Emotions triggered/opened up by powerful music

[Hope66]

I remembered one time when I went to see a Show and there was some incredibly powerful and beautiful music - I don't want to mention the name of the show, just that it was incredible - and I was suddenly unable to hold in my emotions - bearing in mind that I am normally very 'controlled' - I found that it opened up a flood of emotion - the tears started falling down my face, I felt like there was a pool and indeed a torrent of pent-up emotion that was being let out - I was unable to stop it.  I sobbed aloud, and was thankful that it wasn't as 'loud' as I feared it would have sounded - the music was loud at the Show, so noone noticed. 

I just wondered if that's happened to anyone else?  I found it very disturbing at the time, because I felt powerless to stop that emotion from coming out.

Maybe powerful and beautiful music can reach us at a deep level and trigger emotions deep inside - that is how it felt.

I wanted to share that and see if anyone can relate to that, and what your thoughts and feelings were about it.

Hope 

[Blackbird]

Music is incredible, it can open up a flood of emotions, it can lift us up or bring us down. It's incredibly powerful. It has always been for me, I'm constantly listening to new music, finding new records, artists, or just songs on youtube.

There's this great documentary that I saw two days ago about music, it's on youtube, called The Art Of Listening. It really changed the way I listen to music now, it brought a new dimension to my perception. As just listeners, we often forget about the art and processes that it takes to build just a single song, yet musicians do it every day, building new tidal waves of emotions for their listeners, just out of the pure joy of making art. I think that, on itself, is a simple enough reason to give us a flood of emotions. I think art is exactly that, a new perspective on emotion.

To answer your question, yes. Sometimes I get tearful, other times it gives me energy, other times it triggers something in me that I don't like, even if it is not related to a specific event or person, some songs or any form of art, can remind me of something and bring out the emotions related to it.

Great topic, Hope! 

[Hope66]

Thank you Blackbird.     Music is a powerful Art Form.   

[Eyessoblue]

Hi hope yes I think you're right, music is really powerful to me and if I'm going to show any emotion at all it's normally through listening to powerful music, musicals especially les miserable touches me on a really deep level and I feel so much emotion inside me when I've seen it. I get easily moved by beautiful words and powerful voices.