After a long day at work or school, what song allows you to release all that tension. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Gotta be driving when I do....
So many songs. If I want to relax, I like
Michiko Hamamura which is pretty old now
but has that really nice scratchy analogue
sound.
For something a little punker, maybe NOFX
or Bad religion or The Pogues. I kind of
like Rammstein but only in small doses.
My guilty pleasures, which I don't really
admit to often is Studio Ghibli songs or
the opening and closing themes from "Kare
Kano"
I want to say
Nightmare - Varuna Remix...
Or Nazuki of Nightmare again.
JROCK always gives me relief (laugh)!
But if I have a headache, because
of my hard day...
I will probably listen to something nicer...
Like Shiina Ringo...Or TommyFebruary6 - Je'taime Je'taime → I love that song ^0^
But sometimes I just listen to instrumental songs ... Piano or...slow songs like that.
But I mostly end up listening to Nightmare..Or
Dir en grey (laugh)!
BTW...speaking of songs that rock, if you do a
search on Youtube for Urban Ninja you'll find a
really cool clip. I've heard the backing song
before but I can't for the life of me remember
the name of the band. Does anyone know the name,
it's driving me nuts.
I am a dj, so mixing is the best cure ever to take away all kind of pain and stress. Right now I really like Daishi Dance and Jazztronik is my favorit! You can download my mixes for free on http://www.shinohara-underground.net and check the musical project, the titles "beautiful" and "summer's sketch" are Jazzy house. To see people dancing and smiling on your music is the best feeling ever!
I don't have one single song I listen to as my "after work" song. It usually depends on what I've been listening to recently.
Right now, it happening to listening to Nas (Hip Hop is Dead), Lupe Fiasco (Food and Liquor), Norah Jones (Not Too Late), and Corinne Bailey Rae. A strange combination, I know.
Wow, you like Freddie Mercury! You're the man! I love both his and Queen's songs. I have all their albums (including Freddie's solo's) stored on my iPod. :)
I'm with you with Queen. If you have every album
Queen made, you've got pretty much every musical
base covered.
You should see if you can get a copy of the "Live
Aid" DVD which was released a couple of years ago.
Queen's performance was ace. In fact it was worth
buying just for Queen and Sade.
I notice that a lot of people really dig hip hop.
I don't really know all that much about it but I
do like Michael Frante and Spearhead. I think
Michael Frante is one of the coolest guys on
planet earth.
I have lots, but a old standard is Sasha-Xpander
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/
(I couldn't find a link with cool video, so I did the one with the best sound quality.)
Depends on a mood. Lately Les McCann "Sunny (part 2)" (really great song) or Yo La Tengo "Shrimp Stories" (instrumental piece, but quite funny and relaxin').
...and Ben Folds' "Rockin' The Suburbs" (when it was a really bad day).
All Day And All Of The Night, You Really Got Me - Kinks
Changin' man - Paul Weller
Makin' Some Noise - Tom Petty
Year Of The Guru - Eric Burdon And The Animals
Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Gonna Dress In Black - Them (Van Morrison)
Seems To Me - Joel Shawn
.... or, in general, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dylan, ACDC, Green Day, Chilli Peppers, The Animals, Tom Petty, Paul Weller, The Kinks, Tom Waites, Steve Kelly, The Hamsters, Hendrix, The Blues ... Depends on my mood really.
I love Lily Allen's Alubum, " Alright, Still"! Especially the song called " Knock 'Em Out" is awesome! This song is about a girl who trys to come up with excuses not to give her phone number to guys who hit on her and her excuses are very funny and cute!
Other that that, it's a littel old but I love Gnarls Barkley, too.