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Happy/Uplifting Music
Kyougu
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Hey guys, lately I been in a funk that I just can't shake. I can push it to the back of my mind when excercising or with friends, but it creeps up when I'm alone or even at work. So I think I need some happy/uplifting music that will raise my spirits. No genre is offlimits.
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Spoon's gagaga album is good too. I especially like these two songs off of it.
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
For something a little more raucous, you can't go wrong with Led Zeppelin's happy songs: Misty Mountain Hop, Ramble On, The Ocean, Immigrant Song, Traveling Riverside Blues, etc.
Also, Beatles and Stones.
Mates of State
As obvious as it is by now, there's still no way to listen to Feist and not end up smiling. Because it's cool to love your family.
Arcade Fire has made some very triumphant music, like Wake Up and We Used to Wait.
Sometimes you want something louder? Try Japandroids.
This song has always made me feel happy. In fact, this entire Rilo Kiley album is uplifting, even that part in the middle about being bipolar.
Sigur Ros can run through both extremes, but their music almost always makes me feel better. Here are some examples.
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This one and it's many covers and remakes always makes me feel better:
Edit: This might be the happiest song I've ever heard:
Totally agreed on both counts.
If game music is on the board, basically every song in the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy (and probably Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly composed by the same guy, but I haven't heard it yet because I didn't like the game itself) is great, upbeat stuff. Incidentally, it was composed by Stewart Copeland, a guy probably best known for being the drummer in The Police.
So here is a link to what looks to be the full soundtrack from the first four games, which are all Stewart Copeland's work, as well as a few tracks from later games. I can't promise anything about the later games since they're not by the same guy, but if you let the playlist run in order it'll go through all of the stuff I know is good. And seriously, it should really make you feel better (as well as being awesome music). It's all upbeat and catchy (save for a couple boss themes that are a bit dramatic), and it's not not SUPER HAPPY PERKY which sometimes doesn't help very much when I'm in a funk, but it is sometimes a bit silly (after the first game there are some tracks that have some funny instruments or a bit of nonsensical vocal stuff-- no lyrics though).
I highly recommend their DVD of their Austin City Limits performance.
Also, second just about everything by Polyphonic Spree and The Go! Team.
I was feeling absolutely abominable a few months ago. I'd been in a depressive slump for quite some time and was driving out to my parents house in the hope that a visit to the folks and some fresh country air would clear my head and fix me up. I nearly didn't make it out there, though. I was so low I was just sobbing uncontrollably whilst trying to drive, so I had to pull over and stop. I couldn't see through all the tears!
I was pulled over sitting in the car just doing nothing when I decided I may as well listen to some tunes, shit couldn't get any worse. This album was in the CD player, and by the time these three songs had finished, I had a big smile on my face and was happily cruising down the road like normal.
I've liked the Chems since I was a teenager, but I never knew just how much their music affected me.