# What music/album/artist got you through the bad times? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156 "2001-07-11T23:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zeroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/839c29/32.png) [@zeroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeroth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/41 "2001-07-15T05:34:33Z")
Personal depression usually finds me listening to the Cure, Sarah McLachlan, the Sisters of Mercy, or any industrial I have on hand. When I’m in one of those “I’m so tired of who I am” type moods I usually listen to punk. Specifically the Offspring’s “Ixnay on the Hombre,” mainly Meaning of Life and All I Want. I picked up the new Pennywise last night, it should come in handy when I’m feeling egotistical [don’t ask me what THAT’s supposed to mean]. Weezer is also good for sorrowful depression/angst. When I really feel close to my friends, Belly is good. ---
**Author:** ![zeroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/839c29/32.png) [@zeroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeroth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/42 "2001-07-15T05:41:46Z")
Doh! I just realized that the topic was the BAD times … that friend one I mentioned wouldn’t apply. Sorry! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/43 "2001-07-15T06:19:51Z")
When I had to say goodbye to my job late last year – or go completely nutzoid, and probably into suicide – I listened to Andrea Bocelli’s _Sogno_ album. I needed a bitter-sweet soundtrack to my heart and soul breaking into a million little pieces, and that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/44 "2001-07-15T08:09:26Z")
The song _Better Thing_ by **Dar Williams** always made me feel better. It helped me realize that life moves on and has its ups and downs and if I waited long enough, the ups would come back. It also helped me realize that there are friends out there that can help me through the rough times. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/45 "2001-07-15T16:24:06Z")
My most-listened-to-while-sad CD is ‘Crash’ by Dave Matthews Band. _Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die_… Cheers me up for some reason. Rose ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/46 "2001-07-15T16:50:38Z")
I used to have this part-time flatmate (long story) and she always knew when it was a bad time to come and stay the night at my place, because she could hear Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall from halfway down the block. Nowadays it’s more likely to be Henryk Gorecki’s “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” or his “Miserere”. Both are absolutely stunning pieces of music, sonic cathedrals that mourn for what is gone, without being sentimental or syrupy in the slightest. Pure emotion turned to music. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/47 "2001-07-15T17:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Home of the Braves \* > **My roughest time was when my ex-fiance ended it by letter. Believe it or not, Alanis Morrisette’s \* Jagged Little Pill \* got me through. I honestly think that if I hadn’t sung those lyrics in my room as angrily as she sang them in the studio, I would have taken the anger out on myself (draw your own conclusions).** And I am incredibly grateful you took that outlet rather than the other. (As well as using me to vent). _Jagged Little Pill_ helped me out through a lot of the rough times with my ex… as did **The Dance** by Garth Brooks. (My last relationship may have been more bad than good, but I don’t think I would ever have traded the experiences for anything. I learned and I grew.) When I’m just in general down, though, I listen to Queensryche’s _Operation: MindCrime_. I don’t conciously think about anything when I listen to it, but it seems to pick me up none-the-less. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/48 "2001-07-15T17:40:56Z")
The Smiths had a prfound impact on me. I spent a four year “blue” period wallowing in my own self pity. During that time I filled volumes of poetry and listened to groups like The Smiths, The Cure, Therapy?, Sonic Youth, Public Enemy, and, for whatever reason, Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”. The latter played every night on my cd player for four years. The Smiths (WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE) Oh the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied just because you asked me to but now you know the truth about me you won’t see me anymore well, I’m still fond of you but no more apologies no more, no more apologies I’m too tired, I’m so sick and tired and I’m feeling very sick and ill today but I’m still fond of you ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156/49 "2001-07-16T05:47:00Z")
The three albums that deserve the most credit for helping preserve my sanity: _We Sold Our Souls for Rock & Roll_ by Black Sabbath, _Animals_ by Pink Floyd, and _The Downward Spiral_ by Nine Inch Nails. For most of 1994, you couldn’t go near my room without hearing one of these albums playing at head-splitting volume. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-album-artist-got-you-through-the-bad-times/72156.md?page=2)