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Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by boomboomsubban »

dgaudet wrote: post #7

the article claims the playlist is "scientifically verified" ... but doesn't seem to cover the science behind the list construction or verification. is there a background article somewhere else?

I was wondering that myself, as reading the list I suspect it's got something to do with people reporting they experienced the feeling from that song. Too many bands had their most popular song featured, and while it could be that songs that cause frisson are more popular it seems more likely that more people listening to the song makes it more likely to be reported.

If they had some program check some huge library of songs for ones that have some sequence likely to cause frisson I'd expect the playlist to be far different.

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Post by rzzzt »

iscrewyou wrote: post #4
yardstick wrote: post #2

Spotify playlist from the article: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/54ZA9LXFvvFujmOVWXpHga?si=...

Noticed Ave Maria is on that playlist. It’s obvious why it’s so famous but hearing it recently in The Batman definitely gave me “the feeling” the article is taking about.

Schubert's "Ave Maria" is the one that gets to me the most, although I associate it with action scenes where you can not hear the protagonists, with glass breaking in slow motion, from movies and video games.

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by rzzzt »

masteranza wrote: post #75

Pink Floyd - Echoes surely is one of the best recipes for frisson. However for me Royksopp - Forever is the absolute number 1 winner in this category. It feels like those guys have really cracked the code with this one. Just listen for at least 20s before 3:10: https://youtu.be/nM_txL43iFM?t=170

In exchange for Röyksopp, I present you the ending of Pacific Heights' "Buried by the burden" (the music video features point cloud/LIDAR imaging, a bonus): https://youtu.be/XBUdCBxrhZo?t=168

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by plutonorm »

yrcyrc wrote: post #46

Previously reading on this topic and found out only a small percentage of people feel music emotionally. I was very curious, as my experiences are very intense, from frisson to full blown breakdown, chills, crying and overwhelmed completely. Was recently 'diagnosed' as gifted but there's no explanation as to why I feel music so intensely. Perhaps part of the whole thing, I became an autodidact musician and music is p…

I'm probably on the gifted spectrum (145 or something on raven matrices online test) and music is indescribably beautiful to me. Not always but often. Music also often makes me laugh, when it discovers an unusual space. I get the same emotional reaction to new intellectual insights.

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by fristechill »

yrcyrc wrote: post #46

Previously reading on this topic and found out only a small percentage of people feel music emotionally. I was very curious, as my experiences are very intense, from frisson to full blown breakdown, chills, crying and overwhelmed completely. Was recently 'diagnosed' as gifted but there's no explanation as to why I feel music so intensely. Perhaps part of the whole thing, I became an autodidact musician and music is p…

I've experienced frisson at great moments in music but only when fantasising about performing the music (or some part of it) myself. I did a lot of this as a teenager...

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by nickjj »

Hmm, I spot checked a bunch of songs in the list and only listened to songs I haven't heard of and I didn't get goosebumps or any hint of frission once.

But I get goosebumps / etc. all the time when I listen to music I like, even songs I've listened to 50 times.

Is it really considered "scientifically proven" at that point? It sounds more like "if you like music, you'll probably get goosebumps when you listen to specific segments of songs you like".

What's really interesting to me is YouTube recently released a new feature into their video player that shows how frequently a certain point of a video was replayed. Even calling out "most replayed" with a label in the timeline. I'd be curious to see if frission points are associated to that.

I listened to 2 songs I like and in both cases the most replayed label was near the frission points.

This song's replay graph lines up with that perfectly for me, there's a large spike of replays at https://youtu.be/xHE5g9YgkFg?list=RDKAJhswlEdTo&t=163 but the "most replayed" part is 2 seconds after the build up. If I listen to 2:42 to 2:57, I will get a small amount of frission at 2:58 and then 2 more bigger "frissions" at 3:02 and 3:05.

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by masteranza »

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #80
masteranza wrote: post #75

Pink Floyd - Echoes surely is one of the best recipes for frisson. However for me Royksopp - Forever is the absolute number 1 winner in this category. It feels like those guys have really cracked the code with this one. Just listen for at least 20s before 3:10: https://youtu.be/nM_txL43iFM?t=170

Didn’t work with me, but then again, I listen to way too much fusion.

Good headphones can also make a difference.

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by progre »

nomilk wrote: post #67
progre wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here. There is someting with the almost complete saturation of the mid- and upper frequencies of BM that focuses me like nothing else.

If anyone has a good starting point for a BM newbie (preferably a playlist or album), please suggest.

Lots of different styles that can fall under BM but here is some:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3LHSxySCaooKrQxuLtuYSV?si=OVS...

Wolves in the Throneroom, kind of dreamy artsy style. I'd like to think of these guys as the Pink Floyd of BM.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5t5tP8dVwdyI8yTShWcIzX?si=zzL...

Satyricon, started out oldschool and raw, evolved to a more polished more produced (clean vocals even!). This album is right at the start of the more polished style but still quite a lot of energy.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4a4g7PAi7KRsCQykBFqE5E?si=4LG...

Darkthrone, about as raw as it gets while still good. 2 guys and a porta studio, never played live.

https://open.spotify.com/album/63NhXXsb7BNEtLCTnYzub2?si=8qL...

Feminazgul, deep in the nerdery now. Queer themed with Tolkien inspired/ripped lyrics.

Re: Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson”

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Post by masteranza »

rzzzt wrote: post #94
masteranza wrote: post #75

Pink Floyd - Echoes surely is one of the best recipes for frisson. However for me Royksopp - Forever is the absolute number 1 winner in this category. It feels like those guys have really cracked the code with this one. Just listen for at least 20s before 3:10: https://youtu.be/nM_txL43iFM?t=170

In exchange for Röyksopp, I present you the ending of Pacific Heights' "Buried by the burden" (the music video features point cloud/LIDAR imaging, a bonus): https://youtu.be/XBUdCBxrhZo?t=168

Thanks, that was a pretty awesome ending. Reminded me the first minutes of "Makeup and Vanity Set" - `A Glowing Light, A Promise`. Which is also frisson inducing for me.
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