Have you ever gotten goosebumps from a song?

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or am I just crazy? It happens to me from time to time but I can't think of any specific examples.

Yes, absolutely.

Yes, that happens to me quite a bit. Classical music, movies and certain video game soundtracks that sound really "powerful" seem to cause it the most. I also cry and get "choked up" sometimes when the music is overwhelmingly beautiful. I never really thought this wasn't supposed to be normal, but if it isn't, so what?

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I get cold hard goosebumps all over my body sometimes while listening to this live performance of "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix.
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Happens to me quite a bit. Guess that is what happens when you clean up and refine your music library.

Absolutely, depends on what type of music your listening to and whether or not it gives you goosebumps. I get goosebumps from several Opeth songs, including Karma, Face of Melinda and Beneath the Mire, as well as the eerie instrumental part in Queen of Winter Throned by early Cradle of Filth, so your definitely not alone.

Hell yeah, Opeth! They have some beautifully dark parts, big source for me.

I used to more often. I almost never literally get goose bumps or actually shed tears (that's tough) but I do crave stuff that gives me an emotional reaction.

Okay, I actually have an example for my own thread at this point, the song in this movie trailer.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuEFm84s4oI[/youtube]

They showed a behind the scenes feature this afternoon for Les Miserables, oddly, before I saw Wreck-It Ralph. But the way they filmed this version of the musical is probably part of why it works so well. Unlike a lot of movie musicals, who would record the songs in a studio months before filming and have the cast lip sync to their(or sometimes someone elses) performances. This one, they actually sang the songs live as they filmed the scenes. They had hidden ear pieces with someone off stage playing the song on a piano, keeping tempo with however the actor was singing it and providing necessary audio cues for the songs. Doing multiple takes, it gave the cast room to actually act, adjust the songs to carry more emotional weight, and really give it all they got. They then added a full orchestra to the vocal tracks in post production. If the rest of the movie is on par with what they use in the trailer, should be pretty awesome to hear coming out of the sound system at a movie theater.

I have never seen any version of Les Miserables. I don't even know what it is about really. But I want to see it, because that gives me goosebumps.

The song "Love, Reign O'er Me" does that for me. It's a bit complex musically, but Roger Daltrey's wailing is what gives me the chills.

Every single piece of music in my favorites list has at one point or another

Every time this (and many others) but particularly seeing it live on stage




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This song is giving me chills right now. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3G2fLv_fs4&feature=relmfu[/youtube]