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Posted: February 19 2007 at 15:22

After listening to Godspeed You Black Emperor - f#a#infinity I must say that album is bone chilling for me.

StyLaZyn

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 15:35

Tony R wrote:

I wont bore Mickey with Rush goosebump moments....

Dude! Bore me then, of course I won't be.

Most recent Rush goosebump moment, listening to the Far Cry sample online. To say I'm estatic about the new release is an understatement.

Obligatory other non-Rush goosebumps:

End of Supper's Ready (its so denouement )

Beginning of Marillion's live CD right as the the intro ends....perfect.

Petrucci's solo in Voices

The first key change in Blood on the Rooftops

The return to the main theme in Kansas' Song for America

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 15:41

I don't think anyone's mentioned the "Celestial Voices" section of Saucerful of Secrets, although I prefer the many live versions out there ie. Pompeii, Montreux etc. I also especially like the live "Funky Dung" sections in Atom Heart Mother. Others I would include that haven't been already mentioned include the last 8 minutes of Karn Evil 9, the finale of Deep Purple's "Mistreated," the second half of Jethro Tull's "Passion Play,"

the intro of Jethro Tull's "Wind Up," the second half of "Utopia Theme" by Todd Rundgren's Utopia, the intro to "In the Cage" by Genesis, but preferably live. There's so many more, but that's what creeps to the top of my head right now.

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 16:20

My number one in this case: Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso "750.000 Anni Fa... L'Amore"

Also King Crimson's "Eruption" & Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (especially when keyboardist make this wondeful church-like organ solo...) are a real "goose bumps makers"

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 16:27

Dream Theater's Octavarium(the song). More specifically, this part:

[Root]
Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path

[Second]
Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you

[Third]
We try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears with failed muted breath

[Fourth]
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire

[Fifth]
Tortured insanity
A smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail

[Sixth]
The calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more

[Seventh]
Innocent victims for merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madman's for impulsive designs

[Octave]
Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it's become to late

Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium

7th, the bolded, really stands out to me.

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 16:41

Well, TerLJack , I remember vividly that I was listening to the Dutch radio in 1977 when they played some songs from the just released Wind And Wuthering album, I was blown away by the break halfway One For The Vine

More Rush goose bumps: the violin-Mellotron eruptions in the ballad Tears

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 16:52

For me:

PINK FLOYD MOMENTS: 1. the distant voice at the end of DSOTM saying "There is no dark side of the moon. Matter of fact, it's all dark."

2. Wish You Were Here: remembering the subject of the song.......

3. "Stop! I wanna go home. Take off this uniform and leave the show. But I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know. Have I been guilty all this time?"

Jethro Tull Moments: 1. the acoustic section of Aqualung

2. Windup: It just so TOTALLY fits into my frame of mind concerning religion.

YES moments: 1. Close to the edge: the entrance of the synth on Cord of Life.....

2. Machine Messiah..... for some reason the song just hits the right nerve.

Rush moments: 1. The finale of 2112

2. Limelight....

3. On their first live album: the re-entrance of the riff from Working Man......

NON PROG:

Bowie moment 1: hearing Ziggy for the first time.....

2. from Ashes to Ashes: "I've never done good things, I've never done bad things, I've never did anything out of the blue....."

Blue Oyster Cult: 1. the guitar solo in Astronomy on "Some Enchanted Evening."

2. Patti Smith saying : "You're boned like a saint, With the consciousness of a snake." at the start of the "Revenge of Vera Gemini"

There are more... but this is a start.

Twenty men crossing a bridge into a village,
are twenty men
crossing twenty bridges
into twenty villages.

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:01

I'm probably the only one on the archives that'll say this, but just about every single T.a.T.u song played extremely loud results in a massive amount of goosebumps

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:18

These aren't necessarily in order, but here goes:

Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb (pretty much the whole song)

Gentle Giant: vocal outro on Three Friends and first few minutes of The Advent of Panurge

Pain of Salvation: soaring guitar solo on Beyond the Pale, Iter Impius (Be), Ending Theme and A Trace of Blood

Neal Morse: "Why? Why are you hiding?" part of The Creation (One), "I am the Man" part of The Separated Man (One), 12 guitar solo (?) and most of Entrance (?)

Spock's Beard: Wind at my Back finale (Snow), True Believer portion of Flow (Kindness of Strangers)

Camel: The Great Marsh (The Snow Goose), Air Born (Moonmadness)

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:25

-Almost all of In The Court Of The Crimson King, especially the first time I heard it. The mellotron on Moonchild in particular, especially the opener.
-Several parts of Close To The Edge, particularly the beginning of Wakeman's solo.
-Many Pink Floyd moments: Breathe, several parts from Shine On You Crazy Diamond, most of Wish You Were Here (the song), the finale of Dogs, the guitar solo at the end of Pigs, quite a few songs off of The Wall (Goodbye Blue Sky, Comfortably Numb, Stop, Vera), the ending of Echoes, and the horns and the vocalizations from Atom Heart Mother
-Most of TAAB

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Posted: February 19 2007 at 20:51

BaldJean wrote:

andu wrote:

Yeah, I forgot to name this mandatory one: the female vocal scream on "The Great Gig In The Sky". The PULSE version brings me to tears!

I love the version on "The Dark Side of the Moon", but the Pulse version leaves me completely cold. they needed 3 different women to have it sung live, and none of them reaches the emotional peaks of Claire Torry, not by a mile. and why the heck did they have to repeat that emotional outburst note for note, which is my biggest complaint? this passage screams (in a double sense of the word) for an improvised rendering

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!!! Pulse is anything but emotional!!! Actually, the best way to enjoy Pulse is watching the dvd for its visual effects and stage performance while listening to the original songs with headphones LOL

"You want me to play what, Robert?"

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 02:40

Dealing with some less familiar or previously unmentioned examples, in no particular order,
From albums

1. Gentle Giant - instrumental and guitar solo on 'His
   Last Voyage' and the middle section of 'The Advent of
   Panurge'

2. Genesis - 'Chamber of 32 doors', particularly the
   closing vocals.

3. Caravan - guitar solo on 'No backstage Pass' and all
   of 'Chance of a Lifetime'.

4. Audience - sax solo in 'House on the Hill' and the
   flute/sax solo on 'Priestess' .

5. Fruupp - Fender rhodes solo on 'Sheba's Song' and the
   whole orchestral ending, esp. those French horns.

6. Hatfield and the North - last segment of 'Mumps' esp.
   the spacey/jazzy riff with flute.

Live performances

7. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Victor Wootten's
   rendition of 'Amazing Grace'[on the 'Live at the
   Quick' DVD].

8. Roger Waters Darkside of the Moon Tour - Carol
   Kenyon's scat version of 'The Great Gig in the Sky'
   as seen live in Sydney [Aust] on 25/1 /2007.

It' all good.

Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 08:26

tdbark wrote:

For me:

:::snip:::

Jethro Tull Moments: 1. the acoustic section of Aqualung

2. Windup: It just so TOTALLY fits into my frame of mind concerning religion.

:::snip:::

I can't agree more. And I forgot this song as one of my all-time favorites. My older brother used to sing and play that song on guitar in his room when I was a kid. It brings back chills when I hear it. Especially the quiet

"I dont believe you:
You had the whole damn thing all wrong"

Overall, that song nails much of my ideology towards the elders/preachers of the Christian religions, particularly Catholism.

Edited by StyLaZyn - February 20 2007 at 08:27

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 10:40

Some more of VdGG:

House with no Door:

You call my name, but it sounds unreal,

I forget how I feel,

my body's rejecting the cure .....

The Emperor on his War room:

Ghosts betray you, ghosts betray you!!

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 11:43

Marillion - Sugar Mice... "your Daddy took a raincheck..."

ELP - KE9 3rd Imp. ..."but I gave you life.....WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO...to do what was right...IM PERFECT, ARE YOU?"

Yes - Gates Of Delirium (Yesshows version)...second-last note of Soon

Spock's Beard - At The End Of The Day...the whole introduction

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 12:35

More goosebump moments for me:

Camel - Arstillius (Moonmadness)

Rush - Cygnus X-1 the beginning of it chilled me to the bone on first listen

Soft Machine - the first few minutes of Facelift (Third)

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 12:57

the sax solo in the 20 minute track what is love by the collectors from 1968.

flaxton

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 13:28

Well, just some out of my head:

Yes: final section of Gates, And You and I

Genesis: final of Supper's ready, In the Cage

Pain of Salvation: Vocari Dei, even if it's not a song in a usual sese of the word

Psychotic Waltz: I Remember

VDGG: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

Marillion: Forgotten sons, closing section

and many more

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 14:22

Thanks Norbert, your contribution helped me to remember my goose bump moment by your fellow countrymen Omega during the spectacular Minimoog solo on Help To Find Me, the highlight on their outstanding 2-live-LP Live At The Kiss Stadion And I also share with you the compelling In The Cage by Genesis (great musical translation of fear) and the closing section of Forgotten Sons by Marillion, one of the best neo-prog (or neo-symphonic ) compositions ever made

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Posted: February 20 2007 at 14:26

Forgot an essential : Music inspired by the Snow Goose(bumps) by Camel !!!

"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio