Listening to dark prog ?

UZ

Some of my favourite dark prog albums:
- A Passion Play by Jethro Tull
- Over by Peter Hammill
- Still Life by Peter Hammill
- The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus
- Light of Day, day of Darkness by Green Carnation
- Brave by Marillion
- Blackwater Park by Opeth
- Red by King Crimson
- Animals by Pink Floyd

And much more ;)

Listening to dark Prog? Right now -A-Vasarat's "Maahan"!!!

I'm a very happy person most of the time, but I find that dark music normally soothes me, depending on what it is.  For example, I can just be driving or doing homework and I'll put on Damnation by Opeth and it won't make me happier really, but I enjoy listening to it and it doesn't make me angry or sad or anything.

Also though, I find that happy music can really change my mood, if the music sounds good to me.  For example, I can listen to Explosions in the Sky and feel much better, even if I wasn't feeling bad.  I like to listen to EITS now in car rides because it does make it more enjoyable. 

So I guess I'm saying that dark music doesn't affect my mood much, but I enjoy it, and uplifting/happy music that I like can make me feel better.

cursestar wrote: infandous wrote: But then, you have a band like Yes where most of the music exudes a positive vibe even if the subject of the song is dark (like Close To the Edge or Gates Of Delirium). Wait, the lyrics to CTTE are comprehencible? What are they about?

Well, I didn't say they were comprehensible   I read they were about the effects of the constant touring and recording schedule the band had in those days, and how it made them feel sometimes (I think...............Roundabout was also supposed to be about touring).  Beyond that, I really can't tell you how any of the actual lyrics relate to that concept (other than "I get up,  I get down" and the actual title).  But I always felt that song had some of Yes' darker music in it (along with Gates, which is about the book, War and Peace).

"In Camera" by PH is pretty dark i like lisen to it when i feel depresed or angry it makes me feel beter.

"what I am not sure about is on a subtle level are they trying to tell me something about my own state of mental well being ? I mean maybe I`m not even aware I am even slightly depressed when I select a CD such as these t ... "

Well many people don't make a difference between dark music and depressive feelings and that upsets me!Because when i listen to something i really like,they all says me that its to depressive and that i shouldn't listen to that ,but music is a personal perception and they dont understand that!My favorite kind of prog is dark and psych but i'm not a depressive kind of person(i was in my teenage years),i really enjoy life,but dark prog is what i like in music :dramatic,passionate,imaginative,profound,celestial...

Van der graaf generator, king crimson and opeth are very dark.

As for non-prog, I'd say Emperor, Xasthur and other assorted, black metal, drone bands etc.

It's a paradox I suppose, but dark/sad music makes me blissfully happy... I can only come up with one reason for this: the music puts me in touch with my deepest emotions - it brings my emotional self up to the surface, which makes me feel...I don't know, more human, more alive?

Now if I'm depressed, I tend to become emotionally numb (=nothing excites me or touches me), and no music in the world would help me, really. (For the record, I prefer watching my Starsky & Hutch dvds in such a lackluster state of mind, lol, now that usually helps a little bit to untie those 'knots' inside of me.)

To me, being depressed and being sad about something are two entirely different things. Music is of help in the latter case but not really in the former.