Music Music that got you through hard times?

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    I'm curious, as I have favourite bands who really helped me with their music, even if it is cringe, the main one is Slipknot.

    What about you?
     
    When I was ill for months with Mononucleosis, I played a certain song on repeat: The Whitest Boy Alive - Don't Give Up

    When my love life once upon a time was chaotic, a song really got me through it: Florence+The Machine - Shake it Out
     
    sometimes when i need to destress, i just drop everything and listen to The Strokes - Is This it full album on repeat. something about those 2001 garage rock classics that really soothe me.
     
    Oh yeah, also, a song that made me pull through when things were rough, on account of it basically just sounding so hopeful and epic:

    Mew - Comforting Sounds
     
    Asian Pop music gets me through hard times. Also Opeth in contrast. Especially songs from Blackwater Park and Watershed.
     
    Sandalphon said:
    I'm curious, as I have favourite bands who really helped me with their music, even if it is cringe, the main one is Slipknot.

    What about you?
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    I am a worm before I am a man, was a creature before I could stand, i will remember before I FORGET

    :)
     
    Korn - Greatest Hits, Vol.1 was almost like a religion to me at one time.
    Seether- Driven Under, Rise above
    TOOL- Vicarious, Schism, Forty Six & 2
    Everything Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko - Strange Music!!
    Hopsin- Marcus' Gospel
    Gary Jules - Mad World
    Tech N9Ne - FRAGILE
    Hail The Villain - Swan Dive Suicide
    Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder
    Linkin Park-Given Up
    Al Green- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
    Justin Timberlake - Blue Ocean Floor
    Mystery Skulls - MUSIC

    There's plenty more I can't remember right now, but that's a pretty good list.
     
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    Remembered one more to add to the end of my list.
    DragonForce- Through The Fire & The Flames
     
    This might sound odd, but GlitchxCity's lofi remix of Turffield. Last school year I was stressed because I had less than a week to finish this huge extra credit project that was supposed to be done in groups, all by myself. It came on shuffle when I was on the home stretch of finishing that forsaken project, and I stopped working completely, closed my eyes, and just listened to it. It brought tears to my eyes.
     
    Chance the Rapper- Everybody's Something
    and sometimes I like to follow the sample back through time,

    Slum Village

    J dilla
     
    Myself by Kara's Flowers, aka Maroon 5 before they were Maroon 5.

    There's just...something about that song.
     
    note: the songs below are in the format:
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    Song Title - Artist Name

    Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride - Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu & Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus (from Lilo and Stitch)

    He Mele No Lilo - also Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu & Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus (from Lilo and Stitch)

    Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

    Thank God - Sasha Sloan

    Circle of Life - Carmen Twillie, Lebo M. (From The Lion King)

    Criminal - Fiona Apple

    Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra

    Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

    Behind Blue Eyes - version by The Who, but other covers are good too

    Soldier of Fortune - Deep Purple

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

    Your Song - Elton John, but another "pick your cover" song, as Ewan MacGregor (yes, Obi-Frickin-Wan Kenobi, he sang the song himself in Moulin Rouge) and Lady Gaga have given us great renditions too

    I could go on... and on... down the list. lol
     
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    pretty much almost any song by Illenium! the deep lyrics and entrancing beat really just gets me into my thoughts whenever i'm having a rough patch of things.
     
    A few come to mind but the first song I would say is Clocks by Coldplay. I've listened to it my entire life whenever anything has been hard and I feel like it is the song that reflects the progress I've made and how far I've come as a person. Thriving Ivory - Angels on the Moon helped me a lot when I was going through the worst period of my clinical depression. Sufjan Stevens' album Carrie and Lowell has helped me a lot too and is a masterpiece of an album. Particularly, The Only Thing off of that album. There are a few other different songs I've listened to over the years. Cough Syrup by Young the Giant got me through a lot in high school, same with What a Catch Donnie by Fall Out Boy and Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol. I also really liked Perfect Places by Lorde when I was struggling to transition to a new part of my life and found comfort in Chandelier by Sia which really grew on me one day. There are many others that mean a lot to me I'm sure but these are some that have helped me.
     
    Generally, I usually throw on some Heart, Blackmore's Night, classic soul and disco, 60's music or something Asian.

    More specifically, the last year has been extremely hard on me, and when I was at my very worst, listening to April pretty much got me through it.

    Their orchestral, elegant and happy pop, can often lift me, even when I'm at my lowest. I owe my sanity and my general recovery to them.

    I will have a think about other artists, and individual songs, but April is my immediate answer :)
     
    Emilie Autumn's music, especially the Opheliac era. There's commentary in her songs on society and women's issues, as well as mental illness. It resonates with me when I am feeling lost and depressed, but it's cathartic too. Let out your anger and scream with her, and shake your hair and dance it all away! I find that her music can ease tension that has been churning in me, sometimes I just snicker at the absurdity of the world because of that wry, depreciating sense of humor in many of her lyrics. Though she covers some dark content, I never walk away feeling sad after listening to her. It's like I am blowing off steam by kicking and hitting a punching bag. Maybe you have to embrace the darkness first, before you can make yourself free of it?
     
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