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Friday 23 August 2013

Music soothes the soul...

So I'm a massive music fan. There is a song for every occasion or probably more like 100's. I like to say I'm open to most genres but I certainly gravitate to rock (Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Feeder), and dance (euphoric, electronica, chillout, not rave/happy hardcore etc!). But anything and everything in between is worth a listen to, some of the indie bands around at the moment are quite good!

Music has got me through some dark times in my life, I'm not going to say anything dramatic like I'd of cut my wrists without it! But it was amazing support, especially as at the times I felt isolated, and that is one of my problems. I'm one of those people who wants to be independent and strong enough to push ahead on my own (not good and I know it isn't, but I do), but I'd struggle to find someone who genuinely can. .

My relation to it has not changed as such with my diagnosis but like in my previous posts, I'm a lot more susceptible to feeling emotions associated with it. That is for me all positive as emotions need to be embraced and understood, especially as they're uncontrollable. Linkin Park is a lot about 'negative' emotions such as loss, despair, anger and rejection. Foo Fighters cross those but also have a lighter note on their songs and perhaps a whole album will be generally lighter, although one of their songs is my 'funeral song'. But it's not just sit back and magnify it, it feels like it empowers you to fight and overcome those types of emotions.

Music can sway a mood or magnify, or you might not be in the mood at all. Funnily enough I've found a song that I'll NEVER be in the mood for and I came across this on a Saturday, listening to Ministry of Sound Radio, doing overtime with a girl in the office. This dance track starts slowing down and lets just say it could be confused with watching a porn film. Now I'm not normally a man who gets uncomfortable with things like that but I could feel my face glowing, and the 2 of us were really awkward (especially as it was just the 2 of us!). Suffice to say I got the browser up and turned the radio off! We laugh at it, and it has come on the station one or two more times and I turn it off straight away!

So I've listed some genres/bands, what are yours?

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