What is the music that soothes your soul?

[progmom]

For me, these records are the musical equivalent of deep breathing exercises....

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Acoustic indie-folk type stuff.

Bright Eyes' "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"


Elliott Smith's "Figure 8"


Those are great to relax to.

[blondeatlast]

2. '70s soul, Cole Porter, Tower of Power, and, (I'll hear about this,

but who cares?) the Carpenters.

The ever-present tear in Karen's voice is somehow calming to me.

[cleofus1]

3. everything

pop, country, jazz, soul...new music...old music...rock and roll!

was playing cole porter earlier this morning on my guitar...right now i'm getting into some spiral staircase...




Fmaj7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Gm7
I DON’T REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT WAS…I DIDN’T NOTICE WHAT TIME IT
C7 Fmaj7 Gm7 C7 Am
WAS…….ALL I KNOW IS THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU…AND IF ALL MY
Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
DREAMS COME TRUE I’LL BE SPENDING TIME WITH YOU…EVERYDAY’S A
GM7 C7 FMAJ7
NEW DAY IN LOVE WITH YOU…WITH EACH DAY COMES A NEW WAY OF
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Gm7
LOVING YOU………EVERY TIME I KISS YOUR LIPS MY MIND STARTS TO
C7 Am Bbmaj7 Gm7
WANDER…IF ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE… I’LL BE SPENDING TIME WITH
C7 B7 Bbmaj7 A7sus4 A7 Bbmaj7 gm7
YOU…OH! I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY…BUT NOT AS MUCH
A7sus4 A7 Bbmaj7 A7sus4 A7
AS TOMORROW……….I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY…BUT
Dm7 G7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
DARLING NOT AS MUCH AS TOMORROW……TOMORROW’S DATE MEANS
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
SPRINGTIMES JUST A DAY AWAY………CUPID WE DON’T NEED YOU NOW…BE
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Gm7
ON YOUR WAY………I THANK THE LORD FOR LOVE LIKE OURS THAT GROWS
C7 Am Bbmaj7 Gm7
EVER STRONGER…AND I ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE………I KNOW YOU FEEL THE
C7 B7 Bbmaj7 A7sus4 A7
SAME WAY TOO….OH!…...I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY…
Bbmaj7 Gm A7sus4 A7 Bbmaj7
BUT NOT AS MUCH AS TOMORROW…………I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN
A7sus4 A7 Dm7 G7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
YESTERDAY…BUT DARLING NOT AS MUCH AS TOMORROW…. EVERYDAYS A
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
NEW DAY…EVERYTIME I LOVE YOU…EVERY DAYS DAY’S A NEW
Gm7 C7
WAY…EVERYTIME I LOVE YOU

[blondeatlast]

8. That tune always gives me a lift.

Just thinking about it did the trick--thanks!

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

14. I love that song.

I used to wanna cover it in my band but the "Eyyyyyyyyy love you more today than YESTERDAY!" part was way too high for me.

[Zuni]

4. Oh wow

My favorite record of all time is "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys. "Revolver" by the Beatles and "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie are other excellent albums.

As far as music goes, I usually listen to blues to cool off. Anything from Charlie Patton to T-Bone Walker to Howlin' Wolf to Magic Sam to Peter Green.

I also like Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Beethoven and Mozart

[HeeBGBz]

5. Josh Groban

His voice calms me and energizes me, go figure...

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. Agreed on Coltrane.

Also:




(The Future Sound of London, featuring vox by Elizabeth Fraser)



And several others, but I'm insufficiently caffienated at this point to have the patience to look up more images.

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. Here's a few:

(It doesn't always have to be mellow to soothe me)

[Richardo]

9. Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

plus: Alison Krauss, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall

[Telly Savalas]

10. For strictly soul soothing...

spacy jazz:





Although I'm not sure if I'm properly distinguishing between "soothing my soul" and "making me zone out really heavily".

[progmom]

12. very nice

[livetohike]

11. These do it for me

[progmom]

13. ...

[sundog]

15. Jobim & Carlos Nakai

[progmom]

16. Jobim!!

:loveya:

[sundog]

ya

it just takes me somewhere else when the world is shoving me into a cell :)

[hickman1937]

17. Motown and Mozart. Cliche, I know, but I love them. n/t

[Initech]

18. Pretty much any jazz album I own.

I'm not too into adult contempo, opera, classical, or otherwise.

[XNASA]

19. Harold Budd

Atmospheric treated piano.

[progmom]

20. Harold Budd rawks

Well...that might be the wrong word... ;)

[youspeakmylanguage]

21. Morphine, Twinemen

Morphine
Twinemen

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. So that's where your DU handle comes from!

:hi:

I miss Morphine. They were true originals.

[progmom]

25. I saw them live once - they were awesome

RIP Mark Sandman.

[youspeakmylanguage]

33. Have you heard Twinemen yet?

It is Dana (sax) and Billy (drums) from Morphine with former Face2Face singer Laurie Sargent on vocals.

The music is more mellow, but still reminiscent, of Morphine.

[youspeakmylanguage]

29. Yep!

Kabrula kaysay Brula Amal amala senda Kumahn, Brenda!

[nashville_brook]

27. ah, morphine... forgot that one!

[FuzzySlippers]

23. I didn't know you liked Bach, p-mom.

I heard Chamber Music Northwest do the Brandenburgs a couple weeks ago. It was astonishingly good.

[progmom]

24. excellent!

I always say that I love classical music, but am woefully ignorant about it.

[nashville_brook]

26. iggy pop, ike reilly, soul coughing, minutemen, stinky finger,

glenn miller (song of the volga boatmen), ac/dc, the darkness, dire straits (first album), latin jazz (any), scott pleasant (pulling up weeds, yes indeed, that's what every good garden needs)...

[WeRQ4U]

28. Ironically, heavier music makes me feel more at ease.

HUM is usually a good one for me.

On the lighter side, Ben Folds usually talks me down.

[progmom]

30. yes, when i am really down, some Mahler or Shostakovich is what I seek.

:hi:

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. You know what brings me up when I am down? Black Sabbath.

Yeah, I'm weird that way...

[WeRQ4U]

37. Can never go wrong with Sabbath.

[Zuni]

40. Black Sabbath rulz

Black Sabbath is the ALL TIME greatest metal band. The 5 albums with Ozzy haven't been topped since

:headbang:

[Ratty]

31. Scarlatti

When it's done right. Ivo Pogorelich is the best I've ever heard. Be careful though, there's a lot of BAD Scarlatti out there.

[MissMillie]

32. a few

[progmom]

38. i *love* Blue!

[dajoki]

35. annie lennox

beautiful, soothing voice:loveya:

[Divameow77]

36. Tool or

Tricky

[merh]

39. These help

http://www.angelinasings.com/mp3/rosary01avemaria.mp3

http://www.angelinasings.com/mp3/wakeup03whisper.mp3