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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2015, 01:54 PM Mar 2015

What song immediately puts you in a better mood ?

For me, right now, it's this one:

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What song immediately puts you in a better mood ? (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2015 OP

ELO Mr. Blue Sky SixString Mar 2015 #1

"Imagine"; "Inca Roads"; "San Lorenzo" Number9Dream Mar 2015 #2

Pat Metheny is from Kansas City. Really good show! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #9

+1 Enthusiast Mar 2015 #27

Cool Change & Woodstock In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #3

LOL Roy Rolling Mar 2015 #36

Isn't it wonderful. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #37

Anything by Leroy Shield Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #4

The Happy Organ by Dave Baby Cortez skypilot Mar 2015 #5

i have that on a 45 size 78! that's so funny you posted this. n/t orleans Mar 2015 #17

I can't NOT smile everytime... skypilot Mar 2015 #24

"it's a great day" onethatcares Mar 2015 #6

all music immediately has a positive affect on me KMOD Mar 2015 #7

oh some songs by Sarah McLachlan.... steve2470 Mar 2015 #12

for sure... pipi_k Mar 2015 #25

Walk Of Life, Dire Straits Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #8

Anything by the Four Freshmen. trof Mar 2015 #10

Bolero-Ravel Ahpook Mar 2015 #11

For pure nonsense silly song value... 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #13

Rodney O and Joe Cooley: "DJs and MCs" Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #14

Jackie Wilson "Higher and Higher" or VU "Rock and Roll" Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #15

Anything by Mozart. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #16

Three of my favorites from back in time DFW Mar 2015 #18

March from Boccaccio, by Franz von Suppe Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #19

Listening to Yuja Wang always puts me in a good mood! DeSwiss Mar 2015 #20

The Very Though of You... Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #21

"Coconut" by the greatly-missed Harry Nilsson Paladin Mar 2015 #22

A little Ray Wylie Hubbard. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #23

"It just sounds nasty"--hey I really liked this panader0 Mar 2015 #31

Here's another of his hobbit709 Mar 2015 #43

I like these ones and a whole lot more. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #26

Quite a few, but pipi_k Mar 2015 #28

Franz Ferdinand: Do You Want To Coventina Mar 2015 #29

I was just listening to this and saw your post--Drivers Seat by Sniff and the Tears panader0 Mar 2015 #30

Moondance n/t PassingFair Mar 2015 #32

Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in D Minor jrandom421 Mar 2015 #33

ZZ Top "Just got paid today" IBEWVET Mar 2015 #34

Jerry Lee! The Four Tops! The Searchers! J. Geils! WinkyDink Mar 2015 #35

I have always found the energy of this technopop gem hifiguy Mar 2015 #38

Today, I don't think anything would work ailsagirl Mar 2015 #39

......... steve2470 Mar 2015 #41

..... ailsagirl Mar 2015 #45

For me right now, it's this one: Avalux Mar 2015 #40

Morning Mood - Edvard Grieg lutefisk Mar 2015 #42

I'll Never smoke weed with Willie again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, benld74 Mar 2015 #44

WAKE UP! Arcade Fire Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #46

Can't Keep Johnny Down My Good Babushka Mar 2015 #47

THIS music video for Dolly Parton's "Potential New Boyfriend" antigone382 Mar 2015 #48

SixString

(1,057 posts)

1. ELO Mr. Blue Sky

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:14 PM

Mar 2015

Number9Dream

(1,562 posts)

2. "Imagine"; "Inca Roads"; "San Lorenzo"

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:48 PM

Mar 2015

There are many, but here's three...

"Imagine" by John Lennon:

"Inca Roads" by Zappa / Mothers:

"San Lorenzo" by Pat Metheny Group:

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

9. Pat Metheny is from Kansas City. Really good show!

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:14 PM

Mar 2015

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

27. +1

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:18 AM

Mar 2015

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Cool Change & Woodstock

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:48 PM

Mar 2015

Since I was A child I've always loved to be out on the water ....

Many of the people who came to Woodstock never left ...

Roy Rolling

(6,933 posts)

36. LOL

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:51 PM

Mar 2015

It's Woodstock every day in my mind.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

37. Isn't it wonderful.

Reply to Roy Rolling (Reply #36)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:01 PM

Mar 2015

The farm is so beautiful now.

Brother Buzz

(36,463 posts)

4. Anything by Leroy Shield

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 03:05 PM

Mar 2015

And the contemporary Dutch group, The Beau Hunks interpret his music better than most

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

5. The Happy Organ by Dave Baby Cortez

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 03:49 PM

Mar 2015

orleans

(34,073 posts)

17. i have that on a 45 size 78! that's so funny you posted this. n/t

Reply to skypilot (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:56 AM

Mar 2015

skypilot

(8,854 posts)

24. I can't NOT smile everytime...

Reply to orleans (Reply #17)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:00 AM

Mar 2015

...I hear this song. Sometimes it actually gives me the giggles.

onethatcares

(16,184 posts)

6. "it's a great day"

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:04 PM

Mar 2015

by Paul Thorn.

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

7. all music immediately has a positive affect on me

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Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:07 PM

Mar 2015

I can turn on the radio, or my ipod, and I'm happy!

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

12. oh some songs by Sarah McLachlan....

Reply to KMOD (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:23 PM

Mar 2015

Beautiful voice and very meaningful, but cheerful ? Not so much.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

25. for sure...

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:10 AM

Mar 2015

"Arms of the Angel" never fails to tear my heart to pieces...

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

8. Walk Of Life, Dire Straits

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Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:09 PM

Mar 2015

https://m.

Too bad a drug ad had to steal it

trof

(54,256 posts)

10. Anything by the Four Freshmen.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:17 PM

Mar 2015

Yeah, I'm a geezer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PLB3BC72CC6E1B450A&v=alU6MPmEN7A

Ahpook

(2,751 posts)

11. Bolero-Ravel

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Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:22 PM

Mar 2015

And completely different

3catwoman3

(24,041 posts)

13. For pure nonsense silly song value...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:31 PM

Mar 2015

...my favorites are Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog, (Joy To The World) and Cover of the Rolling Stone.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

14. Rodney O and Joe Cooley: "DJs and MCs"

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:59 PM

Mar 2015

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)

15. Jackie Wilson "Higher and Higher" or VU "Rock and Roll"

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 11:55 PM

Mar 2015

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)

16. Anything by Mozart.

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:31 AM

Mar 2015

DFW

(54,436 posts)

18. Three of my favorites from back in time

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:55 AM

Mar 2015

Walk in the sun by Bruce Hornsby (I can't believe this is 20 years old already!):
http://www.videodetective.com/music/walk-in-the-sun/683660

And this one (I REALLY can't believe this is almost FIFTY years old!!):

And of course (can't take the southerner out of me after all):

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

19. March from Boccaccio, by Franz von Suppe

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 02:21 AM

Mar 2015

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

20. Listening to Yuja Wang always puts me in a good mood!

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 02:42 AM

Mar 2015

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

21. The Very Though of You...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 04:37 AM

Mar 2015

by Chris Botti.

Paladin

(28,272 posts)

22. "Coconut" by the greatly-missed Harry Nilsson

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 07:10 AM

Mar 2015

"You put de lime in de coconut....."

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

23. A little Ray Wylie Hubbard.

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 07:27 AM

Mar 2015

panader0

(25,816 posts)

31. "It just sounds nasty"--hey I really liked this

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #23)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:41 AM

Mar 2015

I'll be looking for more Ray Wylie Hubbard

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

43. Here's another of his

Reply to panader0 (Reply #31)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:16 PM

Mar 2015

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

26. I like these ones and a whole lot more.

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:15 AM

Mar 2015

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

28. Quite a few, but

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:21 AM

Mar 2015

here are a couple

Coventina

(27,172 posts)

29. Franz Ferdinand: Do You Want To

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:27 AM

Mar 2015

Lucky, lucky, you're so lucky!!

panader0

(25,816 posts)

30. I was just listening to this and saw your post--Drivers Seat by Sniff and the Tears

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:35 AM

Mar 2015

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)

32. Moondance n/t

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 11:30 AM

Mar 2015

jrandom421

(1,005 posts)

33. Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in D Minor

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:27 PM

Mar 2015

The first movement which is subtitled "Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside."

IBEWVET

(217 posts)

34. ZZ Top "Just got paid today"

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:42 PM

Mar 2015

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

35. Jerry Lee! The Four Tops! The Searchers! J. Geils!

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:47 PM

Mar 2015

(I was front row!)

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

38. I have always found the energy of this technopop gem

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 03:55 PM

Mar 2015

to be highly contagious.

And Akiko Yano bouncing around behind her stack of keyboards like Pinkie Pie just makes me smile.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)

39. Today, I don't think anything would work

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 04:14 PM

Mar 2015

But normally, anything by Dylan or The Who

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

41. .........

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 04:43 PM

Mar 2015

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)

45. .....

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #41)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:27 PM

Mar 2015

Thanks, steve2470

Avalux

(35,015 posts)

40. For me right now, it's this one:

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 04:30 PM

Mar 2015

lutefisk

(3,974 posts)

42. Morning Mood - Edvard Grieg

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:12 PM

Mar 2015

benld74

(9,909 posts)

44. I'll Never smoke weed with Willie again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 05:22 PM

Mar 2015

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

46. WAKE UP! Arcade Fire

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 06:20 PM

Mar 2015

My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)

47. Can't Keep Johnny Down

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Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:24 AM

Mar 2015

Since discovering that I like They Might Be Giants last year, I've got everyone in the house listening to TMBG. Can't Keep Johnny Down is also a favorite with the kiddos, especially this video with this blue guy, which is not the official video.

antigone382

(3,682 posts)

48. THIS music video for Dolly Parton's "Potential New Boyfriend"

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:56 PM

Mar 2015

Apart from the glorious wonder which is high-80's Dolly herself, I don't know what I love the best: the fake guitar solo, the fake drummer's enthusiasm, or the gleam of so many sequined sweat bands.

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