Music

Music is king. I have a wide array of what moves me, personally. I also make fairly regular podcast-style mixes that I share here. These may or may not be of your preference but feel free to download from here. :)

If any tune that hits home with me today, it's this suite (sorry for the ad):

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Hhmmm... That's a toughie because a lot of different songs make me happy for a lot of different reasons. Most of them are connected to one memory or another but I'll go ahead and say "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child is my feel good song. Primarily because I feel that song was written about me ;) and for years my nickname was "Jelly" because my backside was flatteringly disproportionate to the rest of me and I always knew how to move it. When I hear it I just have to dance and I love doing cardio to it.

If I'm really in the mood to punish myself I listen to "Cry" by Faith Hill because it speaks to how callously my best friend (and admittedly first love) ended things between us when he found out I was gay. If I'm in the mood to be angry about it or something else I listen to "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox with its slightly dissonant piano notes and eloquently worded lyrics.

Oh dear god, this is a topic I could opine about for pages upon pages. So, instead of boring the shit out of everyone, here are some specific songs that carry specific, lifelong meanings for me.

"Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac, specifically the reunion tour version. This song was my Year 1 theme after coming out when I was 19. Despite how much I hate the show, I was pleasantly surprised to hear it got busted out as Santana's coming out song on Glee. (BTW, Jacien, I love how 'Bootylicious' uses Stevie Nicks' guitar riff from 'Edge of Seventeen'!)

"Battle with the Four Fiends" from Final Fantasy IV is my 'get amped up for a work out/fucking shit up' anthem. It's kind of ridiculous how that song can get me so psyched up after 20 years.

"Know Your Enemy" from Green Day will forever remind me of when I was the most angry and pissed off I've ever been. I had this on repeat after Prop 8 passed in California and it's my song for when I'm done with the idiots of the world.

On a slightly related note, I ended up singing "Will the Circle be Unbroken" from Bioshock Infinite last night in my room, spurred on by the Boston Marathon bombings. There's a sweet melancholy to that song, especially in its reworked version.

My tastes jump all over the place but Placebo is my favorite band. Whatever mood I may be in - Placebo is what I turn to. Here's a couple songs I like.

1. Twenty Years 2. Without you I'm nothing (Ft. David Bowie) 3. Pure Morning

Cher, can NOT forget her."Strong Enough" was one of my favorite songs at the club in the late 90's. ;)

P!ink - Glitter in the Air. Puts a smile on my face and her performance of the song at the 2010 Grammy's....Freaking Amazing.

There's 2 songs I listen too once in awhile. Sad, but it's how I feel.
Johnny Cash - Hurt
The Living - Stephen Merchant (by Natalie Merchant)

Fave bands... 311, Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons, Our Lady Peace, Rise Against, My Darkest Days, 30 Seconds to Mars... mostly rotate between Octane, Alt Nation, XM-U, and Lithium on XM.

I also like Techno/Trance/Dance music (BPM, Electric Area on XM).

Love me some R&B (Mary J and Aaliyah are faves).

I listen to Daft Punk's TRON Soundtrack a lot while working. LOTR Music is nice too... go Howard Shore!

I guess the only music I don't listen to is Country.

I love music. If it was a person, I'd hug it, take it on a date, and go crazy with it. ;)

My tastes in music varies, based on my mood I guess...
Or anything that has guitar or drums in it :D

Some favorite stuff I love listening to:
- John Butler Trio
- Lifehouse
- Hans Zimmer
- Godsmack
- Linkin Park
- Gaelic Storm
- AC/DC
- Guns 'n Roses
- Three Dog Night
- Styx
- Foreigner
- Kiss
- Billy Joel
- George Harrison
- Van Halen
- Iron Maiden
- Parijat
- IZ
- Black Sabbath
- Immediate Music
- Queen
- Metallica
- STOMP
- Bon Jovi
- The Offspring
- Psychostick
- System of a Down/ Serj Tankian
- Bear McCreary
- John Williams
- Brian Tyler
- Enya
- Rammstein
- Two Steps From Hell
- World music: Bollywood, Celtic, German, Spamish guitar acoustics, African, Filipino, Polka

Oh, there is so, so much music, I don't know where to begin. I do kind of think that Ronald Jenkees makes the happiest music I've ever heard. I mean, it often makes me cry tears of joy. Maybe I'm the only one that he does that to, but what have you.

Slightly stereotypical music maybe but screw it.

A few years ago when my grandad died i was a very sad panda to put it mildly. I randomly found a CD as my dad's house and it was anastacias' self titled album Anastasia. My dads wife had bought it and i had heard she was a good singer so i put it in my computer and had a listen.
I absolutely loved it it somehow captured my mood and made me feel better for it. It is difficult to separate out a single song because i just listened to them all on repeat over and over. They really helped lift my mood when i was at one of my lowest points. With the themes of it is tough now but dont worry it will be alright being the main gist helped carry me through it all and out the other side.

I was playing neverwinter nights the original at the time and forever now that album and game are joined for me as i was listening to it during the entire game and its expansion so i have absolutely no idea what that music attached to that game is actually like :P

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Hey there,

See this is more about how music makes you feel its more about that one track that makes you smile then a list of music you just listen to ;)

That one track that makes you stop and think back, makes you sit there and think, puts a smile on your face or makes you feel that little bit down.

But, but, they all make me smile :D *hugs*

Although I have a rather limited taste in music, my taste is of a wide variety.

I was born and raised on classical, and I must say that the concerto that makes me smiles the most would be The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. If I ever need to relax and forget about the world for a little bit, I grab my vinyl copy of The Four Seasons, pop it in the record player, and sit down with a snifter of fine cognac. I also enjoy suites by Brahms and Mahler (in particular I love the various dances that Brahms composed).

When it comes to songs that make me sad, I don't like those; therefore, I do not listen to music that makes me sad.

More music that makes me happy though is anything from the soundtrack to The Phantom of the Opera (musical not the movie) and even more so if it is the French version.

In addition, I enjoy hardcore techno, trance, dubstep, drumstep, chilstep, and anything by Basshunter.

Love music, D.J, turn it up!

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