Some people like certain music becasue of the way it makes them feel physically, others for how it makes them feel mentally, and others for how it enhances the desired emotion of the moment.
BUT I wonder is your favourite band also the band that puts you at ease, in a contemplative mood in which to think and analyse your life and choices?
For me it isn't.
My favourite band is Cardiacs. But when I want to be at ease with myself, to think and analyse my life, i.e I suppose be myself, then it is always Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, Dire Straits, Squeeze. I think it is a combination of their very apt and well observed lyrics and their connection to 70s and 80s British society and culture that means that those bands put me in that contemplative frame of mind, whether I want it or not.
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