[Help] Songs that kept you sane

[Peteinblack]

This is a celebratory thread.

At times in my life certain songs have kept me sane. You?

What and how?

This is one from after the divorce and lost custody battle.

"I turn and face the sun
Then all my troubles fall behind me like a shadow
In solitude
Solitude"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60OstMWR1jc

A brilliant track, and easy to appreciate its poignancy, both lyrically and musically.

 

[Peteinblack]

These two songs helped me cope with an unhappy adolescence, when I just couldn't wait to escape from Lancing, due to problems at home, and bullying at school:

"So I found that life is just a game, but you know there's never been a winner
Try your hardest, just to be a loser, the world will still be turning when you're gone"




What you see is just illusion, you're surrounded by confusion
Saying life's begun to cheat you, friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

Don't let the tears linger on inside now, because it's sure time you gained control

 

[Gwylan]

There was a thread on this a couple of years back. I give the same answer that I gave then: the second part of Bach's cantata 134. I've no believer but this is the most uplifting piece of music I know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SrehLy3ei8

 

[Lower West Stander]

Do Anything You Wanna Do by Eddie and the Hotrods

Remember cranking it out full pelt in the car after I'd left a shitty job.

 

[MTSeagulls]

I had to listen to this frequently to get me through a tough few months.

 

[Saladpack Seagull]

For me after the break-up of Marriage No.1 Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" and "Wonderful Life" by Black were great for getting me back on track and out of the depths of despair. I apologise for not being clever enough to get the videos up on here but I'm a bit of an old duffer when it comes to all this Tech malarkey! Just so you know, Marriage No.2 has been great for the last 27 years so "every cloud" as they say!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

For me after the break-up of Marriage No.1 Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" and "Wonderful Life" by Black were great for getting me back on track and out of the depths of despair. I apologise for not being clever enough to get the videos up on here but I'm a bit of an old duffer when it comes to all this Tech malarkey! Just so you know, Marriage No.2 has been great for the last 27 years so "every cloud" as they say!

Top work. I'll post the latter for you - a favourite of mine for more pedestrian reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZoHfJZACA

 

[Icy Gull]

A song to uplift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfmkgQRmmeE

 

[Worried Man Blues]

No more Mr Nice guy Alice

 

[Worried Man Blues]

No more Mr Nice guy Alice

https://youtu.be/OSxuXsyanCI

 

[BLOCK F]

After a very painful relationship break-up and the worst time in my life................'.I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor and 'Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now' by Viola Wills.
All this 40 years ago.
Football also kept me sane and Albion were steadily climbing to safety in the old 1st Division.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

the early 90s was a shitty time for me

we lost the play off final

misses ****ed off

house got repossessed

remember blaring out Guns N Roses while flying around in my black Mk1 Golf

took my mind off things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0pCDyhB0Jk

 

[Surf's Up]

This beautiful piece of quintessentially English music manages to be emotional, uplifting, tranquil, evocative, inspiring, calming, thought provoking, powerful and many other things simultaneously.......

https://youtu.be/KbGNJVlhoRA

 

[1066familyman]

This . . .is. . . .just....everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFALroBF84w

Bit more detail...actually, no. No words.

That whole album is an absolute masterpiece!
I dug it out just recently. Shame on me for leaving it so long.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

This. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_6ia1NJkg

 

[Drumstick]

NSFW but after a shit day at work this brings a smile and the shit fades away.


https://youtu.be/pYfLZoI5wQQ


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[Weststander]

Not one specific song, but in a lonely period between relationships, the dance music played on Radio 1 by Tong, Jules and Pearce was a great friend. Two classics from that amazing musical era: