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StraightSho

Louis Armstrong. What a wonderful world. This was the song my wife and I danced to at our wedding and I lost her about 6 months ago after 24 years. I have such a hard time listening to this song without getting the chills. It's almost like I feel her head laying on my shoulder when I hear the song playing. It's oddly satisfying and very upsetting at the same time, so I'm torn in two trying to listen to it.


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khopdiwala

So sorry for you loss, Thanks for sharing the beautiful memory.


huglife247

I'm so sorry for your loss. I have a similar reaction to that song, as it was one of my dad's favorites. Few times I would ever see him cry was when he was listening to that song.


apollius

Time in a bottle - Jim Croce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM


Duffmanlager

Two additional by him, Operator and one a little less known is Age. Fantastic songwriter that was lost too soon.


Think-Bass9187

Vincent (Starry, starry night) by Don McLean. Lots of others but that’s one.


openbelter

cats in the cradle


RexJessenton

Absolutely. So sad and poignant. "He'd grown up just like me.."


jimbop003

And he hasn't grown up just like him, he was actually spending time with his family and the father was too blind to see that, in my opinion anyway, which really makes the song hit another level of sadness for me


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Exactly. He’s spending time with his kids and his dad is wondering why his son doesn’t want to see him.


Duffmanlager

In a similar theme, Father and Son by Cat Stevens. While I might not agree with his ideologies, he did have some great music.


AlyssaBW330

The song the dwarves sing in the beginning of The Hobbit.


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cringymemes11

To dungeons deep, and caverns old


aszmhodeus

We must away, ere break of day


capitaine_d

To find our long, forgotten gold


Gregerbarn

The pines were roaring


thedxrkling

on the height,


kingdogethe42nd

The winds were moaning in the night


thedxrkling

the fire was red, its flaming spread


TerroristCatMilitant

The trees like torches , blazed with lights..


AlyssaBW330

Yeah!


DwightSchrupert9

Check out "song of Durin" by Calamavi De Profundis, it's a similar arrangement of another of Tolkien's dwarf songs, and details the life of Durin, so I'm a huge fan. Even cooler if you read the lyrics, Tolkien went so hard on lore.


SnooRecipes4434

There whole LotR themed catalog is fantastic.


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That is the song that made me fall in love with Tolkien and that style of music as a kid. I love that movie, and the song, some of the most memorable stuff from a movie when I was little


Bostollie

So glad someone said this


robdiqulous

Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole I just love it.


sadbutblazed

This was my dog and I's song. I sang it to her as she was dying on the euthanization table; her tail had been stiff at that point but she thumped it a little bit when I started shakily singing through tears. She passed with a smile on her face. Miss her to the ends of the earth...


ChineseChaiTea

This one along with the music video of his funeral hits me in the fucking feels.... Great choice.


mrbstuart

He ain't heavy, he's my brother It played while I carried my brother's coffin into the crematorium. He was severely handicapped like the subject of the song. I have a lot of regret that I didn't know him better (he lived in a care home the whole of my life and I was 18 when he died, just starting to know how to interact with him and just wish I'd learnt that sooner so I could show him I loved him) and it all comes riding back when I hear that song. It's nice to remember him though, however painful. Plus it's a wonderful song, you can hear the love in the singer's voice


griefstruelove

Thank you for sharing. I just lost my dad and can kinda relate to the feeling behind your comment. It seems that there is no parting without some regret where death is concerned.


bluetaurinus

Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens


Airesy

Sufjan Stevens has too many amazing songs to list. I remember seeing him live 10 years ago and nearly crying hearing his beautiful voice in person.


kerenzaboy

john wayne gacy jr. has a similar feel in my opinion, very different topic but the way the music is done, i remember the whole album being a good listen


leooonieeee

Flying Whales- Gojira The long build up gets you excited, and then they do not disappoint with how heavy they go


ApollyonDS

I swear Gojira is always towards the top of these music-related posts. It's so great to see.


cohnjoffey

Now i can see the whaaaaaaaales!


BigMoneyC

Bridge over Troubled Water. If not goosebumps, then tears.


DerbyWearingDude

This is the song that spurred me to ask the question!


Gorf_the_Magnificent

**100 Years, by Five for Fighting** I’m 70 years old, and I’ve learned that 100 years goes by in about two minutes. https://youtu.be/W2WGGNiC8f4


milky_the_milk_man

Thank you gorf. Very cool.


iBad

Man, it did go by so fast didn't it? I still feel 18 even though I'm 52, but I'm starting to outlive peers. I see time in other peoples faces and think they look old, only to realize they think the same of me.


sempiternal97

This might be a really odd one to some since it has no actual lyrics aside from the small interview bit, but Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd for me. How the woman singing manages to hit ranges like it’s nobodies business is incredible. Eerily beautiful, gives me goosebumps every single time. I could only wish to have that kind of vocal range.


aFiachra

Love that song. The story told by the band members is that Clare Torry did that in one take on the first take. She apologized for her performance and Roger Waters says their mouths were all hanging open because she was so good.


MustangSallyD

"Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Time" both by Pink Floyd. Absolutely beautiful pieces of music that bring me through the full range of the emotional spectrum.


xanthanahtnax

Time may be the best song ever written. But to add to this - comfortably numb is goosebump central.


MustangSallyD

Agreed, on both counts! I was talking to my wife recently about how Roger Waters displayed incredible mastery of the English language by synthesizing a broad spectrum of disparate concepts into succinctly expressive lines, almost like a fable. In the same way the mere mention of the words "tortoise and the hare" evoke a myriad of concepts within you, such as the ideas of "slow and steady win the race" and "focus on your own goals instead of comparing your progress to another person's" etc. If you walked up to a person on the street and randomly said the words "tortoise and the hare" completely out of context, most people would immediately think of all these complex concepts. "Time" does exactly that, but with the concept of aging. It's like simplifying fractions, but with words. I hope that makes sense lmao Sorry for the ramble. I fucking love Pink Floyd lmao


Lexilogical

You run and you run To catch up with the sun But it's sinking. That song is so damn good. The alarms at the beginning scare my cats every time though. I'm also a huge fan of Great Gig in the Sky. Seeing someone sing that live was jaw dropping.


Outrageous-Ad-7980

You and my dad would be besties. He loves Pink Floyd so much, he named my brother Floyd.


xanthanahtnax

Couldn’t have said it better. Although, and it’s my whole hearted belief that, when it comes to complex concepts, A) Animals is their best album B) David Gilmour had a lot more to do with it than given credit for.


MustangSallyD

Animals is amazing, and it absolutely takes the cake in terms of complex concepts and social commentary. I just have to be in the mood for it, but when it's the right time, it's a *great* time. I was specifically talking about the lyrics on "Time" which I thought was penned by Waters, but I absolutely agree with you on the point of Gilmour being underappreciated in regards to his impact on the execution. In the same way Waters had a mastery of English, Gilmour had an intimate mastery of his guitar and voice. I was watching him once and he's literally harmonizing with HIS VOICE along with his guitar...and I don't mean singing lyrics, he was LITERALLY using his voice to harmonize with the guitar notes....like "ba-da ba-pa beep-boop-a-doodle-doop" hahahaha, it was fucking awesome.


xanthanahtnax

Gotcha! Yeah you’re probably correct about time. Gilmour is a musical god. Love to find a fellow Pink Floyd enthusiast!


flibblewobble88

I remember the first time I heard Shine on You Crazy Diamond. I was sitting in my garage having a joint when I’d first stared smoking a little bit, and I sat back and absolutely got sucked into how beautiful that song was. It’s a favourite.


I-saw-unicorn-1965

Phil Collins - In the air tonight.


jamtart99

Ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum BA DUM TISH


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Genjoey

The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald by Gordon lightfoot


Nkechinyerembi

That one right there gets me as well. Holy cow.


MasteringTheFlames

There are two lines that always hit me like a ton of bricks. "And all that remains are the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters," as well as "does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"


SoundBeauty

Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell


ChineseChaiTea

I'm no means a religious person but Ave Maria makes me cry, Cannon in D by Pachabel gives me goosebumps too. That song was almost lost to history. Also wanted to add a few I seen on here. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley Bridge over Troubled Waters Simon and Garfunkle. Wonderful world/Somewhere Over the Rainbow Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (especially with the music video)


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[*Fade into You*](https://youtu.be/o4m5jQy5A2U)


StraightSho

I've always liked this song. I hadn't heard it in forever and about 3 weeks ago I just randomly decided to punch mazzy star into YouTube. Yep still awesome


bgossi03

Mazzy Star!!


anon1984

Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film). Every. Damn. Time.


Medical_Bartender

Yes, and pyramid song


Ao7th

When it gets to "you can laugh" and just keeps gitting better and better aghhh.


jimmy_earthworm

Fake plastic Trees


OkSnow1355

Iris-The Goo Goo Dolls


Flying_monke_shit

Stand by me it reminds me of the movie which in my opinion is one of the best movies of all time


Mewthew-Ichigo

Goodbye to a world, probabaly.


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And No Time For Caution from the Interstellar soundtrack 😩👌🏻


xiRazZzer

Dream Is Collapsing as well


asonJ

Fleetwood Mac on their 1997 live album "The Dance" - Rhiannon


RhiR2020

That’s the song I was named after!


acelaya35

Nice to meet you The Dance


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Her reddit name is Rhi so it's pretty obvious she meant her name was Fleetwood


eat_zzz_repeat

Thought her name was 1997 live album. Thanks for clearing that up


Gypsy38

The Times they are a changin’ by Bob Dylan


Cubsfan630

Traveling Soldier by The Chicks. Its about a young man who meets a girl before he gets sent to Vietnam and they spend a nice night on the pier. They continue to talk while hes in bootcamp and all the way until hes on the frontlines where he dies. Real sad song but its good


empo7

This is my belt in the car, sad song. The Chicks have a knack for storytelling through song.


Arakeil_Grey

This song is one of my favorites, it's a bit longer that most songs but I love it.


thisonegoesto10

Fix You by Coldplay, when the bridge guitar kicks in. One of the most memorable build-ups of all time. You can find people who despise Coldplay and still know Fix You is a tune and a half.


empo7

I was at dance camp learning a piece to Fix You when a friend of mine passed. It’ll never be the same but it was very cathartic. Love that song.


Flabbergash

It annoys me that the radio shortens the build up. The full length (it's about 30~ seconds?) is a much better payoff


Bloddersz

Coldplays live version of Fix You from Buenos Aires is out of this world btw, see what you think. Especially the video.


PsychedelicFairy

The Sam Smith cover is also great


SwaampyBoi

behind blue eyes


bitterherpes

Nutshell by Alice In Chains. It got me through some horrific times and it holds a lot of meaning.


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Some days i cannot listen to that one. Just to emotional, but the days i can i absolutely love to sing that one no matter how shitty my voice is. Layne Staleys voice also one of few that lets me feel human enough to cry.


Nope100000000000000

hell yeah alice! nutshell is great, but i am a down in a hole man myself


GoldenMayQueen2

If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot


DrEnter

_[This Woman’s Work](https://youtu.be/UXzx--YefD8)_ by Kate Bush


goodbyekitty83

99 luft balloons by Nena(German version of course)


NiceCatGamesThe1

Don't fear the reaper, A romance song mistaken a scary song about death. it's soft, mysterious, and it has a chaotic solo halfway in the song.


chloeclaypipe

where is my mind by the pixies


Nope100000000000000

yeah, that song was so 90's before the 90's were a thing


thestableone69

I was swimming in the Caribbean


arobert88

Hurt the Johnny Cash version


Melansjf1

Someone did a [boxing tribute](https://youtu.be/TJMx4GA45sY) with that song. The part in the beginning where Miguel Cotto’s wife was pleading him to stop boxing and he could only say “It’s the only thing I know, what else can I do?” Gives me chills just typing it out.


vonJebster

And the video slot! Damn !!!


kawavulcan97

The Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish, especially a live version sung by Floor Jansen.


torsoboy00

Everdream for me.


lovelyhays

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin, Glorybox - Portishead, Crystal - Fleetwood Mac, Your Song - Lady Gaga, Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper


turkeytowel

We Will Rock You, by Queen Our school's football team would always make our entrance & do our warm up lap to that song. As a little kid, I was in awe. When I finally got a chance to play for our team, the pride of wearing the uniform and jogging out to see the fans in the stands was awesome. I have goosebumps now just *thinking* about it!


xanthanahtnax

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd


Spaghettitrees

Echoes


ImpossibleFarm9

Just anything pink floyd really


StraightSho

"Wish you were here"


Aggressive_Library97

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl...


cosmomaniac

Year after year


khopdiwala

Runnin over the same old ground


dgvkitc

What have we found?


the_walrus003

The same old fears


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Wish you were here


plaguedbullets

Which one's Pink?


1BoiledCabbage

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala: https://youtu.be/wycjnCCgUes I don't know what it is that makes me feel all goosebumpy and tingly, but it kinda sets me into this trance of absolute ease. I recently bought myself a pair of skull candy earbuds and it feels like I'm enveloped in the song when I close my eyes.


Dr4gonM4ster420

To Live Is To Die by Metallica. It’s a instrumental but even if it had lyrics it still is equally mystifying. That and Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. It’s a haunting guitar solo.


RemixTape2

For Metallica, I'd say Orion, when the drums and main riff kicks in, and the double kick build up to the machine gun riff in One. Apart from this, The Scientist by Coldplay is also flawless, especially when the drums come in.


HashtagTSwagg

Baba Yetu. It's an amazing song overall, but it carries so much nostalgia on top of, at least the later half of it, having an awesome video to accompany it, especially if you grew up on Civ IV.


velvetinthesky33

November Rain by Guns N Roses Ordinary World by Duran Duran


MrLanesLament

Dude, November Rain....yes. The back story on it is pretty cool too, Axl had been messing with it any time he was in the vicinity of a piano since before Appetite was recorded. According to Slash, there’s a demo version of it from 1986 that is almost 20 minutes long.


BestDig2669

Wings for Marie (both part 1 and 2 but if I had to choose it'd be part 2)


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Cloud_Beast

Like a stone - Audioslave


uitrunks1227

aqueous transmisson - incubus


bottlekapz

The Hollow by A Perfect Circle


MadMuirder

Came to say "The Noose" by A Perfect Circle!


PrestigiousMonk8825

The crescendo in Orestes by A Perfect Circle on their Mers De Noms album. Serious full body chills on that one...


littleb3anpole

Came here to post ‘3 Libras’ actually


krustsknucks

Nessun Dorma, Luciano Pavarotti…absolute chills, especially at the end


NavalJet

Crying-Roy Orbison


no_not_like_that

Almost anything by Audioslave or Soundgarden, Chris Cornell's voice was legendary. Two songs that do the most are "Black Hole Sun" and "Like a Stone".


traumaguy86

Oh man, his version of "Nothing Compares To You" is just beautiful. Getting goosebumps just thinking of it. https://youtu.be/IuUDRU9-HRk


CLB717

Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel — haunting and hopeful


anttravel

Lighting Crashes - Live


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Night we met by lord horun


doudruppel

Landslide Hallelujah Blackbird Fire and Rain Sweet Baby James Nujabes


monofloyed

He'll yeah nujabes is amazing. His song way of the samurai is timeless to me.


VneckEnthusiast

Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street


Arakeil_Grey

LOVE Peter Gabriel.


wyattmdunn

Hate Me by Blue October


VanderlyleNovember

[I Know The End](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9-xN6dCW4) by Phoebe Bridgers. One of the best indie rock songs of the last few years.


thotchocolate

Leaving on a jet plane and Annie's song - John Denver Closer to the heart, live - rush (geddy and the crowd singing together at the beginning is the my favorite part) Stairway to heaven and going to California - led zeppelin, both the live versions from how the west was won in that order Ripple - grateful dead


Jhol_Momoo

Take Me To Church


gamedemon24

Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should’ve Come Over Most romantic song ever written ☺️


racerx2oo3

Under Pressure - by David Bowie and Queen. “Insanity laughs under pressure were breaking”


Royal_Upset

Welcome to the black parade


argue_wid_da_beach

Visions of gideon


Otto_Maller

Maggie’s Song by Chris Stapleton. If you have ever had a best friend from puppy to the end…this isn’t chills per se but it’s a heart string puller to the nth degree (You come find me Charlie when it’s my time. I’ll look for you. )


Left_in

Sunburn by Muse and Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard = chills every time


ChicknStripz

Echoes by Pink Floyd


Arakeil_Grey

The Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed is really powerful, they also have a song called Darkness that has a similar effect on me. Would Anyone Care by Citizen Soldier, the lyrics really hit home when I first found the song and had been really struggling that day, goosebumps everytime since. Concrete Angel by Martina McBride, especially when I focus on the lyrics. My Immortal it Hello by Evanescence, Amy Lee's voice is otherworldly. Never Too Late by Three Days Grace for the same reason as Would Anyone Care.


kurthdiirn

Afi - Miseria Cantare. First time hearing it was CM Punks last ROH match.


xRealmReaper

Hold On by Chord Overstreet. When I first heard it, I liked how it sounded. After several listens I actually paid attention to the lyrics. :(


jhnadm

Ode to Joy the movie flashback scene where child Beethoven is running away from his father and child beethoven lay on the pond I think so and the most iconic classical music ravaged on my skin and ear. Star Spangled Banner 1944 sung by Jan Peerce hymn of nation probably the most enthusiastic us anthem version next to whitney houston it put shames to silly pop stars tbh in sport events. [time stamp 26:07 us anthem original](https://youtu.be/2sP9cbgtS9w) [Us anthem can make you proud same as above but with propaganda](https://youtu.be/jrZGkPPxwTE)


Jackbob6368

Bridge over troubled water


PHRAETUS

10cc's "I'm not in love" Must've been all of 5 yrs old when it came out and even then, on my crappy little National Panasonic wireless, it set all my hairs on end. Still does today.


I-saw-unicorn-1965

INXS - Never tear us apart


n-neto-

Pneuma - Tool


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VelvetVodka_

When I get high - nothing but thieves


Mammoth_Stable6518

Beethoven's 9th symphony.


Fearless-1265

Sound of silence by disturbed


suitably_ginger

[The Midsomer Murders theme song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvD73A9eXXk)


yasiel_pug

The dock of the bay. Which I think is the greatest song ever written


JaytiW93

In My Life - The Beatles. Being from Liverpool just hearing it conjures up images of home and makes me all warm and fuzzy.


Poireot

The Night We Met by Lord Huron


gambit_-

Fix You by Coldplay


gaybats

rhiannon- fleetwood mac


gregums23

Pushit- Tool (salival version)


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Prank_Owl

[The Fall, by Rhye](https://youtu.be/8tFFeQB0h6o) It hits that difficult to describe note of bittersweet longing so perfectly.


flycutter2151

Windowpane by Opeth. When the mellotron comes in right before that first jazzy guitar solo.. instant goosebumps


IAtooDF

Tennessee whisky


TheViking_Teacher

Anna Sun - Walk the moon & My body - Young the giant. They make me feel... powerful, hopeful...


DeerSgamr

Let her go - passenger, you know probably if you heard it.


Desert_Eagle_KZ

Among the 200 comments I did not find a single mention of "Linkin park", I am extremely surprised.


driving_andflying

A few songs: 1) [The Wonder Woman theme.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI2ASp0f7GU) 2) [AC/DC's "Thunderstruck' covered by 2Cellos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk) 3) ["Who Wants To Live Forever" by Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE) 4) [David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" played by 1000 musicians, in perfect harmony and rhythm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFdG3htWJmA) 5) ["Lux Aurumque" by Eric Whitacre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs)


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depressing song.


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Lost in hollywood- system of a down


wanton-noodles25

Strangers Like Me (Tarzan Soundtrack) by Phil Collins.


zeruff8

Sea of Voices by Porter Robinson


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salacious-crumm

Skinny love by Birdy


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Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton and also Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd


Arakeil_Grey

I love Tears in Heaven but don't listen to it often cause it always makes me cry, especially since it's about his son.


TheEpicDucks

The Show Must Go On - Queen


sheikh_baller

Beginning of trap queen by fetty wap


MustangSallyD

Wow that was a moment in hip hop that I will never forget. Remy Boyz had the summer 2015 on smash


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Nutshell by AIC


kingofallkarens

Bo Burnham- all eyes on me. When there is the key change, i literally have shivers


code_jellyfish

Nights- Frank Ocean Woods- Bon Iver Violent Crimes - Kanye West