Miscellaneously Yours

I’m convinced. Music has got to be the modern day form of magic. How else can you explain the power it has to completely transform a person’s state of mind? It helps that there are so many different types of music: rock, country, hip-hop, pop, oldies, etc.

courtesy of Julien Houbrechts

Take, for example, when my ex-boyfriend broke up with me. This put me in a bit of a conundrum, because many of my favorite songs are love songs, and obviously I didn’t want to listen to those right after going through a break-up. Bring in the awesome breakup songs. I changed my playlist to songs like Daughtry’s “Over You,” Leona Lewis’s “Better in Time,” and Rise Against’s “Blood to Bleed.” These songs helped to see that I wasn’t alone, and allowed me to still listen to songs I enjoyed that I could relate to and weren’t depressing me.

Or, when I was having a terrible day, you know the kind. It seems like every person that comes to the theater is either rude, an idiot, or both, you have a thousand tests the next day, and you can’t seem to get any of your homework right. Enter songs like Linkin Park’s “One Step Closer,” Rise Against’s “Life Less Frightening,” and My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” Nice angry, energetic songs to help diffuse your anger/frustration. I know I can’t really stay angry when I’m singing along to songs like these.

So what are some of your favorite songs to listen to when you’re angry/upset/happy/in love/etc?