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Music for "Tough Times"

When you're feeling lousy, or maybe just had a tough day, what one LP, CD, tape, etc. do you play to make you feel better? In my case it's Cowboy Junkies CD "The Caution Horses". Margo Timmins voice is at once soft and soothing, but also haunting and immediate. This is music that I can get lost in. What music do others use on occasions like this?
garfish
bongofury
1,160 posts
 
To stay down: Son House. Old school blues at its best. To get up: Salsa (www.faniarecords.com)
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abucktwoeighty
1,079 posts
 
Allman Bros., "Melissa" from Eat a Peach Lp.
duonri
11 posts
 
If you feel lousy and you realy want to go up up... - just play:
Mozart - Symphoies no. 39 or no. 41 - Bruno Walter - Columbia symphony Orchestra
Good luck !!
detlof
1,899 posts
 
These days it is mostly Bach......and Ricky Lee Jones.
jpod
59 posts
 
When I'm down I seem to draw comfort from tragic or melancholy music. Some of the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich,and Billie Holiday fill the bill then.

When I'm already in a great mood, some of the music of Beethoven, Mozart, Saint-Saens, or Ravel can help me celebrate, as can some rock, klezmer, tango, or Latin jazz.

Someone mentioned "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers. I like this song but I always become very sad and almost tearful, for a few minutes, whenever I hear it. "I Want You Back" by the Jackson Five has the opposite effect. Whatever mood I am in, hearing this song will make me fell like I've just had a double espresso and a shot of tequila, at least for the few minutes that it's playing.
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