Music for when you're feeling down!

Foxhound38

So you've had a bad day/breakup/argument/etc. What do you stick on the ol' I-Pod to get you back on track? Do you listen to sad songs, happy songs or somewhere in between?

Personally I tend to listen to anything piano based. I dont know why, especially since its generally the sad stuff that I listen to and I dont go near that kind of stuff when I'm not upset but it never fails to make me feel somewhat better.

SoupyNorman

Level 42, 'lessons In Love'


That'll sort your little broken heart out.

IvySlayer

R.E.M - Everybody Hurts

Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight, it's a feel good song. Also I listen to Elton John a lot when down.

SoupyNorman

This makes me weep like a drunk nun....

TestTransmission

This :D

Foxhound38

jackncoke wrote: »

This :D

lol, +1! :pac:

NADA

Foxhound38 wrote: »

lol, +1! :pac:

lol++

ShawnRaven

Andrew WK - the entire I Get Wet album

I win, you may now proceed to lock this thread.

spinandscribble

kick it (with iggy pop) - Peaches (it always cheers me up)
this kiss - Faith hill (i know, i know but it puts me in SUCH a good mood)
house of wolves - mcr (makes me wanna dance)
**** the pain away- Peaches (a musical middle finger)
and if i'm really sad and being full of indulgent self pity you'll hear me playing "you are loved (don't give up)" by josh groban

Tar.Aldarion

Listen to sad music, which makes it worse.

watna

If you think the Jizz in my pants song is funny - check this out. It always cracks me up.

It's also NSFW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5-qmdLCbw

Crumble Froo

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Listen to sad music, which makes it worse.

haha, so true!

im a demon for doing that, but gotten into more chilled out music of late, which definitely helps.

jack johnson - bubble toes is my current favourite. nothing that song can't do to cheer me up the line in my sig just does wonders for my blood pressure :P

Yo Mamma

Rage Against the Machine: Bullet in the Head

Crumble Froo

that's not so much for wehn you're feeling down, as when you're feeling angry..

awesome album for angry though. as is slipknot - subliminal verses.

Loomis

Adam Sandler - Somebody Kill Me Please

TBH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTnq268y2ms

Dragan

Anything by Lemon Jelly or Holy **** will normally do the trick. If i am feeling angry down i will put on some Tes la Rock, Caspa and Rusko or something similar, just because it will make me feel proper evil.

homerun_homer

When on a downer I have a playlist on the Ipod labelled Downer;
have some Elliott Smith, BRMC, Interpol (B-sides) on it as they are my favs to listen to in those times. Not sure it helps but it's what suits. They are a mix of sad or pissed off songs.

If I'm very pissed off from having a bad day then I like to listen to something angry like the Holy Bible by the Manics.

This thread makes me think of that quote in High Fidelity;
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

Crumble Froo

homerun_homer wrote: »

This thread makes me think of that quote in High Fidelity;
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

ha, just look at the literature you're exposed to in school, ill listen to happy, wholesome, optimistic music, when they give us literature to match :P

token56

Elo - Mr Blue Sky, great song for cheering up

also Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Turd Ferguson

Tiny Tim - Livin in the Sunlight, Lovin in the Moonlight

I defy anyone to listen to that song and not smile

Dord

I'd usually listen to something upbeat if I'm feelin' down. Maybe some funk, that usually does the trick.
Graham Central Station have a cool song called "Are you happy?".

marcsignal

Joy Division

music to commit suicide to

pcardin

Anything from Linkin' Park.
The Cranberries-Zombie is also fantastic.
Limp Bizkit-Take a look around.

Boskowski

marcsignal wrote: »

Joy Division

music to commit suicide to

Ye, 'Closer' for instance. Also recommend 'Pornography' by 'The Cure' and my all time depression favourite the 'No Songs Tomorrow' EP by 'UV Pop'.

Azureus

Another one for Joy Division!
Also, Jack Johnson, Alphastates..
Frames-star star, Jimmy eat world - hear you me, Weezer - butterfly.
they all do the trick for the downer buzz.

Embrace it, itll make you feel better!

Rsaeire

Foxhound38 wrote: »

So you've had a bad day/breakup/argument/etc. What do you stick on the ol' I-Pod to get you back on track? Do you listen to sad songs, happy songs or somewhere in between?

Personally I tend to listen to anything piano based. I dont know why, especially since its generally the sad stuff that I listen to and I dont go near that kind of stuff when I'm not upset but it never fails to make me feel somewhat better.

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone owns an iPod. :rolleyes:

homerun_homer

Should have added that if I want to try and cheer up with music then something like 'Theme from Rawhide' by the Blues Brothers is a good one.

thebigcheese22

Em if its women troubles i put on Black by Pearl Jam...****ing class song!

If its just general miserableness I'd put on Crooked Teeth by Death Cab for Cutie to cheer myself up.

Alternatively I'd put on Down in a Hole by Alice in Chains and embrace the ****tiness!

shaner

Dillinger Escape Plan cover of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy.

shenanigans1982

To try and cheer myself up I would listen to

Alkaline Trio - I'm dying tomorrow/ Cringe
Hot Water Music - Rooftops
Acquiesce- Oasis
Against me - We laugh at danger and break all the rules
Alanis Morissette - So pure
New Found Glory - Hold my hand
Staind - So Far Away

Loomis

Rsaeire wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone owns an iPod. :rolleyes:

Wow, how embarrassing...

hullaballoo

Good: Tears for Fears - Mad World.

Bad: Gary Jules - Mad World.

Good: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah.

Bad: Generic pop person - Hallelujah.

Etc.

TomCo

realcam wrote: »

Ye, 'Closer' for instance. Also recommend 'Pornography' by 'The Cure' and my all time depression favourite the 'No Songs Tomorrow' EP by 'UV Pop'.

Christ, try 'Faith'. Its practically constructed from the essence of depression.

Smart Bug

Progenies of the great aposalypse - Dimmu Borgir, fsag

chakotha

Ride - Leave them all behind

piby

I'd say anything from the 80's if you want to feel better or Coldplay because their music can be uplifting/melancholy depending on how you yourself feel when listening to them.

CathyMoran

If i'm upset I like to think about my husband so the song "It had to be you" cheers me up.

Another song that cheers me up is "The universe song" as it makes me laugh, as does "The lumberjack song".

I suppose that when I am sad I like to be transported back to when I felt safe and loved and the above do that for me...not everyones cup of tea I know.

Smart Bug

When I'm sad I like to listen to Puff the Magic Dragon 'cos for some reason it puts me in mind for a tug, which cheers me up.

PrivateEye

Pop on the Manics.

S.I.R

Some afroman always puts me on the right track...

Feel good music with Oh-so soul full guitar solo's....


Very under-rated and cheers me up all the time...

either that or some heavy rock like thin lizzy or kill switch engage.

Ross_Mahon

Scarface soundtrack 'Push It to the Limit'

javaboy

The Beatles - There's a place..... it's called the music forum.