You don't have to know anything about music for it to affect you. I couldn't tell a C from an E sharp. I can't read music at all. But I do know what sounds good. And that's enough for me.
I know you know what sounds good as well... I've heard your rec's, and they're amazing. So, don't bitch out. Be affected. ;)

Hahaaha thanks! :laughing: I would just like to know more so I could hopefully be able to find more stuff like it. Or if I ever get to make music, which I plan to, I know what I enjoy and why.

Do what you gotta do.
But I personally think the most original and inspiring stuff comes from those with the most limited means of producing it.

The only song that can make me tear up is "You Never Know (Ft. Jean Grae)" by Immortal Technique. It's always at the same part too when they are reading the letter together, just something about the way their voices mix and the content of the letter makes me all teary eyed.

On the exact opposite side, I had a pretty violent reaction to Neutral Milk Hotel a few weeks ago while driving around hungover. I was drinking at a friend's bar til 4 am a few weeks ago and for whatever reason woke up at 9 am. I decided that since I was awake I'd get started on my daily errands, getting breakfast, gas, coffee, etc. So I'm driving up one of the back lanes after getting coffee and "The King of Carrot Flowers Pts 2 & 3" came on and the part where Magnum whines "JEEEESSUUUS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIST IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOOVEEEEE YOUUUUU" nearly caused me to crash.

This fills me with something bubbly all up in the soul area:

I don't think I've ever listened to this song and not at least teared up. Like Jesus Christ.

For me, there's those songs which feel more cathartic and cold, like:



And then those which are a bit more intense, like:



And then those that I can only listen to sparingly, like:



As such, the responses they illicit are in balance with how they feel. The first one provokes a sort of dull sadness that might not be intense, but still feels pretty ****ty. The second one is a step above that, especially considering how I felt when I first discovered the album and what was going on at the time. The last one, well I think it speaks for itself.

Was this Cookie Monster reference intentional?

Certainly not.

wow, that is an amazing song. I have most of their discography downloaded and a blunt prepared and I just want to thank you in advance for what will be a fantastic few hours I hope!!!

More on the subject I get an intensely strong reaction to I Want You, especially the lyrics 'The drunken politician leaps, Upon the street where mothers weep,
And the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you And I wait for them to interrupt, Me drinkin’ from my broken cup'

I like to sit back and just sort of ponder where I am in life and I always put this song on and it sends me into a 40 minute reflection on everything. I think there is something in that verse that hints at peoples inability to help themselves through their refusal to look for help. I don't really know but I can really empathise with the point of this thread.

I don't think you should stop listening to certain types of music because of how it makes you feel I tihnk you should explore why it makes you feel how you feel.