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Old 05-22-2010, 10:22 PM
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Lisanne
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I agree with b. zang's suggestion of Walking on Sunshine for feel-good music!

Proud Mary by Ike & Tina Turner is a really good, upbeat song. The Creedence Clearwater Revival version doesn't quite do it for me. OTOH, CCR's I Heard It Through the Grapevine has some marvelous head music in it.

Several people have mentioned Bob Seger. I especially recommend his early stuff, such as Heavy Music, for foot-stomping energizing music.

I used to love to listen to Ricki Lee Jones when I was angry. Loved her attitude, and the music ends up making you feel good. Danny's All-Star Joint off her first album is a favorite.

Charlie Daniels Band's Devil Went Down to Georgia and a ton of their other songs. Molly Hatchet does a fantabulous rendition of Mississippi Queen on one of their Volunteer Jam albums. Speaking of Molly Hatchet, you can't do better than Flirtin' with Disaster for energizing.

Which reminds me of the Grateful Dead's Touch of Grey ("I will survive" ) and their other stuff.

Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven starts gently, oh so gently, and revs you up gradually. And then there's Kashmir and so many of their other songs.

It doesn't get much more magical than Van Morrison's Moondance. Wild Night is good, too, and it's even better done by John Mellencamp.

Early U2, such as I Will Follow and Gloria.

From the Godspell soundtrack, It's All for the Best (a very fun song for getting past the blues) and By My Side.

Jesse Colin Young's songs are soft and loving.
Jim Croce, too, though his themes are different.

Sly & the Family Stone, especially I Want to Take You Higher and Everybody Is a Star

For just music when you want your head to go somewhere else, try Kitaro's Ki album. His Silk Road double album was probably his most popular one.

The Allman Brothers Mountain Jam is awesome listening.

For angry music, protest songs such as War and Ohio.

Oh, and for '80s music, how can you not cheer up to Rock the Casbah!

Also Kayleigh, by Marillion.
Holiday, by Madonna.
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