Goosebumps when listening to certain songs - explanation?

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Hey, this is a topic I've been concerned about ever since this first happening to me from my first experience. When listening to certain songs I usually get goosebumps/shivers but I have no idea how this occurs, I have asked other people on different forums if they have ever experienced this and they couldn't find an explanation. Me being lazy I haven't bothered to check Wikipedia for any answers but was wondering also if this happens to any of you guys and what actually makes it occur? I was told it was a result of something along the lines of listening to songs that you can relate to or a story that is being told within the song that relates to something happened.
 
When I had my 4-figure cost HiFi this could happen, but only because of how amazingly breathtaking songs I really liked sounded.

Same thing, or am I barking up the wrong tree? :p
 
mattyprice4004 said:
When I had my 4-figure cost HiFi this could happen, but only because of how amazingly breathtaking songs I really liked sounded.

Same thing, or am I barking up the wrong tree? :p
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Yeah I suppose I also get it with songs which have a real nice feeling to listen to even if they aren't my preferred genre of music...weird haha.
 
yep, happens to me. god knows why though. generally happens when theres some powerful (in the emotional sense) classical music in the background of a movie, or if im listening to tarja sing in nightwish. strangely absolutely nothing from my favourite band (metallica) will give me goosebumps

wouldnt mind an explanation myself because ive always wondered why it happened too
 
This will probably sound a bit effeminate, but what the hell - I always get the goosebumps and even a lump in my throat when listening to Country Roads sung by Olivia Newton-John. I always just assumed it was a sub-conscious desire to return to the days when I used to go home from University/London to my parents old, awesome house in Lancashire which they no longer live in. And that since I left home, I've never really made anywhere my own home and thus I am not able to experience the feeling that Olivia is as she drives to West Virginia.
 
Fast punk solos do this to me, and epic build ups in songs.

11-15 minutes of Nofx's the decline being my favourite example.


The whole song is awesome but for me:

11:00 build up starts
12:37 getting warmer
13:17 yes yes yes yes yes
13:56 goosebumps time, boom.
 
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If the song is genuinely fantastic I'll get goosebumps. I get goosebumps whether I'm listening to the songs in the car, through the surround sound on my computer or through headphones on my iPod. If the song is good, it's good, regardless of what I listen to it through.

I thought this was normal :p
 
Most Board of Canada songs do this to me, they deliberately go for a nostalgic vibes-of-the-past theme though. It's pretty emotive and effective.
 
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