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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

173.0. "Mood Music" by STING::BARBER () Wed Dec 10 1986 21:18

    I am of the nature that we are on a normal basis exposed to 
    a variety of music either in the car or at home or where ever.
    
    Now I find myself at times put into a either up or down mood 
    depending upon the song Iam listening to.
    
    By choice what song/ record do you play when 
    
    Your down and want to get up ?
    
    Your up and want to keep it going ?
    
    Memory song or one that makes you sad anytime you hear it ?
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173.1MineSTING::BARBERWed Dec 10 1986 21:216
    UP song  Dirty deeds done dirt cheep  AC/DC 
    
    Down      Richard Harris's McAuthor Park 
        or    Open Arms      Journey
    
                                   Bob B
173.2There are several I playREGENT::MOZERHCC ;-)Thu Dec 11 1986 01:1834
    
>>    By choice what song/record do you play when:
    
>>    You're down and want to get up ?

	Depending on which kind of "down" I'm feeling,

	"Stop And Smell The Roses" - Mac Davis

	"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
    
>>    You're up and want to keep it going ?
    
	Here there is also more than one,

	"I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash

	"I Made It Through The Rain" - Barry Manilow

>>    Memory song or one that makes you sad anytime you hear it ?

	There are several that have that effect on me:

	"When Will I Be Loved?" - Everly Brothers
	
	"Yesterday" - The Beatles

      True, these are all "oldies", (guess I'm dating myself a bit) but 
      those of you who know the words will probably understand why this 
      "oldies" fan chose them.  For those of you who don't, I will gladly
      send them to you as soon as my life slows down a bit and I have a 
      chance to type them in.

					Joe
173.3When I'm up I'm up, when I'm down I'm DOWN.ROYCE::SHAWThu Dec 11 1986 09:3612
      Up: Taking it Easy - Eagles
          Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
          Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
    
    Down: Me and Mrs Jones - Billy Paul
          Hello - Lionel Ritchie
          I'm not in Love - 10cc
    
    Extremes eh?
    
    BLS
173.4PNEUMA::WILSONThu Dec 11 1986 11:275
    Anything by the Ramones is always an "up" song for me, especially
    "Rockaway Beach" and "I Wanna Be Sedated"...it's just fun music!
    
    No songs really bring me "down"; I just get lost in them. "Country
    Girl" by Neil Young and "The Actor" by The Moody Blues.
173.5CSSE::HAKIMThu Dec 11 1986 11:461
    UP....
173.6music hath charms...HOMBRE::CONLIFFEStore in a horizontal positionThu Dec 11 1986 12:1411
|    Your down and want to get up ?

Vivaldi "The 4 Seasons", Tina Turner "Private Dancer" & "Help"
    
|    Your up and want to keep it going ?

The CATS soundtrack (especially "Memories"), The BOSS ("Born in the USA"),
Vivaldi (again!)

		Nigel
    
173.7A SamplerHPSCAD::WALLI see the middle kingdom...Thu Dec 11 1986 12:2623
    
    Down and I want to get up:
    
    	The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
    	Toccata from Fresh Aire III (Mannheim Steamroller)
    	Grand Designs (Rush)
    
    Up and I want to keep it going:
    
    	The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
    	Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man (as done by ELP)
    	Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
    
    Memory songs:
    	
    	Jungleland (Springsteen)
    	Daydream (Journey)
    	The Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss)
    
    There are also times when I'm down for a while, which is when Pink
    Floyd usually comes out.
    
    DFW
173.8The Blues.......GORDON::GORDONThu Dec 11 1986 16:117
    The Blues!  In the car on the cassette while pounding the highway
    or at home alone with my state of mind.  B.B. King, Muddy Waters,
    and so on.  They often sing simple messages that let me know I'm
    not the only one in the place I'm in.  Often, the music is up in
    tempo and that, alone, gets me up.
    
    Bill G.
173.9Split PersonalityHEFTY::SEABURYMThu Dec 11 1986 18:3518
      Down and I want to get up :
                                 
           We Don't Get Fooled Again - The Who
           The Water Music           - Handel

       Up and want to stay there:

            One More Saturday Night  - Grateful Dead

            Flight Of The Valkyries  _ Wagner

        Memories :

            A Pirate Looks at Forty  _ Jimmy Buffet
       
            Concerto in D For Two Violins - Bach
        
            The Bluebells Of Scotland     - ?????
173.10I'm all up musicARGUS::COOKDreadful MourningFri Dec 12 1986 08:3610
    
      Up:  anything by Iron Maiden, Yngwie Malmsteen, ELP, Dreadful
    Mourning 8^) , Bach (JS that is), Beetoven.
    
    
      Down: I can't think any except one called "yesterday" by that
            guy who used to be on Hee Haw and plays guitar and banjo
            like you dream about.
    
    Peter  
173.11Information Man...HPSCAD::WALLI see the middle kingdom...Fri Dec 12 1986 12:367
    
    re: .10
    
    "Yesterday When I was Young" was popularized by Roy Clark (the guy
    from Hee Haw" although I don't know if he wrote it.
    
    DFW
173.12Music helps but just not enough sunNANOOK::SCOTTLooking towards the sunFri Dec 12 1986 21:1128


          Usually when I'm driving to and from Portsmouth on good
     old  Rt 4 at speed limit - 20 every day I've found classical
     helps to kill the frustration so I listen to Bach, Holst, or
     Vivaldi (seems to be popular).

          If I'm in a party mood, I have  some  tapes  I  dubbed,
     consisting mainly of "New Wave" or what ever it is they call
     it.

          If I'm in a light/gay mood I like to listen  to  Walter
     Carlos (Switched on Bach).

          If I'm in a  down  mood,  William  Ackerman  or  George
     Winston  helps.   I also play this if I'm in a peaceful?  (I
     guess relaxed) mood.

          I've been playing John Williams "Star Wars"  when  I've
     been  up  in  the  shop  building my boat.  Strange but I've
     found that this tape helps me to think and solutions  become
     very clear.

          Hope John Williams gets me to the sun soooooon, I  need
     it bad.

          Lee
173.13TOPDOC::STANTONI got a gal in KalamazooSun Dec 14 1986 16:2813
    
    UP: "The Tighten' Up" Archie Bell & the Drells
    	"Groovin' in the Grass"
    	"New World Symphony" Dvorak
    	Most Anything by Sprinsteen
    	Various contemporary stuff (only temporarily)
    
    DOWN: "Swan Lake" Tchiakovski (sp?). Makes me cry every time.
    	  "I'm Not in Love" 10 CC  (chokes me up)
    	  "Nights In White Satin"  (played continuously during my
    				    first big break-up...)

    
173.14oops, I forgot that one.ARGUS::COOKDreadful MourningMon Dec 15 1986 05:525
    
    I almost forgot that song... Nights in White Satin. I like it when
    I'm down, or with someone in a quiet moment or just remembering.
    
    Supernaut
173.15Skipping reels of rhyme...FOGGYR::MURPHYdown the foggy ruins of time...Mon Dec 15 1986 16:5523
Ah, so many answers to this question.  It is certainly true that I turn
to music when feeling low, beat, down, etc. as well as routinely in
happier times.

For insightful songs about human relations, it's hard to beat some of the
songwriters who came of age in the '70's: Jackson Browne's "Fountain of
Sorrow" is a classic, and more recently "In the Shape of a Heart".  Anyone
else remember "Have Mercy, Love" by Janis Ian? Then there was a
singer/songwriter by the name of Bob Holmes around Cambridge a few years
ago who did a song I think of occasionally when reading this file -- it's
called "Great Days".  Also "Boy with the Violin" (Buskin & Batteau);
"Let Me Live" (Rachel Faro); Pamela Brown (Leo Kottke); ...

More in the mainstream: Lyin' Eyes, Take it to the Limit, etc. (the
Eagles), Listen to the Music, Takin it to the Streets, etc. (Doobie Bros.),
Flower Lady (Phil Ochs/Jim & Jean),  When You See A Chance, Take It; Still
in the Game; Back in the Highlife (Steve Winwood); Baker Street (Gerry
Rafferty); too many more to mention. 

And ultimately, Bob Dylan.  Poet nonparell.   "Take me disappearing through
the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time..." 

Dan
173.16A Few of the Many that Move MeBARTOK::COCHRANESend lawyers, guns and money.Mon Dec 15 1986 19:3424
    Down and I want to be up:
    
    "Day by Day"     The Hooters
    "Walkin' on Sunshine "  Katrina and the Waves
    "I Can't Wait"   Stevie Nicks
    
    Up and want to stay that way:
    
    "Take Me Home Tonight"  Eddie Money
    "Shakin'"	Eddie Money
    "Message in a Bottle"  The Police
    "Invisible Sun"  The Police
    "Games Without Frontiers"  Peter Gabriel
    
    Memories:
    
    "Save a Prayer"  Duran Duran (ouch!)
    "Kind of Woman"  Stevie Nicks
    "Just the Two of Us"  Grover Washington Jr.
    "Just the Way You Are" Billy Joel
    "It Might Be You"  Stephen Bishop
    
    
    Mary-Michael
173.17New AgeCOOKIE::ZANEShattering RealityWed Jan 07 1987 15:4335
  re: .11
  
  "Yesterday When I was Young" was written and originally sung by Charles
  Aznavour.  He is (or was) considered one of the top three poets 
  (chansoniere(sp?)) in France.  He writes very beautiful poetry and music, 
  much of which has been translated into English.  He sings in English,
  among other languages, but his songs are almost sung by others over
  here.
  
  Re: all the rest
  
  My favorite music is probably anything by Kitaro.  Some of his music
  makes me feel sad, which in turn, makes me feel up.
  
  Anything by the Moody Blues makes me feel more assertive, if that makes
  any sense.  I listen to them when I feel angry.
  
  Anything by Vivaldi, Bach, Albinoni, et al, definitely makes me feel
  up.
    
  New Age music (like Kitaro) is provocative in a way.  I do more serious
  thinking when I listen to this kind of music.
  
  I do household chores, unpacking, paying bills, whatever to top 40's
  stuff from the radio.
  
  What can I say?  I get lots of different kinds of things from many
  different kinds of music.


  
  							Terza
  
  
173.18GOODS SONGSCYGNUS::SOUZAMon Jan 12 1987 21:0916
    up and running: any music that makes me feel like I'm at beach party
                    playing touch football and eating steamers from an
                    open fire. ex: "Dancing In The Streets" by Van Halen
                                   "Surfing USA" by The Beach Boys
                                   "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" by Springteen
    
    down but happy: the kind of songs you would hear on your way home after
                    seeing "An Officer and a Gentleman" ex:
                              "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton
                              "We Got Tonight" by Bob Seager
                              "Angi" by The Rolling Stones  
                              "The One That You Love" by Air Supply
    
    
    
    real memories: "While My Guiter Gently Wheeps" by The Beatles
173.19Ticket to ticketsARMORY::CHARBONNDShakin' the bush, bossWed Jan 28 1987 15:299
    The ultimate uppers :
    
    Devil With The blue Dress On    by Mitch Ryder
    
    Rosalita  by The Boss
    
    Play loud,drive fast and sing along at top of lungs !!
    
    Who needs drugs ?
173.20JETSAM::HANAUERMike...Bicycle~to~Ice~CreamWed Jan 28 1987 16:2917
    By choice what song/ record do you play when 
        Your down and want to get up ?
Sound Track from Jesus Christ Super Star, just love the music and
sensitivity of human interaction  -- nothing to do with religion. 
    
    Your up and want to keep it going ? 
"The One That You Love" album by Air Supply.  As loud as possible.
    
    Memory song or one that makes you sad anytime you hear it ? 
John Denver's "This Ole Guitar".  Most people never heard of it, but
it tells of the major positive effects it has had on his human
(emotional) growth.  How it taught him so much about life and love.
Sometimes I substitute my bicycle for the guitar as having similar
affects on my life.  Sound very trite, but it's not at all when you
hear the lyrics.  Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

	~Mike~
173.21I could go on forever...MOJAVE::PURMALWed Jan 28 1987 19:0925
    Down to up
      "Intro/Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed from "Rock 'N' Roll Animal Album"
      "Do You Feel Like We Do" - Peter Frampton from "Frampton Comes Alive"
      "Up All Night" - Talking Heads from "Little Creatures"
         (Reminds me of my son)
    
    Up and steady
      Anything by: The Cars, Devo, Thompson Twins, generally any bright,
      uptempo, or hard driving music.
    
    Sad
      "The Last Resort" - Eagles - "Hotel California"
      "Skeletons" - Rickie Lee Jones - "Pirates"
      2nd movement Beethoven's 7th
      "I Me Mine" - The Beatles - "Let It Be"
      "Imagine" - John Lennon
    
    Memories
      "Best Friend's Girl" - The Cars - "The Cars"
      "Going Home" - The Beatles - "Let It Be"
    
    
    See also conference AIMHI::FRIENDS "Songs that *really* affect you" note.
    
                                     Tony Purmal
173.22Separate WaysCOMET::BERRYHowie Mandel in a previous life.Tue May 17 1988 04:3647
    
    
    This song reminds me of having to leave my "x" and my little boy
    behind.  The words from beginning to end seem to say it all.  Oh,
    I'm over my "x" and have replaced her with a new wonderful love,
    but the hurt of leaving my son is ever present.
    
    
            SEPARATE WAYS - Sung by Elvis
            
            I see a change
            It's come into our lives
            It's not the same, as it use to be
            And it's not to late,
            To realize our mistake
            We're just not right, for each other
            
            Love has slipped away
            Left us only friends
            We almost seem like strangers
            All that's left between us
            Is the memories we shared
            The times we thought we cared, for each other
            
    
            <<<  VERSE  >>>
            There's nothing left to do
            But go our separate ways
            And pickup all the pieces left behind us
            And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
            Another love__ will find us
            
            Someday when she's older
            Maybe she will understand
            Why her mom and dad, are not together
            The tears that she will cry
            When I have to say good-bye
            Tearing my heart __ forever __
    
            
            <<<  VERSE  >>>
            There's nothing left to do
            But go our separate ways
            And pickup all the pieces left behind us
            And maybe someday, somewhere along the way
            Another love__ will find us
    
173.23My BoyCOMET::BERRYHowie Mandel in a previous life.Tue May 17 1988 04:4263
    
    This also pulls on the heart strings as it reminds me of trying
    to explain to my son, what was happening, although I couldn't stay
    and watch him grow, as I had elected to do...


            MY BOY - Sung by Elvis
            
            You're sleeping son I know
            But really this can't wait
            I wanted to explain
            Before it gets too late
            
            For your mother and me
            The love has finally died
            This is no happy home
            But God knows, how I've tried
    
            
            <<<  VERSE  >>>
            Because your all I have, My Boy
            You are my life, my pride, my joy
            And if I stay,
            I stay because of you, My Boy
    
            
            I know,
            It's hard to understand
            Why did we ever start
            We're more like strangers now
            Each acting out a part
            
            I've laughed, I've cried
            I've lost every game
            Taking all I could take
            But I'll stay here, just the same

                
            <<<  VERSE  >>>
            Because your all I have, My Boy
            You are my life, my pride, my joy
            And if I stay,
            I stay because of you, My Boy

                
            Sleep on,
            You haven't heard a word
            Perhaps, it's just as well
            Why spoil your little dreams,
            Why put you through the hell
            
            Life is no fairytale
            And one day you will know
            but now you're just a child
            I'll stay and watch you grow
            
    
                <<<  VERSE  >>>
            Because your all I have, My Boy
            You are my life, my pride, my joy
            And if I stay,
            I stay because of you, My Boy

173.24MEMORY::FRECHETTEUse your imagination...Tue May 17 1988 22:4912
    
    My up and down artists... any songs for any mood.
    
     Billy Joel
     Peter Gabriel
       
    Memories...
     
     Nick Lowe... Cruel to be Kind  **great song, and sometimes sooo
                                                               true**
     Petula Clark...Downtown
     The Cyrkle.....Red Rubber Ball
173.25More Than I Can NameHENRYY::HASLAM_BAThu Jun 09 1988 21:0528
    For any time there are too many to name; however...
    
    Looking for uppers__
    	My Way - Frank Sinantra
    	The Best of My Love - The Eagles
    	Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
    	More Love - Kim Carnes
        Jazz, especially George Winston
    	
    Already There -
    	Crystal Blue Persuasion - ?
    	Forever in Bluejeans - Neil Diamond
    	The Best of America - America
    	Jazz
    	The Beach Boys
    
    Memories -
    	James Taylor's Greatest Hits
    	Julio Ingelsia
    	The Captain and Tenielle
    	Windham Hill Jazz
    
    Not requested, but the sexiest song I ever heard played full blast-
    	D'ya Think I'm Sexy -Rod Stewart
    
    -Barb	
    
    
173.27Maybe you all can helpELVES::LAVOIEYou want two hundred dollars for what?Fri Jun 10 1988 13:1815
    HELP!!!
    
    There is a song which I heard the other day and I know it came out
    around last year I am trying to find out the title and artist here
    are some of the lyrics:
    
    Cna I hold you? Girl you look shy, you are too beautiful for the
    human eye....
    
    ->Chorus is next           
    
    I never thought that I could find someone as much as I love you,
    I know it's crazy but it's true.
    I never thought that I could need someone as much as I need you.
    I love you.
173.28"I Never Thought That I Could Love"FDCV03::ROSSFri Jun 10 1988 13:5111
    RE: .27
    
    Debbi, the title of that song is "I Never Thought That I Could
    Love", and the artist is Dan Hill.
    
    He's the guy that did "Sometimes When We Touch (the Honesty's
    Too Much)" about 10 years ago.

    I believe he's from Canada.

      Alan
173.29"...it's daybreak - if you'll only believe...."LUDWIG::PHILLIPSMusic of the spheres.Thu Oct 04 1990 13:3020
    I know I'm laying myself wide open for bashing, but what the
    hell....;^)
    
    When I am in a rock-bottom mood, I play the live recording of Barry
    Manilow's "Daybreak".  I don't know what it is - the optimistic
    lyrics, the spirited backup vocals, the audience spontaneously clapping
    along - but this song has pulled me out of more bad moods than any
    other....
    
    For sad songs, there are some older country tunes that tear my heart
    right out.  Emmylou Harris' "Every Time You Leave" tells a story
    with Emmylou's vocal and Dan Pederson's achingly beautiful harmony.
    (For that matter, some of Dolly Parton's old country songs - "Down
    From Dover" especially - are downright tragic.)
    
    Whew - enough of the sad songs......:^(
    Let's bring the mood back up with "Star Wars" or anything by the
    Beatles or Creedence.....8^)
    
    					--Eric--
173.30VALKYR::RUSTThu Oct 04 1990 18:2626
    Hmmmm... My cheer-up songs include, in no particular order:
    
    o "Bobby's Girl" - a really stupid song, but it always makes me smile
    (or giggle, which is sometimes even better)
    
    o "Last Kiss" - my favorite dead-teenager song
    
    o "Bergamasca," from Resphigi's "Ancient Airs and Dances" (Boston-area
    folks may recognize it as the theme that Morning Pro Musica uses/used
    on Wednesdays). I *love* this; it can drag me up from incredible depths
    of black depression (although the result doesn't necessarily last very
    long).
    
    o Almost anything from my Johnny Western "Have Gun, Will Travel" album
    
    o selected Springsteen: Jungleland, Thunder Road, Badlands, Darkness on
    the Edge of Town. These are great when I'm in a really angry mood, but
    are dangerous to listen to while driving. ;-)
    
    For the I-want-to-feel-melancholy moods, almost anything sad and Celtic
    will work; also such solemn songs as "Northwest Passage" by Stan
    Rogers, "Fast Car" by Tracey Chapman, "Love in a Hot Afternoon" by Gene
    Watson, and lots of others that don't spring to mind just at the
    moment.
    
    -b
173.31MILKWY::JLUDGATEpurple horseshoesTue Oct 09 1990 20:3934
    
    /By choice what song/ record do you play when 
    /
    /Your down and want to get up ?
    
    Why would I ever want to do something silly like that?
    
    When I am feeling down, I like to listen to such lovely groups
    as The Cure, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Smiths....
    you know....the kind of stuff that got everybody dressing in
    black back in the early eighties....
    
    Sometimes it cheers me up, sometimes it doesn't, but I always
    enjoy listening to it.
    
    /Your up and want to keep it going ?
    
    High energy music.  Ramones.  Revolting Cocks.  Jesus and Mary Chain.
    Buzzcocks.
    
    /Memory song or one that makes you sad anytime you hear it ?
    
    "Lovesong" by the Cure will always reminds me of one person, the
    "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me" album by the Cure reminds me of a different
    person.  Both make me feel melancholy.
    
    "Echo Beach" by Martha and the Muffins reminds me of summer, 198?
    (2?, 3?), hanging out at beaches, getting a tan, relaxing in general.
    A happy time.  Frisbees flying in the air.
    
    Anything from the Violent Femmes first album will make me feel happy,
    make me want to dance or do something......anything.....just can't
    sit still........
    
173.32James Brown CSC32::GORTMAKERwhatsa Gort?Sat Oct 13 1990 02:009
I feel Good.

Beethoven- fanfare for the common man
Manheim Steamroller fresh aire III tocatta
Hobie Carmicheal- On the sunnyside of the street

Sorry I'm in a non-rock mood tonight...

-j
173.33nit..SX4GTO::HOLTTue Oct 16 1990 00:343
    
    "Fanfare" was by Aaron Copeland
    
173.34nit within a nitSSGBPM::KENAHI am the catalyst, but not the poisonTue Oct 16 1990 12:231
    Copland is spelled without an "e".
173.36oh, yeahROYALT::NIKOLOFFSome things must be believed to beTue Oct 16 1990 21:0812
re. -1

>>	Sensual mood music
>>		The soundtrack to 9 1/2 weeks



	Good choices, Mike



173.37Forget the rock and roll...(for a while, anyway.)MISERY::WARD_FRGoing HOME--as an AdventurerWed Oct 17 1990 13:295
    ...almost anything by Yanni is romantic and/or inspirational
    (just ask his lover, Linda Evans...)
    
    Frederick
    
173.38HPSTEK::XIAIn my beginning is my end.Wed Oct 17 1990 23:436
    Quartets Nos. 12-16 by Beethoven.  Greatest spiritual music for all
    moods, especially the Heiliger Dankgesang (of the A minor).  Greatest 
    hymn ever written.  Guarantee to break you down in tears or your money
    back.
    
    Eugene
173.39Capture a fleeing moment before it fades...HPSTEK::XIAIn my beginning is my end.Thu Oct 18 1990 01:5917
    I was having a bad headache tonight, and after reading this note, I
    decided to try something...  I put on the last movement of Mahler's
    Resurrection and tune the volume up VERY high, and got on the rowing
    machine.  After 30mins of strenuous work with the music at full blast,
    I stood in front of my stereo for the last 4 minutes of the movement.
    
    I was soaked in sweat...  One voice... became a thousand
    voices, became my voice, became everyone's voice.  My living
    room extended beyond what the eyes could see.  "Aufersth'n,
    ja aufersteh'n wirst du, mein Herz, in einem Nu! ..."  Rise, rise,
    I saw the choir in white, the orchestra under me, the world
    under God.
    
    When the last note settled, I found myself soaked and couldn't tell
    whether it was sweat or tears.
    
    Eugene
173.40but does it work with two?TINCUP::KOLBEThe dilettante debutanteThu Oct 18 1990 21:551
    Ah Eugene, you sure know how to have a good time. ;*) liesl
173.41DUGGAN::RONSat Oct 20 1990 00:3911
Re: .39 by HPSTEK::XIA,

>    When the last note settled, I found myself soaked and couldn't tell
>    whether it was sweat or tears.

I can help you there. If it was around the eyes, it could have been 
tears. Any place else, it must have been sweat.

-- Ron

173.42YUPPY::DAVIESAFull-time AmazonTue Oct 30 1990 07:0111
     Re .37
    I found that pretty moving - Mahler is brilliant, especially that bit
    from No.5 (was it?) that was used in "Death in Venice"....
    
    I'd recommend Faure's Requiem for winding down....
    Rodriguez Guitar Concerto for sunny Sunday mornings....
    Rolling Stones "Rewind" album for commuting....
    ZZ Top for speeding...;-)
    
    'gail
    
173.43ARRODS::CARTERTreat me like I'm a bad girl...Mon Nov 05 1990 15:2527
For driving along English country lanes in the sun:

Spring movement of Vivaldis four seasons


To cheer you up:

Any stupid song... the Birdie Song, the Smurfs

To get depressed to:

Leonard Cohen

For romantics:

The Greg Lake side on ELP Works Volue 1.

For commuting:

Anything that doesn't go shhh tschh shhh in the person next to you's ear!





Xtine

173.44YUPPY::DAVIESAShe is the Alpha...Tue Nov 06 1990 10:3118
>For commuting:
>Anything that doesn't go shhh tschh shhh in the person next to you's ear!
    
    That's right!
    I regularly travel on crowded Intercity trains where you *have* to
    sit (or stand) close to someone. In the morning I sit down, and you
    can see the pained look on the face of the person next to me as I
    get my Walkman out....
    
    As no-one has yet asked, I haven't yet told them that I'm only
    listening to Radio 4 on the radio! (Radio 4 - very staid "official
    UK news channel" - no hissing trebles!)
    
    The evening, of course, is a different matter. They can overhear
    the Stones and lump it! ;-)
    (we're all brain dead on the train by then anyway...)
    'gail