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It is the opposite for me. If I am depressed or down, happy and upbeat songs piss me off. Music can change my mood, but only if I don't have a particular mood at the moment. Otherwise, I have to select music tthat fits my mood. Depressing music makes me feel better when I am depressed.
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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
For me, depressing songs are more beautiful. When something happens in minor, it gets my attention quicker than a major. Emotionally, I've always felt like I get something more out of sadder sounding songs. Angry would come second to that. Happy is probably the very last in the list.
It never really matters what emotional context I'm in. The emotional context of the music doesn't really map that way for me. It simply maps to a particular interest in the vibe. And sad is number 1 for me.
I too noticed that sad songs tend to be more "beautiful". I actually wrote a poem about it that I turned into the first song of a song cycle of sad poetry which I will call (translated) "Of Beauty and Weeping". The poem I wrote is called (translated to English) "The Beauty... I Am Blind with Weeping" which was inspired by this performance of "Der Leiermann"
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