Music that speaks to your type

[ChrisM]

I got an idea last night as I was falling asleep...


Post a link to a piece of music that has spoken deeply to you, and you feel would speak well to your type. Vocal works are certainly fine, but if you can find instrumental, go for it!




mine:
For INTPs/INTJs, who love dark things and contemplation... here a piano work by Maurice Ravel:

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Probably the darkest / most thought-provoking piano piece I've ever heard. Not the best version, but the pianist is stellar.

[xtremegeek]

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam. The guy I was going to marry died in a car accident. I get teary-eyed every time I hear this song...

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[Erika Redmark]

That Ravel is awesome–it reminds me of Debussy's Sunken Cathedral.

I like basically anything by Mahler (the first 4 symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde, and Songs of a Wayfarer particularly speak to me), although I suspect that he was personally a feeler…most likely INFP, or maybe INFJ.

Of pieces I've played: Poem for Flute and Orchestra by Griffes. It's alternately dreamy, dark, fiery, and calm, to extremes. I love it. ^_^ (I found a pretty good video of it on youtube: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[Motor Jax]

Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera

[xtremegeek]

That Ravel is awesome–it reminds me of Debussy's Sunken Cathedral.

I like basically anything by Mahler (the first 4 symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde, and Songs of a Wayfarer particularly speak to me), although I suspect that he was personally a feeler…most likely INFP, or maybe INFJ.

Of pieces I've played: Poem for Flute and Orchestra by Griffes. It's alternately dreamy, dark, fiery, and calm, to extremes. I love it. ^_^ (I found a pretty good video of it on youtube: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Hey that was a good one! Thanks for sharing. Do you listen to Andrea Bocelli? His E Sara' A Settembre is one of my favorites:

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[curiousjane]

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and, of course, my darling Feist!
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(got to love the irony of it all ... blue sparkly spandex?!!? She did it on purpose ... but the cinematography ... wow ... one shot.)

[ElstonGunn]

Idiot Wind (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), from the Rolling Thunder Revue.

[Eric86]

Dolorian - Rising

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[Erika Redmark]

Speaking of shivers down the spine: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. The bass part at 0:24 gets me every time.

That Bocelli video was pretty awesome…I've listened to him singing the Gounod Ave Maria on Youtube, too, and that's really nice.

[bricklayer]

Camels Night Out - Eric Johnson.

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Also Unforgiven by Metallica:
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[Elfrun]

Dolorian - Rising

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Nice one :thumbsup:

Never heard them before, thanks for the link.



So many possibilities...

I'll suggest Muse, their music takes me to another place: Bliss (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) gives me chills, Hysteria (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) blows my mind, unintended (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) mellows me out.

It's heavy/loud rock with a classical influence, plus there are a lot of links with space - that's my INTJ suggestion ;)

[Bioplasmoid]

Spine tingling...hmmm there are several for me. When I initially heard this first track, it was almost a religious moment for me for some reason. I like the slow semi acoustic bassline, and the singing in particular. It speaks to my INFJ shadow. (Best with some decent headphones and the original audio instead of the overly compressed youtube encoding)

"Beaches and Deserts" by "A guy called Gerald".

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Also very INTJ in my opinion are "The Gift" by "Annie Lenox", "Original" by "Leftfield", and "Walking Wounded" by "Everything but the girl - Omni Trio Remix", "Waiting" by "Nat Monday" on the Deepdish compilation,The original of "Your not alone" by "ATB", "Dark Days" by"Fat Freddys Drop", Last but not least by any means, would be "Walk a mile in my shoes" by "Coldcut".

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Enjoy.

[Americano]

I'll suggest Muse, their music takes me to another place: Bliss (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) gives me chills, Hysteria (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) blows my mind, unintended (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) mellows me out.

It's heavy/loud rock with a classical influence, plus there are a lot of links with space - that's my INTJ suggestion ;)

Pretty much. Matt Bellamy is a musical mastermind.

I'll add New Born (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), Map of the Problematique (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), and TIRO (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[replicant]

Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[comet]

One of the most expressive and contemporary musicians of our time is Andreas Vollenweider. His music literally "sings" in my heart and mind. I find I do my best thinking listening to AV, his music energises me.

I'm adding a montage videoclip, so that those of you who don't know his work get a general idea of what he's like. I hope some of you will explore this man and his work further.

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This next clip is my absolute favourite Vollenweider piece, it makes me tingle all over!!

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[Myrak]

Something that touches me in a different way:
Metallica - Fuel (from S&M, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra) (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

This song blows the regular version away. I will drop everything when I hear this song, it pumps me up like nothing else. The lyrics don't need to be interpreted too literally, they are just great to sing along with. The whole album with the orchestral backing is just beautiful. Give it a listen.

Hilltop Hoods - Roll On Up (acoustic w/ backing) (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
This really strikes a chord with me, its Australian hip-hop at its finest. Saw these guys live and they were AMAZING. The way the song is done in this video is just top-notch.

Jason Mraz - The Remedy (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
A line I think everyone needs to sing along with once in a while- "I won't worry my life away..." ;)
It's the dude in my avatar, I love him. This is my favourite song.

[curiousjane]

Myrak ... love the Remedy, love Jason Mraz!

And, I know I've posted so many Feist songs, but ... what can I say? She's my favorite. And THIS is my absolute favorite song at the moment. So sweet. So innocent. So catchy!

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[aranae]

anything by AFI. most stuff by NIN and Toad the Wet Sprocket.

[Sometimes]

Here you go

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My all time favorite band and obsession. When I first heard Loveless, everything clicked into place.

I spent years learning every note, every nuance, every trick.

[Cygnus]

Don't make me break out KC and the Sunshine band!

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As I said before....these are good matches for me in varied moods...

Chiasm - Isolated
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Finger Eleven - Falling On
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Rush...most all since I am a fan
Driven
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Requiem for a Dream (a nice modern classic)
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William Tell Overture
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Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
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I needed to add our forum theme song :)
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and special bonus track
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[emanon]

Red Hot Chili Pipers - Dark Island
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[Wolfie]

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creeper by the ISlands. you can hear the whole thing on their myspace.
nice one by the way with the theme song

[Homini Lupus]

Vulgar display of power is an album that quite fits me. Here's an example:

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[Claptonian]

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Less than four-and-a-half minutes that drastically altered the course of my life. Absolutely brilliant.

[yossarianlives]

Hi I'm new :-)
Mouthwash by Kate Nash (search for it on youtube).
The music and lyrics perfectly describe the analytical turbulence that ensue daily in the INTJ mind.





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Also, pretty much any Indigo Girls song. They're lyrics are so thought-provoking while their music is actually good as well, unlike so many artists these days.

[Beery Swine]

The seems really INTJ. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) The song even has lyrics, while being an instrumental, which are meant to serve as a supplemental. A little Egyptian-themed. And a bonus. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[Deadgod]

Here you go

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My all time favorite band and obsession. When I first heard Loveless, everything clicked into place.

I spent years learning every note, every nuance, every trick.

agreed. MBV is awesome stuff.

My music:
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Burzum is about the intuition and this song is a good reflection of the beyond while also having a huge disdain for the church.

For Burzum fans or anyone who knows of Burzum and Varg Vikernes, I found something hilarious:
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Look at the ad on the left.





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The seems really INTJ. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) The song even has lyrics, while being an instrumental, which are meant to serve as a supplemental. A little Egyptian-themed. And a bonus. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Everyone knows that only the first two albums of Nile are the only credible ones. After that they started to appeal more to Dragonfarce fans with silly technical guitar stuff.
I'd take Gorguts over their later stuff anyday.

[PortInStorm]

Missed The Boat by Modest Mouse
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Personal history with this song- tribute to my best friend. But it's also got a nice little melancholy tinge with deep hints at philosophy. True NT.

Dashboard's great too- and please, it's got a boat. Pure winner for that reason alone :-)
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Different genre, amazing: Eric Whitachre
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[Beery Swine]

Everyone knows that only the first two albums of Nile are the only credible ones. After that they started to appeal more to Dragonfarce fans with silly technical guitar stuff.
I'd take Gorguts over their later stuff anyday.

Yeah well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man.
The Dude

[KBRod]

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber - Sad and reflective. The shrill, almost divine, idea comes out - and then nothing.

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[ChrisM]

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber - Sad and reflective. The shrill, almost divine, idea comes out - and then nothing.

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Very nice. I love that work. ;)

Simple yet immensely effective.

[Eric86]

anything by Agalloch. Here is the music video from their most recent full-length cd, Ashes Against the Grain (video version of the songs is shortened).

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also Alcest

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Those two bands have created some of the most beautiful and powerful music I've ever heard in my life.

[augustus]

Beethoven's Symphonies and Mozart's Piano Concertos.

Beethoven's inspires me by his talent and also his ability to achieve so much when dealing with physical disabilities.

Mozart music shows what's its like to a natural born genius.

[Musicguy]

Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.

[Ejay]

Citizen Cope Sideways always makes me think. Been listening to a lot of Cope lately...

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[BallentineChen]

John Coltrane - Blue in Green

Since there's no hip-hop here:

Notorious BIG - Everyday Struggle
Kool G Rap - Blowin' Up in the World
Cormega - Love in Love out

[konec]

I heard this one on the radio this morning:

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[Andantino]

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An old favorite. I definitely identify with this piece.

And this!!! I forgot all about this.

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Edit: Geez. They still don't hold a flame to Vanessa Mae. Just no comparison. Maybe listen to them FIRST. LOL She's a tough act to follow.

[ChrisM]

Not the best version, but an amazing piece:

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I recommend the recording with Sir Colin Davis and the LSO. He is amazing.





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that youtube vid isn't complete either. I didn't listen to much of it, but I thought the interpretation was much too rigid from the start.

[Allie]

Kamelot - Karma (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (I love string instruments) (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time to Say Goodbye (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

Yanni - Reflections of Passion (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[m00n1]

Third for My Bloody Valentine

How about some Scott Walker, very INTJish IMHO. Not for those with weak hearts or conservative tastes. Very intelligent, deep music.
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[iuniperus]

I find that the band Stars really speak to me.

Calendar Girl (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) does a amazing job describing how I feel about life in general.

My Favourite Book (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) is how I feel about my IXTJ, but I'd never tell him so in such a mushy way. :p

[ssrprotege]

Here, I am suggesting music that does not speak for my type: Tchaikovsky's.

I used to like Tchaikovsky during my intro stage to classical music; but I find it hard to bear Tchaikovsky's music (maybe not the First and the Second symphonies though) in general. I find it to be uber-sentimental, which evokes an image of swooning sentiments. It's hard for me to withstand listening to his music.

Brahms and Mahler speak for my type: serious, detached yet emotionally intense, with a schizophrenic streak. Mahler was a bit of schizophrenic. Brahms's music sounds like a serious Classical music, but in it there is vivid, strong emotion. Brahms is awesome. :thumbsup:

Anyone who loves Brahms's music think of joining the American Brahms Society (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). Membership fee goes for good purposes. :)

[Andantino]

These guys are awesome. All of them are equally good. I'd say it definitely speaks my type. :) Perfect mix!

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Ok, even if it doesn't... they still rock.

[ChrisM]

These guys are awesome. All of them are equally good. I'd say it definitely speaks my type. :) Perfect mix!

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Ok, even if it doesn't... they still rock.Nice, I discovered them a few months back.. they have some great ideas. They are definitely good players, and I hope they build up their international reputation.



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[Deraj0100]

Not so sure about the video...but, Anathema is amazing band that definitely has had a profound influence on me.
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I'm also a Porcupine Tree lover, though. This song is probably...wow.
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And of course there is the Sigur Ros.

[Andantino]

Nice, I discovered them a few months back.. they have some great ideas. They are definitely good players, and I hope they build up their international reputation.



Yeah. I was disappointed to see they didn't tour in the US.

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Wow. That sounds amazing!

[redbaren]

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This song is the greatest

[SimplyOtter]

this one, for all (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[SmileyMan]

Halou - Things Stay the Same (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

I like this piece. It's very melancholic.

[Dzepxich]

Most of Pink Floyd, "Learning to Fly" gives me chill bumps.

Eve 6, Inside Out, "Wanna put my tender
heart in a blender
watch it spin around
to a beautiful oblivion"

Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells

Tangarine Dream