Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: Does anyone else do this?
Do you use morbid music to cope with morbid feelings/emotions? Ive been doing it ever since I knew it existed, and I think its helped a lot, and Ive figured out a lot about life through it as well. Listening to it also furthers the extremety of your emotions, whether they be good or bad, which is usefull. I think that if you have nothing else its important to turn to your pain to find comfort, at least something is there for you. It helps you cope. People tell me it only makes things worse and to stop listening to it, and I strongly dissagree, and how can I stop liking it if I grew up loving it anyway?
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Does anyone else do this?
username88 wrote:
Do you use morbid music to cope with morbid feelings/emotions? Ive been doing it ever since I knew it existed, and I think its helped a lot, and Ive figured out a lot about life through it as well. Listening to it also furthers the extremety of your emotions, whether they be good or bad, which is usefull. I think that if you have nothing else its important to turn to your pain to find comfort, at least something is there for you. It helps you cope. People tell me it only makes things worse and to stop listening to it, and I strongly dissagree, and how can I stop liking it if I grew up loving it anyway?
For quite a few years I used to do exactly that. Played in a death metal band too. I don't do it any more since my son was born. I don't think that very morbid music is good for a young child to listen to, but I completely relate to your using it to help you cope. I did that too for a very long time.
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: I do that very often.
yes, I have done that in the past, and still do it.
Some of my favorite compositions that while playing do not bother me are:
Mahler's 5th symphony (or third symphony) - most likely, I'm extremely depressed or crying...
Dream Theater - or King Crimson, or Tool - enter at your own risk...I could be extremely pissed off.
Mozart's Requiem - probably crying...
Albinoni's Adagio in G minor - definately crying...
There are a few others, but I cannot think of them now. Please don't laugh - I know this is weird to most, but I am extremely sensitive to music and it is how I express my emotions or release them in a non-destructive way.
I wouldnt laugh man, your just like me in that way. Although Ive never heard any of those titles you mentioned, Im sure its worth checking out sometime if theyre available somewhere.
Sometimes listening to some of the songs I created myself gives this effect too, as they are quite dark and tense/sad/obscure sounding.
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject:
Strangely enough (or maybe not so strangely), I completely understand what you're saying. When I am feeling angry or upset, I like listening to hardcore industrial like Rammstein. And when I am depressed, I like listening to depressing classical music. Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio in G Minor" is pefect for that mood. Here is a YouTube video featuring this music.
(A friend of mine once called it "Music To Slit Your Wrists By".) _________________ "Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." -- Emo Philips
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject:
88,
I'm not familiar with what you term as "morbid" music but in a personal experience, there was something about Pink Floyd's The Wall that helped me survive my last year in high school. It was on the top of the charts during that time. _________________ If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
Well.. Basically anything in the "obscure" category. Most genres/subgenres consist of dark ambient, black metal (raw, symphonic, suicidal), death metal (brutal, gore, depressive), doom (funeral), and anything inbetween. Anything that reflects extreme negative/angry/depressive emotions/messages. The music in which the band creates is usually either ugly or beautiful, in its own unique way. What throws most people off is the vocals, because they are so out of this world, and unusual. To me its a perfect compliment to the music. Before spending your money its best to ask a fan if its any good though first, so keep that in mind. Sometimes some of the genres can be slightly repeditive, but I think it adds to the atmosphere because its often hypnotic. As far as certain titles to look for it wont be easy because most of the bands in those genres are "underground", which means their music is extremely hard to come by pretty much unless you luckily find it on ebay or something. Ill start you off easy though, and say Burzum. Mr. Vikernes's material usually isnt that hard to come by The song "Det Som En Gang Var" (not the album) put me in a profound trance the first time I heard it. (I also played it at work once and someone said "this music makes me want to kill myself"). The song Dunkelheit from Filosophem by him is another useful one. Hope this helps. And by the way, his album ASKE/Burzum is generic and nothing special in my opinion, he has these two ambient albums as well which are quite good though. On Dauši Baldrs for example, the last two tracks are beautifully depressive, and on Hlišskjįlf the song Der Tod Wuotans is the most depressing one Id say.
I would rather take some kind of superstimulant and LIVE for a few hours at the end of my life, going out in an explosion and a shower of sparks, then go out like that schmaltzy sunsetting music, thank you very much.
I think that Terry Jack's "Seasons in the Sun" and the Ray Stevens song that sings "All of My Trials Will Soon be Over" are for sick people.
How could I forget?
Vinterriket probably fits best in this discussion more than anything (As far as depressing music goes). Its very hard to come by though.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:
I actually like so-called depressing music all the time. I like it when I'm feeling neutral or even happy.
Most music that people consider sad is what I like. I see it more as aesthetically pleasing than depressing. I didn't find the youtube piece posted sad at all. It was just pretty music. I think I just like anything with minor keys, heavy atmosphere, or a sense of tension/dissonance. I could listen to almost any type of "sad" music and like it, whereas I'm much more picky about the "happy" stuff.
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The song "Det Som En Gang Var" (not the album) put me in a profound trance the first time I heard it. (I also played it at work once and someone said "this music makes me want to kill myself"). The song Dunkelheit from Filosophem by him is another useful one. Hope this helps. And by the way, his album ASKE/Burzum is generic and nothing special in my opinion, he has these two ambient albums as well which are quite good though. On Dauši Baldrs for example, the last two tracks are beautifully depressive, and on Hlišskjįlf the song Der Tod Wuotans is the most depressing one Id say.
