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Songs that you listen to for Optimism

alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
i'd like to know those tunes you've listened to during hard times or good times remebering going through the hard times with a sense of hope. i think a collection of listening to songs of that type has to be good for the soul.b,121b,121here's one i've been listening to non stop, Buddy Knox - Storm Clouds http://www.MegaShare.com/482869/a1b,121really simple but nice lyrics about pain pretty much getting washed away through hard timesb,121(thanks pickwick33 for the suggestions way back in that thread when I was asking about the rockabilly sounding stuff, awesome!)b,121b,121so give me your songs people.

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  • MenacetosobrietyMenacetosobriety 172 Posts
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55CW4LkG0QA/a1b,121b,121b,121oh yeah
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  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Quote:h,121b,121
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey AlieNDN,b,121b,121Here are some songs that make me optimistic:b,121b,121-"Sunshine" and "See the Light"-Earth, Wind, and Fire.b,121-"Lovely Day"-Bill Withers.b,121-"Only Believe"-The Swan Silvertones.b,121-"We're a Winner"-The Impressions.b,121-"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"-McFadden & Whitehead.b,121-"Smile, Please"-Stevie Wonder.b,121-"Miracles"-Jefferson Starship.b,121-"Be Grateful"-Walter Hawkins & the Love Alive Choir (listen below; Lynette Hawkins Stephens is no joke on the lead vocals!!! Incredible voice!!!).b,121-"No Weapon"-Fred Hammond & the Radicals for Christ (listen below).b,121b,121 b,121b,121Peace,b,121b,121Big Stacks from Kakalak
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  • MurdockMurdock 542 Posts
    big1Glenn Jones - I Am Somebody/big1/b1
  • YemskyYemsky 708 Posts
    Alrightb,121It???s gonna be alrightb,121Alrightb,121It???s gonna be alrightb,121b,121Alrightb,121It???s gonna be alrightb,121Alrightb,121It???s gonna be alrightb,121b,121Alrightb,121b,121 b,121b,121I've always had this strange thought that I want to have the part after 3:25 played at my funeral.b,121So much for optimism...
  • YemskyYemsky 708 Posts
    b,121b,121I remember when Coldcut send me the promo and I actually thought it was shit.b,121I admit, it isn't, but it was daring to touch the original.b,121b,121
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    b,121Some big ones for me:b,121b,121"Don't You Worry Bout a Thing" - Stevie (old faithful)b,121"Don't Give Up" - Cassietta George (this one is a monster inspirational)b,121"You Can Always Count on Me" - Natural Four (great LOVE vibe)
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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Quote:h,121b,121(thanks pickwick33 for the suggestions way back in that thread when I was asking about the rockabilly sounding stuff, awesome!)b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Good to see that worked out for you!b,121b,121
    Quote:h,121b,121so give me your songs people. b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Here's mine:b,121b,121"I Just Want To Celebrate," Rare Earth/b1b,121"I got my hand on a dollar bill/And the dollar bill flew away/But the sun is shining down on me and it's here to stay-ay-ay-ay!"b,121b,121"Keep On Climbing," Magnificent Men/b1b,121b,121"Keep On Pushing," Impressions/b1b,121b,121"You've Got The Power," Charles Bevel/b1b,121b,121"Doing What Comes Naturally," Charles Wright/b1b,121"I used to try so hard to prove my pointb,121But nobody seemed to listen to meb,121(...) Till one day it all came to meb,121I don't need to impress nobodyb,121Nobody's gotta do a thing for meb,121(...)Well, I'm doing what comes naturallyb,121And I'm trying my best, y'all, just to be me"b,121b,121"I Am What I Am," Reuben Howell/b1b,121"You take everybody, one by one/Trying to sell their own bill of goods/I am what I am/Not what you think I should be/I am what I am/Now, baby, what do you think of me!" Even though he's asking somebody what they think of him, he sounds so cocksure that you know he don't give a flying Fusk about people's opinion...funky-sounding song by a white soul singer on Motown (ca. '74), in that seventies New Orleans/Allen Toussaint kind of way.
  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    b,121b,121Never fails to put me in a good mood.
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