Revealed: The Type of Music That Makes You Feel Most Powerful

If you want to get pumped up before a big event, what type of music should you choose?

Music has already been shown to have all kinds of effects on the mind, like making you happier, reducing pain and bringing people together.

Now a new study finds that music of the right kind can transform the listener’s sense of power.

The study, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, was inspired by the pre-game routines of athletes (Hsu et al., 2014).

Dennis Hsu, who led the study, explains:

“When watching major sports events, my coauthors and I frequently noticed athletes with their earphones on while entering the stadium and in the locker room.

The ways these athletes immerse themselves in the music — some with their eyes steely shut and some gently nodded along to the beats — it seems as if the music is mentally preparing and toughening them up for the competition about to occur.”

But which type of music is best for boosting your power and what is it about that music that makes you feel powerful?

To investigate they first had to identify some pieces of music that made people feel powerful.

After testing 31 clips they found that songs rated the most powerful were:

Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready for This”
The least powerful songs were:

Fatboy Slim’s “Because We Can”
Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out”
Through a series of experiments they ruled out the effects of some components of the music on feelings of power.

For example, the lyrics seemed to have little effect on how powerful people felt.

http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/08/revealed-the-type-of-music-that-makes-you-feel-most-powerful.php


So what tunes get posters pumped up?

What about this one Didge???  ::D::

....or this one?

Excellent FTL

This one gets me pumped:

I love this, not only the song but the power of the video:

 this one too Didge x

I like "I want it all" by Queen that's a big song

feelthelove wrote:  this one too Didge x

Love it.xx

eddie wrote:I like "I want it all" by Queen that's a big song

Here you go Eddie  ::D::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE

Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I

One of my favs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho

And this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9D71pQaTnc

Didge wrote:One of my favs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho

I love this too Didge!!!  I just started an A-Z of Rock Songs starting with Bon Jovi (swoon) That Slippery When Wet album reminds me of my mid teens, loved it x

feelthelove wrote:

Didge wrote:One of my favs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho

I love this too Didge!!!  I just started an A-Z of Rock Songs starting with Bon Jovi (swoon) That Slippery When Wet album reminds me of my mid teens, loved it x

Ditto FTL except I have no swoon for Bon Jovi  lol  . x
Saw them in concert twice, they are excellent

Didge wrote:Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

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Beautiful song x

I really like this pumping loud!! Oldie but goodie

https://youtu.be/zYH_Joto9VA

eddie wrote:I really like this pumping loud!! Oldie but goodie

https://youtu.be/zYH_Joto9VA

Excellent song Eddie


Do you like morcheeba - "the sea"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnCS25z18pI

This always gets me pumped up:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuK6n2Lkza0

Are you gonna be my girl= Jet

I'm just posting this now cause I like it



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE

feelthelove wrote:I'm just posting this now cause I like it



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE

Love that song.x

Yes didge! The Sea is one of my faves - it's very atmospheric

I also like that song by that girl band - name escapes me!!! - Take me to the beach

Jeez my memory is sooo bad lately!

eddie wrote:Yes didge! The Sea is one of my faves - it's very atmospheric

I also like that song by that girl band - name escapes me!!! - Take me to the beach

Jeez my memory is sooo bad lately!

This one Eddie?? All Saints?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9s_CQx4ylU

Didge wrote:Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

I really like that one as well x

Sometimes when I want to regain faith in humanity and my strength:

Omg thank you FTL!! I just say here going through the alphabet trying to remember their name hahahaha
And singing the song to remember the song title!!!

My memory is getting sooo bad!!

Another of my favs


Moby - Porcelain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz6MLzH9z1I

David wrote:

Didge wrote:Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

I really like that one as well x

Sometimes when I want to regain faith in humanity and my strength:

Agreed David

David wrote:

Didge wrote:Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

I really like that one as well x

Sometimes when I want to regain faith in humanity and my strength:

It is beautiful isn't it?  I have Whitney's Greatest Hits on my iPod.  I love this one x

My Love Is Your Love



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU

Didge wrote:Another of my favs


Moby - Porcelain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz6MLzH9z1I

God fantastic tune!
We could definitely go on holiday together didge

I really do like powerful songs that really lift the spirit like Céline Dion's songs.

eddie wrote:

Didge wrote:Another of my favs


Moby - Porcelain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz6MLzH9z1I

God fantastic tune!
We could definitely go on holiday together didge

Up for that   ::D::


lol do you remember this Eddie?


Lil Louise - French Kiss, now this brings back memories to some raves lol



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y8w2W1uy2A

this makes me feel great also:

Prodigy No Good


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJvT6ruolA

Bob Marley = One love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbptikTOC_Q

Like them all

French kiss brings back some memories

How about a bit of 'Montagues and Capulets' by Prokofiev.  It's The Apprentice Music if you're not familiar with it.

Cum byar

eddie wrote:

Didge wrote:
Love to hear you sing this  Eddie:

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Beautiful song x

Even better :

::rockout::

AND NOW for something completely different :

David wrote:I really do like powerful songs that really lift the spirit like Céline Dion's songs.

Aaaaalllll bbbbbbyyyyyy mmmmyyysssseeeelllllffff

Nems wrote:

David wrote:I really do like powerful songs that really lift the spirit like Céline Dion's songs.

Aaaaalllll bbbbbbyyyyyy mmmmyyysssseeeelllllffff

Thank God for the mute button, you crucified that Nems x

Life will go on for all you Celine Dion fans out there...

ALL 5 or 6 of you..

Lone Wolf wrote:

Life will go on for all you Celine Dion fans out there...

ALL 5 or 6 of you..

My MIL wants this played at her funeral  

Nems wrote:

David wrote:I really do like powerful songs that really lift the spirit like Céline Dion's songs.

Aaaaalllll bbbbbbyyyyyy mmmmyyysssseeeelllllffff

Don't do that again please nems. Some small dogs just died.

” He was my father, my brother, my friend, he was you and me, he was all of us.”

Here

How dare the Big Bad Wolf beat me to what I have just posted. He hopefully will live to rue this day. I do not forgive! ::lightsab:: I am the one in black. :-:cawg:-:

Land Of Hope And Glory, [it used to be]

nicko wrote:Land Of Hope And Glory,    [it used to be]

Our anthems knock the socks off other nations Nicko and always make me swell with pride when I hear Land of hope and glory, so just for you:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpEWpK_Dl7M

Country with a punk feel -- "the Devil don't care if you're a fish or you're a stick"

Sorry ben, just an irritating noise.