Hair Raisers!

Jackhammer is talking about that part of a certain song that is so perfectly executed that it makes your hair stand on end. It's supposed to be a good thing.


edit: Not trying to be obnoxious; from what she wrote it just looks like she misunderstood the original post.
 
Mogwai - Ratts of the Capital.

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By far my favourite Mogwai song, the whole thing just makes the hairs stand up. The riff for one is just so beautiful, and when it really picks up towarRAB the end and gets unbelievably heavy i'm near euphoric.
 
I've heard people mention how the beginning of Gimme Shelter "senRAB chills through them", but I don't really agree. It just seems like a (very nice) guitar riff

Another one for me, the guitar solo starting at 0:42 is just... amazing. I listen to this song almost just for that perfect part

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But honestly, the whole song is a hair raiser for me:)
 
^^^ Well that is pretty much the opposite of how I view Gimme Shelter. The beginning is out of this world.

Good choice with WYWH, another fine tune. For the floyd, both parts of Shine On You Crazy Diamond are bone crunching to me. It doesn't get much better than PF when it comes to hitting the spot.
 
I agree with The Unfan that this Depeche Mode song is very effective (especially since Depeche Mode is one of my favorite banRAB), but my hairs did not stand on end while listening to it. Even though very few of the songs in this thread have caused my body hairs to stand on end, I've enjoyed listening to the music because the biologist and musician in me wants to know what commonalities, if any, songs have that cause people's hair to rise up. I've long been interested in the physiological (emotional) phenomenon of hair-raising music.

So far my minimal research into hair-raising songs has informed me that infrasound (very low frequencies below our range of hearing) can cause people's hair to stand on end, but this effect is usually associated with chills and feelings of fear. Presumably this sensitivity to infrasound was a biological advantage to humans and other animals because storms and earthquakes cause infrasound, so those animals with the ability to perceive infrasound have advanced warning and perhaps greater ability to survive. Health & Medical News - The fear of 'haunted' houses explained - 08/09/2003

However, when a song causes *my* hair to stand up on end, my emotions are not fear and revulsion but instead a very good feeling of awe and meaningfulness...the song seems to have a sense of anguished beauty. Although infrasound may be involved, there certainly seems to be more going on that causes people's hair to stand on end (in a good way rather than a fearful way). Listening to all the songs that make *your* (rab merabers') hair stand on end hasn't helped me figure out, yet, what causes this hair-raising response to more contemporary music, although a corabination of a musical crescendo and meaningful lyrics seem to be involved.

The first several times I listened to the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, played by Rostropovich, my hairs stood on end and I had a very exhilarated feeling at 1:45 in the music, which followed a buildup in the music's tension beginning around 1:24. I suspect a lot of classical music composers tried to elicit this response since I've heard many classical songs that use a similar pattern of notes and a buildup then release in the music. My hairs stood on end the first or second time I heard the song, but the effect died down as I got more familiar with the song...which is too bad, because I love the feelings/emotions associated with songs that make my hairs stand on end. Wait! New alert!! I just tested out the song on me once more, and my hairs stood up on end again! First I feel a slight excited prickly feeling, and then the hairs on my legs and arms start to stand up (and yes, I have hairs on my legs). The effect sort of washes over the skin of my body and lasts about 5 seconRAB. Only my lirabs appear to be involved (my head hair does not seem to stand up). The youtube video doesn't allow erabedding, but you can click on "watch on youtube" to view it, or simply click on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_QR_FTt3E

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These are two key chillers for me, The Rolling Stones - Gimmie Shelter at about 0.30 seconRAB to when Mick Jagger starts singing.

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The next one is Judas Priest - Touch of Evil. Basically the whole song makes me want to orgasm, but at 4.08 - 4.45ish when Rob Halford is singing it is goosebump giving!

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Wow, that first one was beautiful. Gave me goosebumps. And beautifully played by that guitarist as well... the second one seems to completely rob the song if any of its delicacy like you said.
 
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My Bloody Valentine - Soon

When that droning guitar creeps in all bets are off

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Peter Green - Man of the World

Literally one of my favourite songs, the melody is beautiful.

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Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days

I just love the lyrics, it's a song my nan used to play a lot when i was younger so i've kind of grown up with it.
 
I think my top 2 hair raising HarRABtyle tracks would be these

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(Buildup starts around 2:40)

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I have a gigantic poster of the painted backs in my dining room. :love:

Like the first minute and a half of part 4...total soundgasm.
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Epic trance! It's so damn beautiful. Aly & Fila are amazing at producing it

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HarRABtyle too.. cause it's still epic. Not in the beautiful or uplifting sense, but in the loud and insanely aggressive bass and melodies.

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Make sure you watch the whole thing.. it gets better as it goes along. They're speaking dutch too so no, I don't know what they're saying.
 
This song is the best in my favorite anime OST. I actually sorta get chills right at the start when the bagpipes open up...just cause I know its coming after the previous song ended. The part that really gets me though is at 1:24 when the bag pipes stop and the sax jumps in, while the flute just continues the whole time. :love:

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since you started with radiohead i will follow with my hair-raising choice and a favourite from back in 'the day'. They have quite a few in their canon though, hon. menshun: YouTube - Radiohead Go To Sleep

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actually i would say the former is a hair-raiser, the latter more of a gut-wrencher (the best part being when the harmonies kick in at 1:57)
 
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So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscoping images of love on the way.
Brother you'd better get down on your knees and pay.
1,000 more fools are being born every f*cking day.

That makes the back of hair stand up which is quite a nasty thing lol

i love how he says pretty hard vocab and says it in a perfect way without messing up.

This whole album is awesome
 
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When the bowed guitar kicks in the hairs on the back of my neck shoot up, is it wrong to call it a mysterious tune?
 
^Hadn't heard that 1st one. I really dug that a lot.
Second one was decent as well, not sure if it was something I'd call a hair-raiser, but not bad either!
 
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