Ultimate Feelgood Songs?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:02 am

Ok, so you've had a truly terrible day. You arrived at work with a hangover, only to discover huge setbacks on the project your chances of promotion depend on. During your coffee break (when to your chagrin you discover the coffee machine is out of order), you receive a text message from your long-term partner telling you it's over because (s)he's been having an affair with your best friend. When you get home, later than you had planned, having had to drive through miles of traffic jams, you find a note from your neighbour saying that they found your pet cat lying in the road, obviously having met the wrong end of a truck; they took it to the vet, but sadly there was nothing that could be done... You stagger over to the fridge, only to discover nothing but the leftover lasagne from a week last Thursday growing mould, and the dregs of a bottle of cheap white wine. So, when you've ordered your takeaway, and you sink into your favourite armchair swigging the wine straight from the bottle... what's the one song that can bring a smile to your face?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:07 am

Smile by Vitamin C

No, seriously...

Dixie Land Delight by Alabama, Me Neither by Brad Paisley, or I Wanna Talk About Me by Toby Keith.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:15 am

@SS I don't think I know any of those...

You Get What You Give by The New Radicals
Alright by Supergrass
Stop Your Crying by Spiritualized
Yes by McAlmont & Butler

BTW, when I said "one song"... I was speaking figuratively...

Good Enough by Dodgy
Dance To The Music by Sly & the Family Stone
...

[ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: Georgi ]

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:21 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
@SS I don't think I know any of those...

Alabama's a country music group; Brad Paisley and Toby Keith are country music singers. The Alabama song has a lot of good music that just makes ya feel good. The other two songs are just funny and uplifting.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:37 am

Just about anything by Jimmy Buffett makes my day. His songs range from silly (My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus; Cheeseburger in Paradise) to fun (Volcano; Jolly Mon) to escapist (Havana Daydreamin'; The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful; Pencil-Thin Mustache) to introspective (A Pirate Looks at 40; He Went to Paris) to sentimental (Little Miss Magic; The Captain and the Kid).

Very little of his music in maudlin or depressing because Jimmy doesn't take his music too seriously. He's in it for a good time; after all, the only reason he learned to play the guitar was to pick up girls. If I'm having a bad day, I drop a few Buffett CDs in the changer, whip up a frozen mixed drink or two, then let Jimmy take me away to that "One particular harbour/sheltered from the wind/where the children play on the shore each day/and all are safe within".

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 12:49 am

Your Feets Too Big, by Fats Waller.

CM · Post by CM » Sun Dec 09, 2001 5:50 am

Dr. FeelGood!

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:27 am

Like tears in rain by Covenant or Nur mit mir allein by Welle: erdball

Non of them are excessively positive but in some wierd way they always manage to make me happy

TheDude · Post by **TheDude** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:32 am

"Always look on the bright side of live" Monty Python !

now if that won't chear u up!

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:42 am

Happy, Happy, Joy, joy. Ren and Stimpey...

Alex Slavich · Post by **Alex Slavich** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:47 am

The Tijuana Brass's rendition of the mexican hat dance...

TheDude · Post by **TheDude** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:49 am

"i feel good" James Brown
tedetedetededu!

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 9:57 am

Particle Man by They May be Giants.
This is the funniest/stupidest song ever after the song at the end of "Life of Brian".

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 5:56 pm

A couple other Monty Python songs: "Christmas in Heaven" and the one about the "galaxy they call the milky way" both from the meaning of life.

"Cold Feet" as performed by Albert King

A lot of Ray Charles stuff, Marvin Gaye. I was at Fatburger (best hamburgers EVAR!) and I did a little "soul man comparison" on the jukebox - I played songs by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye, watching people to see which singer got the best response - the winner was Marvin, followed closely by Sam Cooke. When Marvin was playing I could tell some people just wanted to start taking their clothes off

There's some good songs from 70's rock musicals too: "Everythings Alright" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Upholstery" from Phantom of the Paradise, "Hot Patootie" from Rocky Horror, and "We Go Together" from Grease.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 7:20 pm

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
A lot of Ray Charles stuff, Marvin Gaye. I was at Fatburger (best hamburgers EVAR!) and I did a little "soul man comparison" on the jukebox - I played songs by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye, watching people to see which singer got the best response - the winner was Marvin, followed closely by Sam Cooke. When Marvin was playing I could tell some people just wanted to start taking their clothes off

LOL

Are you sure it wasn't just you wanting them to take their clothes off?

Nice selection of stuff here people

No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Lean On Me by Bill Withers
Feel Flows by The Beach Boys
Theme from Austin Powers

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 8:43 pm

Some other songs that make me happy:

There Is No Arizona by Jamie O'Neal
Here's Your Sign by Bill Engval
Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis (Theme for Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Naked Dance by Two-Mix
Faith of the Heart by Rod Stewart
Tokyo Girl by Ace of Base
Drunken Sailor by Irish Rovers

I can't think of any others at the moment.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sun Dec 09, 2001 10:16 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
Happy, Happy, Joy, joy. Ren and Stimpey...

I second this

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 6:03 am

Big Time Sensuality - Bjork

It Takes Two Baby - Marvin Gaye Version

Any thing be James Brown

Shiny Happy People - REM (it's crap, but it always makes me happy

possibly nostalgia more than anything else

)

NeKr0mAnCeR · Post by **NeKr0mAnCeR** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 9:26 am

anything from SYSTEm Of A DOWn

BOA - DUVET

and some other 2 i dont remember

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 1:47 pm

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf....awesome song!

Honerable mentions,

Eye of The Tiger
Kings of Metal by Manowar
Somethin' Else by the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies.

Shakin' the Blues by Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies.