tracks that GENUINELY send shivers down your spine without fail

Piss Factory-Patti Smith (When she testifies "and I'm gonna get out of here, I'm gonna get on that train, I'm going to New York City, I'm gonna be a big star and I will never return! Watch me now!"--I'm fifteen again every time I hear it)

Nightime-Big Star ("I hate it here I hate it here, get me out of here, I hate it here")

Beauty Queen (the start, mainly..."Valerie please, believe, it never could work out")

Satellite of Love-Lou Reed (the harmonies at the end are just so beautiful)

Why Does Nobody Want You-Kenickie

Together Again-Janet Jackson

You CanÕt Put Your Arms Around a Memory-Johnny Thunders (that melancholy, echo-y solo)

What's Your Name-the Ramones

I'm A Human Being - New York Dolls ( "a riff-raff human being!")

DonÕt Worry Baby-Beach Boys

The Frogs-Weird on the Avenue

Always Crashing in the Same Car-David Bowie

Gene Pitney-Town Without Pity (the way he drags out the "bad" in "people talk about how bad we are")

Oh, that's "Beauty Queen" by Roxy Music. And it's "Weird on the Avenue" by the Frogs. And "Town Without Pity" by Gene Pitney, duh.

To this day, I'm still ...er.... "spine-tingled" by "Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil, "Bachelorette" by Bjork, "Lorelei" by the Cocteau Twins, "Manna Machine" by the Stranglers, "In the Evening" by Led Zeppelin, the opening strains of both "Kennedy" by the Wedding Present and "Eighties" by Killing Joke, Galaxie 500's haunting rendition of "Ceremony" and precisely 1:41 into "Transmission" by Joy Division, when Bernard's guitar wails like a weeping, undead killer whale.

"The Killing Moon" by ye olde Bunnymen used to conjure this same effect (and still can, when the mood and alcohol content is right), but it may get a bit too much airplay to still pack the spine-tingle potency. I guess it's also a bit of a cliche, too.

The theme from "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by ::cough:: ::cough::: er...pan-flute maestro, Zamfir...is quite chilling as well.

Ooh! "Dazzle & Delight" by ex-Virgin Prune Gavin Friday (with instrumentalist Maurice "the Man" Seezer) off EACH MAN KILLS THE THING HE LOVES is pretty ace in the spine-tingle department too.

Ah, what the hell, so is "Marian" by the Sisters of Mercy off FIRST AND LAST AND ALWAYS, particularly when Andrew starts exhorting in perfrect German at the tail-end of it.

I forgot Danny Williams' "Moon River" and "Where's The Playground, Suzie?" by Glen Campbell.

And "Ambition".

And "Come On Eileen". I wouldn't know where to stop with Dexys' so I'll stop there.

"Whole Again" Atomic Kitten. This is one of my reasons for liking them. Will it do?

No comment.

'frankie teardrop' by suicide. i think it might have something to do with the screaming.

given these:
>Broadcast 'Echo's Answer' (although i prefer 'booklovers')
>Seefeel 'Spangle'
>Cocteau Twins 'Cherry Coloured Funk (Seefeel mix)'

i'd suggest isan's remix of seefeel's 'When Face Was Face' from the warp 10+3 compilation. couple of other tracks on their with a similar feel too. which reminds me of:

the surgeon remix of 'mogwai fear satan' (on 'kicking a dead pig')

stereolab 'lo boob oscilator'

insides 'clear skin' (formerly earwig, 38 minute ambient piece on 4ad offshoot guernica)

and in a different vein:
several melt banana tracks, not sure of names, only heard them on peel.

andy

and the long version of ultra vivid scene's 'the mercy seat' where it starts being recognisable to everyone who's only previously heard the short version.

andy

*picnic at hanging rock*

now there's a film that GENUINELY sends shivers down your spine.

Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys - (last verse, when it goes up a step)
Coo Coo Bird - (It's off Harry Smith's Anthology, can't remember who did it) - (About 3/4 of the way in, when the banjo hypnotises you)
Heroes - David Bowie - (when he starts screaming)
Angel Interceptor - Ash - (the middle 8 - at all goes quiet and the tune starts!)
Jolene - The White Stripes - (2nd chorus, when the drums come in)
One More Cup Of Coffee - Bob Dylan - (EmmyLou Harris' harmonies do it every time)
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - (how do they do it?)
Baby I Love You - The Ramones (just the start, with the best strings part EVER)
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - (the guitar solo is AMAZING!)
Baby Let Me Follow You Down - Bob Dylan (Live 1966) - (right at the start of the track where the solo harmonica is fighting with the audience)
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young - (On my CD, it seems to stutter near the end, as if the song's just too damn emotional for the recording equipment to manage)
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knigh and the Pips - (I know, I know, but you sing along with the backing vocals, and if it doesn't get you, you've got a heart of stone!)

That'll do for now!

Got two more: "The Great Dominions" by the Teardrop Explodes and "Atmosphere" by Joy Division.

some that do it for me:

portishead- roads (live)
radiohead- fake plastic trees and true love waits
james- out to get you
mission of burma- thats when i reach for my revolver
prince- 7
john martyn- couldnt love you more
beck- halo of gold
wilco- via chicago
...and you will know us by the trail of dead- how near, how far
delta dart- still no sparks
flaming lips- feeling yourself disintegrate and waitin for a superman
grandaddy- dial a view/aim towards the sky
aimee mann- wise up
im sure that there are more.

ok more:

beta band - "B+A": the part where the loud crashing drums crash in. then again when the bass kicks in.

bjork - "pagan poetry": 'he makes me want to hurt myself'

bjork - "joga": 'emotional landscape'

strokes - "the modern age": 'don't want you here right now LET ME GO!! WHOOOOOOO!!!!!'

basement jaxx - "romeo"

verve - "weeping willow": the part where he goes 'beside me' over and over

and ditto ditto DITTO to "soma" and "alberto balsalm"

quasi - 'the star you left behind' works for me too

Darklands - JAMC
Babies - Pulp
Chomp Samba - Amon Tobin
A Forest - The Cure
This Charming Man - The Smiths
God Only Knows - Beach Boys
Cowgirl - Underworld
Falling Down The Stairs - Even As We Speak
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Thankyou For The Music - Cornelius
Animal Nitrate - Suede
True Faith - New Order
We Came Through - Scott Walker
The Gash - Flaming Lips
Temple Of Love - Sisters Of Mercy
The Universal - Blur
Inner City Life (Roni Size mix) - Goldie
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
Lazarus - Boo Radleys
Close To You - Carpenters
This Time Is Now - Moloko
Starfish And Coffee - Prince

and that's just off the top of my head...gimme a bit more time and i could go on for weeks, frankly. but i won't. you'll be happy to hear...

hehe . . .(reaches for Giant Steps)

generally sending a shiver up my spine is a prerequisite for records to make my (oft-updated)"top-ten-of-all-time"; so here's the current one:
1)"ain't nobody" rufus & chaka khan.
2)"whoblo" bola.
3)"obselon minos" global communication.
4)"your love" jamie principal.
5)"deep burnt" pepe bradock.
6)"alone" don carlos.
7)"if you go away" scott walker.
8)"wichita lineman" glenn campbell.
9)"slave to the rhythm (blooded)" grace jones.
10)"home entertainment" carl craig.

I'm sure someone else has cited this one, but reminded by another thread...."I'm Not in Love" by 10cc......if that doesn't send a shiver down your spine, you'd best check for a pulse!

No '444' by autechre, so I'm rzarecting this thread.

props to nate for his detailed distinctions. I'm in no such form tonight, but from the moment I saw the subject line the only song that really consumes my mind is Phil Ochs' "When I'm Gone"... just thinking about makes my spine weep.

And, I have to confess that every time I hear Eminem's "cleaning out my closet" on the radio (ok, not thaaat many times), it gets me. As much of a jerk as he may be, he gets so damn personal. it creeps me.

Neil Young - old man (cheesy maybe, but a lot of Harvest and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere really get to me).

I'm amazed I haven't seen anyone mention the cure yet. I'm sure there must be something... or some leonard cohen.

I don't know this just makes me think about my angsty high school years. there were plenty of shivering spine soundtracks then.

and, I'm sure I'm ducking, but phil collin's "in the air tonight" gets me...I love the sounds and the echo on his voice and there's the story. I wonder how many folks had for their prom song this ditty 'bout murder and loss.

ooooh... someone mentioned Cuckoo Bird...
I remember buying that volume of the anthology at a tag sale a number of years ago... I would just listen to that song over and over gain. pick up the needle, drop it, again and again....

man.. Doc Boggs was yong at the time, but it sounded like he was already dead...you could hear his skin scraping against his bones.

Oddly enough, I recently picked up the Dock Boggs comp Revenant put out of all that stuff. Mmm. The details of the life he was living in the twenties make most everybody who sings or does anything these days seem mollycoddled.

lately it's been califone's 'bottle and bones (shade and sympathy)'

Moby - "Whispering Wind," "Hymn ('This Is My Dream' mix)," "Inside"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Soma," "Disarm," "Mayonaise"
Kyoji - "Vision" (from mp3.com)
Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
Sense Field - "Save Yourself" (yes, yes, terrible, I know..)
Blue Man Group - "Club Nowhere," "Endless Column"
Nirvana - "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (from MTV Unplugged)

Lee Perry - Bird in Hand
Aphex Twin - Cliffs
Radiohead - Lucky
John Fahey - In Christ There is No East or West
His Name is Alive - Can't Go Wrong Without You
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Buju Bantone - Murderer
Beatles - Across the Universe
Blade Runner Soundtrak - Rachel's Song
DJ Shadow - Midnite in a Perfect World

Goodbye Horses.

System of a Down's "Prison Song", "Science", "War?", "Revolution"
Fishbone's "Housework", "Get Out of the City", "Demon in Here"
Bjork's "Hyperballad", all of Vespertine, the last song on Selmasongs
Beck's "Novocane", "Nobody's Fault But My Own", "Diamond Bullocks"
Talvin Singh's "Maria", "OK"
Jeff Buckley's "Grace", "Last Goodbye", "Hallelujah"
Blackalicious' "Make You Feel That Way", "Chemical Calisthenics"
Latyrx's "Burnt Pride", "Regions"
DJ Shadow's "You Can Never Go Home Again", "Organ Donor"
Miles Davis' "In a Silent Way", "He Loved Him Madly"
Paul Desmond's "Take Five"
Roland Kirk's "Volunteered Slavery", "Jack the Ripper"
Princess Superstar's "All My Tracks", "Wet, Wet, Wet"
The Roots' "You Got Me" (the live version w/ Jill Scott)
Primus' "Bob's Party Time Lounge", "Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon"
Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Breaking the Girl"
Mr. Bungle's "Desert Search for Techno Allah", "Goodbye Sober Day"
Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
Killah Priest's "Heavy Mental"
Deltron 3030's "Virus", "3030", "Contact"
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has yet to make a recording that didn't give me chills.

Led Zeppelin - 'Going to California'
Fairport Convention - 'Farewell, Farewell'
The Verve - 'So It Goes'
Jane's Addiction - 'Then She Did'
Spirit - 'Life Has Just Begun'
Television - 'Venus'
Bob Dylan - 'Angelina' 'One More Cup of Coffee' 'Cold Irons Bound' 'High Water' etc etc
Dead Can Dance - 'The Host of Seraphim'
Willard Grant Conspiracy - 'The Visitor'
Captain Beefheart - 'This is the Day'
Prodigy - 'Break and Enter'
Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'
Pantera - 'By Demons Be Driven'
Joy Division - 'Dead Souls'
Lamb - 'Softly'
Bert Jansch/The Pentangle - 'A Woman Like You'
Aphrodite's Child - 'The Four Horsemen'

Bangalter and Falcon-So Much Love To Give.

Guano Apes - Living in a Lie

Don't really know why, but that song makes me wanna cry...

I heard "You Know You're Right" (Nirvana) on the radio the other day... when he started screaming during the second verse it almost made me faint

I may have eradicated this ability from my body for whatever reason, because in its place is the urge to clench my entire body. I can half-contrive shivers during a song tho even if i know im not particularly moved. I could start a "Music to Clench Your Body To" thread but im too busy trying to be subversive on this one.

Terry Callier: Cotton-eye Joe (all)
Fairport Convention: Who knows where the time goes? (low bits of vocal)
Bjork: Hyperballad (stings come in)
Bob Dylan: Abandoned love (the word "abandon")
Claudio Villa: Stornelli amorisi (the Big Night thing, when the vocals re-enter)
Pogues: Broad majestic Shannon ("useless to bawl")
Pogues: Body of an American (last verse)
Mingus: Mood indigo (don't have vocabulary to describe)

to me just some of them are spine-and-shiver, some others are much more butterfly-and-belly but ...what the heaven

Greyhound, "Black and White"
(a marvellous reggae gem in its own right, not an MJ cover)

Milton Nascimento, "Panis Angelicus"
(this actually IS a 'cover', of a Cesar Franck song)

Art Ensemble of Chicago, "Charlie M"

Philip Glass' "The Unutterable"

Zep's "Night Flight"
(amongst other enticements, the chorus is pure swing-metal)
&
Sabbath's "Supernaut"
(da monstariff returns after the cod-Caribbean sunset, twice the supanova it was to begin with, etcetcetc)

Beatles, "Because" -- the vox only version

on a Pentangle live record, the short and solemn instrumental theme of John Dowland's ..."The Earl of Salisbury"?? (never quite sure of its title)

and in fact several more whose butterfly-y-shivery buzz hasn't much diminished after innumerable spins:
Nina Simone's "Lilac Wine", Stone Roses's "Fool's Gold", REM's "Perfect Circle", M.Nascimento's & Chico Buaque's "Calice", Wyatt's "Free Will & Testament"

Catherine Deneuve & Serge Gainsbourg - "Dieu Fumeur de Havanes"

World in Motion - New Order esp. John Barnes rap

the poppy family - there's no blood in bone

Check out his glowing golden aura!

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"You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
Theres only one way to beat them
Get round the back
Catch me if you can
Cos' I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong"

the carter family -- "hello stranger" (esp "weeping like a willow/and mourning like a dove/there's a girl up the country, that i really love")

idaho "alive again" ("late december is what i'm feeling")

tim rogers and the twinset "you've been so good to me so far" (when the accordion comes in)

jeremy enigk "shade and the black hat" (when he starts yelping, "won't you stay tonight!" and the orchestra comes in full blast)

# Record by Big Star - every song. Never fails. It's bliss.

red house painters - mistress(piano version)
beach boys - god only knows, surfer girl, don't worry baby
nick drake - pretty much his whole catalog
simon and garfunkel - most of their catalog as well
sam cooke - a change is gonna come
smokey robinson - bad girl
james and bobby purify - im your puppet, the very end gets me everytime.
radiohead - let down
the cure - most of their catalog

recently Elbow - switching off

a little history: as a small child my favorite toy was this small
radio. at night in bed i'd pretend i was asleep, but really i was
listening to the radio that was hidden in my pillow (it didnt have
a headphone socket). this was in glasgow, and my favorite show was
on either radio clyde or scotland (cant remember) anyway the show
was called 'they sold a million', every track a single that, yes,
sold a million copies. of course most of the tunes they would play
were from the sixties, but one track stood out for me amongst the
rest....i'd wait every week hoping it would come on, and when it
finally did i'd lie there transfixed. compared to all the other songs
it seemed to be in 3D, this huge voice of indeterminate sex and
epic sorrow, and when that weird vibrating keyboard solo came in it
was like i could swim within my body without moving a muscle.
ahem.
anyway after about a month of searching on slsk i've finally
managed to track the song down, its 'sweet dreams' by tommy
mclain, and even though it could never match up to how how i remember
it that keyboard solo and that voice still manage to give me
goosebumps.

the one that's getting me all of a shiver right now (and made me cry on a bus the other day, too) is "do it" on dizzee rascal's boy in da corner, specifically the lines: "don't really ask much/so i don't owe much/don't receive a lot of love/so i don't show much... does it every time

Yer choices are all poo

Mine are:

The Cheeky Girls - Touch my Bum
Harry - Imagination
Mr Blobby - Blobby Song
Meatloaf - Anything for Love
Bloodhound Gang - The Ballad of Chasey Lain
Shamen - Ebneezer Good

Shook Ones. From the first note, without fail.

well, spine-shiver-senders...:

Yes - On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Blur - Oily Water, Slow Down (the instrumental outro), Wear Me Down, For Tomorrow, etc
Manic Street Preachers - La Tristessa Durera
Smashing Pumpkins - Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Starla, Rhinoceros, etc