Songs that give you chills
Songs that give you chills
brochatkid
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/08
#1Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:20pmI was just listening to Laura Benanti's Unusual Way, and I was so moved I got chills. What songs do that to you? Please list song and performer...I'm sure much of it depends on the person singing. Thanks.
#2re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:26pm
Good choice!
I'll play:
"Ain't Got No Tears Left" cut from ON THE TOWN, Lenny at his best!
Donna Murphy's version on LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S NEW YORK and Cleo Laine's in ON THE TOWN: IN CONCERT are my two personal favorites.
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Updated On: 10/15/09 at 07:26 PM
#2re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:27pm
SOOO MANY.
The first two that come to mind are "Finishing the Hat" from Sunday in the Park With George (especially when performed by Michael Cerveris), and "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide. "Journey On" from Ragtime and a good rendition of "One Day More" from Les Mis usually do, too.
#3re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:33pmEvery time I listen to Till We Reach That Day, Wheels of A Dream, or Back to Before from Ragtime, I get insane chills.
#4re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:35pmYeah, I'll add those three to "Journey On," hahaha. "Back to Before" is my favorite song for a female singer EVER.
#5re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:38pm
Bernadette Peters- "Being Alive" (Live)
Lea Salonga- "This Is The Hour"-Miss Saigon
Christine Ebersole-"Around The World"-Grey Gardens
Linda Eder-"Man of LaMancha"
bway boy
Understudy Joined: 8/1/09
#7re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 8:13pm
^^^ I like it when Raul's alive as well. It's great, isn't it?
Seriously, Raul's Being Alive is wonderful. Right now Til We Reach That Day and Sarah Brown Eyes from Ragtime have been getting to me.
Also:
A Light in the Dark-Next to Normal
I Miss the Mountains- Next to Normal
The Next Ten Minutes- The Last Five Years
If I Didn't Believe in You- The Last Five Years
Nobody Needs To Know- The Last Five Years
Goodbye Until Tomorrow/ I Could Never Rescue You- The Last Five Years
Dulcinea- Man of La Mancha
The Impossible Dream- Man of La Mancha
Lesson #8- Sunday in the Park with George
Beautiful- Sunday in the Park with George
Finishing the Hat- Sunday in the Park with George
Color and Light- Sunday in the Park with George
Alabanza- In the Heights
Johanna (Trio)- Sweeney Todd
Tonight- West Side Story
Rose's Turn- Gypsy
The Music Still Plays On- A New Brain
Love to Me- The Light in the Piazza (among other songs, but mainly that one)
And a whole lot more...I just can't think of them right now.
#8re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 8:54pm
If done right ... and please no stupid comments,
Defying Gravity
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 9:00pmRaining Blood - Slayer
#11re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 9:04pm"Days of Plenty". But, don't tell anyone.
#12re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 9:20pm
Basically all big, fat numbers, like:
Nearly all of Les Mis
Quite a lot of Miss Saigon
The Phantom of the Opera overture & entr'acte
Suddenly Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat (Guys and Dolls)
76 Trombones (The Music Man)
You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)
And a bunch more.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 9:48pm
Lot's Wife - Caroline or Change
Let the Sunshine in - Hair.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#14re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 9:57pmIf a song doesn't give me chills, then I don't like it.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#15re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:02pm
Maybe This Time - Natasha Richardson
Being Alive - Raul Esparza
Touch Me - Spring Awakening OBC
Maria - pretty much anyone
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#16re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:27pm
"Reflection" - A Tale of Two Cities
"If Dreams Came True" - A Tale of Two Cities
"A New Life" - Jekyll & HYDE
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Finale" - Sound of Music
"Waiting & Hoping" - Napoleon
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
CAX
Featured Actor Joined: 8/12/09
#18re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:38pm
"Daddy's Son" --Ragtime
"Children will Listen" -- Into The Woods
"39 Lashes"-- JC Superstar
"The Fall" -- Rent
"Forever Yours" -- Once on This Island
"Step too Far" -- Aida
hairspraydude1962
Leading Actor Joined: 7/20/09
#19re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:42pm
"You Can't Stop the Beat" - Hairspray
"I Know Where I've Been" - Hairspray
"Finale B" - RENT
#20re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:45pmI get insane chills during the Phantom Of The Opera overture. Where's The Girl (especially with Rex Smith singing) from Scarlet Pimpernel also makes a few hairs stand up on my back. However, Back To Before from Ragtime, doesn't just gives me chills; it usually turns me to ice.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#21re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:07pm
"The Fall" -- Rent
?????
What? I've never heard of it.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#22re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:11pm
^ I *think* the poster might have meant to say "Goodbye Love" because of the "I hate the fall" bit, but that's just a guess. But yeah, there's not a song in the show that's actually called "The Fall."
Or perhaps they meant "Halloween?" Halloween happens in the fall! lol
#23re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:18pm
Love Can't Happen- Grand Hotel.
Both Brent Barrett and David Carroll give absolutely breathtaking performances of that song.
#24re: Songs that give you chills
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:19pm
"Move on"
"We Do Not Belong Together"
"Finishing the Hat"
"Sunday"
"Being Alive"- when sung by Patti LuPone or Bernadette Peters
"Losing My Mind"
"How Could I Ever Know?"
"The Miller's Son"
Updated On: 10/15/09 at 11:19 PM
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