When you've got the Blues...

[geargrrl]

either due to PMS, "issues", just woke up that way.... what do you listen to? At as loud as you can get away with of course...
I'm lucky in that I can listen to what I want all day long in my workroom.

I tend to choose one or more of the following ( and I know some of it shows my age)

Jem - Finally Woken
Christina Aquilera - Stripped
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
Tapestry Revisited ( Carole King Tribute Album)
Return of the Grievous Angel ( Gram Parsons Tribute album)
Dixie Chicks

What's on your list?

 

[vanhoskier]

Good question!

Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine" track - a good happy-go-lucky mantra.
Dixie Chicks - they too pick me up
B-52's - silly fun
Bruce Springsteen

 

[SnowHot]

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[toughgirl]

Any Tori Amos Album.. as loud as I can make it.

 

[Kiragirl]

showing YOUR age? HAHA

I listen to:
James Taylor
George Benson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
John Denver (cheapo cassettes from thrift shop)
Blues Traveler
and...
who else knows...
The Joey Leone Trio <-- anyone?? anyone at all? Bueller?

 

[volklgirl]

Anything angry with a hard beat:
Tantric, Trapt, Cold, Hinder....

Ocassionally something a little calmer like Incubus, Collective Soul, or Matchbox 20. And Never Give Up by Common Sense and More Than Fine by Switchfoot always bring a smile to my face.

 

[tradygirl]

My go-tos are usually Incubus, The Used, and NIN when I want to just put the Ipod on one artist and immerse myself. Matisyahu and Pepper always make me happy.

 

[Mary Tee]

The Who...especially Who's Next and Tommy...must be loud! (now who's showing her age???!!!)

 

[JoySki]

I usually listen to some Snow Patrol, Regina Spektor or Youth Group (aussie band) - all of them have some great reflective music.

Alternatively, I play some classical music myself, because I get completely immersed when I'm practising one of my instruments and I forget everything else, at least temporarily. Great therapy!

 

[ski diva]

I'm almost embarrassed to admit to what cheers me up, it's all so ancient. But I'd have to say Motown (just about anything, but most particularly The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye), the Beach Boys, and early Springsteen (baby, we were born to run!!!!!).

Man, am I old!

(Oh, Great Big Sea, too. They're a little more recent!)

 

[MaineSkiLady]

The Who...especially Who's Next and Tommy...must be loud! (now who's showing her age???!!!)

Who's Next - arguably one of the best studio albums ever (of the genre/time). Hey---some stuff transcends generations. When requested what song to "go to sleep to" for ACL surgery, my son (25 at the time) requested "Teenage Wasteland."

Currently listening on radio to all remastered Beatles albums on CD, first day of release is today, can't believe how totally upbeat and fun so much of it is - I am at the sound of stuff like "Good Day Sunshine." (no wonder we all loved it, those of us who remember, way back when we were lucky enough to hear it for the very first time )

 

[astridhj]

My go to music is Nina Simone, Tom Waits and my favourite Moody Blues Album - Days of future passed.

I may not be old, but my music taste sure is...

 

[Slidergirl]

I'll go with:
Dixie Chicks
The big Springsteen hits
The Who - Who's Next. An all-time fave
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds and All Summer Long
my co-workers at PCMR this summer have also got me into:
Soundtrack from Mamma Mia
Jack Johnson
Black Eyed Peas