The Obligatory 'Music is the Soundtrack of the Soul' Post

At this point, what hasn't been said about music. Who isn't moved by music in some form at some point in their life? When speaking of music therapy it is said that you need to listen to songs about how you want to feel, not how you currently feel. In other words, if you want to be happy, but you are sad, you tend to listen to a sad song and cry it out. But you *should* be listening to a happy song.

But you are sad and you roll your eyes at the happy song, right? Yeah, me too.

Here's what I've learned. When you are feeling something, feel it. Live it breathe it, find your song and sing it. Whatever you are feeling is true and you need to acknowledge it. Feelings are rarely wrong, how you choose to act during them is what can get out of hand...

So listen to what ever moves you. Sing it, scream it, cry with it, laugh with it...

After my dad passed away I became utterly obsessed with Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. That band speaks to me. There's a line in a song off an earlier album that says

"This hole you put me in
wasn't deep enough
and I'm climbing out right now"

It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish

 



That pretty much sums up how I feel at the moment. And I'm 95% sure their song Bulletproof Heart was written with me in mind...

 I have also notice how often a Nickelback single has coincided with a moment in my life. It's funny because I'm not nessecarily a big Nickelback fan. But I hear an old song by them and I'm instantly transported back in time.

Anyway, we may not all like the same music, but nobody can deny that life without a soundtrack would, at the very least, be pretty darn boring. So what music gets you up and jumping? What song do you find yourself singing in the shower or all alone in the dark?