Do you ever phsically get goosebumps when listening to music?

[trains are bad]

Do you ever have a strong physical reaction while listening to music? I'll get hardcore goosebumps if I'm really enjoying the music.

 

[KJ_Palmer]

Definitely. One of the best feelings there is, if you know what I mean. It happens mostly only with classical or baroque music for some reason. One of Vivaldi's mandolin concertos did it for me recently. The last crescendo was too much, and the shivers went right through me. I'm still recovering...

 

[kwitel]

There is a song by U.N.K.L.E called "Lonely Soul" with a violin solo at the end.
Never fails to give me some serious bumps.

 

[dave-the-rave]

I voted "yes," but might have gone another way had Philly cheesesteaks been an option.

 

[Beach123456]

I voted yes, and it seems like I am in the majority, no one has voted no yet!
Also, ham sandwiches are indeed awesome.

 

[NiceCans]

hell yea! what do you think hooked me on this hobby

next best thing to sex

heck if my headphones do not give me goosebumps then I have the wrong ones.

 

[aznsensazian]

yep, listening to diana krall's smooth voice right now and i feel it....i feel it bad...

 

[aznsensazian]

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Originally Posted by NiceCans hell yea! what do you think hooked me on this hobby next best thing to sex heck if my headphones do not give me goosebumps then I have the wrong ones.

nice

 

[ricardo diaz]

hahaha
Nina Simone's Feeling Good has had me getting goose bumps for about an hour now.

 

[DanG]

That'll happen to me especially when I've got my iTunes running randomly through, I walk into the room, and some song that is perfect for my mood comes on. Happens usually with Elliott Smith or Belle & Sebastian these days when I'm feeling down from lack of sleep, too much work, etc.

There are also a couple of cheesy classics that always used to do this to me. Saint-Saens' "Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso" on Naxos would have this effect (though only on speakers -- you can hear Dong-Suk Kang breathing heavily on headphones). Also some of Mozart's chamber music, one certain Brahms piano trio, Dvorak's super-popular quintet, and certain Shostakovich string quartets.

Also it happens when I'm thinking about somebody I haven't heard from for a long time and the song I associate with her comes on.

Funny what kind of palpable effect music has on us. But then again, I love and identify with music more than most people I've met. Not including Head-Fi, of course.

 

[derekbmn]

Three initials -SRV !!!

 

[MD1032]

Yeah. The "Londonerry Air" off Virgil Fox's "The Art of Virgil Fox Vol. 1" gets me every time for example. Thanks, Grados!

 

[raisin]

Yes, what's really neat is when it happens in a heat wave and I'm real hot and sweaty, and suddenly a SONG comes on and the goose bumps run up my arms and down my legs, and then WAM, it's like AC just cut in, and I feel ten degrees cooler!

 

[Emon]

Yes, when listening critically, usually with classical pieces or slower, melodic rock, such as Pink Floyd.

 

[asmox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trains are bad Do you ever phsically get goosebumps when listening to music?

constantly.. though i have to be intimate with the music. lights off, eyes closed, full focus on the sound in my head