music to smile by... ?

ColJack

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What songs do listen to when you need a bit of a "self worth" boost?
you know, those days when you feel blah and fat and ugly?..

1. Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
 
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I thought you meant workout music. I was about to reply Metallica, cause the drum demands I try and keep up!

I don't think I have a "cheer up" song. I just listen to lots of happy sounding pop punk! :) Or if I want a good cry some old fashioned Smashing Pumpkins, just like when I was a depressed teenager!!!!
 
Patti Labelle - New Attitude, this song always makes me feel better :)
 
oooh Def Leppard -"pour some sugar on me" really really loudly -or Aerosmith -"love in an elevator"
 
Savage Garden - Affirmation
 
I have a cheer-up piece of music - Bernstein's Candide Overture. It just gets faster and faster and is great fun.
 
so many songs but the one that comes to mind is pat benetar love is a battlefield..love it!!! :)
 
Mine would have to be Not In Love by Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith or Please Forgive Me by David Gray... everything the man sings makes me melt and believe in everything good :)
 
Oh just remembered the wonderful song that is Sunscreen!! Sorry had to post the lyrics!!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…
 
Paolo Nutini makes me smile especially having seen him at the Eden Sessions last year - I love driving to him, sunroof open, windows down, music loud!

Stevie Wonder makes me smile and can't beat a bit of Micky Bubbles! xx
 
My Oh loves this song :)

Oh just remembered the wonderful song that is Sunscreen!! Sorry had to post the lyrics!!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…
 
Oh just remembered the wonderful song that is Sunscreen!! Sorry had to post the lyrics!!

What a coincidence - I just added this one to my iPod last week! :D
 
Mine is Drops of Jupiter by Train, no reason other than it's quite uplifting and reminds me of when I was younger!
 
Electric Light Orchestra-mr blue sky is my happy song. I always put it on when im fading when running too, gives me a new lease of life
 
Hi, i have a few, one that really makes me smile is micheal jacksons 'man in the mirror', :D
 
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

"I am beautiful .. no matter what they say ... words can't bring me down"

I remember in an old episode of Ali McBeal (showing my age here) they said every person should have an affirmation song and this in mine.
 
Hmmm, I don't really have a cheer me up song! I just tend to listen to lots of Bon Jovi and Queen at very loud volumes. Or Poets of the Fall - again, at ear-splitting volume! I'm also partial to Bryan Adams' Summer of 69.

I do have to agree with aisling though - Pat Benatar is fab! :D Love is a Battlefield and We Belong are fabulous songs!
 
More of a "get your f*t bum in gear"-song than a "pick me up"-song for me: It's My Life (Bon Jovi)
 
Ooo, I've thought of a few songs that really make me giggle! One is Travel Hopefully from the musical By jeeves, another is I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts from Monty Python, lol, and the third is Hymns and Arias by Max Boyce! Random I know :) xx
 
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