Ask HN: What are your goto songs which you listen for specific emotional states?

[sukki07]

Hi all Over the years , I have a collection of songs for many of my emotional/mental states for e.g

Stressful situations like Loved one in an emergency or even prior to a Tech interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_HpzT62txo [Buddhist Meditation]

Nostalgia about the days gone by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXsjbv47Amk [Sundial Dream , Kevin Kern]

In the zone music [mostly at the time of coding or email tagging/filtering :-)] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SfJg_fp3A&t=4006s [Cafe del mar , Lounge music]

Gym/Running/Pumped Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7SGn0MeP0 [Epic Music]

Peaceful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU [Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80 [Pachelbel , Canon in D Major]

Would love to hear your go to songs and situations.

[mindcrime]

For running / mountain biking / lifting I have a number of specific songs I could call out. Too many to list. For other activities, like reading, or coding, I think in terms of genres not individual songs. So when I'm reading for example, I'll just go to Youtube and put on a playlist of classical or synthwave (usually). For coding I might go with classical, synthwave, blues, or even metal.

To go back to the running/biking/lifting thing, here are a few of my standout songs:

* Black Sabbath - Iron Man

* Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart

* Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On

* Metallica - Seek and Destroy

* Whitesnake - Bad Boys

* AC/DC - Who Made Who

* AC/DC - Hells Bells

* AC/DC - Thunderstruck

* AC/DC - Highway to Hell

* Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

* Motley Crue - Wildside

* Armored Saint - Burning Question

* Armored Saint - Last Train Home

* Anthrax - Indians

* Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

* Motorhead - Ace of Spades

* W.A.S.P. - King of Sodom and Gomorrah

* W.A.S.P. - Wild Child

* W.A.S.P. - Restless Gypsy

* K.I.S.S. - Pyschocircus

* Whitesnake - Children of the Night

* K.I.S.S. - Lick It Up

* Cinderella - Somebody Save Me

* Cinderella - Push Push

* Cinderella - Hell on Wheels

And about twelve bazillion more

[rolph]

when coding, or machineing i like a fast pace old school neo industrial playlist

e.g. :

motorhead ace of spades

ministry the train

killing joke various