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.
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You forgot The Daniels Band, Gabriel, and Amy Grant (I think that was her name)..
Progressive/Industrial music..
(what people call “Techno” now is NOT Techno.. Techno is Kraftwerk!)
2 fags and a pedo.. you ARE being sarcastic, tight?
As someone who grew up in the 80’s, I enjoy a lot of 80’s music.
Not all 80’s songs are happy, though.
“Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”-Ultravox
“Last Time Forever”- Squeeze
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(oops :D)
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes--Ben Selvin & His Orchestra; vocal by Ruth Etting
Yes, ‘twas a joke. Sadly, that is what we were bombarded with in the 80’s on the radio when there were so many better bands out there.
Wally Rap--Wally George (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4TIK9K06CQ&list=PLYFgdNQaPJ1ffS7WzxRP-PvyAvoI_aE-E
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heavy metal works for me... 😁
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Heavy metal is on the playlist around my house. Are you my brother from another mother? I am in SoCal.
Modern stuff is wimpy, pansyish and horrible
That and Disco will be the soundtracks in Hell.
Thank you for the link.
A lot of the new wave stuff was silly fun.
Hell yes.
Can you imagine today’s angst muffins singing about barbecued iguana?
Disco? Disco SUCKS! (do you remember the song?)
“Froggie went a courting” was soothing. Rock is not supposed to be soothing. 60’s, 70’s, part of the 80’s, and very little thereafter is my forte. But everyone has their thing.
If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it.
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