# Soothing, sick person music (need answer...somewhat fast?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049 "2011-12-22T05:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/1 "2011-12-22T05:18:19Z")
So, I’m ill. Fever, chills, all that fun stuff. I went to go listen to music, and as it turns out, listening to techno and other fast-paced music is reeeeeeeeally not what I want right now. I’m hoping some of you could recommend some soothing, calm music, that won’t make my head pound. My requirements: lower-pitched, if possible, slower paced, and pretty. (To give you an example, I’ve been listening to [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEoAP1sg1cU) music from the Hobbit’s new trailer, because it’s just about perfect, but obviously I want more than just that.) I like orchestral, but if you find something really pretty that isn’t, go ahead and post it. Thanks, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/2 "2011-12-22T05:27:40Z")
Bach, Goldberg variations (aria) Cello Suite #1 (prelude) Debussy Clair de Lune The Sunken Cathedral ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/3 "2011-12-22T05:44:12Z")
Vocals yes no maybe? If yes, [Pretty](http://rhodesongs.com/music/thekeep/index.html). (it doesn’t start out lower-pitched but goes there very quickly). If you like that, most of [this](http://rhodesongs.com/music/rhodesongs/index.html) might work for you too. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/4 "2011-12-22T05:52:48Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Vocals yes no maybe? If yes, [Pretty](http://rhodesongs.com/music/thekeep/index.html). (it doesn’t start out lower-pitched but goes there very quickly). If you like that, most of [this](http://rhodesongs.com/music/rhodesongs/index.html) might work for you too. Oh, yes, sorry, vocals are fine. Perhaps I should’ve made that clearer. If you’ve got something by a good bass singer, all the better. 😉 Thanks, folks. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/5 "2011-12-22T06:06:09Z")
Michael Franks…romantic, clever softer pop/jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/6 "2011-12-22T06:36:07Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > Oh, yes, sorry, vocals are fine. Perhaps I should’ve made that clearer. If you’ve got something by a good bass singer, all the better. 😉 Ok, [here you go](http://youtu.be/xSCf15tBGqE). [Another](http://youtu.be/znCo5FI9h9o). There’s more 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/7 "2011-12-22T07:11:27Z")
[Selected Ambient Works Volume II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_Volume_II) by Aphex Twin. It’s not really what _I_’d call “ambient” music, but it’s a lot more pleasant than techno. Aphex Twin has done a lot of diverse stuff, but this album is the one that really appeals to me. (Volume 1 is also not really ambient, and it’s far more uptempo electro-techno than V2.) The pinnacle of Ambient Music is Eno’s [Ambient 1: Music for Airports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_Airports), which is a wonderfully divisive album. Some folks - me for instance - get it, and find it to be utterly beautiful. Other folks don’t get it at all, and claim that those of us who **do** get it are actually lying about getting it because we’re trying to look all cool and intellectual or something, and that there’s really nothing there and it’s all a trick. If you just want something that’s universally acclaimed to be achingly beautiful in a minimalist sort of way, then obtain [Alina by Arvo Pärt](http://www.amazon.com/Alina-Arvo-P%C3%A4rt-Sergej-Bezrodny/dp/B000024HL1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324537783&sr=8-1). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/8 "2011-12-22T07:21:07Z")
[Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjN8kyK14wk&ob=av2e) [Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4dxvguQDk&ob=av2e) [Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF3KeXcRAhE) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/9 "2011-12-22T13:32:18Z")
Sheldon likes [Soft Kitty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIp77PUvLTE)… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/10 "2011-12-22T13:58:51Z")
[Mazzy Star - Fade Into You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI) [Rita Coolidge - We’re All Alone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGC29fn8JFU) [Radu Lupu - Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnySZohc624) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/11 "2011-12-22T14:54:24Z")
Take a dose of [Mose Allison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8NwNQ5Rjjo) & chill out… ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soothing-sick-person-music-need-answer-somewhat-fast/607049/12 "2011-12-22T15:43:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Sheldon likes [Soft Kitty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIp77PUvLTE)… 🙂 Preferably sung by your MeeMaw (not that I’d kick Penny off the bed, mind you).