I watched Midnight Run again at the weekend in a moment of comfort need. Worked a treat.

For general comfort viewing, I turn to gentle comedies I’m familiar with. I started rewatching Friends earlier this month and, because I was under the weather for so long, I’ve watched all of it. Before that I worked my way through all of The Big Bang Theory again, before that it was all of The IT Crowd again, at one point when I was struggling with my depression a couple of years ago it was How I Met Your Mother (cue the jokes about that surely making it worse lol). I’ve been through The Thick of It countless times (less gentle, but still an easy watch) as well as Peep Show, Black Books, Spaced, pretty much anything.

In terms of films, I’ll put on a gentle rom-com if I’m looking to go to sleep with something on. Otherwise, if I’m just looking for something familiar, I’ll turn to the likes of Black Hawk Down, The Patriot, or Gladiator. I would quite happily watch any film with Tom Cruise at any time.

Music stuff depends on the situation. Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells helps me get to sleep. If I’m in a slightly wallowing mood (but not at risk of dropping into a fit of depression, in which case it’s too risky) then blink-182’s I Miss You is one of my most played songs. Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song never fails to pick me up. Sigur Rós’s Hoppípolla and Blazin’ Fiddles Diplodocus rarely fail to make me cry (but in a good way).

If I’m putting on music in the background while I work, can’t go for anything where the lyrics are likely to distract me. I can’t think of examples, I tend to just know what’s going to fit at the time, I don’t think I have any staples.

Yes, I know I have shit tastes. You like what you like.

Um...

Favourite Disney films
Terrace House
Super Sentai
PG Wodehouse

Columbo and Radio 4. Even when R4 is boring it's calming.

I rewatched all of IT Crowd and all of Barley recently. Both great, but god Barley finishes on a downer eh?

My current go to comfort telly is Fools and Horses, don't know why but the titles and credits alone make me think everything's alright. It's also good fun pointing out the quasi racist jokes and going, 'ah, simpler times'.

Andy wrote:

For general comfort viewing, I turn to gentle comedies I’m familiar with. I started rewatching Friends earlier this month and, because I was under the weather for so long, I’ve watched all of it.

Same. It’s an easy go to comfort blanket of a show for me. That and Frasier.

Personally I think I agree with your tastes on nearly all of that

Nope. I watched that all the way through with my wife and really enjoyed it

Football Manager
Alan Partridge
The Golf Club
One of about ten Jungle mixes from the mid 90s
Tremors

Oh and these





And a ton of Americans react to grime videos.

Dark Soldier wrote:

Oh and these And a ton of Americans react to grime videos.

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1950's American chart music.  Something like the American Graffiti soundtrack will do.  Or the film itself, which is pretty much a celluloid jukebox anyway.  I think there's one scene without music playing.

Schindler's List

Endless lists of music tech gear demos on Yertube.

Dark Soldier wrote:

Roujin wrote:

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Holy grime is fucking amazing lad

No I meant, shit, I've been busted. Obvs holy grime is the sickness, I posted it in the track of the year thred fam!

It's tricky though, because I'm torn between Holy Grime, 6 in the Morning and also his verse on Kano's 3 Wheel Ups for favourite recent Wiley thing.

The Civilization III soundtrack.