songs that make you shiver/cry

[DNO]

Sorry...you may not be familiar with the Highway of Heroes phenomenon. Here's an NBC news clip about it.

[video=youtube;n1R8qLAmkLU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1R8qLAmkLU[/video]

 

[Kirk H.]

The song that always gets me choked up and teary eyed is Amazing Grace on the bag pipes. I have heard it way too many times at fellow Officers funerals.

http://youtu.be/nhGuhfBk5xk

Regards

Kirk H.

 

[Henry Gondorff]

Sorry, Ladies and Gentlemen,

you may already know this song. Well, I did not and I just found it by accident on YT. I still have goose bumps!

Benjamin Luxon: Johnny, I hardly knew'ya


[video=youtube;NCfuar4sAKY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCfuar4sAKY&feature=related[/video]

 

[DNO]

A classic...great song.

 

[Mario]

Not a song but a slow air written by Irish master fiddler Tonmy Peoples called 'An Feochan' (The gentle breeze). It's played here by Altan's Frankie Kennedy, one of Ireland's finest flute players, who died in 1994 when he lost his battle against cancer.

This is by far the best rendition ever. Takes me right back to the Atlantic coast of Ireland when bright blazing rays of sunlight come breaking through the drifting clouds and set aflame the quicksilver sea and the burdened sky. Sigh...

Ahem...seems I got carried away a bit...

Still: R.I.P. Frankie.

[video=youtube;bv5hry9PiVg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bv5hry9PiVg[/video]
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(It's a little sad but the video stops a few seconds before the tune actually ends)
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[AdrianLvsRocky]

Nick Cave - Into My Arms (lyrics alone make me weepy).
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Pulp - Something Changed (our first dance song - again lyrics alone are enough to get me going)

Actually, do you know what, there are so many songs that make me shivery and weepy that I'm starting to wonder about my state of mind!

 

[DNO]

Long May You Run by Neil Young always gets a shiver. One of the great singer-songwriters...and a great hat, too.

[video=youtube;OR47-4UoLPg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR47-4UoLPg&ob=av3n[/video]

 

[Yeps]

I would like to add the finale of Puccini's Suor Angelica to the list. If I can find a video of the performance I just saw (might be able to link to the Sunday matinee), then you will see what I mean. Heart wrenching.

 

[BigFitz]

"The Last Resort"-Eagles

"Witchita Lineman"- Glen Campbell

"The Tourist"-Radiohead

These songs give me the "shivers". There are more, but these immediately came to mind.

 

[Jaguar66]

Now We Are Free (From the movie Gladiator)

[video=youtube;mm-sbOH-nEc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-sbOH-nEc&feature=related[/video]

Theme from Somewhere in Time

[video=youtube;59GQbd8CEO4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GQbd8CEO4&feature=related[/video]

 

[Hawkcigar]

I love the Christmas holiday season but this song is always a reminder that there are a lot of people who aren't so lucky. Especially in these times.

[video=youtube;sGDo1Jybs_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGDo1Jybs_I[/video]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Such a sad song...

[video=youtube;DLrMsMCsqLo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrMsMCsqLo[/video]

 

[davidraphael]

Tom Waits (songs that come to mind: Martha, I'm Still Here, Johnsburg Illinois and several others)
Carla Bley's Lawns (and her Christmas Carols - Carols generally, actually)
Arvo Paert: Spiegel im Spiegel
Holst: Venus
Barber: Adagio
Glenn Miller: Moonlight Serenade
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo
Elgar: Nimrod
Benny Goodman: Body and Soul
Debussy, Ravel, Beethoven at his most gentle
John Dowland
Gorecki: Symphony no 3
Skylark
Faure's Requiem (requiems and chorals generally)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Acceptance
Khachaturian Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio)
The Aria from La Wally
Gavin Bryar' sinking of the titanic and Jesus' blood never failed me yet
Vaughan Williams


I could go on forever: nostalgic, wistful and melancholic music is always my music of choice.
[video=youtube;YsBjA6CO1jU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBjA6CO1jU[/video]
[video=youtube;CqdrEwLetGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdrEwLetGw[/video]
[video=youtube;YkBU5aM_6zM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBU5aM_6zM[/video]

 

[Dan Rodemsky]

Burma Shave-Tom Waits

 

[Hawkcigar]

John Prine singing Sam Stone. Powerful lyrics that paint a dark picture.

[video=youtube;Sl9ZkYViEIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs[/video]

Rosanne Cash singing I Still Miss Someone

[video=youtube;izMlJRftg_o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMlJRftg_o&feature=related[/video]

 

[BigFitz]

"I'll be home for Christmas" always makes me shiver and if I'm in the right circumstances, I'll start to tear up.

 

[rue]

^ me too

 

[DesertDan]

Last Remaining Light - Audioslave
Blue - Yoko Kanno
God Is Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash (his version of "Hurt" is amazing as well)
Best Of You - Foo Fighters
The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Cash's version of Hurt, especially with the video, puts chills down my spine.

 

[Edward]

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?v=VMVaCQEVmC0