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[rivendellrose]

Do you have one musical artist who you always listen to when you're sad or feeling troubled - one whose music always speaks to you and seems comforting?

If so, who is it?

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[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

Modest Mouse

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing about them, lately - I don't think I've ever heard anything by them, at least not while being aware of it. I'll have to look them up.

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

The best Cds are The moon & antartica & Good news for people who like bad news

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Indigo Girls.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

They're good music for troubled moods, definitely.

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

Used to be the Indigo Girls, and still is, to an extent. For the last couple of years though, I've found myself listening to Alex Parks.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Alex Parks... I'll have to look him (her?) up. I don't think I've heard of him before. I like what I've heard of the Indigo Girls, though.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Sarah for me too, or sometimes Loreena McKennit, or the Celtic Harp CD. Feeling sad.....what's up?
Oh, and did you ever finally hear on your grade?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Eh, just wasn't in the greatest mood earlier. I'm better now.

Nope, not yet - I emailed, though, and Professor Shenk said she had some trouble getting the grades in on time, but that they should be up today or tomorrow.

[gurny.livejournal.com]

There's a Smashing Pumpkins CD, it's one of the singles, mostly acoustic. You feeling ok?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I've heard the Smashing Pumpkins before, but I can never call them to mind when people talk about them. I'll have to fix that, someday.

Yeah, I was just in kind of a blah mood. I'm feeling better now.

[capnexposition.livejournal.com]

I prefer Warren Zevon. Early stuff if I want to be cheered up, His last CD, "The Wind" if I want to stay sad a while.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

...if I want to stay sad a while.

I get you on that. Sometimes it's nice to sort of... absorb whatever mood you happen to be in.

[lovelies.livejournal.com]

Beethoven if I'm in a really black mood. Vivaldi if it's just sad. And Tool's Lateralus album is something I fall back on often, but it's not so much comforting as something to relate to.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

All good choices. Tool is definitely something to listen to only if you're in the mood to identify with depressing and morbid stuff.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Music tends to accentuate my moods, so no, I don't have a "depressed" CD. However, if I need to be energized, Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" gets me going every time. Ditto the last movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I think the accentuation is what I'm going for a lot of the time - it's like I have to get fully into the mood before I can start getting out of it.

[scearley.livejournal.com]

Feeling down and I wanna stay down?
screamin' jay hawkins
george thoroughgood

Feeling down and I wanna get up?
die toten hosen
lounge lizards

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

That's a good distinction between the two kinds of "feeling down."

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Pink Floyd. Which has always boggled Kari, because Pink Floyd is, on the whole, depressing and morbid. But nothing cheers me up quicker, except maybe Jimmy Buffet. And sometimes, if I want something with more of a beat, I'll stick in Emmy Lou Harris or Richard O'brian.

I have the most fucked up taste in music.

Anyway, I hope you're feeling better. *hugs*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I'm with you in that normally, if I'm in a bad mood, I want to listen to something that has a "bad mood" sort of quality to it. Whatever mood I'm in, I listen to music that matches it, for the most part.

Yeah, feeling better, just kind of stressed about various things.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Funny how that works.

*snugs* I'm on AIM. Oh, and Sibyll doesn't have Gildy friended, so he can't comment on her post. :(

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I thought I used the friend-all button for her after the disaster with Alacrity... I'll fix that as soon as Mozilla quits claiming that Greatestjournal doesn't exist.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Gildy's friended, now. Methos is being a bastard about all the stuff I've been putting on him (I think I need to buy some new RAM), but I might try getting on AIM express. Ugh... I have to go looking for applications soon........ eeeeeewwwwwwwww.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

And he's pounced. He's always looking for new victims...er, customers. ;)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

If he can do anything with her, she'll be thrilled. *Pats her* Poor dear is at least vaguely aware that she doesn't quite look her best.

Now AIM express is being a bitch because of Foxfire's pop-up blocker... blargh. I'll have to figure that out later, I need to get dressed.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

He'll do what he can. He plans on going after all the staff, now. A promotional sort of thing.

Gahm stupid AIM express. :/

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

Sarah McLachlan, specifically "hold on" or "Full of Grace" over and over.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Sarah's my choice a lot of times, too. The song I choose really ends up depending on exactly what the situation is - last night I had to go through three CDs because I'd forgotten where "Mary" was and I felt suddenly like I needed to hear it again.

[lokapala.livejournal.com]

When feeling down intellectually - Vivaldi, if it's seasonal - Bowie, if emotional - Placebo... Err, are these distinctions making sense?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I'd never really thought of being down on an intellectual level, before, but I think I get what you mean, and I agree that Vivaldi would be very good for that.

[ratzeo.livejournal.com]

Guy Clark, duh.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Of course!