What style of music do you listen to when you're stressed to the MAX?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Poll question: What style of music do you listen to when you're stressed to the MAX?

For me, in the last week, it's been Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" and Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil." I can't listen to any of my regular stuff. I pop most of my favorites into the car deck and within 30 seconds I'm yanking them out. So far, the mid-60s Miles sidemen are what the doctor ordered.

[tigereye]

1. Kind of Blue...

[Sky Masterson]

2. Very old music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlJV03Vi-Q
Cheek to Cheek - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers 1935

[trof]

6. Now THAT is MUSIC!

Signed:
The Geezer
;-)

[BeachBaby]

3. If I'm distressed, it's Joan Baez and Carole King.

If I'm pissed off, it's Metallica, volume 11. My black friends refer to it as my "angry white girl music". :)

[travelingtypist]

16. My mom calls it my death-die-kill music.

...or my anger management music. Enter Sandman at 20 does it for me.
Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ministry...

[geomon666]

4. Tool or any other Maynard James Keenan material.

But mainly Tool.

[libodem]

5. I clicked 'songwriter stuff'

cuz I think I would listen to, COUNTING CROWS, for solace. They have meaningful words. Very, very, meaningful.

[trof]

7. When I'm really stressed I fix a Scotch and water...

...sit back and light up.
http://img.wallpaperstock.net:81/wallpapers/thumbs1/11506.jpg
AAHHHHHHHH...
What stress?
:-)

[Bennyboy]

8. Psychedelic jamband style...

Some SCI usuallly. Fire up a fatty and just drift off.....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. Silence, then slowly move to classical...very slowly...then up from

there.

[Initech]

10. For me I listen to really pissed off music. Rage Against The Machine always works.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. Sometimes that works for me...

...my "go to" song is "New York" by the Sex Pistols. It's really pissed off AND snotty, so there's an extra layer.

:toast:

[Ivan Sputnik]

11. "Music for Airports"

by Brian Eno. Either that, or something that has a lot of screaming in it.

[kentauros]

25. For the screaming, I'd suggest Einsturzende Neubauten

Any of the early stuff :D

[Richard Steele]

12. Other: I listen to songs in languages that I don't understand and odd "cover" versions.

I believe it stimulates my subconscious mind, and distracts my brain
from whatever it's worrying about.

I have a mix CD I made just for that purpose.
It starts with Puffy Ami Yumi's "Teen Titans" theme song
in the original japanese, goes to Johnny Cash doing "Personal Jesus",
and continues on that fashion.

[MajorChode]

13. New age is good background music

I also like Big Band.

Very relaxing stuff.

[kentauros]

20. Yes, definitely New Age

Such as Jonathan Goldman, Steven Halpern, Mars Lasar, David Hykes, Deauter, Mike Oldfield (specifically, Songs of Distant Earth)

I like Big Band if I'm feeling energetic and need something to help motivate me to clean the kitchen and such :P Although Bellydance Music is also great for that ;)

:D

[CatholicEdHead]

14. 80s and 90s rock, Metallica, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Warrant, Scorpions, GnR

[eShirl]

15. NERDCORE loud loud loud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw&feature=PlayList&p=F29CA16155190D0F&playnext=1&index=13

[abq e streeter]

17. The Clash, especially Give Em Enough Rope

channels the negativity of the stress into feeling positive and focused.

[LeftyMom]

18. Depends- driving in traffic, generally pissed off, homework, political shit, interpersonal shit?

I have many shades of stress, and they all require a different sort of screaming and profanity laden music to cope.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

27. Everything except homework for me, because I have my B.A....

...but you're right, it's shades and tones and some days it's just white light, white heat...

...that's right. Some days, the only thing that will DO is LOU (can't believe I left him out of the poll. Oh well).

:rofl:

[hobbit709]

19. Either old blues or in your face psychedelic rock.

[seemunkee]

21. Ambient

Something like Boards of Canada or Global Communication

[ZombieNixon]

23. I picked Slayer.

I listen to that when I'm stressed. Of course, I listen to that anyway, even when I'm feeling great, but my tastes tend to run a little more toward 90s death metal.

[City of Mills]

26. Same here

It's killer workout music too! Slayer, Death, Dark Angel, anything heavy and furious will do.

[ZombieNixon]

28. Very true.

I need to go back to gym and freak people out by singing Carcass on the weight machine. :P

[SKKY]

24. Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, RATM, stuff like that...

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