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Relax! Eighties pop is the best genre for reducing anxiety - but techno can make you MORE worried, study reveals
Daily Mail ^ | 15 February 2021 | Jonathan Chadwick

Posted on 02/15/2021 9:51:25 AM PST by nickcarraway

Eighties pop is the best musical genre for reducing blood pressure, due to its 'positive nostalgia', researchers have found.

Turkish researchers hooked up 1,540 volunteers aged between 18 and 65 to blood pressure and heart rate monitors and played them a variety of music on Spotify.

Music from the hit TV series It's a Sin, which is heavy with tunes from the likes of Eighties legends Wham!, Pet Shop Boys and Duran Duran, were more effective at reducing blood pressure – an indicator of low anxiety – than 10 other genres.

Other genres effective at decreasing blood pressure were Noughties pop, like Kylie Minogue and Rihanna, and heavy metal, like Black Sabbath.

Meanwhile, techno, dubstep and Seventies rock anthems were found to be the most likely to raise blood pressure – an indicator of anxiety.

The research was conducted by Vera Clinic, a Turkish hair transplant company, which wanted to look into the connection between music, stress and hair loss.

'The results may seem surprising on first inspection but medically they make a lot of sense,' said Vera Clinic doctor Ömer Avlanmış told Metal Sucks.

'1980s pop hits could have positive nostalgia attached to them for many people, and their upbeat, party-like sounds can induce the release of endorphins and serotonin in the brain, both increasing feelings of happiness and calm.

Angry music like metal, meanwhile, can help listeners 'process their feelings and as a result lead to greater well-being', Avlanmış said.

For the experiments, Vera Clinic tasked the participants to complete non-verbal reasoning tests, which were specifically designed to produce low levels of stress.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment; Science
KEYWORDS: bloodpressure; music; songs; stress
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To: mylife

You do realize that’s not Debbie Harry?


21 posted on 02/15/2021 10:07:24 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Music was not as good - but does bring back peaceful memories of a freer time - no thought control or twitter mobs.....


22 posted on 02/15/2021 10:07:48 AM PST by week 71
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To: democratsaremyenemy

You missed one of the funnest times in music history.


23 posted on 02/15/2021 10:08:32 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty sure it is.


24 posted on 02/15/2021 10:09:26 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“80s music is perfectly fine if you came of age in the 80s. Me? I came of age in the 70s. So there is no better era of music than the 1970s.

It all depends on when you were born and when you grow up.”

Definitely true. I grew up in the 60s, but I like both 60s and 80s music. mrs riverdawg grew up in the 80s. Neither of us cares much for post-1973 70s music, although I must admit (only to my FRiends) that I have a weakness for some disco music!


25 posted on 02/15/2021 10:09:57 AM PST by riverdawg (Wells Fargo is my bank and I have no complaints.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Me too, graduated from high school in 1971, love the late 60’s, early 70s’ music. Yesterday listened and watched 2 concerts by Yes, one the 35th anniversary and one recent in the Apollo theater. Excellent, relaxing and inspirational music, psychedelic LSD music. Saw them in concert in the late 70’s.


26 posted on 02/15/2021 10:10:31 AM PST by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: montag813
There's a time for uptempo music but also times when you just want to chill out. During the 1980s, Sunday mornings were my time to just chill out. I would cover my living room floor with the Sunday papers, brew up some coffee and put songs like this on the stereo:

"Eye In The Sky" by Alan Parsons Project
"Africa" by Toto
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner
"One More Night" by Phil Collins
"Drive" by The Cars
"Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac
"I.G.Y" by Donald Fagen
"Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
"Romeo And Juliet" by Dire Straits
"Waiting On A Friend" by Rolling Stones

I miss those innocent days. When you could actually sit down and read a newspaper without the constant barrage we get today with the 24/7 news cycle. I shut that off a few years back and I'll probably added a good 10 years to my life!

The 1980s has scores of low-tempo "chill-out" tunes like the above but you could actually cull them from any decade.

27 posted on 02/15/2021 10:14:06 AM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: SamAdams76

I’d add “Welcome to the Boomtown” by David & David


28 posted on 02/15/2021 10:19:50 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: nickcarraway

I can like some 80’s pop, but please NO Duran Duran. Something about their melody lines always seemed extremely forced and ungood.

And after about 1986 I largely dropped out of the popular music scene - which corresponded with more and more Rap on the MTV.

Give me anything from the 50s-80s as long as it’s somewhat melodic or has some redeeming musical value. No disco and very little heavy metal though. The years 1963-1972 are pretty much the sweet spot though. That said, I do love me some classic doo-wop harmonies!

(was born in mid 50’s so a clue to my age)


29 posted on 02/15/2021 10:22:37 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food. )
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To: HombreSecreto
I’d add “Welcome to the Boomtown” by David & David

Thank you, great song. And I'll add "Life In A Northern Town" by the Dream Academy.

All these 1980s music-haters, they must be basing their opinions on Madonna and Michael Jackson.

The 1980s were much more than just Madonna and Michael Jackson.

30 posted on 02/15/2021 10:24:15 AM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: nickcarraway
The best music for reducing anxiety is 1980's rock and roll about the Lord, reminding you that He's in charge and you're on the winning side if you're with Him.


Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart


Petra


David and the Giants


Bloodgood


Jerusalem


Rez Band


White Heart


Barren Cross


Whitecross

31 posted on 02/15/2021 10:25:43 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: nickcarraway

Hey, the Pot Shop Boys! Far out, man!


32 posted on 02/15/2021 10:26:37 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die!)
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To: John Milner
Duran Duran did have a few good songs (I do find many of their hits annoying however).

Here are a couple of worthy ones.

Save A Prayer"

The Chauffeur

33 posted on 02/15/2021 10:29:07 AM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: nickcarraway

Not for me.I was busy raising children in the 80’s. Too busy to listen to music!


34 posted on 02/15/2021 10:29:38 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: Tell It Right

A few months ago I downloaded a ton of Petra.

Their music holds up well. Some of their songs are less a song and more a three minute sermon.


35 posted on 02/15/2021 10:31:05 AM PST by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: SamAdams76

Great list!


36 posted on 02/15/2021 10:44:08 AM PST by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: nickcarraway

Don’t Worry, Be Happy!


37 posted on 02/15/2021 10:46:31 AM PST by Kazan
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To: democratsaremyenemy
If 80s music is the worse thing on the airwaves, then things are OK. :-)

I was in high school and college for most of the 80s ... so that era accounts for about 40% of my iTunes rotation.

38 posted on 02/15/2021 10:49:19 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: nickcarraway

I’m not telling my age, but give me Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. Nothing like the words and music in “All or Nothing at All”!

Now -— I’m going to have that piece in my head the rest of the day, but it is fine with me!


39 posted on 02/15/2021 10:51:59 AM PST by Exit148
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To: SamAdams76

I don’t know how innocent things were in the ‘80s — AIDs was spreading like wildfire and drug usage was rampant. But, it was a time of prosperity and most still loved their country and despised communism and we weren’t being plagued by cancel culture.


40 posted on 02/15/2021 10:53:30 AM PST by Kazan
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