(is there a thread for this?)
currently it is r.e.m.'s "all the way to reno". not lyrically but musically. i heard it today for the first in a while and it made me smile. and also thinking about the music video (directed by michael moore), it shows school kids in america hanging out with the members of r.e.m. just having a good time and singing along.
what's y'all favorites?
Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye". It's almost like a Pavlovian reaction I have when I first hear that weird little slide-guitar part at the beginning, and then the bass comes in and it builds and builds and then WHOOSH! the main guitar part kicks in and I melt into a puddle on the floor. And that's before he even starts singing, which is a whole other story. I almost yelled at the screen when I was watching "Vanilla Sky" and they cut the song off before the vocals came in.
Also, Del Amitri's "Roll To Me". Fucking love that song.
Finley Quaye - Sunday Shining.
Uplifting brass arrangement and "I'm a hero like Robert De Niro".
Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan....good and slightly psychotic mood...
Beck's The Golden Age and Guess I'm Doing Fine off of Sea Change.
Jeff Buckley has alot of songs that get me in a good mood. Mama, You've Been On My Mind is one.
There are far more songs/albums that used to be my fave that I can't listen to anymore because they remind me of a certain time in my life and I get depressed or embarassed about.. Ton's of those.
Refused - New Noise
It's just the perfect song and it always gets the blood flowing and puts a smile on my face.
I've Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
Take on Me - A-ha
What's Going On - Four Nonblondes.
You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall & Oates
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York". Just wow. I had forgotten how much this song equals great.
If you ever want to hear music raped right inside your head, listen to Third Eye Blind's cover of it. Warning: it will most likely make you kill yourself.
Quote from: polkablues on January 30, 2008, 01:10:23 AM
The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York". Just wow. I had forgotten how much this song equals great.
If you ever want to hear music raped right inside your head, listen to Third Eye Blind's cover of it. Warning: it will most likely make you kill yourself.
Jesus fuck! that's one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands... I had no idea Third Eye Blind covered it. I had no idea Third Eye Blind even knew of it's existence. In fact, I'd pretty much forgotten about Third Eye Blind's existence.
It's so inconsequential... but somehow, I wish I'd never even found out that little nugget of information.
But, I digress... songs that get me in a good mood:
Happiness - Elliott Smith
The Whole Shebang - Grant Lee Buffalo
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
The Group Who Couldn't Say - Grandaddy
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
Cold Cold Ground - Tom Waits
Solpadeine - Robyn Hitchcock
He Likes Me - Violent Femmes
Birth of the True - Aztec Camera
I listen to this playlist and I have put it on a CD to put in my car and whenever I feel sad, depressed or blue I put it in and I feel brand fucking new.
Bob Dylan-Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You (Live 1975-The Rolling Thunder Revue)
Frank Zappa-Willie The Pimp (Featuring Captain Beefheart)
Wilson Pickett-Land of 1000 Dances
The Rolling Stones-Can't You Hear Me Knocking
The Beatles-Happiness is a Warm Gun
Mike Bloomfield-Really
The Killers-All These Things That I've Done
Led Zeppelin-Black Dog
Eve 6-Leech
Screaming Lord Sutch-Thumping Beat
Jimi Hendrix-Crosstown Traffic
Third Eye Blind-Thanks A Lot
Korn-Freaks on a Leash
Rage Against The Machine-Bulls On Parade
The Doors-Break On Through
The Who-We Won't Get Fooled Again
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds-Ants Marching (Live)
If I ever feel better by Phoenix, it never fails.
The Smiths have always been my comfort food. Probably the Strangeways album the most.
Purple Rain.
my best friend did that on a karaoke a few weeks ago, at the very end when the backup vocal track was singing "purple rain, purple rain", my buddy sang "sooooo fucking purple" between the hooks.
My parents had this on constantly when my sister and i were growing up and I've just recently realized how fuckin amazing it is. I'll play it loud whenever I drive back home and always get really nostalgic... and then i get kinda grossed out when "Darling Nikki" comes on... What the hell Mom and Dad? Gross.
Royksopp - A Higher Place
The Divine Comedy - National Express
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now. I can't help but dance when I hear it. I sang it karaoke once and took my shirt off mid song. (I had something on underneath) It still gets talked about.
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
fuess tou gad ro ve rhere
Lately it's been Metric; mainly the Live It Out album. Too Little Too Late and Raw Sugar are my go to songs for them.
joe dassin - les champs-élysées
stevie wonder - if you really love me
velvet underground - rock and roll
bobby hebb - sunny
pizzicato 5 - baby love child
the pogues - sunnyside of the street
yaz - only you
lots of cat stevens, michael jackson..