# What's your Musical Safety Net? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179 "2001-09-12T22:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/21 "2001-09-15T17:51:56Z")
Vivaldi’s Gloria, Cherubini’s Requiem, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik (I know I have to have spelled that wrong) or anything by the Eagles. Mostly anything I can sing along with and really get into it. (I’ve got almost the whole vocal score of the Gloria memorized, I swear. Soprano, alto and tenor, and a lot of the bass part.) ---
**Author:** ![acconav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acconav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acconav)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/22 "2001-09-16T15:12:13Z")
i usually end up humming pearl jam’s “eldery woman…”, the “hearts and thoughts they fade, faaaaaade away” part over and over. i have no idea why, it’s not a favorite song or anything. failing that, any song by jimmy buffett will do. ---
**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/23 "2001-09-16T15:39:16Z")
Songs from the Pinafore ---
**Author:** ![toshirodragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@toshirodragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toshirodragon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/24 "2001-09-16T17:01:21Z")
Otherside by The Chili Peppers… it’s about how your life goes to hell in drug addiction… so my problem can’t be quite as bad eh? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bitterdrunk_Kid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/25 "2001-09-16T17:08:46Z")
Western Swing music always makes me feel better, no matter how stressed out I am. Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel have a happy, energetic sound that you just can’t help but smile when you hear it. It’s really, really, corny for the most part, but just try listening to it and tell me that you don’t think it’s a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/26 "2001-09-16T17:09:08Z")
“Be A Lion” from _The Wiz_ really gives me a lot of confidence before job interviews and other situations that require confidence and strength. > [@](#): > > You’re standing strong and tall > You’re the greatest one of all > If on courage you must call > Just keep on tryin’ and tryin’ and tryin’ > In your own way, be a lion! ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/27 "2001-09-16T18:27:26Z")
Allman Bros. No words, but it’s the happiest song I know. ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/28 "2001-09-17T00:57:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Jessica > Allman Bros. No words, but it’s the happiest song I know. **Sassy** , I agree with that choice 110%! It cures every ailment of mine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HairyPotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@HairyPotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyPotter)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/29 "2001-09-17T01:23:15Z")
Anything by Sheryl Crow soothes my soul. She is such an obscenely talented artist. If the world is about to end, it’s the Saint Matthew’s Passion. I forget I’m agnostic while I’m listening to that divinely inspired work. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/30 "2001-09-17T03:24:18Z")
For popular music, Elton John’s **I’m Still Standing** and Chumbawumba’s **Tubthumping** (“I get knocked down/But I get up again/You’re never gonna keep me down…”) If anything, both songs emphasize the point that I WILL be OK, no matter what’s happened, even if I don’t feel so at the time. If I’m not in the mood to hear either, it’s Handel’s **Messiah** hands down. There is no way you can listen to it and be in a bad mood afterward! ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/31 "2001-09-17T05:29:01Z")
Maggie May always seems to work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/32 "2001-09-17T13:05:39Z")
Mine are rather embarrassing, but the two songs that never fail to lift my spirits are Daydream Believer by the Monkees, and Downtown by Petula Clark. Where Is My Mind by the Pixies is the song to listen to while I’m stressed, though - when I listen to it I can almost feel the relief. I probably owe my sanity to that song. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/33 "2001-09-17T13:18:32Z")
Folkie stuff for me. Acoustic and/or choral folkie stuff in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179/34 "2001-09-17T13:27:42Z")
On The Willows from God Spell or Marrage from Caberet or the Song from Scrooge the musical just as Scrooge chages (Do my eyes decieve me) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-musical-safety-net/81179.md?page=1)