Music is such a big part of our lives. What would life be like without it?

Here’s my absolute favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCnL8hArW8

What’s yours?

How does music help you unwind, relax, de-stress, or perhaps wind up and party??

What does it do for you?

yes Ludwig.The world is a beautiful place.We just have to take back our freedoms.

reluctant to add more to my on line prophile
[but....;'where is the love?']

Music. Now there's a lifetime of a topic, Ludwig.

>>What does it do for you?<<

I "use" music for many different reasons.

To me it is one of the most miraculous aspects of being a person (as opposed, say, to being a wombat) that can be imagined. It has a more profound and visceral impact on me than any other art form that human beings have invented. More than painting, more than sculpture, more than theatre, more than movies, more even than the written word. And I have often wondered how it manages to do this. It seems to travel directly to a part of the brain that is uniquely able to process it, and turn it into happy, sad, painful, reflective - sometimes all at once.

It is also intensely personal, so I am not about to share my tastes here. Except to say that I find it extremely easy to turn off country-and-western songs. Especially (shudder) Australian ones.

Dear Ludwig,

A nice topic in the midst of a rather depressing menu.

For relaxing Leonard Cohen would have to be one of my favorites but as for a particular song I would nominate one written by him but sung by the now departed Jeff Buckley. This is a live performance with grainy video and slightly scratchy sound, but sublime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFMhBM3Smo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

As to a song that gets me going I would have to nominate a current favourite Dog Days by Florence and the Machine. When my daughter and I do the dishes my wife goes for a walk and we turn it right up and sing along at the top of our voices. Florence is normally such and English Rose but in this clip there is a lot of Janice Joplin being channeled. A song about domestic violence introduced by a harp. Powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RswILD-MDYg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

*To me it is one of the most miraculous aspects of being a person (as opposed, say, to being a wombat)*

Err what about music loving wombats?