what band/ music do you listen to....
 

when you're feeling down or depressed?

i've been really fucking depressed lately(i'm not saying this to get kind words) and i've been listening to a lot of the wipers and black flag.

i never really listened to the wipers when i have been down in the past but i find that greg sage's lyrics kind of fit my current situation. of course i put on black flag. basically the second side of damaged is how i feel right now. anyway, black flag has always got me through tough times in the past. some people turn to drugs and alcohol, but i turn to the flag.

i just started reading get in the van for the 1000000000000000 time today too.

so what do you listen to when you feel depressed?

ummm usually the same stuff i wud always listen too...

i listened to the wipers all day today though, one of my faves.

anyways, van morrisons astral weeks is a really good "im depressed and i wana drink along" kinda record

I was trying to think of what it was that I listened to all the time when I was sad, but I can't remember what it was.

I was thinking about "i" by the Magnetic Fields, but that wasn't the one I was trying to remember.

kanye west is great for making yourself feel better.
so is lil wayne.
so is battles.
so is domenico +2.

currently nothing, sometimes different music, it varies from sadness to sadness. not all sorrow is the same.

i forgot to mention rites of spring is another one that i put on. guy's lyrics are so amazing.

For me, The Wedding Present's George Best, the Circle Jerks' Group Sex and The Germs' M.I.A. have made me feel better when I've been depressed. The Cure (the pop songs on the singles compilations) and The Smiths are good as well, even though they are kind of melancholy and sad.

Merzbow while I vomit and piss on myself.

I agree. +1000internets for you.

same shit i always listen to.

if you want angry i suggest motorhead. good pissed off fun.

I haven't been depressed in about a year now so I haven't given it much thought. EVOL was a staple, though, I remember that.

i would say i listen to bands like low, galaxie 500, RHP when i'm feeling down, but i listen to them all the time.

i've been really depressed lately (hence my sad songs thread), and i've been listening to a lot of loren mazzacane connors, hisato higuchi, jozef van wissem, james blackshaw, and steffen basho-junghans.

Early Swans , Whitehouse or Blackhouse

I just remembered that I listen to My Bloody Valentine's 1988 John Peel session when I get really sad. Doesn't happen very much at all anymore. I'm pretty happy these days...oh that reminds me, try "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" by the Buzzcocks.

Beefheart and Sun City Girls, because they always makes me smile and/or laugh.

silence is always nice when im a miserable wreck, especially as you send yourself into an opiate and alcohol induced apathetic coma

Hella and Vetiver, on seperate stereos at the same time.

and Vampire Can't in the front speakers if you got surround, right? ;)

I've been really down lately and all I've been listening to was soothing stuff in the likes of Rameses III, Gareth Hardwick, James Blackshaw and Shuttle 358.

I can't listen to depressing music when down. So I would suggest some pop, or something uplifting.

I intend to go for some more softer beautiful records when I'm feel fragile, anything too grim or aggressive makes me want to nibble off my fingers.

Anthing by Bows, Cassidy but particularly Blush

J Dilla's Donuts

Murray St.

Lamb - eponomous debut

I've got a playlist that works well for depression or just music to chill out to.

Goldberg Variations: Aria - Bach (as played by God Glenn Gould)
Prelude and Fugue No 1 - Bach (Glenn Gould)
Flim - Bad Plus
Symphony No 4: Ruhevoll - Mahler
Lua - Bright Eyes
Metal Heart - Cat Power
Goodbye Porky Hat - Charles Mingus
Self-Portrait in Three Colours - Charles Mingus
Cotton Crown - Charlotte Greig
A bunch of Debussy piano stuff (some Children's Corner Suite, a few preludes, Claire de Lune, couple of Images)
Sonata No 29 "Hammerklavier": Slow movement - Beethoven
Sonata No 30: Vivace - Beethoven
Sonata No 32: Arietta - Beethoven
Largo from Symphony No 9 "New World" - Dvorak
String Quartet No 1: Moderato - Shostakovich
Keine Schoneheit Onhe Gefahr - Einsturzende Neubauten
Trois Gynopodies - Erik Satie
Trois Gnossiennes - Erik Satie
Two pieces I composed as well as a collaboration between a friend and I
Various takes of John Coltrane's Naima
Keith Jarrett - Heartland
All of Jarrett's Melody at Night, With You
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Blue in Green - Miles Davis
History Lesson Part II - Minutemen
Two or three tracks from The Assassination of Jesse James soundtrack (composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis)
Peace - Ornette Coleman
Philip Glass - Metamorphasis No 2 and Mad Rush
Wagner - Prelude to Das Rheingold
Sigur Ros - Untitled No 3
Smog - Red Apples
Sonic Youth - Superstar
Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt
Sonic Youth - I Love you Golden Blue
Sonic Youth - Hoarfrost
Sonic Youth - Snare, Girl
Sections from the Amelie soundtrack
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
Tortoise - Dear Grandma and Grampa
Pavement - Killing Moon

I listened to Dinosaur Jr. today (Where You Been), and it was great for feeling down.