Music

janetlee · June 10, 2006, 3:54pm

Do you have any songs or types of music you like to play when you're feeling down? I recall that when I was in the throes of my deepest depression and GAD, I'd listen to a classical music tape I'd made over and over again...one of the songs was Warsaw Concerto. It seemed to match my mood and I always hated when the piece would end. Moonlight Sonata was beautiful and seemed to be sadly, yet gently, caressing my soul. Now, when I get a little down, I like to listen to Woyaya by Art Garfunkel. It's on his Angel Clare cd. It's lovely!!! And there are children singing with him. Most of the song goes like this: "We are going, heaven knows where we are going, we'll know we're there. It will be hard we know...and the road will be muddy and rough, but we'll will get there, heaven knows when we will get there. We know we will." Art's beautiful voice, along with the innocence of the children raisng their voice in song, brings in a feeling of fresh hope and then the background music is lilting, yet spirited...oh, if you can get a chance, you should listen to it! His other songs are great too! On this site, you can listen to samples of songs. If you do listen, also try out "Mary Was An Only Child". It's about a sweet girl that is poor, lonely, and neglected. The last verse says, "And if you watch the stars at night and you find them shining equally bright, you might've seen Jesus and not have known what you saw, but you'd notice a gem in a five and dime store."

brownleaf · June 10, 2006, 11:56pm

Hi Janet,
I couldnt resist replying to this one,
I have music for all moods, Something from the 70s like the carpenters/ Jim Croce/Dylan for when im reflective, Classical for Sunday Morns for my 1-2 hours of just do anything and let myself flow with the story of the music "allows the imagination to create its own story, fly with the violins and fall to earth with the bass" Usually the soppy stuff for when im feeling a bit Blah, and when i get sick of that, something loud, if im angry then i'll get Linken Park out,

I think Music reflects whats in our hearts and souls, but it also reflects the state of our world, and sadly i find much of the music about now is Bass generated, and is so earth bound that we no longer fly with music, well the creative process isn't there anymore, if i can write a dance track in 5 minutes on my computer, i wonder what is creative about that,
Still the greatest music is Nature, the rustle of the wind through the trees, a bird singing in the morning, the sound of a stream,

scarletangel · June 11, 2006, 2:07am

I have a good reply for this one, as I find the words "Everything will be alright" very comforting. Mary Magdalene's song in Jesus Christ Superstar, "Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you... Everything's alright, yes everything's fine..." and The Killers song Everything will be alright: "Everything will be alright, everything will be alright, everything will be alright." Dave Matthews Band is great "chill" music, and really helps me, allowing me to close my eyes and recenter. The key is finding something that speaks to me, music that I feel in my soul.