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Old 03-28-2007, 08:25 AM
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Default Songs that make you happy?

I'm not quite sure which topic this fits under..but I suppose emotional mastery works because listening to these songs just makes you happy


My best friend sent me this song and it's so beautiful that it makes me tear. It reminds me of the point of this forum..and the Pavlina's entire site actually. Thanks to everyone for helping us figure out "the Riddle"

The Riddle - Five for Fighting

There was a man back in '95
Whose heart ran out of summers
But before he died, I asked him

Wait, what's the sense in life
Come over me, Come over me

He said,

Son why you got to sing that tune
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
Then you will see... You will see

Then he said,

Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world
You and I...

Picked up my kid from school today

Did you learn anything cause in the world today
You can't live in a castle far away
Now talk to me, come talk to me

He said,

Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
Still every mother's child sings a lonely song
So play with me, come play with me

And Hey Dad
Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world
You and I...

I said,

Son for all I've told you
When you get right down to the
Reason for the world...
Who am I?

There are secrets that we still have left to find
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
There are answers we're not wise enough to see

He said... You looking for a clue I Love You free...

The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
Something comes over me

I guess we're big and I guess we're small
If you think about it man you know we got it all
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball
And I love you free
I love you freely

Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world
You and I...

YouTube - Five for Fighting-The Riddle


I hope someone listens to this song and it lifts your heart a little bit. Enjoy!

If you have a song to add, please post it here.. and if you have the lyrics and a link to listen to it (via YouTube, or MySpace or something) that would be great too!
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Old 03-29-2007, 11:46 AM
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Songs that make me happy or feel better:

James Brown - I feel good

Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
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Easy going feel-good songs don't really cut it for me. When I'm down, I usually listen to some angry music, I don't know why or how, but it kinda sticks with the bad feelings and takes (some of) it away with it.
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Old 03-29-2007, 12:49 PM
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Regina Spektor - On The Radio. The lyrics kick ass. And she's hawt.
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I suppose I don't listen to much happy music (because I like bands such as Metallica and Pink Floyd, whom I don't consider "happy bands") however a song that always makes me feel better would have to be Clocks by Coldplay. The piano and riffs in this song are astonishing (even if it tends to be overplayed on the radio).
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Listening to any of my favorite songs make me happy. I, mostly listen to country music
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Old 04-25-2007, 01:27 AM
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It depends a lot on what sort of a mood I'm in.

If I'm just a bit 'blah' then a 'happy happy, joy joy' song might perk me up, but if I'm feeling really down, a 'happy happy, joy joy' song will just irritate me.

IMO, there's a spectrum. You want to listen to a song that's a couple of 'happiness points' above your current mood. Theoretically you should be able to put together an album that would gradually lead you all the way up from bitter unhappiness to joy...
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Ventura Highway by America--because I loved my trip last summer to LA and I want to go back!
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I like old time and easy going music... that is why, when I'm on the PC, I listen to this station...

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I listen to a wide selection of music depending on my mood. When i'm happy or want to be happy, i just put on some energetic 80s pop and dance around the room. Best therapy ever!
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If I want to get happy then I listen to Stevie Wonder - just WONDERFUL

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The Olympic Theme Song always makes me happy for some reason.
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Tribute - Tenacious D
Eulogy - Tool
Here without you - Three doors down
L'via L'viaquez - The mars volta
Shimmer - Fuel
Under the bridge - Red hot chilli peppers
Nice to know you/Megalomaniac/Pardon me/Warning/11am - Incubus

Not really "Happy" songs, but they usually lighten my mood somewhat when i hear em...
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - (I forgot the artist name)
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Quote:
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - (I forgot the artist name)
BJ Thomas sang that back in the early 70's I believe
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U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name (any live version)
YouTube - U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name (2002 Super Bowl Live)

Bruce Springsteen - My City Of Ruins (live)
-(when I'm feeling really down, this is the one I reach for); this is not the same version I use but it's still good:
YouTube - My City Of Ruins - Seeger Sessions Band

Haddaway - Life (Everybody Needs Somebody To Love)
-This is the theme song to every Tony Robbins live seminar. If you've been to one, this song will be a strong anchor for the rest of your life.
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - (I forgot the artist name)

I think the original artist was Sacha Distel........OK I am a very old person with a good memory

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What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
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Van Halen - Right Now
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Old 04-27-2007, 03:58 PM
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Lay down your weary tune by Bob Dylan.
Pleeeeease listen to it!
It saved the life of a friend of mine who was contemplating suicide.
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Beautiful Day - U2

Trust me... I'm a dj and I should know!

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day



Understand what the lyric means at a deeper level and it means even more. I love this track.

Peace, V.I.P.A.
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'Till I collapse ~ Eminem

'Cause sometimes you feel tired,
feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up.
But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength
and just pull that sh** out of you and get that motivation to not give up
and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.

[Verse #1:]
Till I collapse I’m spilling these raps long as you feel em
Till the day that I drop you'll never say that I'm not killing them
Cause when I am not then I am stop pinning them
And I am not hip-hop and I’m just not Eminem.
Subliminal thoughts when I'm stop sending them women are caught in webs spin and hauk venom
Adrenaline shots of penicillin could not get the illing to stop.
Amoxacilin is just not real enough.
The criminal cop killing hip-hop filling minimal swap to cop millions of Pac listeners.
Your coming with me, feel it or not you’re gonna fear it like I showed you the spirit of god lives in us.
You hear it a lot, lyrics the shock is it a miracle or am I just a product of pop fizzing up.
For shizzle my whizzle this is the plot listen up you bizzles forgot slizzle does not give a f***

[Chorus - NateDogg]
Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out
Till my legs give out, can’t shut my mouth.
Till the smoke clears out - am I high? Perhaps
I'ma rip this sh** till my bone collapse.
Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out
Till my legs give out, can’t shut my mouth.
Till the smoke clears out and my high burn out
I'ma rip this sh** till my bone collapse.

[Verse #2:]
Music is like magic there’s a certain feeling you get when your real
and you spit and people are feeling your sh**.
This is your moment and every single minute you spend trying to hold onto it
cause you may never get it again.
So while you’re in it try to get as much sh** as you can
and when your run is over just admit when its at its end.
Cause I'm at the end of my wits with half this sh** that gets in.
I got a list here's the order of my list that it's in.
It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from Outcast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me.
But in this industry I'm the cause of a lot of envy, so when I’m not put on this list the sh** does not offend me.
That's why you see me walk around like nothing's bothering me.
Even though half you people got a f***ing problem with me.
You hate it but you know respect you’ve got to give me
The press's wet dream like Bobby and Whitney. Nate hit me.

[Chorus - NateDogg]

[Verse #3:]
Soon as a verse starts I eat it at MC’s heart
what is he thinking? How not to go against me? Smart.
And its absurd how people hang on every word.
I’ll probably never get the props I feel I ever deserve
But I’ll never be served my spot is forever reserved
If I ever leave earth that would be the death of me first.
Cause in my heart of hearts I know nothing could ever be worse.
That’s why I’m clever when I put together every verse
My thoughts are sporadic, I act like I’m an addict
I rap like I’m addicted to smack like I’m Kim Mathers.
But I don’t want to go forth and back in constant battles
The fact is I would rather sit back and bomb some rappers.
So this is like a full blown attack I’m launching at them
The track is on some battling raps who want some static
Cause I don’t really think that the fact that I’m Slim matters
A plaque of platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.

[Chorus - NateDogg]

[Outro:]
[Eminem & Natedogg Echo:]
Until the roof
The roof comes off
Until my legs
give out from underneath me

[Eminem:]
I will not fall,
I will stand tall,
Feels like no one could beat me.
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Old 08-19-2007, 03:23 PM
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"young folks" by Peter Bjorn and John
"dreams be dreams" by Jack Johnson
"doin' time" by Sublime
"roots, rock, reggae" by Bob Marley
"my wish" by Rascal Flatts
"degausser" by Brand New
"life in mono" by Mono
"whisper of a thrill" by Thomas Newman

and thousands of others.

they all make me feel better in some way...depending on my mood.
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Old 08-19-2007, 07:39 PM
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"Seven Days in Sunny June" "You Give Me Something" "Alright" by Jamiroquai
"Keep Your Head to the Sky" "Fantasy" "In The Stone" by Earth, Wind & Fire
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Any Van Halen tune!
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Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings....
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