Comfort Music

screamingskull · 06.26.2007, 10:38 AM

what music do you find comforting?

R.E.M, especially Murmur, that makes me happy. Joni Mitchell's Blue is great if you are going through a break up, and bands like the breeders are good if you are angry at someone.
Out of all sonic youth's album's i think A Thousand Leaves and Murray Street are the only ones i could describe as comforting.

what about you guys?

finding nobody · 06.26.2007, 12:48 PM

Yes, indeed

gmku · 06.26.2007, 12:54 PM

Comfort music. Like comfort food. Hmm... Stones. Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street. Sometimes a good jazz album, like The Inflated Tear or Kind of Blue. Also Big Star's 3rd.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 06.26.2007, 01:05 PM

Jazz is good.
Predictable music.

Green Magnesium · 06.26.2007, 01:05 PM

Cat Power, Stereolab, Bjork, Blonde Redhead's new one

demonrail666 · 06.26.2007, 01:13 PM

If I just want to switch off or I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself, the Go-Betweens' 16 Lovers Lane always does the trick.

Torn Curtain · 06.26.2007, 01:13 PM

Tim Buckley - Happy sad / Peel sessions / Dream letter live in London 1968 / Blue afternoon / Live at the Troubadour

He has the most comforting and moving voice ever.

Sometimes Jeff Buckley's Grace comforts me too, but other times I find it depressing.

Other records:

Leonard Cohen - Greatest hits
Laura Veirs - Year of meteors
Marvin Gaye - What's going on
Neil Young - Rust never sleeps / Comes a time
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Tindersticks - Curtains
Television - Marquee moon

demonrail666 · 06.26.2007, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Big Star's 3rd.

YESSS!

Green Magnesium · 06.26.2007, 01:17 PM

Ohhh... Grant Lee Buffalo is another one.

One of the best bands of the 90's, bar-none.

LittlePuppetBoy · 06.26.2007, 01:31 PM

Pavement
REM's Murmur

king_buzzo · 06.26.2007, 01:47 PM

MBV
VU
Pavement
Cat Power
Lemonheads
Pixies
SY's Washing Machine & Sister
Ramones

pbradley · 06.26.2007, 01:57 PM

Portishead always gets me real comfortable.

gmku · 06.26.2007, 02:40 PM

Sometimes it's not so much the album itself but the good memories associated with it. Goo, for example, takes me back to a happy time, as does a bunch of stuff from around 89-92.

Other times it's the warmth of the familiar, albums I know forwards and backwards: VU & Nico, the White Album, any Stones, Dylan.

Contenders for mellow and soothing include Loveless, The Byrds, early Coltrane and Miles Davis.

Not sure what category this fits, but it always makes me happy: Love's Forever Changes.

screamingskull · 06.26.2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

Lemonheads

completely forgot about the lemonheads!!, if Evan Dando had died during his heroin phase then their music would be sad, but he's ALIVE so its happy!! Woooooo Hooooooo

pantophobia · 06.26.2007, 03:37 PM

REM (above all else)
The Posies
Sleater-Kinney (mostly for The Hot Rock)
Mary Timony
John Fahey

screamingskull · 06.26.2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pantophobia

Sleater-Kinney (mostly for The Hot Rock)

Sleater-Kinney (Dig Me Out) was all i listened to when Elliott Smith died in 2003. And The Hot Rock got me through being upset about not being able to afford to go to the university i wanted to go to.

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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	what music do you find comforting? R.E.M, especially Murmur, that makes me happy. Joni Mitchell's Blue is great if you are going through a break up, and bands like the breeders are good if you are angry at someone. Out of all sonic youth's album's i think A Thousand Leaves and Murray Street are the only ones i could describe as comforting. what about you guys?
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finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	Yes, indeed
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Comfort music. Like comfort food. Hmm... Stones. Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street. Sometimes a good jazz album, like The Inflated Tear or Kind of Blue. Also Big Star's 3rd. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Jazz is good. Predictable music. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	Cat Power, Stereolab, Bjork, Blonde Redhead's new one
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	If I just want to switch off or I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself, the Go-Betweens' 16 Lovers Lane always does the trick.
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Tim Buckley - Happy sad / Peel sessions / Dream letter live in London 1968 / Blue afternoon / Live at the Troubadour He has the most comforting and moving voice ever. Sometimes Jeff Buckley's Grace comforts me too, but other times I find it depressing. Other records: Leonard Cohen - Greatest hits Laura Veirs - Year of meteors Marvin Gaye - What's going on Neil Young - Rust never sleeps / Comes a time Smashing Pumpkins - Adore Tindersticks - Curtains Television - Marquee moon
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Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	Ohhh... Grant Lee Buffalo is another one. One of the best bands of the 90's, bar-none.
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LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	Pavement REM's Murmur __________________
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	MBV VU Pavement Cat Power Lemonheads Pixies SY's Washing Machine & Sister Ramones
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Portishead always gets me real comfortable.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Sometimes it's not so much the album itself but the good memories associated with it. Goo, for example, takes me back to a happy time, as does a bunch of stuff from around 89-92. Other times it's the warmth of the familiar, albums I know forwards and backwards: VU & Nico, the White Album, any Stones, Dylan. Contenders for mellow and soothing include Loveless, The Byrds, early Coltrane and Miles Davis. Not sure what category this fits, but it always makes me happy: Love's Forever Changes. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	REM (above all else) The Posies Sleater-Kinney (mostly for The Hot Rock) Mary Timony John Fahey
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