which songs gives you "'goosebumps''

Gets me every time.

Tom Ozric wrote: Many songs, but the violin solo part of Losing It (Rush, from Signals) is exhilarating.

Good call....I'm gonna play it now for the Oz!

There must be many.. but the ones I remember now, that also frequently come accompanied by watery eyes (mainly in Rush), are these:

Rush:

 · A Farewell to Kings: 

The combination of power and those amazing, epic, beautiful, direct, addressing, historical, justice and better society through intelligence and common sense driven lyrics... being screamed by Geddy:

[Lifeson's breaking guitar solo over the bass and drums section]

 · Xanadu 

   The ending guitar solo from that starting low note (but it could easily be the entire song: the birds, synth, chimes and guitar with volume effect at the beginning and the breaking of the drums & guitar picking after that).

Genesis:

 · The Fountain of Salmacis

   The ending march with the guitar solo

 · One for the Vine

   The synth part near the end

 

 

Multiple Beatles songs, mostly from Rubber Soul and onwards ("Norwegian Wood", "In My Life", "She Said She Said", "A Day In the Life", "Hey Jude", "Something" et al)

The Beach Boys: "God Only Knows", "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)", "Pet Sounds" (instrumental track)

The Who: "Christmas", "The Acid Queen", "The Punk And the Godfather", "I Can See For Miles", "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere", "I'm a Boy"

David Bowie: "Starman", "Heroes"

Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb", "Time"

Mike Oldfield: the "ceremonial" introduction of instruments at the end of side 1 of Tubular Bells

Genesis: "The Carpet Crawlers"

Television: "Marquee Moon" (especially the guitar build-up)

Talking Heads: "Found a Job" (the outro), "Mind", "Air", "The Great Curve"

The Clash: "London Calling", "Clampdown", Kingston Advice", "Four Horsemen"

The Police: "King of Pain", "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

R.E.M.: "Pilgrimage", "Perfect Circle", "The Flowers of Guatemala", "Everybody Hurts"

Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Drain You", "Heart Shaped Box", "All Apologies"

Soundgarden: "Black Hole Sun"

Björk: "Isobel"

Blur: "Brothers And Sisters", "Tender"

Pulp: "Feeling Called Love", "I Spy"

Radiohead: "No Surprises", "Planet Telex", "High And Dry", "Airbag", "Everything In Its Right Place"

Jarboli: "Utopija"

Pussy Riot: "I Can't Breathe"

Apart from some lyrics, almost all of the music mentioned here has been a part of my sexiest and loving'est moments ever ... and the only goosebumps I might have would be some nails running slowly through my back, or my own nails running through hers!

Some lyrics are the bigger problem for me, and while I like Steve Wilson, and have no issues with his work in PT, on his own, every now and then one of his lyrics hits me wrong ... and badly wrong. It's not the lyric itself ... it's how he says it ... it's more than "personal" .... it ends up sounding vindictive and malicious, and that kind of stuff has a way of turning me off that person's work. So far, I have not let go of SW, in this example, but one more moment of that ugly side, and I will never play another SW moment, or possibly even another PT moment, even though I love that band ... but it's the mates that make it, for me, not him!