Do you experience reproducible frisson* from a piece of music? What pieces? Any particular parts?
* Goosebumps, shivers, emotional elation, etc.
I’ll start:
• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2, second movement, that crescendo that Eric Carmen pilfered
• Hooters “All You Zombies”, _those chimes_ in the intro
• The Corrs “Forgiven, Not Forgotten”, those electric guitar stabs in the crescendo before the last chorus
• Johnny Mathis “When a Child is Born”, bars 10–11 of each verse.
@futzle bit late to the party, have a few:
(1). Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco, particularly the parts when the whole chorus really let rip. Vaguely remember first hearing it as a child when it was used for a British Airways tv ad.
(2) another one for Brothers in Arms - although also elicits tears.
(3) Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun”, particularly as he sings about his daughter.
(4) opening part of “Waterfront” by Simple Minds, particularly the live version shown on long past British TV show “The Tube”
(5) not strictly music/song, the Freddie Mercury’s “Ah-oh” routine with the crowd at Live Aid 1986.
(6) finally, guilty pleasure, the Galop from the William Tell overture.
Deborah Pickett
Simon Lewis