Got any songs that describe you, inspire you, etc.?

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I'll get it started. I have three that describe me:

Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
Oomph! - Zuviel Liebe kann dich toten [Too Much Love Can Kill You]
Oomph! - 6 Fuss tiefer [6 Feet Deeper]

And the two that inspire me:
Oomph! - Lass mich raus [Let Me Out]
Rammstein - Morgenstern [Morning Star]

So many
Pretty much anything by Skillet is inspirational/describes me
Out There - Hunchback of Notre Dame, reminds me a lot of my life

Inspirational:
You Gotta Want it
What Doesn't Kill you makes you stronger
Firework
Born this Way
Raise Your Glass
Several movie soundtracks

I could list a bunch, but the gist is this:
Beatles - She's Leaving Home
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttm-NQPW5G4[/youtube]

and a little of this:
Puscifer - Queen B
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJyYWTBRtyQ[/youtube]

Just thought of another that describes me

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiSg0WGBJng[/youtube]

I'll have to think on if I have any songs that I feel like describe me, but I can name a hundred songs that somehow 'speak' to me in a very powerful way:

A couple I'm almost sure no one here knows: 'Florida' by Mofro (now JJ Grey and Mofro) is truly amazing, and while I like everything Orange Avenue plays, I'm partial to 'This Time Baby' for some reason.

Let's see...

I love a LOT of Bob Dylan songs - I think 'Forever Young' is probably my favorite. No, it's probably not the song you're thinking of. 'Positively 4th Street' is another that from time to time I have identified VERY strongly with - so much so that I suggest you go listen to it, or read the lyrics if that's your thing. I won't bother to list the rest, there are too many.

I also love most anything Johnny Cash did - 'Man in Black' is probably my favorite, and I LOVE 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' so much more the way he does it. In that vein, he did a group thing for 'The Highwayman' that I just adore.

I also really love the Moody Blues (because my Papa taught me to) - and a few random songs from other artists he introduced me to like 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'American Pie' and 'Operator' and lord, that list would probably go on forever. I also really like 'Drops of Jupiter' which I put here because it fits in no other bit of this post =P

Past that, I like *everything* my favorite local musician plays. He does a lot of Irish (and American) folk and trad songs - some of it is REALLY bawdy and awesome. It would be nearly impossible to pick favorites, but 'Green Fields of France' is definitely on the list, as are 'Fiddler's Green' and 'Caledonia' - those are all pretty slow, though. For upbeat stuff, I love Irish rebel songs like 'Black and Tans' and songs like 'Moonshiner' and 'Whiskey in the Jar' - and I'm kinda partial to a bunch that are very, very dirty and I will not name here. Oh, 'Dublin Blues' is definitely one of his best, and safe for all audiences. I went back and bolded Caledonia because I *think* that second verse ('I have moved, I've kept on moving, proved the points that needed proving, lost the friends I needed losing, found others on the way...') might be the most powerful verse (for me) I've ever heard in song.


Heh, that was more than I meant to write - but I can't express how important music (actually, that musician of mine) was to my recovery last time I broke into a million pieces. I'm sort of taking this post as a very lucky and timely reminder that I need to keep the stereo on when I can't turn down the volume on the bad tapes in my head. Thanks muchly - I didn't know I needed it <3

Many would probably relate to This is how it Goes, by Billy Talent.

(So I hold my breath till my heart explodes, 'cause this is how it is, and this is how it Goes.)

Initially about MS. (Not NTs )

I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
I Don't Need No One - The Kinks
Do You Wish To Be A Man - The Kinks
Don't Ever Change - The Kinks
Out Of The Wardrobe - The Kinks
On The Outside - The Kinks

Welkome to WP

Mick

Describe me:
All My Days by Alexi Murdoch
Eyes Wide Open by Gotten
Breath of Life by Florence + the Machhine

Inspiration:
Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford & Sons
The Call by Mumford & Sons
I Can Talk by Two Door Cinema Club

I've found music to be a perennial source of self-soothing, consolation and inspiration for me. I could list a gazillion songs, but one I've been particularly fond of during the last two years is a song by a not-very-well-known singer/songwriter named Kevin Ray that I first heard used in the soundtrack of an indie movie, "Zerophilia". The song is "I Don't Believe You Have It In You". He's got it streaming and downloadable on his website, but I'm apparently too new here to post a link.

If I'm in a crappy mood, feeling defeated and stuck (not uncommon), this song provokes me to get up and keep going with my never-ending project of trying to construct a life that doesn't suck too badly.

(not formally diagnosed yet but going to see a therapist soon to get her opinion about me and Asperger's-- I have traits galore, which were much more evident when I was younger)