Is anyone here into happy music?

Hell yes! As far as I'm concerned, you'd be hard pressed to find any more joyful music than that of Olivier Messiaen. (not to say he can't express other things..)

I'm very 'into' happy music, then! :)

I listen to music that fits or enhances the mood I'm in. Done deal. I enjoy happy music, but I sure as hell don't want it when I'm mourning my dead cat.

When you said stuff in the first post like:

witness devilish behavior and completely be unaware of it

I hoped you meant what I think you meant. It's never good to be unaware of suffering, but it is good to see suffering and yet still have hope in spite of it. I think the best kind of music (the happy/sad mixture people have been talking about) reflects this concept. It's true that there are some pieces that are off-the-wall JOYOUS, and they're great...just not all the time.

Also, you must realize that you aren't confined to the mood of the music you're listening to. Sometimes I truly enjoy listening to "despair" pieces, pieces with no hope at all. That's not to say I am a despairing person. I consider myself a hopeful person, and yet I can connect with the emotions being conveyed...and that helps me connect with the music. It's important not to block out a whole chunk of music just because "hey, it makes me sad and I don't like it!". Music is powerful when it conveys common human feelings, and whether that feeling is "I'm so giddy I'm going to do a jig around the dinner table!" or "I'm at the bottom of the last untended well on earth", music is equally powerful.

I listen to music that fits or enhances the mood I'm in. Done deal. I enjoy happy music, but I sure as hell don't want it when I'm mourning my dead cat.

When you said stuff in the first post like:

I hoped you meant what I think you meant. It's never good to be unaware of suffering, but it is good to see suffering and yet still have hope in spite of it. I think the best kind of music (the happy/sad mixture people have been talking about) reflects this concept. It's true that there are some pieces that are off-the-wall JOYOUS, and they're great...just not all the time.

Also, you must realize that you aren't confined to the mood of the music you're listening to. Sometimes I truly enjoy listening to "despair" pieces, pieces with no hope at all. That's not to say I am a despairing person. I consider myself a hopeful person, and yet I can connect with the emotions being conveyed...and that helps me connect with the music. It's important not to block out a whole chunk of music just because "hey, it makes me sad and I don't like it!". Music is powerful when it conveys common human feelings, and whether that feeling is "I'm so giddy I'm going to do a jig around the dinner table!" or "I'm at the bottom of the last untended well on earth", music is equally powerful.

I agree with you more than I do with myself, because I have just realized such the happy mood I've been in for the past year or so. I relate to sadness when I am sad, or when my happiness is over, I feel sad; what makes me sadder is extremely sad music. I enjoy the feeling of corespondant music very much, and so now that I am usually at such an extreme level of emotion, what really influences me the most varies depending on what mood I am in. :whistling:

Sometimes the most surprizing thing to happen is being in a sad and happy mood at the same time - the sad side showing at a greater rate, to witness a very happy phrase of music willest be an utter surprize. My rate of happiness had suddenly lifted and my sadness fallen. Sincerely I can agree with your input, when I am in the same mood as sad or happy, I can't quite pertain to angry music. When I am very sad, happy music will probably be meaningless until I can find a deep connection with it once more. :thumbsup: Good work!

I must also say I love the music from the segment Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky in the movie "Fantasia." They reorchestrated it amazingly. I also like the centaur scene.