Posted on 11/05/2014 10:53:58 AM PST by C19fan
Turn up those tearjerkers and dig out your Radiohead albums, because scientists claim that melancholy music can actually lift your spirits. A new study has revealed that listening to sad songs can improve a person’s emotional wellbeing as well as make us feel at peace and nostalgic. It found that most people experience more than three emotions when listening to sad songs, which provoke a more complex reaction than happy pop songs.
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There used to be a saying in the record business: “Happy songs sell records. Sad songs sell beer.”
Well, then the Dems must be beaming today:)
This thread is useless post election without DU Dummies.
Wasn’t there an Elton John song that basically said the same thing?
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“When every little bit of hope is gone, sad songs say so much.”
That song is a bit too peppy and upbeat though to be “sad”... Especially when the “ooo la la la la” background vocals kick in toward the end!
True, still I like the song....I don’t agree with Elton’s lifestyle but the guy has made a lot of damn fine music.
“And when my mind is free,
no melody can move me.
But when I’m feeling blue,
guitars come on through to soothe me...”
Dobie Gray - Drift Away
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond?
Yeah.
Also, how about
Sound of Silence,
Simon and Garfunkel
Boy did you nail that one. When I’m down I put on uplifting gospel music as my personal preference.
But there are some great upbeat songs from the past that would work.
These are 2 instrumentals:
Wheels, JOE LOSS, it makes you feel good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpZZ0rrReE
Alley Cat by Bent Fabric (cute vid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx-inoYmN2Q
“I guess that’s why they call it the blues”
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Agreed on all counts!
Ozzy’s “Suicide Solution” puts a hop in your step.
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain
And ironing out the rough spots
Is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio
`Cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know
Turn them on, turn them on
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone
Why don't you tune in and turn them on
They reach into your room
Just feel their gentle touch
When all hope is gone
Sad songs say so much
Anything by Leonard Cohen. My mother-in-law said of him, “music to slit your wrists by”. :P
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