Originally Posted by: bobbysan07Unlike most responses, I never really listened to music to change my mood or make me feel a certain way.

Either I absolutely disagree with this or totally am on the same page with what you said...huh? I should explain.

I think the music I listen to reflects by mood. So it is mood oriented.

I went through something awfully devastating a few years ago. Something that requires a person go through stages of grief, if you get my drift. When I wanted to really cry it out, there were songs that would reflect that. There were times were I was just so angry. I needed some 'kick you in the teeth' metal (example - warning: language).

So, it's not that the music made feel a certain way in as much as it reflected my mood and helped me during those moods and emotions.

Now that enough times has passed and I a much more normal (well, that's subjective ;) ), I still use music the same way. It's like when you go to dinner, you look at the menu to decide what you have a taste for.