Author Topic: Uplifting music thread (Read 1977 times)

RedmeisterOZ · « **on:** September 9, 2007, 03:41:17 pm »

I like the reflective, maudlin, depressive stuff just as much as the next alienated, black T-shirted existentialist, but what about positive, uplifting songs? Broad brush, and all that.

"Positive vibrations" - Bob Marley
"Land of a 1,000 dances" - Wilson Pickett
"What'd I say (live)" - Ray Charles
"Let the good times roll" - B.B.King
"Better not look down" - B.B.King
"Lust for Life" - Iggy Pop
"Alive" - Pearl Jam
"Stand Back" - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
"Rock this place" - The Fabulous Thuderbirds
"Fight for your Right" - Beastie Boys
"The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen
"Pump it up" - Elvis Costello
"Wild, wild life" - Talking Heads

Mirra · « **Reply #1 on:** September 9, 2007, 03:43:14 pm »

Move on up- Curtis Mayfield
Pusher man- Curtis Mayfield (It works for me

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Billy The Kid · « **Reply #2 on:** September 9, 2007, 03:49:48 pm »

Jump around - House of pain
Start me up - Stones
Rockstar - Nickleback

Another one of my favorites is irelands italia 90 song, "put em under pressure". Corny as fuck but that horselips lick at the start gets me jumpin up and down everytime i hear it.

The dude abides · « **Reply #3 on:** September 9, 2007, 03:54:01 pm »

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

RedTerry · « **Reply #4 on:** September 9, 2007, 04:04:02 pm »

The Hives - 'Hate To Say I Told You So'
Dolly Parton - '9 til 5'
The Simpson theme tune!
Elton John - 'Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting'

To name a few.

AdamR · « **Reply #5 on:** September 9, 2007, 04:05:00 pm »

Not sure why but...

The Hollies - He aint heavy he's my brother

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #6 on:** September 9, 2007, 04:15:59 pm »

Let's not forget Rammstein and the best of Rage Against the Machine. Hail.

hooded claw · « **Reply #7 on:** September 9, 2007, 04:46:23 pm »

First thought would go to Reach For The Sun by Polyphonic Spree.

RedTerry · « **Reply #8 on:** September 9, 2007, 06:05:23 pm »

Quote from: stagger lee on September 9, 2007, 04:46:23 pm

First thought would go to Reach For The Sun by Polyphonic Spree.

I forgot about that.

This is it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jQAvflPexng&mode=related&search=

greenstien · « **Reply #9 on:** September 9, 2007, 06:20:02 pm »

Let us not forget the era that fashion forgot - THE 80'S
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Footloose - Kenny Loggins (Sad that I know the artist)
1000 miles - The proclaimers

Born-Red · « **Reply #10 on:** September 9, 2007, 06:56:40 pm »

Alright - Supergrass

Scratchy · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2007, 09:16:50 am »

Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson or Two Months Off by Underworld.

The dude abides · « **Reply #12 on:** September 10, 2007, 02:55:19 pm »

Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson

Ken-Obi · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2007, 03:13:20 pm »

Been revisiting the Sydney 2000 Olympics music and I thought this one was uplifting enough:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=poSEND5N_lk

Probably appeal more to the Aussies but the message is pretty good.

Kop4 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2007, 03:27:24 pm »

Waterfall ---- The Stone Roses
Guiding Star ---- Cast
There She Goes --- The La's

Loads more. They do all seem to be great bouncy 'sing-a-long' types in general don't they?

Just how I like my songs too

benoeveno · « **Reply #15 on:** September 10, 2007, 07:07:38 pm »

Like a Friend - Pulp
Time of your life - Greenday
Dice - hide

too many to name in fact

uneverwalkalone · « **Reply #16 on:** January 8, 2008, 05:16:29 pm »

Nickleback rockstar is one hell of a song and video.

dcornell · « **Reply #17 on:** January 8, 2008, 05:31:13 pm »

Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

Henry Chinaski · « **Reply #18 on:** January 8, 2008, 05:39:02 pm »

Journey - 'Don't Stop Believin''
Van Halen - 'Jump'

Alan_X · « **Reply #19 on:** January 8, 2008, 06:00:36 pm »

Foot-tapping brilliance from Mr Ray Charles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thDyO9SCIIw&feature=related

redmen9 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 8, 2008, 06:58:22 pm »

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Sir Capon of Debaser · « **Reply #21 on:** January 8, 2008, 09:54:11 pm »

Michel Fugain - Fais comme l'oiseau
http://download.yousendit.com/807FB09A58A1FA65

you need this

Victor · « **Reply #22 on:** January 8, 2008, 10:24:25 pm »

Quote from: dcornell on January 8, 2008, 05:31:13 pm

Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

was going to say that .... something unbelievably gorgeous about that piano intro ... then it gets better

martinjmmac5 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 8, 2008, 10:32:13 pm »

Grease megamix defo

gregor · « **Reply #24 on:** January 8, 2008, 10:33:17 pm »

Anything by Andrew WK.

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #25 on:** January 8, 2008, 11:32:32 pm »

Love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRua2eEBnw

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSzsDWTc4mY (the louder the better)

Rob Jones Maybe? · « **Reply #26 on:** January 9, 2008, 12:01:47 am »

Hope There's Someone by Antony and The Johnsons.
The Scientist by Coldplay.
Everybody Hurts by REM.

Or, being serious.

Rose Parade by Elliott Smith always cheers me up a bit for some bizarre reason. Can't work out why.

flw · « **Reply #27 on:** January 9, 2008, 01:45:32 am »

Beautiful Noise by Neil Diamond
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
You Raise me Up by Josh Groban

Phil M · « **Reply #28 on:** January 9, 2008, 01:47:34 am »

Doves - Snowden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki36tXIZZsk&feature=related

-Gianni- · « **Reply #29 on:** January 9, 2008, 01:54:04 am »

Dodgy-Good Enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHS9jaINb0k&feature=related

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #30 on:** January 9, 2008, 02:10:49 am »

Can't beat 50's rock 'n' roll:
Richard Wayne Penniman...who?

Little Richard: "The girl can't help it"

WelshMike · « **Reply #31 on:** January 9, 2008, 02:35:50 am »

Quote from: dcornell on January 8, 2008, 05:31:13 pm

Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

Quote from: Victor on January 8, 2008, 10:24:25 pm

was going to say that .... something unbelievably gorgeous about that piano intro ... then it gets better

Same here.

Couple of others for me personally would probably be My Sacrifice (by Creed), Hysteria (by Muse) etc.

Texas Reds Fan · « **Reply #32 on:** January 9, 2008, 03:20:53 am »

If by uplifting you mean songs that give me a boost, but not necessarily having the most positive lyrics, then here goes.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXkydFvIKA&feature=related

Song on that is number one for me, and a great video as well. Bells of Freedom by Bon Jovi.

Others:

Third Eye Blind - Jumper
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Lost Prophets - Rooftops
The Verve Pipe - I'll Never Let You Down
Hoobastank - The Reason
Green Day - Whatshername

johnybarnes · « **Reply #33 on:** January 9, 2008, 04:03:59 am »

Slipknot

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #34 on:** January 9, 2008, 06:26:00 am »

Quote from: Billy The Kid. on September 9, 2007, 03:49:48 pm

Jump around - House of pain
Start me up - Stones
Rockstar - Nickleback

Another one of my favorites is irelands italia 90 song, "put em under pressure". Corny as fuck but that horselips lick at the start gets me jumpin up and down everytime i hear it.

Rockstar? Jesus not Nickleback !!!!!!!!!

But put em under pressure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY0O0gnPKg4

RedmeisterOZ · « **Reply #35 on:** January 13, 2008, 01:19:41 pm »

"Wavelength" - Van Morrison

Black Bull Nova · « **Reply #36 on:** January 20, 2023, 12:47:12 am »

I've been meaning to start a thread on this for a long time and thought i'd leave it until the end of the year stuff was over and depressing January was upon us. I realised some time ago a couple of thingsl

1. The majority of the music I listen to is probably in the minor key, that's probably who I am
2. Positive music (which is not reliant upon the rhythm or beat to make it so) is quite a rare beast, at least for me in terms of my taste. I think there's a fair bit of positive music about which is brain dead though, we're looking at the subjective idea of credibility I suppose.

Anyway, here's a few I've found. Let's cheer ourselves up and see what's out there and remember that tracks like 'Good Times' are all about the beat as well as the lyrics.

Shack-Carousel

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/o-aQvCcIXMc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/o-aQvCcIXMc</a>

Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson-95 South (All Of The Places We've Been)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/cDHHefon9kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/cDHHefon9kw</a>

David Sylvian-Beautiful Country

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/LokBc3H_k1I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/LokBc3H_k1I</a>

The Commodores-Easy

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7XcTyEKSnYg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7XcTyEKSnYg</a>

Steely Dan-Any Major Dude Will Tell You

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HBzzdlpISFg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/HBzzdlpISFg</a>

John C · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2023, 01:27:49 pm »

I love that Sylvian tune, was listening and watching the vid just a few weeks ago.

This subject has already been covered here really....
https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=192712.msg3358507#msg3358507

Black Bull Nova · « **Reply #38 on:** January 25, 2023, 01:53:08 pm »

Can someone shift it over there then, I'd missed that one as no-one has posted anything uplifting for 15 years you miserable bastards

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #39 on:** January 25, 2023, 09:37:21 pm »

Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds