the idea: please post here (in comments) the name and artist of one song that never fails to make you smile, feel buoyant or just improve your mood overall for no obvious reason. Does not have to be goofy or a joke song. It can be any sort of mood shifter. I will find and compile these song for a mood-lifting mix. I would say mood-altering, but I definitely want this to be an upswing, not a bad halluncinatory jag where you are hoping and praying to the deep under gods of the fuzzy salamander that he won't set your homework free. Don't need that. Just happy fucking moments in the dead of winter.
This does NOT have to be anything like "your Favorite song EVER", nor does it have to be THE song you'd bring along to the deserted island or any of that shite. Pick a song that makes you feel better after hearing it. What comes up on the shuffle that just makes you grin? What song do you queue up when you feel the need to dance a little in the kitchen? After a long day, what do you sing along to at maximum volume in the car on the way home?
Choose a song along those lines. Happy. A moment of lightness when otherwise, you could completely and utterly justify darkness. Like, totally.
As we move toward the hardest part of winter, I'd like to put together a lightness mix....so post your faves and I will compile and mail out the mix in a month to whomever contributes*, complete with authentic mamaea-mix magic and collage cover.
i figure if we each post one that will make a jolly mix, and when I say one, I don't mean one from each couple, but one from each individual. Just needing to say that.
*ha. so there. you don't get it unless you play. all thanks to PLo for totally inadvertanly inspiring me to insist that she seek such song, which made me think of making a mix like this.
15 comments:
Waterloo ABBA
Dancing Queen ABBA
Tell Me Somethin' Good RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN
Thinkin' About Your Body Bobby McFerrin
Play In The Sunshine Prince
Take A Picture Filter
1234 Feist
Chicken Soup With Rice Carole King
Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads
Little White Dove Voices On The Verge
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio Joni Mitchell
Ring The Living Bell Melanie
Mercedes Benz Janis Joplin
I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles
Georgy Girl 2:20 The Seekers
You Make My Dreams Hall & Oates
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon
Tulane Chris Smither
Cemetry Gates The Smiths
You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon
From Me to You Bobby McFerrin
A few from PH mixes that always get me smiling--
Lust for life Chrissy Hynes & Whatshisname version
Shake Senora (???-- Rock Your Body in Time?)
3 Is a Magic Number-- De la Sol?
Sorry Sweetie-- One was not possible. Choose one for me?? I had to stop myself from adding more as it was!!!! Great Mix idea!!
David Byrne: Hanging Upside down from "Uh-oh"
"Blinded by the Light" Bruce Springsteen
and "Everything's Gonna be Alright," Tuck and Patti
(Hayley)
Brilliant!!Oh-0 What a treat!!!! I haven't checked the blog all week and so it it so lovely to check it out and find all this activity!!!
So, I LOVE Ea's invitation- it lightnened my night so much the other night when she suggested it to me-....and I am thrilled to see her take the "assignment" to the next level- so my song is: Chris Williamson- "Song of The Soul" (which I was inspired to legally purchase today again as my cassette is pretty obsolete and I can give you a copy for the mix) Let's make sure everyone contributes- will you send an email with your message to everyone, Ea?
When it comes to the liner notes- Could everyone write a little liner note to go with the choice they made? It would be lovely to have that to add. xoxoxox
Jenyy JJ- no fair!!!!! Ok, play fair and please pick one song for EA's mix ..............but then be sweet and send me a copy of ALL your other choices for my birthday present (I SO enjoyed your Itunes mixes in the kitchen last weekend and I was bummed I never got to burn any) Love you!
All the songs I listed just make me freakin' smile. I think it's about being able to remember to laugh at myself & the crap that's going on around me at any given time (My-My, Oh Yes!, shed those doughty feathers and fly). It's also about one of my favorite pastimes-- breaking things down to the lowest common denominator-- simple but profound pleasures-- Tell Me somethin' good; chicken soup; plain warm devotion; running from mischief.
Part of it is the upbeat noise of it, too-- one of the weird aspects of the job I had before this one was that, along side all the heavy science and running the big scary machinery, you also had to mop floors -- ABBA & Janis were two that even the tough guys were always willing to belt out while we knocked out room sans to make it go by faster & funner (as long as Management wasn't around).
If Ea picks one from my list, I'll do a quick byline for that one.
Palo! Yes-- someone else has to choose for me-- I thought maybe Ea could choose 1 song that also makes her smile, or that just goes well with everyone else's picks. If forced to at the end, i will pick one-- it's up to Ea.
Yes! I will send you this & the other mixes from this weekend-- I bought more cds today at BJs for that purpose-- it will take me a little while, but that's the plan!
Love back at you!!
HAYLEY-- I am LOVING the Women Mixes-- thank you thank you thank you!!
John says: Teenage labotomy, the Ramones from the It's Alive album (yeah!)
Heaven Right Here (Come Over to my Yard) Jeb Loy Nichols
mim-that's cool cos i love that song and have meant to get it...this is perfect thank you.
and JJJ-of course i am happy to pick amongst the gold...
"More" by Bobby Darrin i have such a strong memory first of listening to this with chris when we were first goobily married ;) but more recently, in very early stages of labor- i walked on my own and had this on an ipod and it seemed the perfect song for a baby on his way! all that possibility and hope.
"fixing a hole" OR "lovely Rita" Beatles
"Keepin it Natural" Michael Franti
'yellow moon" neville brothers
ok must stop. could go on a while tho .
great idea.
ok, so since I Paloma said to write something dammit and I like women to tell me what to do here are my songs:
Dare You To Move by Switchfoot
Alaska (or something) by Michelle Shocked
Stronger by Kanye West
Human (something) by Michael Franti and Spearhead
Tangled Up In Blue by Bob Dylan sung by the Indigo Girls
peace out from California.
Thank you Ea!! Can't wait until Summer! Which feels wrong to say, like I'm wishing half the year away, but there you have it.
JJJ -fuck the rest of the year. spring is totally overrated.
Late to the party, but I wanted to mention:
"Don't Worry About the Government" by Talking Heads
"This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)" Talking Heads
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Go! by Tones on Tail
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Agree with Cemetery Gates from Jennyjj
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