Ask HN: What are your goto songs which you listen for specific emotional states?

  • For running / mountain biking / lifting I have a number of specific songs I could call out. Too many to list. For other activities, like reading, or coding, I think in terms of genres not individual songs. So when I'm reading for example, I'll just go to Youtube and put on a playlist of classical or synthwave (usually). For coding I might go with classical, synthwave, blues, or even metal.

    To go back to the running/biking/lifting thing, here are a few of my standout songs:

    * Black Sabbath - Iron Man

    * Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart

    * Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On

    * Metallica - Seek and Destroy

    * Whitesnake - Bad Boys

    * AC/DC - Who Made Who

    * AC/DC - Hells Bells

    * AC/DC - Thunderstruck

    * AC/DC - Highway to Hell

    * Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

    * Motley Crue - Wildside

    * Armored Saint - Burning Question

    * Armored Saint - Last Train Home

    * Anthrax - Indians

    * Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

    * Motorhead - Ace of Spades

    * W.A.S.P. - King of Sodom and Gomorrah

    * W.A.S.P. - Wild Child

    * W.A.S.P. - Restless Gypsy

    * K.I.S.S. - Pyschocircus

    * Whitesnake - Children of the Night

    * K.I.S.S. - Lick It Up

    * Cinderella - Somebody Save Me

    * Cinderella - Push Push

    * Cinderella - Hell on Wheels

    And about twelve bazillion more

  • when coding, or machineing i like a fast pace old school neo industrial playlist

    e.g. :

    motorhead ace of spades

    ministry the train

    killing joke various