Music When It's Bad

[musichal]

When life has thrown curves at you, and your spirit low, did you find solace in music or retreat from it, or something in between? How did it affect your selection, if at all?

 

[waggs098]

I tend to listen to music more when I'm in a good mood and things are going well. If I listen to music when things aren't well it usually gravitates to "angry" music which sometimes helps.

Guess I'd have to pick "somewhere in between".

 

[dcmfan]

When life has thrown curves at you, and your spirit low, did you find solace in music or retreat from it, or something in between? How did it affect your selection, if at all?

When I was younger, I would play music to match my mood. But that too often turned into wallowing.

Now I look for music to distract or relax me, or in extreme cases, I let the music "act out" my frustrations. Had a maddening situation at work a while back and this was perfect:



Look at the picture on the cover compared to the title. "Everything Will be Alright in the End"

Perfect!

 

[Condorsat]

To me ... music covers all aspects of life ... good & bad experience. Someone close to me once (not same age group) grew tired of life and it was hard to understand or put into words. Johnny Cash conveyed the meaning in the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt.

 

[patate91]

My life choices brings almost only good things to me so music just add a layer of happiness.

But I like sad music for sad moments (or insert another feeling), it helps to express what's inside.

 

[Alobar]

If I am for some reason not in a good mood I leave the music off as it can annoy me at those times. When my mood is up a little, I find it really just accentuates it greatly!

 

[mgosdin]

When possible I've played various tunes to match my moods since High School. From upbeat music when I'm in a good mood to gritty & loud when I've a mind to do something drastic. Usually it makes the good better and takes the edge of the bad.

Mark Gosdin

 

[orsen]

To me ... music covers all aspects of life ... good & bad experience. Someone close to me once (not same age group) grew tired of life and it was hard to understand or put into words. Johnny Cash conveyed the meaning in the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt.

i agree
and did he do an awesome cover of this song or what

 

[Superampman]

Serious issues take precedent til they're dealt with. If music helps then it's not serious. Music I choose is dependent on my mood.

 

[onwardjames]

When I was suicidal last summer (sorry if that is too much info, ya'll) I found that sad music allowed me to "vent" a bit of that hurt and frustration that deep depression can bring.

Now things are far better, and I find myself crying from the beauty of music rather embarrassingly often.

I do find great solace in the words of a well-constructed song, or some truism that lets me know I'm not the first human to feel the way I do.

 

[patate91]

When I was suicidal last summer (sorry if that is too much info, ya'll) I found that sad music allowed me "vent" a bit of that hurt and frustration that deep depression can bring.

Now things are far better, and I find myself crying from the beauty of music rather embarrassingly often.

I do find great solace in the words of a well-constructed song, or some truism that lets me know I'm not the first human to feel the way I do.

I totally understand, arts are important for us.

 

[musichal]

Serious issues take precedent til they're dealt with. If music helps then it's not serious. Music I choose is dependent on my mood.

Yes, that was my first thought, too, when the question occurred to me. Of course timing is everything. On the 11 hour drive home to bury my father several years ago, I listened to music all the way, but I certainly wasn't thinking of music when driving the lead car during the subsequent procession, nor at the funeral, obviously. However, there were hymns.

 

[Superampman]

Yes, that was my first thought, too, when the question occurred to me. Of course timing is everything. On the 11 hour drive home to bury my father several years ago, I listened to music all the way, but I certainly wasn't thinking of music when driving the lead car during the subsequent procession, or at the funeral, obviously. However, there were hymns.

So I take it it was force of habit and nothing more to turn on the music? Or maybe cathartic?

 

[musichal]

So I take it it was force of habit and nothing more to turn on the music? Or maybe cathartic?

I was present when he passed, had to return home and come back a couple days later to stay with mom for a week or so. That's twenty-two hours driving; I don't think my dad would want me to be morose every hour. Elderly, and in poor health for years, it wasn't completely unexpected. Life moves on... a close uncle always put it this way, "They say a few words, put you in the ground, then go home and eat 'tater salad."

 

[grillebilly]

I've said it too many times to count, and now again, music is a mood-enhancing drug. It can soothe you or amp you up. Make you happy or sad. So I use it as a drug to make me feel good, no matter my state of mind. Famous quote I like to toss around
“It's a folk singers job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people”
-- Woody Guthrie

 

[DaveVoorhis]

When life has thrown curves at you, and your spirit low, did you find solace in music or retreat from it, or something in between? How did it affect your selection, if at all?

When my spirit was clinically low, music was grey and bland and pointless; it held no appeal and could not lift my mood. Nothing could.

Music came back, bright and colourful and new, when my mood lifted.

 

[Superampman]

I was present when he passed, had to return home and come back a couple days later to stay with mom for a week or so. That's twenty-two hours driving; I don't think my dad would want me to be morose every hour. Elderly, and in poor health for years, it wasn't completely unexpected. Life moves on... a close uncle always put it this way, "They say a few words, put you in the ground, then go home and eat 'tater salad."

I was also present when my mother died 8 years ago, a numbing experience for me. My father otoh 2 years ago who I was not present for just pissed me off. Mind you he was 90, my mom 78.

 

[Superampman]

I've said it too many times to count, and now again, music is a mood-enhancing drug. It can soothe you or amp you up. Make you happy or sad. So I use it as a drug to make me feel good, no matter my state of mind. Famous quote I like to toss around
“It's a folk singers job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people”
-- Woody Guthrie

When my spirit was clinically low, music was grey and bland and pointless; it held no appeal and could not lift my mood. Nothing could.

Music came back, bright and colourful and new, when my mood lifted.

Both well said

 

[Natasha Bell]

When life has thrown curves at you, and your spirit low, did you find solace in music or retreat from it, or something in between? How did it affect your selection, if at all?

OMG yes!!! It is my escape from the pressures of the world. When I am burnt-out from dealing with idiot teenagers all day, there is nothing better than a hot chocolate and some soothing music. Depending on my mood, it can be almost anything from like 1960 - 2017.

 

[stish]

The music I listen to definitely depends on my mood at the time. From the celebration of the birth of a new grandchild to the grief of a loved one passing and everything in between tends to trigger thoughts of selections I will play when it's time for solitary reflection.