or the act of making your hair stand on end from musical stimuli.  Here's my weaknesses

The slide guitar in Layla by Clapton

"And You and I" opening on yessongs

The part on the Flower Kings song Humanizzimo where Roine is soloing (quote: do-do-doooo-do-do-dooo-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do) (ask Man Overboard)

Fly on a windsheild and Chamber of 32 doors.

The guitar solo on Firth of Fifth

The angry part on the song Script from a Jester's Tear.

When the dissonant chords crash on Advent of Panurge during "Take a look around, look around at my friend)

I've cried during the end of Supper's Ready and Through Her Eyes

Lost in the Flood by Springsteen

Parade by Kevin Gilbert

"When your flesh has crystalized..." on BSS

The Mellotron on Dancing With the Moonlit Knight

The heavy riff in back in NYC!! its like a flying elbow to the ovary!!!

"When all the worms come crawling out your head" on L'via L'viaquez

"60 ton angel/falls to the earth" on Porcupine Trees in Absentia

whenever Maynard J. Keenan from Tool screams for 10+ seconds

In one live version of LTIA pt. II, Wetton hits the fuzz bass and makes me cry...

Reingold's bass lines in the lonely road section of 'The Truth'

The mellotron at the end of Saucerful of secrets

" I want to sit down" bit of Stagnation

grrrrr.... I often need to smoke after this stimulation

Great ones!  A few more ...

When the mellotron kicks back in near the end of "Starless"

When Steve Walsh bemoans "the path that I have chosen now, has led me to a wall ..."

When Jon Anderson hits that impossible high note at the end of "Heart of the Sunrise"

When Peter Hammill (and David Jackson's sax) are screaming so hard it's almost distorted near the end of "Arrow"

"I question ... your innocence" in Kate Bush's "Waking the Witch"

Tiresias wrote: whenever Maynard J. Keenan from Tool screams for 10+ seconds grrrrr.... I often need to smoke after this stimulation

You said it. 

In The Grudge (great song, bad movie), he screams constantly for a total of 25 seconds without taking a breath. (I Timed it with a stopwatch).

I reply with a resoundingly loud "YES" to the following:

Tiresias wrote: The angry part on the song Script from a Jester's Tear. The Mellotron on Dancing With the Moonlit Knight

MarkCSigs wrote: When the mellotron kicks back in near the end of "Starless" When Jon Anderson hits that impossible high note at the end of "Heart of the Sunrise"

and adding some of my own:

-in "Easy Money" when the main theme comes back (right after John Wetton doo-doo-doo's for a bit), David Cross does something ridiculously awesome with the violin and it just sounds so perfect

-basically all of "In the Wake of Poseidon" but especially the mellotron and chorus at the end

-the jammy bits of "Ladies of the Road"... and the sweet wistfulness of "The Letters" ... and "Prelude/Song of the Gulls" ... and the muted trumpet solo of "Islands"...OK just all of Islands really.

-the very end of Supertramp's "Crime of the Century". And "Child of Vision". Dang, these guys knew how to end off an album.

-in a word: SOON. But only after the great length and noise of the rest of The Gates of Delirium and everything preceding it. And especially when they switch keys and very suddenly go down a pitch. Oh man. Everytime I have to work and listen to crappy music from dumb singers who don't know when to sing vibrato notes and when not to, I think of Soon and how absolutely bang on Jon Anderson was in that.

-the melody and slow-volume build of Pink Floyd's "On the Turning Away"

-Kerry's voice in "Think of Me with Kindness" when he says "long ago, when first we made our promise - empty words. I wonder did you know -" god there is so much emotion there, 'cause he's usually so soft-voiced, I just didn't expect it and WHAM - then he whacks you over the head

-the piano solo at about 2:05 or so in Banco del Mutuo Soccorso's "R.I.P."

-Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn (part one). All of it's great but especially at about 16, 17 minutes in when the main theme comes back and the drone voices sound just so angry...and then a minute later at 18 mins or so when instead of a closing chord he leaves you with the drums and you just FALL. (Genius!!!)

I can't listen to "Heart of the Sunrise" more than once every two months. Everytime I do listen, after the whole ten minutes and Jon's voice at the end when he hits that high note - I can't do anything, I just SIT there and listen, spellbound. AWESOME thread idea ... I'm so glad more people feel the same way!

usually Robert Fripp gives me lots of "ear-gasms" with his guitar>

>examples<

- The first "micro solo" on Fallen angel, after the first vocal line after the solo (sorry I can't explain it better)

- The intro, the melodies, the solo and the short passage in the end on The Night Watch

- The solo on Dinosaur, when it bursts out after the synth oboe part and a few seconds of silence, and the nervous guitar burst at the end

- The lacerating feedback on The Letters, right after the brass section (just rips my soul apart)

- On many songs he uses a particular technique which consists of striking the cords very very fast in the upper register, almost as you would on a mandolin, but three times more aggressively, I call it "the drill" (e.g: the final on 21 century schizoid man, Sailor's tale, The letters, and others I don't remember now)

- The finale to Larks' tongues in aspic pt II

I've had other eargasms with Genesis (on Supper's ready, when PG says "and even though, I'm feeling good, something tells me I'd better-activate my prayer capsule" and the solo starts, or the finale, (I've cried too), the solo by Hackett and the finale to The musical box) and with Yes (in I get up I get down, the choirs and the church organ give me the chills every time)

now that's enough, I'm becoming a bit promiscuous having all these eargasms with all these different people

NegativeTrend wrote: Ash Ra Tempel's S/T album in its entirety.

Great one! 

With this one you don't have to add "Liberty Caps" etc. to fly high 

Jaxon's solo on "Man Erg"

"La Rossa" and "Scorched Earth"

the joining moments between "Undercover Man" and "Scorched Earth"

"The Lie: Bernini St. Therese" by Peter Hammill

"The Poet Sniffs A Flower"  and "Amandahhhhhhhhhh hahaahhaah" on "Creepshow" by Twelfth Night

"Welcome Back To The Circus" on Marillion's "Cinderella Search" and Rothery's solo on "Incubus"

"We all have loved you, Rael" on "Lamia"

"In The Dead Of Night"

the return of Jon's vocal after Alan's drum solo on "Nous Sommes De Soleil"

And I completely agree with you about the parts you mentioned of Yes, KC, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant - oh God I need a shower

Similar thread:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3197 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3197

My Ear-gasms are listed there

Ear-gasms:

- The Beginning of Mr. Bungle's "Egg"

- The four-man Choir part "La misere me nourrit, la misere me reenforce" on Solefald's "Christiania"

- The Acoustic passages on Ulver's "Kveldssånger"

- The Flute at the beginning of Ayreon's "Day 13: Sign"

- Every solo passage on guitar by Frank Zappa

-Green Carnaion- Light of day, day of darkness (This holds the world record... A 60-minute ear-gasm)

- The Beginning of Symphony X "Accolade II"

- Patton's weak voice at the beginning of Fantomas' "Rosemary's Baby"

- Age of Silence- Auditorium of Modern movements (The whole song is magnificent)

- The strange multi-part vocal passages on Robert Wyatt's "Rock Bottom"

- The Violin solo on Åsmegin- Af Helvegum (Sareeta)

- David Gilmour's guitar solo in the middle of "Atom Heart Mother"

- Maudlin of the Well- Birth Pains of Astral Projection (As a whole)

- The acoustic instrumental by Opeth "For absent friends"

Ever listen to Zeppelins "Since I've Been Loving You" in surround sound on full blast, its the equivalent to sex when you listen to all instruments

Some other notable mentions are Floyd's Comfortably Numb, Yes' Close to the Edge

More ear-gasms:

- The jam part on Kingston Wall's "You"

- The Female vocal part in the middle of Evergrey's "In the Wake of the Weary"

- The Oresund Space Collective jams (all of them)

- The crazy cello playing on Höyry-Kone "Huono Parturi"

- The Piano-voice passage on Arena "Moviedrome", and the guitar solo after that as well.

• The waves of sound in Awaken as Anderson sings "Like the time I ran away, turned around and you were standing close to me."
• In Echolyn's Never the Same, when the chorus is extended: "After the song is over, the dance goes on, so dance away.  After all has been said and done, remember what's been given not taken away, remember all the life we shared every day, there's never any endings, but I'll never be the same."  Anyone who has lost someone must see the wisdom in that line, and anyone who has ears must hear the beauty of the harmonies.
• Peter Nicholl's screams of "You're not alone, so don't look back" at the end of IQ's Outer Limits.
• The middle section of Fitter Stoke Has a Bath with about 100 overdubs of flute and backing vocals.

• The chorus of Steely Dan's Pearl of the Quarter (an intentionally naive song about falling in love with a prostitute) "And if you hear from my Louise, won't you tell her that I say hello.  Please make it clear that when her day is done, she's got a place to go."
  

hehe- this thread has a good name. To be honest I have ear-gasms allll the time - it's kinda hard to get away from them. But at the moment I have that part from Cinema Show (this'll be hard to describe) when there's a transition from guitar-strumming and other great guitar and keyboard-riffs to dancy and flowing strings and flutes or possibly mellotron work. (If I had the sheet music infront of me then yourd know what I was talking about. Pardon the inaccuracy).

Aaaaah. So Lovely.

Starette wrote: hehe- this thread has a good name. To be honest I have ear-gasms allll the time - it's kinda hard to get away from them. But at the moment I have that part from Cinema Show (this'll be hard to describe) when there's a transition from guitar-strumming and other great guitar and keyboard-riffs to dancy and flowing strings and flutes or possibly mellotron work. (If I had the sheet music infront of me then yourd know what I was talking about. Pardon the inaccuracy). Aaaaah. So Lovely.

Oooh, I do know what you're talking about!!  And it's awesome. And then the part where it flows - so evenly!! I didn't even know it at first listen - back into the same theme as "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" to segue perfectly into "Aisle of Plenty" (which, IMO, is the prettiest minute-and-a-half song I've ever heard!) - that was sheer genius. Sheer. Genius. *showering of praise*

I can't *believe* you have the sheet music.  (Me = jealous.)

MarkCsigs wrote: When the mellotron kicks back in near the end of "Starless"

Speaking of Starless, when that sax solo kicks in at around the 9 minute mark. The solo itself is fantastic and the other instruments create an awesome foundation.

I have a bootleg version Looking Glass by Allan Holdsworth which is superb all round but there's a drum part near the end that i just love.

The dual guitar tremolo picking at the end of Atheist's Enthralled In Essence.

The entire song La Cathedrale De Strausbourg by Focus.

Girl With A Watering Can by Maudling of the Well at about 5:30 when the guy starts singing.

I, Galactus on Sol Niger Within by Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects.

The chorus of A Trace of Blood by Pain of Salvation as well as the start when the drums kick in.

The combination of Imago and Pluvius Aestivus also by Pain of Salvation.

The end of Blackwater Park by Opeth ("sick liaisons raised this monumental mark. the sun sets forever over blackwater park").

Mozart's Lacrymosa section of his Requiem.

On The Breath of Poseidon by Symphony X.

All of the solos (all instruments) in Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt 1 by Pink Floyd.

John Coltrane's solo in So What by Miles Davis.

The part in Meshuggah's Straws Pulled At Random with the guitar lead.

The guitar sweeps in Origin's Portal.

That's all i've got time for right now

I'm going to try and think of a few more now: -

The beginning of Carpet Crawlers - "the crawlers cover the floor..."

IQ's Harvest of Souls - the "day after day" bit

Mind Drive - the bit where it's just acoustic guitar and Anderson.

Awaken "like the time I ran away" which someone has already mentioned.

The end sections of "Musical Box" and "Supper' Ready".

Jon Anderson's chorus in "Lizard".

The choruses of Rush's "Entre Nous" and "Freewill" (if you choose not to decide...)

"Red Shift", where Peter Hamill's voice becomes really distorted (And IIIIIII'm a song in the depth of the galaxies). That's the part.

Oh, and Fripp's acoustic guitar playing in "Cirkus" brings out the moans 'n groans.

Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Eric Clapton part)

Van Der Graaf Generator Childlike Faith In Childhood's End (that moment when Hammill sings thru the centuries of progress - keyboard part after that line)

Jethro Tull A Passion Play that musical part after when Ian sings "and the devil cries more" and that part when Ian sings "fell with my angels..."

Rush - solo in Red Sector A

whole VDGG's Sleepwalkers

that moment in Thick As A Brick (part 1) when acoustic guiat and keyboard seem to be more quiet and the pressure is off for a while.

there's much more on that but i'll post later.

learning to live...

woahwoahwoahhhwoahwoahwoahhhwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

• Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Intro
• Supertramp - Crime of The Century - The Whole album
• Genesis - Fountain Of Salmacis - Middle section
• Genesis - Cinema Show - Second part
• Gentle Giant - MANY!!
• Van Der Graaf Generator - Lemmings - the whole song
• Yes - also many!
• ELP - Tarkus, Karn Evil 9
• Frank Zappa - Keep It Greasy - The insane 5/4 part at the end
• Frank Zappa - Wet T-shirt nite - Middle section (first part)

and many many more!

Genesis Nursery Crime - Seven Stones at 4.02 where the Mellotron string solo begins...

Genesis Foxtrot - Watcher Of The Skies at 6.25...

Genesis Selling England By The Pound - whole Firth Of Fifth...

Cheers Bonamici

marillion - misplaced childhood - " hearts of lothian" - guitar part during chorus

ctte - the organ interlude and the proceding shredding

the gates of delerium - entire battle section with the drum solo then breaking into a beautiful repetitive melody.

octavarium when petrucci reprises the key solo on acoustic then on electric. i get goosebumps just thinking about it.

dance of eternity - 2 words. RAGTIME BREAKDOWN

thick as a brick side one - transition to the final section with the xylophone gliss.

karn evil 1st impression - whole damn thing is a long eargasm

cinema show - key solo

the patient - the end climax

Way too many to list here... As others said, there are records which are a long eargasm. Anyway, I'll just try to mention some of my favourites here:

- the Hammond organ reprise in The Barbarian (ELP)

- Wakeman's Hammond solo at the beginning of Seasons of Man in CTTE (Yes)

- the end of Epitaph, with Lake's voice merging with the Mellotron (King Crimson)

- the piano solo in Firth of Fifth (Genesis)

- Martin Barre's super-heavy guitar literally slicing into the song at the beginning of My God (Jethro Tull)

- the whole of Tarkus, especially Battlefield and Aquatarkus (ELP)

Virtually all the piano in Firth of Fifth (absolute genius)

Those 4 notes in Shine on pt. 1 Pink Floyd

Drum part in Karn evil 9 (1st imp. part 2) after guitar solo before "soon the gypsy queen etc."

Vocal bit of CTTE in middle and when organ comes in full blast when its over

The whole of Hoedown makes me want to spontaneously combust

Teen Town by Weather Report

Can utility and the coastliners - acousticy strumming bit after 2 verses

Revealing science of god main riff

Guitar on dogs(PF)

Summer 68' Pink floyd, second "how do you feel" bit with gilmour backing vocals

Crossroads- Cream (clapton is the man)

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah

Tapping and solo in Ikhnaton and Itsacon and their band of merry men from supper's ready always goes down smooth

Many others which i can't remember, and a lot of beatles stuff (don't hate me!)

Oo oo, also Cinema show guitar full stop.

little_neutrino wrote: Starette wrote: hehe- this thread has a good name. To be honest I have ear-gasms allll the time - it's kinda hard to get away from them. But at the moment I have that part from Cinema Show (this'll be hard to describe) when there's a transition from guitar-strumming and other great guitar and keyboard-riffs to dancy and flowing strings and flutes or possibly mellotron work. (If I had the sheet music infront of me then yourd know what I was talking about. Pardon the inaccuracy). Aaaaah. So Lovely. Oooh, I do know what you're talking about!!  And it's awesome. And then the part where it flows - so evenly!! I didn't even know it at first listen - back into the same theme as "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" to segue perfectly into "Aisle of Plenty" (which, IMO, is the prettiest minute-and-a-half song I've ever heard!) - that was sheer genius. Sheer. Genius. *showering of praise* I can't *believe* you have the sheet music.  (Me = jealous.)

Well...I WISH I had the sheet music!  In all honest I do not. Genesis music proves hard to come by. Grrr.

Starette wrote: little_neutrino wrote: Starette wrote: hehe- this thread has a good name. To be honest I have ear-gasms allll the time - it's kinda hard to get away from them. But at the moment I have that part from Cinema Show (this'll be hard to describe) when there's a transition from guitar-strumming and other great guitar and keyboard-riffs to dancy and flowing strings and flutes or possibly mellotron work. (If I had the sheet music infront of me then yourd know what I was talking about. Pardon the inaccuracy). Aaaaah. So Lovely. Oooh, I do know what you're talking about!!  And it's awesome. And then the part where it flows - so evenly!! I didn't even know it at first listen - back into the same theme as "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" to segue perfectly into "Aisle of Plenty" (which, IMO, is the prettiest minute-and-a-half song I've ever heard!) - that was sheer genius. Sheer. Genius. *showering of praise* I can't *believe* you have the sheet music.  (Me = jealous.) Well...I WISH I had the sheet music!  In all honest I do not. Genesis music proves hard to come by. Grrr.

Ah. I thought it was meant that the music was in your house somewhere, you just didn't want to go get it at the time!

Still though.... that would be pretty cool!! Does anyone know if it ever got published?

The angry part of Pain of salvation's Beyond The Pale which starts in this moment...

...I feel alive during the split second when they smile and meet my eyes
But I could cry 'cause I feel broken inside!
COME and DROWN with me- the UNDERTOW will sweep us away!
And you will see that I'm ADDICTED to my HONESTY
Trust! 'Cause after all my sense of TRUTH once brought me here
But I've LOST control and I don't know if I am true to my soul
I've lost CONTROL and I don't know if I am true to my soul
Losing control and I don't know if I am TRUE AT ALL

(Then, there is a second of silent rest)

After this, the brilliant guitar solos.

I think this is one of the best (or the best) moments in Pain Of Salvation's music. And an incredible Eargasm from the "broken inside" until the end of the solos. Thanks God, I mean, thanks Internet for moments like this.

Threshold - Critical Mass (The keyboards parts)

Marillion - Blind Curve (the part of: "Can´t you stay away? Just leave alone with my thoughts. Just a runaway, ohhh, just a runaway...). Pseudo silk kimono, entirely.

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (The whole song, but especially the crimson sunset)

Rush - 2112 Overture

Genesis - The Musical box solos

Camel - Nimrodel and Lady Fantasy (especially the keyboards solo in Nimrodel). This remeber me the great keyboard solo of Jordan Rudess in Octavarium, I found it quite similar.

More ear-gasms:

Renaissance- Ashes are Burning ( Andy Powell's Guitar solo)

Locanda Delle Fate- Forse Le Luccione Non Si Amano Piu (The Piano intro)

Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses (the first flute part)

Porcupine Tree- Sever ("America calls, i must go, Oprah saviour, i feel that low")