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Ana, I think you need to fire up a Marley and find an older man. You'll be alright. .......As I type this, Satch's 'Summer Song' starts up. Makes me feel better every time.

I had a faible for Aerosmith' Walk This Way to lift me up after strong working sessions. Satriani's Flying In A Blue Dream gets me going anytime I hear it. Best version to be found on the Satriani Live! CD. It's really flying.

Agressive music. Metal (usually) or rap (sometimes). Lamb of God or Pantera on the metal. I have a little mix of about 8 songs. Picks me right up. - Austin

Frank Zappa

I usually listen to some really dark blues stuff... http://youtu.be/MPNi-y_j0I4 Always helps me to hear about somebody who's got it worse than I think I do.

Assuming our love for you isn't enough, try this:

Right. Catharsis vs mood alteration I'm convinced that Metallica got me through my late-teen angst w/o a suicide attempt because I got to scream along with Fade To Black instead of actually making everything fade to black. But when I want to pull myself out of a bad mood, I often go with upbeat jazz forms, whether fusion, dixieland, big band, or Latin. If not, then upbeat 80s-style rock. It is difficult for me to give specifics, because those are mostly mid-/late-90s Chinese pop stars... I used to separate my music by mood, but the "Down" folder very nearly caused a divorce, so I stopped doing that.

I'm with GMan, it depends if I want to stay there for a bit (and work my way out), or if I need to get out as fast as I can! If I'm going to stay there, I've got plenty of depressing singer songwriters/alt-rock stuff. If my wife hears it, she knows I'm in a sad state. If I'm angry (like a pissy day at work), out comes the Anthrax, Testament, and such. If I've had a bad day but I need to get better quick (especially around the family), I put stuff on that is upbeat, filled with melody, and makes me want to sing a long. Note: don't put trite music on if you are in a mood, it'll make you want to strangle your speakers!

statesboro blues , allman bros live

Certainly, ben wahs can be used to dissipate the sadness... I'll fix the title

YMMV- DEFINITELY But I agree with G Man's assessment- sometimes you wanna run with that sadness, as strange as that sounds. Maybe let it run it's course is a better analogy. Times like that, especially when they were brought on by relationship issues, Type O Negative's Too Late: Frozen came in handy. When I wanna be free of the sad shit, it's either nostalgic and upbeat goodies that recall good times/places or defiant, unrelenting rockers. As in, I will NOT let this/you beat me down. Again, Too Late: Frozen comes to mind

I suppose that depends on whether you want to stay in that sad space and relish it, or find a way out. If the former, lots of dark alt-country stuff, ala Wilco. If the latter, live Dead from the late 70s. YMWV.

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