Expressing Love for Music

[O'Shag]

Concerning the recent poll, asking 'what music do you listen to, initiated by the right honorable gentleman Mr Blackraven, called by LuvinDaBlues the Ebony Crow LOL , There were many responses, and one caught my eye immediately as a wonderfully expressed feeling that is somewhat remaniscent of how I would have expressed it in my teens and twenties.

Audio Amateur cited Trance/Rave/Ambient as music he really enjoys listening to, because it feels like flying. This feeling really hits home. I can remember (and still do from time to time) having this feeling when listening to music that touches the emotions. The feeling of flying in space, of spiritual energy.

I like trance/rave/ambient also. It can oft-times be repetitive, not interesting, downright boring or just plain awful, but sometimes a piece of this music is magic, and just rockets you to another place. It may not be full of meaning in the normal sense, but can send the spirit soaring non-the-less. Its not only this form of music that does this; so many wonderful pieces of Classical music can send one into orbit too. I never forget when in my early twenties, drivnig my much younger sister somewhere. Beethoven's 9th Symphony came on the radio. We were both almost in tears by the time I dropped her off, such is the emotional impact of that music (my sister is now a rising star as a classical violin soloist in Europe). I still get seriously moved when listening to Bach's concertos, such as the works for two pianos, or the Brandenburg. This can get me soaring into space. Or Gustav Holst's The Planets can be immensely moving. How about Wagner's Ring Cycle?

Just thought it might be interesting to learn what others have experienced in terms of feelings or the emotional impact some pieces of music have or have had on you at some point when you listen/have listened?