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[Koray Savas]

So we know your musical adrenaline rushes, but what do you listen to when you're depressed or generally in a bad mood?

I'm fond of...

"Miserere" by The Cat Empire
"Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" by The Velvet Underground
"Sad, Sad Song" by M. Ward
"A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto

Pretty much the entirety of the albums of the last two songs, Transfiguration Of Vincent and Everything Goes Numb, respectively, do it for me.

[alicebrallice]

if I want to wallow in my sorrow:

colorblind - counting crows
gandalf's fall/gandalf's farewells- howard shore
after the storm - mumford & sons
warning sign - coldplay
be here now - ray lamontagne
cast away main theme - alan silvestri

if I want something uplifting:

vagabond - wolfmother
fascination - alphabeat
hoppipolla - sigur ros
chicago - sufjan stevens
salty dog - flogging molly
you make my dreams - hall & oates
baba o'riley - the who

[Richard]

I can listen to sad music when I am happy, but I cannot listen to any music when I am sad.

[Faleel]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

[wanner251]

Pärt: Cantus for Benjamin Britten

[Wojo]

"Jessica" by The Allman Brothers

[indy4]

Wait...you listen to sad music when you're sad? When I'm sad it's the most bombastic and brassy stuff I can find. If it approaches being experimental or being sad I won't go near it.

[MrJosh]

I can listen to sad music when I am happy, but I cannot listen to any music when I am sad.

Same here...I also don't want to listen to something if I'm angry/ bad mood, I feel like the next time I hear it, I'll just remember the sucky time I was having....I tend to associate memories with music I'm listening to pretty vividly, as I'm sure others do.

[Koray Savas]

if I want something uplifting:

vagabond - wolfmother
fascination - alphabeat
hoppipolla - sigur ros
chicago - sufjan stevens
salty dog - flogging molly
you make my dreams - hall & oates
baba o'riley - the who

Nice.

Wait...you listen to sad music when you're sad? When I'm sad it's the most bombastic and brassy stuff I can find. If it approaches being experimental or being sad I won't go near it.

It's musical zoloft, it helps bring you out of it. The songs I've picked tear me down and immediately bring me back up.

[Drax]

The thread title makes no sense to the topic. Zoloft is supposed to make you feel better, not "wollow in your sorrow"!

So my meds are:

Judge Dredd
Predator
Cuthroat Island
Independence Day
Batman Forever
Looney Tunes: Back In Action
The Elephant Man

[Koray Savas]

The thread title makes no sense to the topic. Zoloft is supposed to make you feel better, not "wollow in your sorrow"!

It's musical zoloft, it helps bring you out of it.

No one's saying they're wallowing in their sorrow, except Alice Perfectly fine, we've all done it before.

[Trent Bennett]

Wait...you listen to sad music when you're sad? When I'm sad it's the most bombastic and brassy stuff I can find. If it approaches being experimental or being sad I won't go near it.

I second this! If I get in a pissed off, depressed, or sad type of mood, I will generally listen to some action type music to lift up my spirits. Generally "Russell's Packin'" from Independence Day, "The Ultimate War" from Hook, or "The Battle Of Hoth" can do that.

[Datameister]

When I'm depressed or sad, I generally don't want to listen to any music. For me, music tends to just worsen a bad mood. I might try a score that has sentimental value for me, like Star Wars or The Lion King or Mary Poppins or something, but usually I'll get annoyed after a few minutes and shut it off. It's only when I'm feeling decent that music becomes a joy for me.

I will say, however, that playing loud, fast, violent music on the piano can be pretty cathartic when I'm not feeling my best. Especially if I haven't played too recently, if it's a nice piano, or if I really get to smash my fingers into those ivories.

[Incanus]

If I am feeling down I usually either not listen to music at all or listen to something which actually enhances the sadness. The saddest music has enormously cathartic effect I find, it helps you with your grief and some of the most beautiful music ever written happens to be sad.

When I am in a bad mood I usually listen to aggressive music which basically works as a way to let my steam out instead of venting it on innocent people.

[KK.]

If I am feeling down I usually either not listen to music at all or listen to something which actually enhances the sadness. The saddest music has enormously cathartic effect I find, it helps you with your grief and some of the most beautiful music ever written happens to be sad.

This is exactly how I feel as well. When I'm sad, I either don't listen to any music or listen to some of the most melancholic yet beautiful music I own. Schindler's List is often most effective in these times.

When I am in a bad mood I usually listen to aggressive music which basically works as a way to let my steam out instead of venting it on innocent people.

This goes for me as well. And no cue works better "The Siege of Gondor" to really let out some steam

[Incanus]

When I am in a bad mood I usually listen to aggressive music which basically works as a way to let my steam out instead of venting it on innocent people.

This goes for me as well. And no cue works better "The Siege of Gondor" to really let out some steam

Excellent choice indeed, one of my favourites for this purpose as well.

[MrJosh]

I will say, however, that playing loud, fast, violent music on the piano can be pretty cathartic when I'm not feeling my best. Especially if I haven't played too recently, if it's a nice piano, or if I really get to smash my fingers into those ivories.

Me too, Datameister. It's very cathartic to pound out some angry Rachmaninoff or just to improvise something pounding and angry. Ahh...I feel better already just talking about it. lol.

[Wojo]

"The Siege of Gondor" works. So does "The Ring Is Mine," or whatever the name of that track is when Frodo loses it.
"Bridge of Khazad-Dum"
"Belly of the Steel Beast"
"Ave Satani"

[Ren]

Tallis - Miserere Mei. For many things.

The End of All Things

[Mr Big]

I listen to the Social Network to get in a bad mood.

[Williamsfan301]

what would the side effects be of having musical Zoloft?

[Koray Savas]

Anxiety, constipation, decreased libido... y'know, the usual.

[Williamsfan301]

Anxiety, constipation, decreased libido... y'know, the usual.

gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them, and an inability to control them.

(from an actual radio spot for a weightloss drug)

[KK.]

When I am in a bad mood I usually listen to aggressive music which basically works as a way to let my steam out instead of venting it on innocent people.

This goes for me as well. And no cue works better "The Siege of Gondor" to really let out some steam

Excellent choice indeed, one of my favourites for this purpose as well.

"Grond - The Hammer of the Underworld" works really well too. Now that's one angry piece!

[ShowUStheHOOK]

most of my listening collection is film scores or broadway , so to name a few from there
when I get down, I tend to put on

Beauty and the Beast........ Alan Menken
Hook..............John Williams
Phantom of the Opera ............ A. Lloyd Webber. ( this is weird since it has a sad ending but somehow it just works )
Batman.......... Danny Elfman ( the bat theme. Enough said )

of the few pop cds I have

Huey Lewis and the News " Time Flies*........ Good band. Faded out too soon. That is all

[Faleel]

The Last Crusade.

[Pasi Tiitinen]

lol, I had to google what does Zoloft mean...


I'm never depressed or in a bad mood.

[Chaac]

The Thin Red Line or similar.

[indy4]

The Last Crusade.

This is the first one that comes to mind for me too.