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All the time. Sometimes I

carpet cleaners — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:15:50 -0500

All the time. Sometimes I can't even put my finger on why I like that song so much, all I know is that it gives me those goosebumps. It's a pretty strange reaction, I always thought.

"Maybe the sun will shine

Melissa Gilman — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:29:28 -0600

"Maybe the sun will shine today/The clouds will blow away/Maybe I won’t feel so afraid/I will try to understand/Either way." I'm not very good at describing what music sounds like. But there's something about the opening chords of "Either Way" by Wilco and the carefully hopeful sound of Jeff Tweedy's voice that gives me emotional goosebumps.

Hem's "Rabbit Songs" album

Melissa Gilman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:04:35 -0600

Hem's "Rabbit Songs" album puts me in a contemplative place. "When I Was Drinking" is really gorgeous and evocative: "When I was drinking, when I was with you/living it up when the rent was due/with nothing and no one to live up to." I also adore "Half Acre." Does it matter to me that Liberty Mutual used the song in a commercial? Nah. I'd rather have everyone experience that melancholic and nostalgic feeling the song evokes in me.

The Pixies Reunion show at

jennyjean4 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:50:42 -0600

The Pixies Reunion show at the Fine Line had many goosebump inducing moments, but my favorite was "Where is My Mind". At the end of the song, the whole crowd was singing the oo-oo ooo's and it was just amazing to be there.

Another great one is,

jennyjean4 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:41:07 -0600

Another great one is, "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos. She knows how to use dynamics along with emotional lyrics for maximum goosebump coverage.

At the Pearl Jam concert, I

jennyjean4 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:39:55 -0600

At the Pearl Jam concert, I remember the song "Not For You" giving me chills. He seemed so angry and emotional during the performance and it just pushed that song over the top for me.

I thought of another great

geetar_boy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:53:09 -0600

I thought of another great bone chiller moment. This one does hinge on the lyrics and the vocal delivery.

Pearl Jam played MTV's "Unplugged" in March of '92. For many of us "X'ers" it was our first exposure to Pearl Jam's explosive live performances. I have been lucky enough to see them on 3 occasions....but, anyway there is a moment toward the end of the song "Black"...Vedder is pleading, "we...we should be together...together...", repeating it several times mantra sytle.

When you hear it, you know that this man knows LOVE and the heartache of losing it. It's such a cathartic and personal moment.

I haven't heard that performance in years, but am getting the chills as I write about it.

MTV never released the Pearl Jam performance, but there are bootlegs of it to be found.

And I just checked, there are several instances of the performance on youtube - here is one of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJU87CVC6s

And when her voice cracks

writers bloc — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:04 -0600

And when her voice cracks slightly on the word "love" in the line in the chorus "I love my boy, and that's why I'm leaving" ... that's about as good as emotive vocal delivery gets.

Definitely. When the chord

writers bloc — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:52:05 -0600

Definitely. When the chord progression inverts and the refrain,"For a minute there, I lost myself" begins and continues to build to the end ... that's just magic.

Sweet ... I still remember

writers bloc — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:48:43 -0600

Sweet ... I still remember where I was the first time I heard that roaring intro. I was a janitor (kind of ironic in retrospect, considering the video) mopping the kitchen at the St. Paul Student Center the first time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit." I was hearing it on a tinny-sounding mono radio from the '60s, and it still sounded awesome. And like the above post, I was hypnotized before the vocals even arrived on the scene.

Anyone my age has heard it 8

geetar_boy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:17:04 -0600

Anyone my age has heard it 8 billion times, but the moment Dave
Grohl's mammoth bass drum/snare abuse enters on the intro to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" I still chill.

What I like about this particular "chill" moment is that is music only...no lyrics. How and why orchestrated noise can do that...it's one of the things I LOVE so much about music. It's a mysterious force.

I've gotta say that it's

brian — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:30 -0600

I've gotta say that it's Karma Police by Radiohead. That song has the most haunting lyrics and vocals I have ever heard.

In Sinead O'Conner's song

jennyjean4 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:25:51 -0600

In Sinead O'Conner's song "Black Boys on Mopeds" there's a verse that goes...
In her arms she holds three cold babies
And the first word that they learned was "please"
and on the word please her voice goes up about an octave and she sings that word so quietly and emotionally that I get chills every time.

For me it's the song "Bitter

BakerBlog — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:38:35 -0600

For me it's the song "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve. It starts off so repetitive, but then "BAM!" the full symphony kicks in and it's beautiful and perfect in dynamics and timing. Whenever I hear that song - whatever mood I'm in, where ever I'm at - I will get goosebumps - it's inevitable.

Sound Off: Chilled to the bone

BakerBlog — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:32:35 -0600

Do you ever get goose bumps when listening to music?