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Music to soothe your soul...or pump you up....or let out the rage...
Following on from the excellent discussion about what movies to watch when you're housebound and recovering, I thought I'd ask about music. What kind of music has helped you? Do you have a "go to" song if you're feeling stressed, sad, angry, happy?
A lot of people seem to resonate with "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten.
How about "We are the Champions" by Queen?
Or "Roar" by Katy Perry?
Beethoven's 5th?
Would love to hear what everyone likes and what has helped you get through one minute at a time!
A lot of people seem to resonate with "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten.
How about "We are the Champions" by Queen?
Or "Roar" by Katy Perry?
Beethoven's 5th?
Would love to hear what everyone likes and what has helped you get through one minute at a time!
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- Wow! Thanks everyone for sharing. You all have excellent taste. I'd like to especially thank @kmakm for sharing a moment of great pain and darkness. I'm so glad Mozart was able to provide some comfort and peace for you.
I learned piano as a child and double bass at high school. I would have loved to learn the violin. It seems like an instrument that can express a whole range of emotions if you can't verbalise them. - Run by Snow Patrol, very loud .... before heading out the door to my big appointments throughout my diagnosis and treatment
- PS The Eva Cassidy story is on YouTube as is much of her music .
- I discovered a lady called Eva Cassidy with an incredible voice during treatment.Sadly Eva passed away some years ago but her music lives on and here’s a sample for you all
https://youtu.be/9UVjjcOUJLE - The Mozart music that soothed me were his Piano Concertos No 21, K467, and No 17, K453.
- Any music by
Enya
Neil Diamond
Loreena Mckennett
When I play the songs on my iPhone my mood changes for the better and my pain goes
Stork - @SoldierCrab
Oh how lovely. Today is not a good day. My breathing is ragged and so I am confined to my chair when I would rather be in my garden ( or sewing). I am not good at this, (being confined).
Sitting here, looking out of the window and watching the birds in the garden and flitting around their water bowls, listening to this piece of music has made me realise how much I have to be happy about.
Thankyou
Warm Kimberley wishes to you.
Annie - ah music is good for crying or getting in darker if you want to ... and also lifting you up....
my music is from Classic to Eminem with a lot of OLD hymns when I need to uplift my soul....
If I am feeling melancholy I play music which I had shared with my Dad Scottish - Alexander Brothers or Irish music....
My family knows when I put on the Music in my computer and slide the door closed approach with caution... Mum needs some time to work on emotions etc....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGf916aTDXo&feature=related this song has me in tears within 2 lines it resonates from my teen years ....
Amazing how we each have music for our various moods etc.... - I LOVE LRB @iserbrown... such beautiful songs and Terrific harmony. Not much harmony in the group now tho. :(
i was introduced to his duet Somewhere/Wonderful world also at a funeral. I love it. If you go on YouTube and look for the one with 20 million views ..... it will bring you to tears. It includes the return of his ashes to his island home. - Love this topic! Definitely depends on the mood...
Happy / Good with the world: Shiny, Happy People (REM), lots of Crowded House, Queen, David Bowie...so many others
Sad: Linger (The Cranberries), Days of Our Lives (Queen), Take it All (Adele)
Laid Back / Smooth: Times Like These (Jack Johnson),
Angry: You Oughta Know (Alanis Morrissette), Zombie (The Cranberries)
