26 August 2012
I was reading a post about therapeutic music by @NickyX, and it really got me thinking about music and it's influences on our mood. Happy songs make us feel happy, but sad songs don't have the predicted effect in my mind. When I listen to a sad song, or one with a nostalgic or melancholic tone, I feel totally neutral. It's a strange emotion, and one I only encounter with music, but the song almost makes me forget about every negative aspect of my life, and it makes me feel completely numb to it. I wouldn't go as far to say that it makes me happy, no. It makes me neutral. And when you're teetering on the verge of depression, feeling neutral is ten times better. So here is a list of songs. Some of which you will know, some of which you wont. But I assure you that I know every single one inside out, as these songs have been my rock over the past year, during all the depressed feelings, all the tears, all the mourning. I hope they can bring a little spark of neutralness to your mood if you're feeling a bit down: •Alone or with friends - Tribes •Angels - The xx •Avenue - Agnes Obel •Awake My Soul - Mumford & Sons •Be Still - The Fray •Box of Stones - Benjamin Francis Leftwich •Cheerleader - St. Vincent •Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine •Crack the Shutters - Snow Patrol •Fell In Love Without You (Acoustic) - Motion City Soundtrack •The Funeral - Serena Ryder •Go Your Own Way - Lissie •Graveyard - Feist •Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (when I had a lesson shortly after his death, the girl I was sat next to handed me one of her headphones and played this song to me. I'll thank her forever for that) •Home - Foxes •I Can Feel a Hot One - Manchester Orchestra •I See You - MIKA (one of our best friend's favourite songs, which she sang at the funeral) •The Ice is Getting Thinner - Death Cab for Cutie •In Your Nature (David Lynch Remix) - Zola Jesus (absolutely incredible song) •Katie Cruel - Agnes Obel (first listened to it because it had my name in the title!) •Last Request - Paolo Nutini •Laura - Bat for Lashes •Lullaby - Sia (also featured on a scene in 90210 when a character dies of cancer. One of the first songs I listened to after he died) •New York - Snow Patrol (also the song I listen to when I'm missing home (New York)) •Nothing - The Script (because some days I feel like I have literally nothing) •Nothing else matters - Lissie •Pictures - Benjamin Francis Leftwich •Poison & Wine - Civil Wars •Pyro - Kings of Leon •Run - Amy Macdonald •Run - Snow Patrol •Runaway - Yeah Yeah Yeahs •Signs - Bloc Party (my favourite song, his favourite song, played at his funeral.. Prepare for a memory dedicated to this) •Slow - Grouplove •Sound Of Silence - Kina Grannis •Too Late - M83 •Wait - M83 •Where is the love? - Black Eyes Peas (not necessarily sad, but everything I link it to makes me sad) •White Blank Page - Mumford and Sons •Wonderwall - Oasis (I'll save the description for my next memory) •Youth - Foxes •20 Years - Civil Wars
Please share any songs you have that have the same effect on you, I'm going to need a bucket full soon!
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