.....uhm...... I didn't even notice the patriotic thingy......and coming from Bent....nothing malicious is ever meant.......so.....I was commenting more on the quality description of the why he got goose bumbs.....

So...Jimmy.... :B

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I have to say though that this is a great thread....cause the guys contributing are.....well........great!

You guys give me goose bumps! :lol: ops:

sorry.... ops:

[jimmyp58]

No apology needed. I perhaps wasn't explicit enough when I typed in my initial response as so many people have sung the National Anthem and are rather poor at it (forget Roseanne's version altogether!). It allowed me to clear up what I intended to write from the onset.

I was not offended by the comment but your comment did elicit a response for me that I needed to tidy up what I was trying to convey.

Jim

P.S. BAM, no apologies needed from you either. I didn't take offense to it.

[will1066]

Barcelona by Jewel. Terrific performance by Jewel and really expressive of her vocal range. Another one her VH 1 Storytellers rendition of Who Will Save Your Soul.

[Chris D]

I agree... the US national anthem is tough to sing, and Whitney did it very well. My only question would be if that one particular performance was truly live, or lip-synched to something she sang in a studio once. Either way, there's no doubt that she's the original singer of that particular performance, at one time or another.

[Burke Strickland]

Here are some more that really do it to me...

Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix
(BTW - his rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner “ at Woodstock was phenomenal. Some people thought it was “irreverent”, while others thought it was “inspired”. In either case, it certainly wasn’t like you hear it at the ball park.)

Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Clouds Judy Collins

People Have The Power Patti Smith

St. Theresa Joan Osborne
(Her rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Man in the Long Black Coat” is pretty thrilling too.)

Joan of Arc Leonard Cohen
(While his own solo rendition is enough to bring goose bumps, his duet of that song with Jennifer Warnes is spine tingling.)

Piece of My Heart Janis Joplin
(In addition, listening to her cover of “Me and Bobby McGee” is another goose-bump-inducing experince and hers is my favorite rendition of that song, even though it has had any number of other memorable performances by other artists including Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson.)

If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot

Losing My Mind Bobby Short (song from Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies”)

Melody of Dying Men/Flesh Failures / Let The Sun Shine In “Hair”
(Impressive as it was in the stage musical, it is absolutely chilling/thrilling the way it played out in the movie.)


Burke

[David Meek]

I was "bluesing" a bit yesterday and have to add:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise, In Step

[BradF]

more charmers:
How Can I Be Sure / The Young Rascals
All Strung Out On You / Nino Temple and April Stevens
Hey Paula / Paul and Paula
Johnny Angel / Shelly Fabares
Walking in the Rain / The Ronettes


Sad to hear that Skeeter Davis passed away on the weekend.

[Robbie]

Good selections all...

Here's one that hasn't been mentioned that always brings chills down my back

Lucky Man /Emerson Lake & Palmer

Robbie

Actually there's more which I will edit the post when I remember the titles ops:

[David Meek]

Lucky Man is one GREAT song! Good choice Robbie. :T

[glangston@socal]

Circle Game by Joni Mitchell

My sister and a friend sang it at their high school graduation....goosebumps then and ever after...

[Bam!]

....some great stuff guys...

to that I add another one....

Dire Straits....Brother's in arms

[George Bellefontaine]

Dire Straits BROTHERS IN ARMS, oh yeah, Bam, that is a real goose bumper. :T

[Burke Strickland]

Dire Straits....Brother's in arms

Just the song or the whole album? :>) Another Dire Straits song that always gives me goose-bumps is "Sultans of Swing".

Burke

[Bam!]

Just the song or the whole album? :>) Another Dire Straits song that always gives me goose-bumps is "Sultans of Swing".

Burke

Well though whole album works for me......but especially that song.....

George :T

[Bam!]

O.K. I add another...

Dave Brubeck Castillian blues since it is an improve version...my ultimate pick is from Live at Carnegie Hall....disc 2...song 4....around 12:00 minutes of AWWW!

[Danbry39]

Even though I've never read of anyone else really even liking the song, my favorite Dire Straits song is Romeo and Juliet. It be the one that most sends chills up my spine.

[David Meek]

Brothers In Arms, the album, is pretty much awesome all the way through (once you get past a couple of WAAAAYYYYYY over-played songs). And that does bring up another GB song for me: Ride Across The River.

Hmmm, gotta go put in on. . . back in a bit. :yesnod:

[Bam!]

to this....I add another one....

Karen Young Morena Soy