Songs that make you hairs stand on end...

[rupert the dog]

Me? "Nothing Compares to You" by Sinead O'Connor, or "Heroes" (Live version on Reality Tour) by Bowie. Or "Jolene" by the White Stripes. Or....no that's enough for starters.

[singlecoil]

Luka Bloom's version of U2's Bad


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVpLI5c8_U

[lazyitus]

rupert the dog said:

Me? "Nothing Compares to You" by Sinead O'Connor

Yes, for me too.

Also, Adele "Someone like you" does it too. And "Skyfall". IMMENSE songs.

[kiteless]

Does it have to be a "song"?

'cause this is the first thing that sprung to mind : The Thomas Tallis Fantasia by Vaughan-Williams. Live in Gloucester cathedral.

Spine tingling.

[Crackie]

The Blue Nile - Lets go out tonight

Talk Talk - New Grass

The Smiths - Asleep

[GG89]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[matlee]

Without a shadow of a doubt for me it's Aaron Static's remix of Airwave. Absolutely beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQgnce8BuY

[matlee]

...a very close 2nd is Scala and Kolacny Bros version of U2's With or Without You.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjec7WZ41s

[suthol]

The flute & horn parts in American Trilogy ( Elvis live in Hawaii ) not to mention the glorious vocal arrangements of backing singers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbE1Dg-4fvI

[JohnStitch]

45m45s into this video...the climax of this song gets me every time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6t-5NTjkEk

And here's an electric version of the same song that for me is truly awe inspiring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2C5la_vVb8

Sorry Kiteless / Funk, beat you to it again Been a while since I've had to post this, but probably about the 20th time...

[JohnStitch]

And I never thought I'd post an Enya video to PH (or anywhere on the internet for that matter), but the flute on the track Exile at around 2m30s is gorgeous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AensT8ntoY

[Pulse]

Crackie said:

The Smiths - Asleep

Me too, but for sad reasons. That isn't to say I don't still love the song, but for different reasons - remembering a lost one.

Edited by Pulse on Friday 17th January 21:00

[anonymous-user]

WASP - Heaven's Hung in Black

[mikees]

This, Amy McDonald, I left this body long ago, for personal reasons.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdv6igKBHw0&deskt...


And this, dido, see the sun,again for personal reasons. Sniff, sniff, dust in eyes. Nah, kin sobbing wreck. See "Cancers a fecking fecker"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oq6rpKqYT4&deskt...

Ps sorry for the dido track

[Madrabbit]

The guitar riff at the end of 'Home' by Depeche Mode. In the dark with headphones on, gets me every time.

[kiteless]

Evenstar from the LOTR

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Been recommended many times, but listen to Antony and the Johnsons - Hope there's somebody.

I defy you not to have a re-think.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Metallica - No Leaf Clover

Played live as part of their S&M tour, alongside the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra. This song was written especially to suit being played with the Orchestra, and as such, I think works better than the score arranged for their existing songs.

It is, and will always be, absolutely fan-bloody-tastic...when I dig the album out and play it on my home separates...by the last verse, when the entire orchestra is backing the band, and James Hetfield's vocals are growling away alongside such a beautiful sound and arrangement, it doesn't just make my hairs stand on end, it actually makes me physically shiver.

I know, I know - it sounds a bit weird

Anyone who loves music should love and appreciate this arrangement. Listen to it, and let me know!


ETA: Heheh, feckin ell - just watched my own You Tube link and, yep, again - shivers! Ha!

Edited by Ray Luxury-Yacht on Friday 17th January 23:01

[duncancallum]

the intro to Whom the bell tolls by Metallica and the ballard of dwight fry by alice cooper

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

duncancallum said:

the intro to Whom the bell tolls by Metallica

Oh yes, agreed.

You've just reminded me of one of the most seminal, visceral nights of my life actually - Monsters of Rock at Donington in 1995.

Metallica were headlining. It was dark, it was raining - but the power from the stage and the boundless energy of the crowd at the front of that gig, with me in the middle of it, I will never forget. I can't explain it - but people who have been in similar situations will know what I'm talking about

I remember the intro to this song very well on that night. Dark stage, the feel of the rain, the pent-up excitement of everyone around me, the crush of hot sweaty bodies (yuck ) the smell of it all...then the bells tolling.

Dung! Dung! Then the explosion of guitars, noise, blinding lights and pyrotechnics....IN YOUR FACE!!!

We went mental