Okay. This is where you can tell everyone what song has inspired you, or lifted your spirits on a gloomy day.

Music is very powerful, it can change your ideas, mold your personality, or bring you into a whole different mood. If you put on dark music in a minor scale with lots of flat notes, you might be put into a gloomy mood, whereas music with a lot of up beats and higher notes, with a faster, more lively rhythm, might put you into an upbeat mood.

So what sort of songs make you feel a certain way? Let's hear it!

Ever read a book by John Ortiz called The Tao of Music? I think you'd really enjoy it. Actually, if you're down, contrary to what you'd exepct listening to a gloomy song can help you find a catharsis and lift your mood.

I think 'Lucky' by Radiohead makes me feel very thoughtful.

eye opener

eye opener the happy hardcore song? I used to love that song...back in my hardcore days ;o)

uplifters:
apoptgyma berzerk - untill the end of the world
boards of canada - tourquise hexagon sun
a perfect circle - blue
katatonia - omerta
down - stone a crow
opeth - a fair judgement

mellicollie:
the cure - hundred years
opeth - harvest
tool - pushit

pissed off:
machine head - davidian
opeth - bleak
morbid angel - anything
emperor - anything

thats all I can think off right now...I'll get back to you and edit my post

The Tao of Music, eh? Hm. I've never even heard of it, so thank you.

Yes, sometimes when someone's feeling down, it's good to listen to a song that's also gloomy, it's another way of validating your emotions.

Uplifting Songs:

Switchfoot~ Meant to Live
Smile Empty Soul~ With This Knife
Smile Empty Soul~ For You

Calming Songs:

Smile Empty Soul~ All My Problems
Linkin Park~ various songs
Voltaire~ Goodnight, Demon Slayer

Gloomy Mood Songs

Korn~ Hollow Life
Shivers~ Lonely Place
Shivers~ Was I Even There?
Michelle Branch~ Goodbye to You
Pink Floyd~ Goodbye Cruel World
The Beatles~ Eleanour Rigby

Yup. That's it for now... Yeah...

Poison- unskinney bop allways makes me smile for some reason

Just the title of that song makes me smile.

Gee. I don't know a lot of groups. All of these names *points to collapsedperception's listing* i had no clue even existed.

alright this may make me seem a little wierd but then again thats alright cause i am wierd,

But what uplifts my mood is the "Happy Days Theme song" if no one has ever heard it you dont know what your missing out on
and i cant say the other song....cause hahah thats just embarassing

When I'm in my room sometimes I get really depressed cause I'm just alone there decorating my wall or writing and Perry ( aka Mephistophicles) sent me this song that I got burned onto a CD: Gob - Paint it Black: and it makes me feel like me. I just feel so wickedly happy in a weird sorta way. Kinda a song that you could say would play if you ripped me open and saw my soul. I love it.

Gob what.........Paint it black its originaly by the Rolling Stones *likes the original better*

yeah thats the one... its just sooo full of love, it makes me happy lol

Uplifting Songs: Nirvana-Drain you
Vaselines-Molly's lips

Calming Songs:Type O Negative-Love you to death
Anything AFI

Gloomy Songs:Smile Empty Soul- Every Sunday
Nirvana-Polly

I know a hell of a lot of bands...all of them are quite main stream atchally!

I love you for mentioning them....I am lisnin' to them now so to speak.

omg omg I have a fan! sorry man I dont swing that way.....but I'm flattered :rolleyes:

Gloomy/thoughtful (i think both are strongly connected):

The Lamb of God-Manson
Rocketman-Elton John (dont laugh just try it)
Suicide and other Comforts-Cradle of Filth
Pictures of You-The Cure

i could go on but its pointless.
Btw can anyone recommend the best Radiohead album?

Today - Smashing Pumpkins always brightens up my day, as does Plug In Baby by Muse.