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Posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
Well, since the "Books" thread got such an interesting response, I figured why not music next? What do you listen to that is uplifting, cathartic, inspiring, etc.?
Cheers,
Bob
Posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:18:15
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
The whole rude awakening thread in the last archive got me thinking about catharsis in particular. What's always worked for me is
Posted by dove on October 1, 1999, at 12:57:32
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
Irish Inspiration for Brighter Days:
Lick the Tins
The Pogues
The WaterboysHappy Punk for jumping around the house:
Rancid
The Violent Femmes
The AmpsSappy Happy and Easy Listening:
Los Lobos
The Bodeans
The Replacements
Cake
Natalie Merchant
The Dorsey BrothersThe Masters of Anguish and Hope:
Peter Tchaikovsky
Gracie Fields
Vera Lynn ("We'll Meet Again" Dr. Strangelove")
Mahala Jackson
Bessie Smith
Aretha
Reality Bites (take me out of my Misery):
The Offspring
Social Distortion
The Pixies (Transitional/from bad to worse)
Leonord Cohen
Nick Cave (And the Bad Seeds)
PJ Harvey
Black Flag (Henry Rollins)Note: I actually have to viglantly watch what I'm listening to, as it effects me so strongly. One minute I'm fine and the next I'm wondering what the point of living is. My family walks on eggshells whenever they hear me listening to any music from the "Reality Bites" category.
Smiles to everyone on this brighter day :-)
~dove
Posted by acm on October 1, 1999, at 15:55:59
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:18:15
Good question, Bob. I like Bob Mould, too. Particularly with the Golden Paliminos. His song "Dying from the Inside Out" is particularly cathartic for me, but it sometimes sends me down farther. Mahler's
Posted by Adam on October 1, 1999, at 16:50:41
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
Though they're not exactly uplifting, I just can't get enough of the Smiths. Nobody wore
depression on his sleeve, or wrote about it with such incisive wit as Morrisey. Coupled
with Johnny Marr's excellent guitar and arranging skills...one of the greatest bands of
the 80s...
> Well, since the "Books" thread got such an interesting response, I figured why not music next? What do you listen to that is uplifting, cathartic, inspiring, etc.?
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
Posted by Phil on October 1, 1999, at 18:24:54
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
> Well, since the "Books" thread got such an interesting response, I figured why not music next? What do you listen to that is uplifting, cathartic, inspiring, etc.?
>
> Cheers,
> Bob>>I like Quadrophenia too. And, Smithereens
Posted by Phil on October 1, 1999, at 19:46:24
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Phil on October 1, 1999, at 18:24:54
> > Well, since the "Books" thread got such an interesting response, I figured why not music next? What do you listen to that is uplifting, cathartic, inspiring, etc.?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bob
>
> >>I like Quadrophenia too. And, Smithereens (Blues Before and After), Cheap Trick, Steely Dan
> (Katy Lied). ZZTops first four albums, especially Rio Grande Mud.
>
> Whatever,
> PhilLet me add 'The Crunge' off of
Posted by Dee on October 1, 1999, at 23:20:50
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...oh yeah, posted by Phil on October 1, 1999, at 19:46:24
-Brahms
Posted by Bob on October 2, 1999, at 0:10:22
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...oh yeah, posted by Dee on October 1, 1999, at 23:20:50
For inspiration or general good cheer:
-- Just about anything by Amy Ray (1/2 of the Indigo Girls) except for, of course, Blood and Fire ... what a cheery song (not)
-- Celtic music in general (Nomos, Altan) and some of the more contemporary Irish artists (Luka Bloom)
-- Mozart's
Posted by Deborah R. on October 2, 1999, at 4:04:13
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...oh yeah, posted by Bob on October 2, 1999, at 0:10:22
So many of those mentioned I havent heard of - think I need to break out and listen to some different types of music. I tend to compete these days with kids for the use of the CD player! When I do get the chance to play the ones I like, I usually am into artists such as Cat Stevens, The Cranberries, Donavon, Dylan, Dire Straits and the Beatles. When I need to get the blood flowing a bit faster, George Thorogood always gets things pumping, also INXS. Lately, we have become hooked on Andrea Bocelli's
Posted by Yardena on October 2, 1999, at 8:35:28
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by Deborah R. on October 2, 1999, at 4:04:13
CD player has been broken for a while, and I have been out of it musicwise. Dependent on the radio, your regular "soft rock" mix, some of it is total crap, some is great. Most of the time I don't even pay attention to the names of the artists.
Posted by BIG PUN on October 2, 1999, at 10:30:12
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by Yardena on October 2, 1999, at 8:35:28
Bitches,
If you're ever down just play some method man or U-GOD. I also like to play a little snoop when I'm gettin close to nuttin in my bitch.
BIG PUN
Posted by Noa on October 2, 1999, at 15:30:30
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by BIG PUN on October 2, 1999, at 10:30:12
I like early Bob Dylan, Nanci Griffith, and Ray Charles. For enjoying someone who seems to exude melancholy, there is always Lucinda Williams.
Posted by Pat on October 2, 1999, at 18:18:55
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by Noa on October 2, 1999, at 15:30:30
Something a little more current and obscure, I love Savatage, old and new. Also, Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment always uplift my spirits just because they are so excellent, and such excellence should always be celebrated!
Posted by Noa on October 3, 1999, at 17:10:55
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by Noa on October 2, 1999, at 15:30:30
And, how could I forget--Billy Joel, especially his piano sequences.
Posted by dj on October 3, 1999, at 23:19:57
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..., posted by Noa on October 3, 1999, at 17:10:55
Natalie MacMaster --
Posted by Adam on October 4, 1999, at 15:58:33
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
I have a hard time recommending them because of their name, but "The Negro Problem" (fronted by an
African-American, which takes some of the edge off) are really and indie group worth listening to.
Their newest CD
Posted by dove on October 4, 1999, at 18:07:30
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Adam on October 4, 1999, at 15:58:33
> I can't beleive more people don't just absolutely love the Smiths.
>
> "So please, please, please
> Let me get what I want
> Lord knows it would be
> The first time..."
>
> Haven't we all felt like that?
>
My husband thinks the Smiths, Morrissey and old Cure music were written with heart-ache in mind. Pleading, vulnerable soft-sided men singing with those angst-ridden voices, Mmmmmm....good. Gives a poetic voice to all those complicated, hard-to-identify emotions that surround our deep chasms of agony and affliction. Separating yet unifying us all in our humanity.good thoughts.
dove~
Posted by Noa on October 4, 1999, at 18:22:30
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by dove on October 4, 1999, at 18:07:30
DJ, on your Canadian theme...I had forgotten about them but I used to listen a lot to the McGarrigle Sisters (spelled wrong, probably).
Posted by dj on October 4, 1999, at 23:28:15
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Noa on October 4, 1999, at 18:22:30
Good one Noa. The McGarrigle Sisters are great -- one of them used to be married to Loudon Wainright and their offspring Rufus is starting to make his mark. In Quebec there are countless great musicians and lots more here, there and everywhere...!!
> DJ, on your Canadian theme...I had forgotten about them but I used to listen a lot to the McGarrigle Sisters (spelled wrong, probably).
Posted by Bob on October 7, 1999, at 9:17:06
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ...McGarrigle Sisters.., posted by dj on October 4, 1999, at 23:28:15
The Offspring, Bush, hmmm, who else ...
Grrr
Bob
Posted by Bob on October 8, 1999, at 11:47:35
In reply to Re: Music to rage by ..., posted by Bob on October 7, 1999, at 9:17:06
I like coffee
I like tea
I love the Java Jive
And it loves me
Coffee and tea
and java and me
A-cup-a-cup-a-cup-a-cup-a-cup, ah!
Posted by Adam on November 16, 1999, at 12:23:48
In reply to Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on October 1, 1999, at 12:14:11
I noticed another interesting thread turned to the subject of music, so I thought it might be fun to
revisit this one...I've been invited to join a group of people at a local club for a "blues jam" (how appropriate), since
somebody who was organizing this got wind of the fact I "play guitar". I will say right now that I have
almost no innate talent for music, expect to get my musical butt kicked by others who are participating,
and I really don't care. It has been about eight years since I performed or did anything musical with
anyone, my guitar has mostly collected dust in the mean time, my voice skills deteriorated. I have
forgotten how much pure joy playing or singing in a chior or any of that brought me, and I am just plain
happy I'm going to be doing something, _anything_ musical. For even a ten-thumber such as myself, the
effect of music, both the making and the listening, was always to illicit a state of happiness. I wish
I hadn't abandoned it. I wonder if "music therapy" works for people.I am reminded of a song from one of my favorite bands growing up (being a moody teenager), the Smiths...
"Shyness is nice and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things
In life you'd like toCoyness is nice and
Coyness can stop you
From saying all the things
In life you'd like toSo if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me, I won't say no, how could I?"> Well, since the "Books" thread got such an interesting response, I figured why not music next? What do you listen to that is uplifting, cathartic, inspiring, etc.?
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
Posted by Bob on November 16, 1999, at 22:47:38
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Adam on November 16, 1999, at 12:23:48
> ... It has been about eight years since I performed or did anything musical with
> anyone, my guitar has mostly collected dust in the mean time, my voice skills deteriorated. I have
> forgotten how much pure joy playing or singing in a chior or any of that brought me, and I am just plain
> happy I'm going to be doing something, _anything_ musical....Every time I hear one of Mozart's horn concerti played by Dennis Brain, or anything by Wagner or Shostakovich, I could just kick myself for giving up the French Horn. One of those things I wish my parents would have made me do until I was old enough to appreciate it.
[sniff]
Bob(they just don't sound the same played on a kazoo)
Posted by Adam on November 23, 1999, at 22:30:17
In reply to Re: Music to heal by ..., posted by Bob on November 16, 1999, at 22:47:38
Other stuff in my CD player of late...
Oldies but goodies...
The Replacements, Tim
"Kiss me on the bus..." These guys wrote such
good rock songs. God I love them.Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas
Their only consistently listenable album, IMO,
but I simply adore Elizabeth Fraser's voice.The Smiths, The Queen is Dead
"And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side,
Well the pleasure and
The privilege is mine"
(There is a Light that Never Goes Out)
Oh, I've been there...Ralph Vaughan Williams, Symphony #5
Heavenly. I like his "Fantasia on a Theme" too...Rachmaninoff, Concertos #2 & 3
Played by Rachmaninoff himself. The man was supernatural, a god.Charlie Mingus, Ah Um
Moody, deep, inspired, Jazz at its best...I must learn to play
the double bass before I die.
New(ish) Stuff to me...Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue
A collaboration with the late Woody Guthrie, one of the best
albums of '98. Superb.Underworld, Beacoup Fish
Most listenable techno album I've heard...hypnotic, clever,
and fun.Big Ass Truck, Kent
Memphis rock/funk quintet nobody's heard of but one of the
freshest and most musicianly young players out there. I've
seen them four times and they kick big ass....Brasil 2Mil Compilation
This disk is incredible. Some of the coolest Brasilian acts
today all in one place...and Portuguese is so beautiful to
listen to...oh, my I love parts of this disk, esp. the first
track.Morphine, Like Swimming
Not their finest album, but their swansong...I was at their
last show at the Middle East, home base of sorts for this
Cambridge, MA trio, and their last American gig in Central
Square...Mark Sandman's death makes me so sad...
"Swing it Low" perhaps the greatest makeout song ever written
(not that I'd know...)Just thought I'd share. I'm feeling strangely joyful...hypermania, perhaps.
It'll pass. Eat lots of turkey!
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