Music for "Tough Times"

Great thread, and great responses!!! This thread's been going for 2 years!!! Sreno, I was wondering when someone would mention Tom! Besides the ones already mentioned (I listen to many of them myself), I'd like to add Peter Gabriel, old David Bowie, Tori Amos, Portishead and Radiohead.

By the way, Thebeave250, thanks for the Sigur Ros' recommendation! I sampled it online, and ordered it. Have you ever listened to Mercury Rev... in fact, "Deserter's Song" is another great choice for this list.

First off it has to be a LP. And when I want chills all over my arms I crank up Aerosmith - Get your wings

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Great threat, glad to know some of us are on the same boat in this sometimes stormy and churning sea of human emotions. I think he's been mentioned, but I would second Louis Armstrong's recordings. He sings and plays with such honesty, trength, and humor that many today (in the jazz genre) are easily put to shame in comparison. Listening to his records have never failed to put a smile on my face. To take a que from the man himself, sometimes, it's best to just blow rasperies at your troubles.