Something I've always wondered...Do songs affect you?

Question

Have you ever heard a song, and it made you feel incredibly sad, even though the song might not have been a sad song?
or

Have you ever heard a song and you just became overwhelmed with happiness, not because it was a happy song...or for the melody, but because as soon as the singer sang the first few words, you felt an instant calmness, and tranquility? If you have, to any of these two experiences, can you tell me about it? Thanks!

Answer 1

Music has always been powerful in my life. The way that it can rip an emotion out of the depths and bring it to the surface is amazing. It can be a song about nothing, with no words even and I can feel everything that the writter must have been feeling when they wrote or played the song. Sometimes when I'm driving I just put the music on and let it take me away and it just releases my emotions and lets me feel.

Answer 2

most of the music i listen to does this to me
music can evoke every kind of human mood
there is a song by the Beatles called golden slumbers that makes me want to cry
I'm not sure why though
perhaps it cause its one of the last tunes on there last ever album but its just moving
your love by the prodigy has the most happiest uplifting piano that i have ever heard
words are not needed in a tune like that and that's probably why there aren't any
the drugs don't work by the verve is such a sad song because its about someone being in hospital and dying of cancer(so i have been told) that's the saddest song ever if that's true
magical mystery tour by the Beatles is a great tune if you wanna feel super happy and want too feel like something special is gonna happen
the power of love by Franky goes to Hollywood is a great spine tingling song
i really could write about a twelve page essay about how songs mean so much
there are songs that people hear that have actually save there lives where they have been so low and depressed then upon hearing certain songs they have realized that they are not the only person who have these feelings and manage to carry on with life
when people ask me what one word i would use to describe genius i will always have to reply
MUSICIAN

Answer 3

I've experienced both. I personally associate memories with songs. Whatever I was doing when I first heard a song is what I think of whenever I hear the song again. Like when I got dumped by my first boyfriend and there was a certain song on the radio. Or when my fiance took me out for the first time and there was a song playing. Stuff like that. Sometimes it's totally random. But yes, music has a huge effect on me and totally brings back memories whenever I hear certain songs, no matter what the song's content....happy, sad, mad, etc. What matters more is what I was feeling when I heard it.

Answer 4

I had this experience with an R.E.M. song called "Day Sleeper" The minute I heard the song, it sounded like the singer knew exactly what it is like to work at night (the 11pm to 7am shift). It was one of those rare occasions when I felt like Michael Stipe wrote the song from something that I had experienced.

Answer 5

Yes, it affected me a lot. Especially melodious or sentimental songs. The tunes will keep mingling on my brain for a few weeks,

Answer 6

The song that affects me the most is "Holes in the Floor of Heaven". I think of my Dad. He wasn't here to see me get married or my daughters born.

Answer 7

definitely. there was a song that Cuban link wrote when big pun died called flowers for the dead. a few months before pun died my father passed. when i heard this song i cried my eyes out for nearly two hours never listened to it again.

Answer 8

Yep it happens that way, just like the Kenny Chesney song, I go back..

Answer 9

yeah, songs are powerful. Instantly change my mood, remind me of stuff, etc.