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Post by funkymartini on Jun 11, 2004 23:02:35 GMT -5
I can't say that I have a favourite genre of music, but if you can call 'feel-good' music a genre, that would be it. I'd say the best band that does feel-good songs are ABBA or Jackson 5.
Anyway, what're your favourite 'feel-good' songs?
Aint No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
My Sharona - The Knack (my fave on this mix!)
500 miles - the proclaimers
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
I'm Still Standing - Elton John
I want you Back/Love You Save - Jackson 5
Come What May - Moulin Rouge
Homie's Girl - Carl Henry
Baby I love your Way - Peter Frampton
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Like Glue - Sean Paul
Back in Black - ACDC
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - The Jets
Ticket to Ride/Obla Di - Beatles
Chumbawumba - tubthumper
Outkast - Hey ya
Baby got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot
And of course, punjabi music is like all feel-good songs ;D
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Post by puggyd on Jun 12, 2004 7:49:35 GMT -5
Dee Lite - "Groove is in the heart"
New Pornographers - "Letter from an occupant"
The Cardigans ft./Tom Jones - "Burning down the house"
Jamiroquai - "Canned Heat"
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Spin Doctors - "Two princes"
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Post by pythianlegume on Jun 13, 2004 9:53:26 GMT -5
*I'm still standing, better than I ever did, lookin' like a real survivor, feelin' like a little kid* Too Low For Zero, right? I've got that record but it's scratched up pretty badly.
They Might Be Giants is a very cheerful pick-me-up band, even the song that starts with that line from Allen Ginsberg's Howl... "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical"... I wish I could remember the name of it.
Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl"
The Clash's "I'm Not Down"
Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me"
Most of The Donnas' repertoire.
(OOOH, I remember the name now: "I Should Be Allowed To Think." Hurrah! The lyrics are depressing, but it's so bouncy and fun to sing.)
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Post by bladestarr on Jun 14, 2004 22:07:23 GMT -5
- "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby Mcferin
- "You Can Call Me AL" - Paul Simon
- "Lean on Me" - Thelma Houston and The Winans
- "Celebration" - Fun Factory
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
- "My Girl" - The Temptations
- "Hey! Hey! We're the Monkees!" - The Monkees
- "All Star" - Smashmouth
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Post by Parker on Jun 16, 2004 23:37:26 GMT -5
*Pride (In the Name of Love)---U2
*Sweet Home Alabama---Lynyrd Skynyrd
*Blitzkrieg Bop---The Ramones (pretty much anything by them cheers me up, even Teenage Lobotomy:)
*Staying Alive----BeeGees (try not dancing that one or doing the hustle)
*God Only Knows---The Beach Boys
*Bohemian Like You---The Dandy Warhols
*What Would Brian Boitano Do---South Park
And Finally...anything upbeat by Elton John (Bennie and the Jets, Crocodile Rock, Saturday Nights' All Right For Fighting etc...)
*In the Street---Big Star (You know, the theme song to That 70's Show was originally done by Big Star but covered by another band for the show....great song)
*Stay Up Late---The Talking Heads (Such a cute song...who hasn't used babies for free entertainment when bored late at night?)
*Wrong Way---Sublime (I know..their potheads, but this band really infuses rap/rock/and reggae in a good way suprisingly)
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Jun 17, 2004 13:08:50 GMT -5
Some great songs listed, but you guys have neglected to list the undisputed king of all feel-good songs: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by REfriggin'M If your blood doesn't start pumpin' and you don't get the overpowering urge to crank up the radio and (try to) sing along when that one comes on -- even if you're in the back seat of a police car -- you're clinically dead.  -D, also sending out votes for Crazy Game of Poker by O.A.R., Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, and Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind... |
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Post by pythianlegume on Jun 17, 2004 14:38:41 GMT -5
...sad that the only words of that song that I know (besides the chorus) are LEONARD BERNSTEIN!...
(spelling?)
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Jun 17, 2004 15:41:49 GMT -5
...sad that the only words of that song that I know (besides the chorus) are LEONARD BERNSTEIN!... (spelling?) No, you spelled it right.  Supposedly, the part that goes "Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs..." comes from a dream that Michael Stipe claims he had, where he was invited to a party at which everyone but him had the initials "L.B." Take it with a grain of salt, but there it is. (And though it's sad, yes, I do know all of the words to that song. Too bad no karaoke machines carry it, I could make a fortune in bar bets on karaoke night...) -D |
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Post by pythianlegume on Jun 17, 2004 18:33:05 GMT -5
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Post by zappakub on Jun 22, 2004 3:34:30 GMT -5
I Feel Good - James Brown
Nitro (Youth Energy) - The Offspring
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
I love Myself Today - Bif Naked
It's Oh So Quiet - Björk
Celebration Day - Led Zeppelin
And even though it's a depressing song when you really listen to the lyrics Today - The Smashing PUmpkins
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Post by pythianlegume on Jun 22, 2004 13:22:37 GMT -5
So is The Offspring's "Come Out and Play."
I was listening to Smash in the car with my friends a few days ago, dancing in the back seat and singing the only party I know ("come out and play!"), and it wasn't until I downloaded yesterday that I realized: it's a song about inner-city kids carrying guns and aping gang fights.
i'm so ashamed...
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Jun 22, 2004 16:55:26 GMT -5
Harry Belafonte-Jump in the Line (Shake Shake Senora)
The Beatles-Twist and Shout
Tenacious D-Tribute
Frank Zappa-Dancing Fool
Barenaked Ladies-If I had a Million Dollars
Van Halen-Jump (and Panama)
Beastie Boys-Intergalactic
Bon Jovi-Living on a Prayer
Elvis Presley-Viva Las Vegas
All of these songs do the trick
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Post by cool guy on Jun 22, 2004 18:18:34 GMT -5
Hey Sandy-Polaris(theme song to Pete and Pete)Slaughter-SHout it out
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Post by cool guy on Jun 22, 2004 18:18:50 GMT -5
Hey Sandy-Polaris(theme song to Pete and Pete)
Slaughter-SHout it out
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Post by duckie on Jun 22, 2004 18:49:25 GMT -5
Barenaked Ladies-If I had a Million Dollars Uh-oh... another BNL fan ;D |
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Supposedly, the part that goes "Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs..." comes from a dream that Michael Stipe claims he had, where he was invited to a party at which everyone but him had the initials "L.B." Take it with a grain of salt, but there it is.
