Positive or happy songs

AcousticBuddhist20

Hey! So...just curious if anyone knows any songs that are upbeat, positive or happy? Mainly looking for songs about life being good, or being yourself. Thanks!

ShiftPlusOne

Disclaimer: Eastern European influences ahead, definitely not for everybody.

Punk rock, if you don't mind it.
Heaps of The Living End
Gogol Bordello - Oh No
The Go Set - Davey
Dropkick Murphys - Wicked Sensitive Crew
Rotfront - Emigranski Raggamuffin

Those are some of the things that come to mind when I hear "upbeat, positive or happy".

Bodhgaya

ReHash- gorillaz
deadbeat summer- neon indian

Jeffrey

Cat Stevens who's album was in the movie Harold and Maude which is a movie about coming to terms with our predicaments. Harold is a young man obsessed, or rather his mother is obsessed with fixing him up and in a theatrical way he always fakes his death to scare away his dates. He finds Maude who drives like a maniac is fearless and fun. Its sad at the end, but overall I find it positive and in line with my values of self acceptance.

Mountains

Almost anything by the Beach Boys or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. And then of course Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It don't get no happier than that!

AcousticBuddhist20

Disclaimer: Eastern European influences ahead, definitely not for everybody.

Punk rock, if you don't mind it.
Heaps of The Living End
Gogol Bordello - Oh No
The Go Set - Davey
Dropkick Murphys - Wicked Sensitive Crew
Rotfront - Emigranski Raggamuffin

Those are some of the things that come to mind when I hear "upbeat, positive or happy".

Nah, punk rock is good. I'm a huge fan of dead kennedys! Anyways, The living end plays the song "Roll On" right? That's a good song. I used to listen to them back in the day. Dropkick Murphys are good. They're similar to flogging molly. Anyways...thanks for the suggestions everyone!

TheJourney

"Let it be" and "all you need is love" by the beatles.
"energy" by apples in stereo
"time to pretend" by mgmt
"i'm yours" by jason mraz
"today" smashing pumpkins
"one day" matisyahu

ShiftPlusOne

AcousticBuddha20, yeah 'roll on' is by the the living end. 'Prisoner of society' is another one of their classics.

MindGate

"Windy" - The Association

AcousticBuddhist20

AcousticBuddha20, yeah 'roll on' is by the the living end. 'Prisoner of society' is another one of their classics.

I'm not too familiar with prisoner of society, but 'uncle harry' is a good song. Very funny!

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We are the world

Written and composed by michael jackson and lionel richie
(usa for africa)

Lionel richie
There comes a time when we heed a certain call

Lionel richie & stevie wonder
When the world must come together as one

Stevie wonder
There are people dying

Paul simon
And it’s time to lend a hand to life

Paul simon & kenny rogers
The greatest gift of all

Kenny rogers
We can’t go on pretending day by day

James ingram
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

Tina turner
We are all part of god’s great big family

Billy joel
And the truth, you know, love is all we need

Chorus:
Michael jackson
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

Diana ross
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives

Michael & diana ross
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Dionne warwick
Send them your heart
So they’ll know that someone cares

Dionne warwick & willie nelson
And their lives will be stronger and free

Willie nelson
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread

Al jarreau
So we all must lend a helping hand

Chorus:
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

Bob dylan
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Michael jackson
When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all

Huey lewis
But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall

Cindy lauper
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come

Kim carnes
When we stand together as one

Chorus:
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
:rocker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_Ocean
Send "We Are The Ocean" Ringtone to your Cell
Cutting Our Teeth
(2010)
• The Power of Universal Love
http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/beliefs/id10.html
• Look Alive lyrics
• Our Days Are Numbered lyrics
• All Of This Has To End lyrics
• Confessions lyrics
• These Days, I Have Nothing lyrics
• Don't Take Chances lyrics
• (I'll Grab You By The) Neck Of The Woods lyrics
• Are You Proud Of Me Now? lyrics
• I Used To Be So Much More lyrics
• This Is Called My Home lyrics



:rockon:

gracelee

cheesy as hell.... but anything by the lighthouse family.

Jeffrey

Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. Genesis are a little more artsy, but when those two split off they had some uplifting and happy songs. But kind of the beauty of painful situations.

Bob Marley.

zombiegirl

lately i've been digging Arcade Fire. specifically, the song Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

"they heard me singing and they told me to stop.
'quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock!'
these days, my life, i feel it has no purpose,
but late at night the feelings swim to the surface."

the song has a real upbeat feel about it. basically, it's about believing in yourself and your dreams when others are trying to keep you down. well, that and how the suburbs suck, lol.

AcousticBuddhist20

I checked out arcade fire. They're pretty good! Saw them on SNL, and didn't like them at first, but after getting the album, they're okay. Have a kind of indie rock feel to them, rather than a techno-y feel to them.

Ch-an_noob

Meat hooker sodomy by cannibal corpse

Wuji

The most uplifting song I can think of is, "I've seen all good people" by Yes. They have a ton of albums filled with uplifting music.

Don't surround yourself with yourself, Move on back two squares
Send an instant karma to me, Initial it with loving care.

I think this song must be inspired by Buddha's wisdom even if indirectly.

ShiftPlusOne

Ooh... 'Imagine'... by needless to say who.

zombiegirl

I checked out arcade fire. They're pretty good! Saw them on SNL, and didn't like them at first, but after getting the album, they're okay. Have a kind of indie rock feel to them, rather than a techno-y feel to them.

why did you think they would have a techno feel? if you like techno, daft punk always puts me in a good mood. off the top of my head, robots in disguise, ladytron, and miss kittin usually tend to be more upbeat as well.

sndymorn

Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong
Make Someone Happy-
Girl From Ipanema- Jobim
I Could have Danced All Night- Andrews
La Bamba- Valens
Suddenly Seemore - Little Shop of Horrors, the movie
I Can See Clearly
Tiny Dancer- John

I have recently taken an interest in happy songs

kayte

Warning- these recommendations come from a much older generation member!!

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing- The New Seekers

Yellow Submarine- The Beatles

Morning has Broken- Cat Stevens

Hair- The Cowsills

Magic Carpet Ride- Steppenwolf

Reach Out in the Darkness- Friend and Lover

One Toke Over the Line-Brewer & Shipley (If you don't mind country or "Jesus" in the chorus)

Here Comes the Sun- Richie Havens

School's Out- Alice Cooper

Good Morning Starshine-Oliver

You Really Got Me- The Kinks

You and Me and a Dog Named Boo- Lobo