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D0m1n1c Burford

Songs that give you chills
« on: 06 February, 2009, 11:07:59 pm »
I don't have to explain what I mean...those songs that give you a chill when you hear them.  Let me begin:

Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Cherry Coloured Funk - Cocteau Twins
The Scientist - Coldplay
Rootless Tree - Damian Rice
The Other Side - David Gray
Set the Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol
My Weakness - Moby

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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #1 on: 06 February, 2009, 11:13:11 pm »
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Stay - Shakespear's Sister
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #2 on: 06 February, 2009, 11:23:15 pm »
Slightly left field, this one's a hymn.

Lord of the Dance.  Played on a scratchy violin at the funeral service of two friends who died far too young.


And another one, effectively unknown.

Lost Boys. Written by a great mate whilst working as crew aboard a square rigger.
When I ended up doing the same, this song summed up the whole thing. Can you bear the words ?

I only have to hear the first chord and I am onboard, out in the Atlantic. It gives me the chills because this song became so much a part of life onboard, and I left the ship shortly before she sank with the loss of some of the crew (ref the funeral above).

As I turn out the lights in the city’s machine,
And climb up the stairs already half in a dream,
I think of the Lost Boys who are oceans away
And my mind fills again with those glittering days.

The Lost Boys are breathing the steam off their tea
As they sail through the blue gold of another new dawn
Whistling to the dolphins as they crest on the bow
Their feet in the rigging as the twilight comes down

And I look out my window at the slotted in sky
Close my ears to the scream of the traffic rolling by
As the Lost Boys are running before another jagged edge storm

Oh I was a Lost Boy before
Yeah I was a Lost Boy before
But I wanna be a Lost Boy again

Well I grew young and old with the Lost Boys
I forgot about so much and I learnt so much more
As I think of it all now my mind soars away.
And I will never get my fill of those wild ragged days

And the Lost Boys are grinning through the rain and the years
Falling in love and then sailing away
As they look for an answer in each flying wave
Entrenched by horizons with nothing in the way
While governments fall and more babies get born
And brothers grow up and young sisters leave home
The Lost Boys are scattering their lives over endless grey waves.

Oh I was a Lost Boy before
Yeah I was a Lost Boy before
But I wanna be a Lost Boy again
And the Lost boys are trying to run away to dry land
And forget the lifestyle of a  ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  at night
And trade it all in for a place to call home
But the wind and the waves stay alive in their dreams
And when the call gets too strong they go sailing again

And the Lost Boys they never come back home
Though the Lost Boys can never go home
Home was lost in the shimmering wake a million miles behind

Though the Lost Boys can never find a home
Oh the Lost Boys never come back home
Home was lost in the shimmering wake a million miles behind

But still I was a Lost Boy before
Oh yes I was a Lost Boy before
And I wanna be a Lost Boy again

I want to fight with the wind with the sails as the prize
Blink the salt spray back from out of my eyes
Climb with the Lost Boys to the spiralling yards
And sing with the Lost Boys through the fine days and storms
Laugh with the Lost Boys with the sun sinking low
And talk through the long nights with the moon riding high
I hear them calling me now from the edge of my world
Yes the Lost Boys are calling from the edge of my world
Yes the Lost Boys are calling from the edge of my world

Now I’m going to be a Lost Boy again
Oh yeah I’m going to be a Lost Boy again
The call is too strong I’ve gotta go I’m going sailing again
Oh yeah I’m going to be a Lost Boy again
Oh yeah I’m going to be a Lost Boy again
For better or for worse I’ve no choice I’m going sailing again
I’m going sailing again
I’m going sailing again
I’m going sailing again
Going sailing
Sailing
Rust never sleeps

D0m1n1c Burford

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #3 on: 06 February, 2009, 11:29:50 pm »
Hatler, that was simply wonderful. 

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #4 on: 06 February, 2009, 11:39:09 pm »
Thank you. If you want, PM your e-mail and I'll send you the MP3 file of the song.
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #5 on: 07 February, 2009, 12:15:01 am »
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #6 on: 07 February, 2009, 08:05:37 am »
And one more, but I've no idea why.

Vincent Black Lightning    Richard Thompson
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #7 on: 07 February, 2009, 08:09:20 am »
Another RT - Crazy Man Michael
Elvis Costello ~ I Want You
Another Elvis, this time Presley ~ In the Ghetto
Nick Drake ~ At the Chime of the City Clock
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue ~ Where the Wild Roses Grow


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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #8 on: 07 February, 2009, 08:41:35 am »
Hatler, the words are beautiful.

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy.


Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #9 on: 07 February, 2009, 09:19:56 am »
Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika - South African national anthem
La Marseillaise (specifically as sung in Casablanca, though it's a stirring tune unlike our funeral dirge)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon et al
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #10 on: 07 February, 2009, 01:40:25 pm »
Everybody hurts - R.E.M
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #11 on: 07 February, 2009, 03:49:18 pm »
Father and Daughter - Paul Simon
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #12 on: 07 February, 2009, 04:36:37 pm »
My Girl - Otis Redding
Sign o' the Times - Prince
Just Like Greta - Van Morrison
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #13 on: 07 February, 2009, 06:06:38 pm »
Hatler, the words are beautiful.

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy.


Thank you Annie.

I'll pass that on to the writer (in deepest Aus).
Rust never sleeps

D0m1n1c Burford

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #14 on: 07 February, 2009, 06:31:11 pm »
The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys

+1

Used to put this on the juke box at my local all the time. 

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #15 on: 07 February, 2009, 06:49:56 pm »
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika - South African national anthem

Especially the Amsterdam Museumplein version when Nelson Mandela thanked all his supporters in the Netherlands.

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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #16 on: 07 February, 2009, 09:12:18 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CZt5Q-u4crc&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/CZt5Q-u4crc&rel=1</a>
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #17 on: 07 February, 2009, 09:19:52 pm »
Kate Bush - The man with a child in his eyes

Apparently the earliest of her recorded songs.
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #18 on: 07 February, 2009, 09:21:03 pm »
And one more, but I've no idea why.

Vincent Black Lightning    Richard Thompson

Oh yes.  Every time.

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika - South African national anthem
La Marseillaise (specifically as sung in Casablanca, though it's a stirring tune unlike our funeral dirge)

Completely.  The first has had me in tears more than once.
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #19 on: 07 February, 2009, 11:41:43 pm »
Closer to God - Nine Inch Nails
Hurt - Johnny Cash (Coincidentally a Nine Inch Nails Song)
I want you - Elvis Costello (Could easily be mistaken for a Nine Inch Nails song)

fuzzy

Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #20 on: 08 February, 2009, 02:57:34 am »
Walking in Memphis- Marc Cohn
Silver Thunderbird- also Marc Cohn
Outside- Staind
Hold On- Limp Bizkit
Jerusalem

Not a song but gets me every time- The Last Post.

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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #21 on: 08 February, 2009, 04:08:36 am »
Too many to list but here is a few

The Who - Baba O'Riley
Kate Bush - Running up that hill
Enya - Boadicea
Jonny Cash - Hurt
Linkin Park - My December
Gerard McMann and Michael Mainieri - Cry little sister
Moby - Go
Annie Lennox - Must be talking to an angel
Coco Rosie - Noah's Ark
Mediæval Bæbes - Salva nos
Feeder - Sweet 16
Orbital - Dr Who
Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise
Orbital - Halycon
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Goldfrapp - White Soft Rope
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Massive Attack - Angel
Skunk Anansie - Secretly
Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato
Papa Roach - Cut my life into pieces

Infact pretty much everything from Skunk Anansie (Whatever happend to her?), Massive Attack, and Orbital.
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #22 on: 08 February, 2009, 05:14:49 am »
Angus and Julia Stone - All of me
Kyuss- Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop
Jeff Buckley - Forget Her. Especially the verse at 2.37. Not so much chills as a lump in my throat. That line, "the smell of the bed when I knew what she'd done", gets me every time. There are so many good singer/songwriters that have died before their time, but Jeff is the one I think the world really could have done with hanging around a bit longer.
Gravenhurst - I Turn my Face to the Forest Floor
Ministry - Just One Fix. Brilliant training music.

There are loads more I can't think of at the moment.

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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #23 on: 08 February, 2009, 07:32:13 am »
Foo Fighters - Home <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/yHsLuwdjbkI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/yHsLuwdjbkI&rel=1</a>
Ween - Stay Forever <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTuRW5gBuhY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/JTuRW5gBuhY&rel=1</a>
Johnny Cash - Hurt (I think EVERYONE knows this one, so I won't link it :) )
Morcheeba - Fear and Love <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/77MKpU77Xj0&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/77MKpU77Xj0&rel=1</a>
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (from Unplugged In New York) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/eN2jYqs8myI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/eN2jYqs8myI&rel=1</a>
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Re: Songs that give you chills
« Reply #24 on: 08 February, 2009, 08:49:52 am »
There are so many good singer/songwriters that have died before their time, but Jeff is the one I think the world really could have done with hanging around a bit longer.

Couldn't agree with you more.