I'm making a big, ol' self-esteem booster play list. Help me out: what song is guaranteed to improve your mood? Make you smile? Get your butt moving in your seat? It doesn't haven't to be all grrrl power, either - hit me with your best shot (good song!).
I may have told you this before, but If I Had A Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies always perks me right up. Also Song For The Dumped by Ben Folds Five. The title makes it sounds depressing, but it's totally not.
ReplyDeleteRight now, Sing by My Chemical Romance (or Glee)
ReplyDeleteDog Days are Over by Florence & the Machine (or Glee)
Singing in the Rain/umbrella by Glee cast
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I have a whole playlist...I'll add more or post and link! :)
CeeLo's F*ck You
ReplyDeleteFlorence + The Machine's Dog Days
Mike Posner's Cooler Than Me
Travie Mccoy's We'll Be Alright
I know there's more, will tweet ya when I think of them. :)
Animal - Neon Trees
ReplyDelete1901 - Phoenix
Shake It - Metro Station (i think it will always be a favorite. Hard not to feel good when you're shaking it!)
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac (the Rumors album is my favorite. I quit a horrible job once and Go Your Own Way was playing on the muzak when I was walking out the door and I've had a fondness for it ever since.)
Ready to Go, Elastica
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
Bombs Over Bagdad, Outkast and RSTM (I know.)
Anything Jamiroquoi
Basically anything that I can dance about crazily to, including, but not limited to,Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend'.
if you want some big time, get your butt moving music look up Sandstorm by Darude
ReplyDeleteIf I need song to make me laugh, I watch literal lyric videos on youtube. (Especially Total Eclipse of the heart. There's a line that goes "What the effing crap? That angel guy just felt me up. Comic gold!)
ReplyDeleteBut I have a few "happy place" songs on my ipod.
Krieger die licht from Silbermond (It's in German, and while I don't have a CLUE as to what they say other than "Krieger dies licht" means warriors of light.)
The Numa Numa song, almost every song from the musical Avenue Q, and Raise Your Glass by Pink all make me very happy as well.
I have so many songs like this...to just..improve my mood (music does CRAZY AWESOME things)...but I LOVE the song 'I'm on a boat' - it always makes me laugh. So hard. The music video is epic. ...Yeah..I'm gonna go watch that before work..get myself in a state of perpetual HAPPY..LOL!
ReplyDelete..I should also mention that one of the reasons that I love this song so much is that my friends Jenn, Megan and I tried to recreate the awesome..on a boat. It was epic. \
ReplyDeleteThat..and I can never figure out whether or not Tpain is serious or just REALLY good at keeping a straight face.
The Bitch is Back - Elton John, love it.
ReplyDeleteBest happy song ever - mr blue sky by elo!! Or I get pumped when these songs come on - all I do is win by dj Khaled or here it goes again by ok go
ReplyDeleteYes, Avenue Q! There's some good stuff on that soundtrack. And if you're into Broadway, look up Dance 10, Looks 3 from A Chorus Line on YouTube. Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteowl city is totally cheesy but is a mood lifter.
ReplyDeleteI love the Florence + the Machine Lungs album
I'm also a big fan of Glee, but I don't download whole albums. Like the Warbler's Pink cover a lot
And I'm digging MCR's Sing as well as Glee's cover, too
I'm into rap right now. Kanye, Soulja Boy, 50 Cent, Chamillionaire.
ReplyDeleteuhhh, i think ima go with the song i wrote you, that cracks me up something feace :)
ReplyDeletefierce*
ReplyDeleteAnything by the Glee Cast.
ReplyDeleteSo What by Pink
Pour Some Sugar on Me, Def Leppard
Come On Eileen, by an unknown punk cover band but I can send you the mp3
Bittersweet Symphony, Verve Pipe
Anything from Wicked the Musical
I already mentioned Dog Days Are Over. Echoes by The Rapture but then again it's the theme song for one of my FAVORITE shows so that may have something to do with it. The Middle by Jimmy Eat World.
ReplyDeleteTotally showing my age here, but "Playing with the Boys" and "Danger Zone" from the Top Gun soundtrack get me going. Oh, and "The Magic Store" from the Muppet Movie soundtrack. Animal is my hero. ;-)
ReplyDelete"Pack Up" by Eliza Doolittle and Michael Franti's "Say Hey" are my two go-to's right now. And anything BNL.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna be 500 Miles (the proclaimers)
ReplyDeleteIf you wanna be happy (jimmy soul)
One night in bangkok (murray head)
Love story meets love story (jon schmidt)
So much love (Rocket summer)
Gives you hell (glee)
(shall I go on? I am a music junkie...)
"Smile" by Lily Allen and "Happy" by the Rolling Stones.
ReplyDeletehaha!
ReplyDeleteFirst one that comes to mind is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-xd3NuWQI0&feature=fvwrel
ReplyDeleteThe video is a bit odd though. It's my first time seeing it. :) The album the song is from is fab too!
ok a few more ! now that I've started :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4aBD0z0iaY Josh Ritter - "To the Dogs or Whoever"
Oh and pretty much anything by Ben Folds too.. but this one with Regina Spektor always makes me perk up though the lyrics may not match! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgQns-TJGM
Oh and this one!!! Gotta be heard live though. Where the crowd joins in amazing! I've been and have had shivers. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5CC2ivIGk&feature=related
I have a very wide ranging and odd taste in music as you will see by the next one.... just love it though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PityurWHMNE