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Old 01-08-2008, 04:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What is your favorite positive, uplifting, joyful song/album?
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Old 01-08-2008, 04:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Joy Division - Closer






ok seriously erm Hard Fi - Stars of CCTV

the only mainstream band worth a listen IMO
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Old 01-08-2008, 04:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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What is your favorite positive, uplifting, joyful song/album?
Any decent Northern Soul comp.
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Old 01-08-2008, 07:14 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Ten Bad as s Funk nuggets for you to enjoy (actually there is eleven but WTF!). Quite a few are from one of my favorite funk compilations and are predominantly unknown artists from the 70's. Get down with your bad selves! Furry coats, platforms and canes optional!

1.Kay Gees-Let's Groove
2.Backyard Heavies-Chitlin' Strut
3.Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul-The Way I Do My Life
4.The Notations-Superpeople
5.Scott Moody-(We Gotta) Bust Out Of The Ghetto Part 1
6.Skull Snaps-It's A New Day
7.Dawson Smith-I Don't Know If I Can Make It (Part 1)
8.Rasputins Stash-The Devil Made Me Do It
9.Johnny Taylor-Aint Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)-because it's so damn funny!
10.The Crusaders-Stomp and Buck Dance
11.Undisputed Truth-Got To Get My Hands On Some Lovin'

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Old 01-09-2008, 01:57 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 01-09-2008, 07:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Joy Division - Closer
Haha, I was going to say that.


Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (yeah I know it's poppy power metal, but it is uplifting)
Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (very uplifting and beautiful)
Porcupine Tree - most music... even 'sad' songs like 'Drown With Me' make me happy.
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Old 01-10-2008, 02:15 PM   #7 (permalink)
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before you read my responce,...i'd like to premis,...
not all music that makes me happy is 'good',....but it makes me happy because it reminds me of something,...be it a good show i saw,....or riddin down dirt roads, 16, drinkin stolen beer and smoke ciggs,...a/c full blast, windows down, crammed int he truck like sardines and singin at the top of my lungs,....you get the idea,....

here goes, in no order

put your hands on me - joss stone
my morning song - black crowes
i come from the water - toadies
what i got - subline
sweet melissa - the allmans
love song - the cure
cuts like a knife- brian adams
run around - blues traveler
if i had a boat - lyle lovett
mexico - james taylor
wicked game - him
burn one down - ben harper
dirty little rockstar - the cult
big brown eyes - old 97s
its gettin better - andy timmons
interstate love song - stp
banana pancakes - jack johnson
beast of burden - the stones
yellow ledbetter - pearl jam
dead leaves and a dirty ground - chris thile
black water - the doobie brothers
rasberry beret - prince,.....

and a bunch others i'm prolly forgettin right now
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Old 01-10-2008, 02:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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shiny happy people holding hands!
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Old 01-10-2008, 03:05 PM   #10 (permalink)
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And Shiny Happy People has the same effect on me as does, Walking On (fuckin') Sunshine.

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