soothing a savage beast

[ladysai]

We've heard the idiom about music being able to soothe a savage beast,
and I'm sure I'm not the only one here to believe it.

What do you listen to to calm your nerves? To escape into a lyrical landscape apart from "the real world" and just chill?

Please share your suggestions here!
Playlists, artists, videos..
Whatever you got, bring it on!

For me, the blues always makes me feel better.
This may not be strictly blues, but mannnn is it a treat for the ears and soul!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4uDegHB8s

[mae]

All I do is listen to music whenever I can and it soothes me, as you can see by the Now Playing thread. It doesn't have to be calm necessarily, but I do tend to listen to long-form slower electronic pieces when I need to relax. Too many things to name would fit under than, but any kind of ambient or downtempo stuff including deep house music, which can be pretty calming even with a dance beat.

[Hunchback Jack]

I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

HBJ

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I am about as far from a connoisseur of classical music as it is possible to get, but there is a piece by Tomaso Albinoni called Adagio for Strings & Organ which transports me to another, very peaceful world every time I hear it. It is 8:09 minutes long on the CD I've got.

[ladysai]

I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

HBJ

This is very interesting. Ill have to give it a try.

[Merlin1958]

Here ya go, Ladysai




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXGXySitvw

[ladysai]

Clapton is always a treat!
Is he your go-to artist for chillin?

[Merlin1958]

Clapton is always a treat!
Is he your go-to artist for chillin?

Yes, he's Da Man!!!!! lol lol

Mostly when he plays the blues. Wore out my "24 nights" CD!!! lol

[ladysai]

All I do is listen to music whenever I can and it soothes me, as you can see by the Now Playing thread. It doesn't have to be calm necessarily, but I do tend to listen to long-form slower electronic pieces when I need to relax. Too many things to name would fit under than, but any kind of ambient or downtempo stuff including deep house music, which can be pretty calming even with a dance beat.

Your posts in NP are always worth a listen and often a new listen for me, so thanks for that!

Youre absolutely right...music can be absorbing at any tempo.
Im hoping folks will share whatever they listen to when in a "Calgon take me away" kinda mood.

[Jon]

I really don't understand why heavy metal calms me but it does every time! But then so does a lot of the 70's soft rock.


I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

HBJ

Welcome to the club. There are some triggers that are like nails on a chalkboard to me but there are ones I like that surprise me. I'm VERY picky about what I like.



I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

HBJ

This is very interesting. Ill have to give it a try.


Yup you should. I'd be happy to steer you to some you may like. Some of them are downright annoying though. I was surprised at some of the triggers I like. I'm not one to get the "R" in ASMR like many do but they DO put me in a relaxed state (Indiana?)

What I'm chillin' to right now is 80's Ozzy and:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Z-DQGqM90

[ladysai]

I did some looking around at ASMR videos, and it may be that I didnt dig into them deeply enough because I got loads of people whispering...
cringe...and those sounds drive me batshit crazy. Like you said, nails on a chalkboard.
But thats just me. If whispery sounds help people unplug and enjoy, then have at it and enjoy.

[Hunchback Jack]

Yeah, ASMR is a mixed bag. There are just a couple of channels that I listen to regularly, and usually to help me get to sleep. But there are a lot of mediocre channels out there – and there’s a whole “sexy ASMR“ sub genre that I stay away from. It’s pretty cringe-y.

I tend to gravitate towards soft-spoken ASMR, rather than whispering, and there are some wordless page–turning ASMR channels which I find very soothing. I don’t like tapping or scratching videos.

My favorite channel is GaslampASMR, although he’s shut up shop recently. He has mostly soft-spoken videos, and a real variety of subject matter.

[St. Troy]

I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

I don't care what everyone says; you're not a weirdo for this. :P

what if I like them?]

[Sai Sheb]

Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Billy joel and most country music (RIP Kenny Rogers) always chills me down.
Music can calm the soul especially when you have a positive childhood memory to attach to it..

[Hunchback Jack]

I listen to ASMR videos on YouTube. Not kidding.

I don't care what everyone says; you're not a weirdo for this. :P

what if I like them?]

Even if you were making fun of me, that would be fine. :)

I’m well aware of the stigma of these videos have, and I wouldn’t have admitted to watching them if I couldn’t handle how people will judge me for it. I like them, and they help me get to sleep.

[ladysai]

Music can calm the soul especially when you have a positive childhood memory to attach to it..

I agree, but Id extend that sentiment to include ANY positive memories attached to a song.

Ive spent most of the day listening to old club music, which brings back the freewheeling feeling of partying with friends, feeling invincible, feeling like we're on top of the world and these are the best of times.
Music has serious power, imho.

[St. Troy]

Music has serious power, imho.

Agree 100% (I love music, maybe a bit too much), but I struggle to understand why. I love books just as much, but whereas the logic of that appeal seems obvious to me, I struggle to grasp why certain sounds absolutely lift me off the ground (is it healthy to get goosebumps every time I hear Steven Wilson's Song Of Unborn?).

All art is communication, bonding us to others, so I suppose that's part of it, but still, it feels like something is happening inside me when something sounds really good.

[St. Troy]

The power of music can be a downer too; since my father passed away, I struggle to listen to things I connect with the passage of time or with innocence, even things as basic as Rainbow Connection are just, I can't get through them. It's as if emotions you'd believed had lost your address appear in your living room in the middle of the night, having made themselves comfortable - and maybe a drink, as well -before you knew they were there.

[ladysai]

This is true, music is a double-edged sword.

A few days before my daddy died, he had "a neurological incident" and he was unresponsive, but he sang " The Wayward Wind" over and over again for hours.
I will never listen to that song again.

[Tommy]

Everybody hates them but I love Imagine Dragons. But I have a lot more, I must thank Mae for introducing me to this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRbamSB35eg&t=5889s

I also love Gas (insert joke here).....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehNGoyMf9kU


Rain sounds...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMqRC5fzd0&t=14996s



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgEDvMpgOrM

Fats will be playing at my funeral....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHxmAsINDk

Beethoven!! My God, BEETHOVEN!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRCvVpknvg


So much more, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, some Prince even some NIN....So much more to list.

I suppose this beast needs a lot of soothing.

[Tommy]

This song strikes at something positively primordial in me, it's power over me is complete....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iGo9CoNvvw

Spooky but soothing at once, not easy to do....

[ladysai]

I love me some Fats Domino. The horns get me everytime.
Ill be in that second line anyday!

[Tommy]

One of the few artists I could listen to for hours on end without changing over. :thumbsup:

I'm a southern boy so Lynard Skynard makes an appearance too, Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone and Simple man and this one are probably my favorites....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71qaX05-ArM

[St. Troy]

This is a topic I can't let go.

I remember the first time I heard David Gilmour's On An Island (the song, not the album); I got the chills and thought "here we go" when an acoustic strum during a break seemed to signal that something was about to happen, and it did (he launched into one of his best solos ever). It was like I knew the solo was there (again, first time hearing it), and - why does music have this effect?

[Tommy]

I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

[ladysai]

I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

I agree completely. Music transcends culture, creed, language, even time.
Think of all the creators of music who are gone, yet still with us via recordings or via their music being played by new generations.

Thank all the gods that Aretha is on vinyl!

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0

[ladysai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0

Magic. :wub:

[ladysai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLQX2-UWPA

[mae]

I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

Wonderful thought, I love it and I'm gonna shamelessly steal that!

[Tommy]

I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

Wonderful thought, I love it and I'm gonna shamelessly steal that!

Rarely do I say anything worth repeating so steal away, my friend....:couple:

My internet is sucking right now, I expect to high volume usage since a lot of folks are at home with nothing to do, I tried replying sooner but it's been a tricky process, was going to post another song and everything but, ugh slow internet reminds me of being back in middle school and waiting for hours some days just to sign on...:pullhair:

[ladysai]

I remember trying to use Napster on a dialup connection.. :lol:

[Tommy]

I remember trying to use Napster on a dialup connection.. :lol:

omg, me too! After a while, since it took about an hour for one song to download with my connection (yes I know it was wrong but what are ya gonna do?), I just stopped doing it but I still hung out in the chat room because I remember it was unmonitored for a while and we would talk about everything in there. Those olden days.....:lol:

[Merlin1958]

Wonderful selections all. How about a little of this.............................................. ......




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fQG4CcoRuM


During these days of quarantine, the film is most certainly worth a look as well. Immortal Beloved.

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU9MngCuL5s

[Jon]

Rain sounds...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMqRC5fzd0&t=14996s [QUOTE]

This is one of my top ASMR triggers. I also have some machine sounds and a few more "traditional" triggers.

[QUOTE=Tommy;1190152]I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

You weren't the first to notice Tommy:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEAgwrInZL8

Lyrics :

Something's at the edge of your mind
You don't know what it is
Something you were hoping to find
But you're not sure what it is
Then you hear the music
And it all comes crystal clear
The music does the talking
Says the things you want to hear

I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
Got the magic power of the music in me
I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
Got the magic power of the music in me

She climbs into bed
She pulls the covers overhead
And she turns her little radio on
She's had a rotten day
So she hopes the DJ's
Gonna play her favorite song

Makes her feel much better
Brings her closer to her dreams
A little magic power
Makes it better that it seems

[ladysai]

Wow...I havent heard Triumph in AGES!
How could I have forgotten this gem of a song?!

Thanks for posting, Jon

[Br!an]

Wow...I havent heard Triumph in AGES!
How could I have forgotten this gem of a song?!

Thanks for posting, Jon

That's a classic for sure.

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4AcjvsVn5k

"Mongkol is a 61-year-old former logging elephant. His captive-held life was spent hauling trees in the Thai forest. His body shape is deformed through hard labor, he lost his right eye and tusk in this brutal logging practice. Mongkol was rescued and brought to Elephants World to spend the rest of his days relaxing peacefully in freedom by the River Kwai. I discovered Mongkol is an extremely gentle, sensitive elephant who enjoys music, especially this slow movement by Beethoven which I play to him occasionally in the day and night."

[Br!an]

Beautiful, Tommy! Poor thing. (The elephant, not Tommy. :wtf:)

[mae]

Steve Roach is a master at soothing ambient pieces, here are some longform recently released pieces:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrgrVfgVqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDR5K4ztSW0

I was actually set to see him live in NYC this month but obviously that's been postponed, currently till July.

[Sai Sheb]

https://youtu.be/MPrPtDoaB3s

[ladysai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPrPtDoaB3s&feature=youtu.be


I heard this on NPR this morning...lovely! And quite well-timed for me as I have been doing yardwork and potting plants for the last few days in an effort to get away from 'breaking news' and 'the latest update'.
It felt really good to play in the dirt and listen to the birds outside. :thumbsup:

[Sai Sheb]

Willie Nelson is a true legend and will always calm me down...

[RainInSpain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwLABSm0yYc&feature=emb_rel_pause

Ravel's Bolero entrances me every single time.
I close my eyes...and I get completely removed from reality, fascinated, following the gradual buildup of music like I'm looking at an endless Oriental procession...colorful clothes and exotic smells...flame-eaters...belly dancers...followed by pumas on a leash...tigers and cheetahs....culminating in two giant elephants...and then a sharp nothing.
Never ceases to make me forget for a few minutes whatever boring or irritating something I've been doing the moment before the music started LOL

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S16pPTtR0As

[Sai Sheb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S16pPTtR0As

Sorry Tommy but thats my sleeping pill...

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLTPyRXUKc

[Jon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwLABSm0yYc&feature=emb_rel_pause

Ravel's Bolero entrances me every single time.
I close my eyes...and I get completely removed from reality, fascinated, following the gradual buildup of music like I'm looking at an endless Oriental procession...colorful clothes and exotic smells...flame-eaters...belly dancers...followed by pumas on a leash...tigers and cheetahs....culminating in two giant elephants...and then a sharp nothing.
Never ceases to make me forget for a few minutes whatever boring or irritating something I've been doing the moment before the music started LOL




Awesome description!!

[Girlystevedave]

I think music is about as close as humans come to actual magic.

I agree completely. Music transcends culture, creed, language, even time.
Think of all the creators of music who are gone, yet still with us via recordings or via their music being played by new generations.



Yes! :wub:

Also, how the fuck am I just now discovering this thread? :lol:

[Girlystevedave]

There's no one certain type of music I listen to to "calm" myself, but there is one song that is my go-to when the world is overwhelming and I'm lost and anxious and can't shake the cloud over me. That song is No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley & the Wailers.
No matter how many fucking times I hear it, it reminds me that if a human is capable of creating something so magical, then there is some beauty to this planet no matter how daunting things seem at that particular moment.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHlSE9j5FGY

[Merlin1958]

Two classic albums, and I do mean albums because for the full calming effect you need to put them on and listen to the entire album, are The Allman Brothers: EAT A PEACH and Pink Floyd: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON


Eat a peach:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbowi-8Yoo&list=PLCupIeOi9GeIRqft9aQlAMmvbUQCPbXI7&index=2


Dark side of the Moon:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW-lXjOyUWo&list=PL3PhWT10BW3Urh8ZXXpuU9h526ChwgWKy

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRqKCgT0sQA

[ladysai]

^that's a nice listen...

Oddly enough, here lately with all the upheavals and oddities and stress, I've really been soothed by heavy metal. Judas Preist in particular.
This is my favorite by far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKFjDBGezJg

[Jon]

^that's a nice listen...

Oddly enough, here lately with all the upheavals and oddities and stress, I've really been soothed by heavy metal. Judas Preist in particular.
This is my favorite by far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKFjDBGezJg

You may enjoy this Priest album. I'm not a huge fan of the band but this album was so far ahead of it's time. When I listen to it, it's hard to believe it was released in 1976. It seems like early 90's to me. It gets my vote for all time metal album.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcrk09UlRM

[Jon]

Welcome Netsgira!

[ladysai]

This isnt just for the 420 crowd, imho...
Its about finding joy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqJtqyeilE

This always makes me smile:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1R8MP3GGGs

[ladysai]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trVCbDpmIH0


This is beautiful! :wub:
And eternally relevant.

[Sai Sheb]

https://youtu.be/aPQTrv2B1sw

This should be forced listened to by everyone on the random comments thread