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03-11-01
Interesting question, garfish. i can think of several recor ... Cornfedboy
03-11-01
Other feel-good hits are: me first and the gimme gimmes, &qu ... Toddsims
03-11-01
Joy division Ohlala
03-11-01
Polka! polka! polka! Kkirkpa@
03-11-01
Jennifer warnes "the hunter" Tireguy
03-11-01
Depends on my mood, and what is stressing me. the ones tha ... Albertporter
03-12-01
Well now craig, this is something i'm a true expert at. when ... Jadem6
03-12-01
Hmmm... dvorzak's new world symphony, handel's water music, ... Njonker
03-12-01
Jadem6: wow, talk about a heavy heart. how can anybody else ... Cornfedboy
03-12-01
Joy division, particularly unknown pleasures. when i'm in a ... Djjd
03-12-01
I decided to chime in because i saw a few of my favorites li ... Troyhyde
03-12-01
Some very moving posts up there, for me, a newcomer, many of ... Detlof
03-12-01
Oh and i forgot, bach's "magnificat": it is so ful ... Detlof
03-12-01
Dwight yoakum's "hillbilly deluxe" is always a goo ... Costrosk
03-12-01
I don't know if this falls under the "hair of the dog&q ... Trelja
03-12-01
Just about anything by mozart does the trick for me; special ... Frogman
03-12-01
Diana krall "all for you" and holly cole "don ... Sdzink
03-12-01
End of relationship - billie holiday "lady in satin&quo ... Prfont
03-12-01
I can see i'll be looking for some new music as a result of ... Garfish
03-12-01
Cowboy junkies for pain. cowboy junkies for anger. cowboy ... Dekay
03-12-01
Sorry if mine got a bit too down, but i hope most of you wil ... Jadem6
03-12-01
I didn't start this thread, but thanks for the great respons ... Blbloom
03-12-01
The album i return to, time after time, for a lift is miles ... Sdcampbell
03-12-01
When i'm feeling very blue (with a touch of being p.o.'d) i ... Treyhoss
03-12-01
"days of the new 2" for mellowing out, "queen ... Timwar
03-13-01
Even when times are at there toughest, one can not escape th ... Kriskosiba
03-13-01
Thank-you for your thoughts cornfed and blbloom. i looked up ... Jadem6
03-13-01
Billy holiday- "billy's blues" Sutts
03-13-01
Excellent post with some excellent responses and recommendat ... Danvetc
03-14-01
Good post craig. treyhoss and danvetc especially "to ou ... Tubegroover
04-08-01
1)to make me feel better: louis armstrong wonderful world or ... Issabre
04-08-01
I go for abbey road. vinyl of course. takes me back to some ... Jsbail
04-08-01
"whipping post" by the allman brothers band. titl ... Vegasears
04-15-01
Spike jones Katharina
04-16-01
Forgive me for responding before kat; but i would like to se ... Frogman
04-16-01
The stone coyotes, 50-something couple who've been in the bu ... Paulwp
04-16-01
Kat and frogman, my response was more to make sure, not to q ... Detlof
04-16-01
Oh, i forgot...and sometimes its frank zappa at his bawdiest ... Detlof
04-16-01
On the rare occassion it seems appropriate to feel sorry for ... Fpeel
10-24-01
Almost any king crimson album will pull me out of lousiness ... Marakanetz
10-27-01: Pbb
Ah yes, the dreaded last man on earth feeling... I pondered this one for a while. I was wondering whether, in fact, I did listen to music for such therapeutic use. I am still not sure if, in fact, I have specific doldrums music, but here goes:
When feeling low, I often go out to the record shops. The one obvious thing is that it gets you out of the house, but the other effect of this, in mulling it over, is that it satisfies, somewhat, the atavistic hunter instinct we seem to all have to a lesser or greater degree. The main thing though, is that being curious, it makes me look ahead to a new experience, instead of back with a penchant to wallowing in the tried and true. The joy of discovery, I guess. Nostalgia is not what it used to be. I guess the question is more in keeping with the notion of comfort food, so here goes insofar as records already on my shelf: for some reason the blues (often sad but not always, as most aficionados know) seems to take me out of that sad state of mind. Maybe it's the "hair of the dog" theory, who knows. I can't really believe that light, comic, silly music, like Spike Jones, would do the trick for me as well as Little Walter ("The Essential Little Walter"), Robert Nighthawk ("Live on Maxwell Street", "Bricks in my Pillow")or Junior Wells ("Hoodoo Man Blues"). Although far from the blues, but still on the blue side of life, "Streets of London" written by Ralph Mc Tell, whether performed by him or by Cleo Laine, have a similar effect. Jacques Brel can have the same beneficial effect, as does Irish music such as The Dubliner's "A Parcel of Rogues" EUCD 1061 ARC Music Productions or The Chieftans, especially the albums recorded live, the crowd often helps in sending that lonely feelinf packing. In closing, so that everything is not pathos, let me add Montserrat Caballé's "Music of Spain, Zarzuela Arias" which I never found on CD, or Victoria De Los Angeles "Zarzuela Arias" on EMI, Angel Studio on CD. So called "Do-Wop", in the light and lively genre, is one picker-upper also, how can the fun of these guys singing "Speedo", "Duke of Earl" or "Yakety Yak" not make you feel like there still is some good times to be had.
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12-26-01
Joy division, for sure. especially 'closer' Lazarus28
01-15-02
I'm glad to see that this thread is still picking up a few c ... Garfish
01-19-02
I find that one of the many times my system and music collec ... Bullwinkle
01-25-02
End of relation: either 'broken hearts are for assholes' by ... mvzzot@
02-08-02
Daniel lanois and patricia barber have helped me too also ma ... Sbindeman
02-08-02
This thread reminds me of one of the fundamental axioms of t ... Judit
03-09-02
The chimpmonks! that will cheer you up! Chichiuno
03-11-02
The call "let the day begin". up elevator beethove ... Mes
03-17-02
Supersession, with mike bloomfield, al kooper, and stephen s ... Consttraveler
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