Feel Good Music

[Dauphin]

I need some recommendations for feel good music - be they summer hits, background party music, chillout songs or otherwise upbeat music.

i.e Not the likes Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead etc...

Basically any cheery songs, whoever they are by.

I have a little under 24hrs to get a compilation.

Thank you.

[Stefu]

Shonen Knife was the first band that popped to mind.

[Dis]

B-52's!! 'nuff said Start with Rock lobster, don't forget loveshack and roam around the world. They have several others I like as well.

[St Leo]

Andrew W.K.

[Guynemer]

"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" by the Rolling Stones. I just can't stop myself from grinning like a maniac and singing along when I hear that tune.

Same could be said of many Stones songs...

[Kontiki]

If you're looking for upbeat music, you can't beat good 80s pop. Try the Go Go's, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, etc. Personally, I find that Michael Jackson's Don't Stop till You Get Enough to be one of the best dance inspiring songs.

If you want something newer, try out stuff like Green Day's Dookie album or Blink 182's fluffier stuff. Some of the lyrics may be "I'm a loser"ish (though not nearly is the same vein as Radiohead, for example), but the tempo and music is great. Sum 41 is great for that too - and alot of their stuff is feel good party music through and through.

If you want the ultimate in feel good music, and don't mind total pop fluff, check out Perfect Day by Hoku (it was on the Legally Blonde sountrack). I'm kinda ashamed to admit it, but I find it quite catchy.

[Hobbes]

Jamiroquai: feel good with out being too cheesy. And I agree with the Andrew WK suggestion.

[Dis]

yeah 80's stuff.

go-go's we got the beat.

Joan Jett- I love rock and roll

I'm walking on sunshine. I don't know who does it, but it definately is upbeat.

She-bop by Cyndi Lauper. Hey it's about masturbation. That is upbeat.

[molly bloom]

Oh God, where to start?

Motown, the Checker and Chess labels are chock full of honest to goodness feel good songs- 'Dancing in the Streets', 'Heatwave', 'Baby Love', 'Love Train', 'Summer Breeze', 'Harvest for the World', 'Rescue Me', 'I Can't Help Myself', and so on, and so on. Similarly with the Stax label- silly ones like 'Do the Funky Chicken', mellow but proud like the Staple Singers' 'Respect Yourself', groovetastic like Booker T and the M.G.s 'Green Onions'.

Then you have people like Nina Simone with 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' or 'Suzanne' or 'Exactly Like You', Tina Turner and 'Proud Mary', Grace Jones and 'Feel Up' or 'Pull Up to the Bumper'. Donna Summer's original 'I Feel Love', Ella Fitzgerald and 'Begin the Beguine', Louis Armstrong's 'We Have All the Time in the World'.

10 000 Maniacs and 'Peace Train' or 'Scorpio Rising', Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel with 'Come Up and See Me, Make Me Smile', Roxy Music's 'Virginia Plain', Hot Chocolate's 'Everyone's A Winner', David Bowie's 'Golden Years', 'Kooks' and 'Heroes'; Moloko's 'The Time is Now', Morcheeba's 'Trigger Hippie',
Emmylou Harris's 'Blue Kentucky Girl'...

How's that for starters?

[alva]

Bastos -- loop-di-love
Booker T-- Green onions
Coutin -- J'aime regarder les femmes
Tenpole Tudor -- Wunderbar
Iggy Pop -- Lust for life

[Ramo]

Going through my playlist:

"Old Time Rock'n Roll" by Bob Seger
"My Generation" by the Who
"Satisfaction" by the Stones
"The Brews" by NOFX
"Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynard
"Good Golly Miss Molly" by Little Richard
"Whole Lotta Love" by Zeppelin
"Johnny B Goode" by Chuck Berry
"Susie Q" by CCR
"Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan
"Walk This Way" by Aerosmith
"You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC

Edit:

"Judy is a Punk" by the Ramones
"Kick Out the Jams" by the MC5
"We Will Rock You" by Queen

[monkspider]

NOFX's "The Brews", that's a great one.

[Combat Ingrid]

DEAD KENNEDYS - Kill The Poor
Star Wars Gangsta Rap

If you like metal you should look for X-MAS PROJECT. It's a bunch of metal bands that got together around -86 and recorded a CD with their own interpretations of classical christmas songs

[Ramo]

I'm not sure I'd say anything by the DKs is "feel good." Certainly hilarious, but slightly depressing.

[Tiamat]

Did someone say Men Without Hats???? **Tia does the saftey dance around the room**