Do you believe music can change your mood?

Metallica - Fade To Black (On the Ride the Lightning CD) just came on. For a second or two I became almost half way depressed for no apparent reason. As this is a slow/depressing song.

However, I can usually get a slight urge to cause bodily harm to others (in a constructive way.. :? :twisted: ) by listening to hard "going to kill you" music. In the past I have listened to this style of music before large athletic events.

One reason that I believe this may be so is because the song reminds me of things. IE: If I missed my GF, playing "our song" would make me a little more deprssed, not really because of the song but because of the memories. Also, many of the pump up songs that I would listen to have some other things to it. Such as me thinking the same thing (lyric wise).

Thoughts? Comments? Opinions?

I just dance :)

lol, i can agree with you Tommy man. the same thing happens to me sometimes. if its one of those im gonna kill you songs, its usually a crazy destructive feeling, like i wanna smash stuff (ZOID SMASH!). :twisted:

but when its one of those songs about somebody's problems with their life, bad family, abuse, whatnot as long as its detailed enough to get a picture- it really brings out some empathetic feelings. (until a few seconds after the song is over usually)...


anyway i'm not a good dancer, tho dancing seems like fun!

its impossible for your emotions NOT to be changed by music....unless you are brain dead or somthing.

oh ok, at least im not braindead or something...

Music changes my mood all the time. Though 90% of the music I like is "I wanna kill you" music, I usually feel like...uh...breaking stuff :lol:

Though I do listen to a few songs about sad things happening to a person, it does tend to make me feel bad or sad or think about something sad.

i agree.

i agree too......wait, what were we talking about again? oh yea, music. i like five iron frenzy.

drawback.. drawback.. what are we going to do with you :roll:

im not sure. im leaving tomorrow at 430am eastern time for a week. so maybe you all will forget to decide while im gone.