I thought it would be nice to have a collection of our music for anyone needing cheering up. What do you lads suggest? Any reason why?
Across the Universe is my helpful reminder that whatever is bothering me doesn't really matter and I shouldn't let it. The song has actually helped me deliver projects before just by putting me into the right frame of mind for it and was a companion during a time when nothing was going right for me. The film is also a favourite with a similar message about life.
The Happy 12AM video. It's a loop, and it's pretty obvious that many of them are well-rehearsed professional dancers than just "passers by". It's a clever tune and the dancing is so good I could watch it all day.
The girl in blue, starting at 12 minutes is just fantastic.
Having absolutely no idea who, or preconceptions of, Animal Collective are, or whoever "Deakin" is, I came across this track on the comedown from an early acid trip.
>>12542 That song reminds me of a girl I really like but didn't talk to, etc etc. Nothings going to change my world but me, and I failed to. I just didn't know how to talk to her - to anyone, really. So yeah, man. Thanks for that. At least it's not The Beatles version.
>>12546 At least it's not The Beatles version.
(which is dire)
Laibach's version is my choice, and stands alone, although it's at its best when you play the album properly. World needs more Laibach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTQcJx7xqAc
On February 12, 1983 the ship Marine Electric was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night and the ship sank at about four o'clock in the morning on February 13. The ship's chief mate, 59-year-old Robert M. "Bob" Cusick, was trapped under the deckhouse as the ship went down. His snorkeling experience helped him avoid panic and swim to the surface, but he had to spend the night alone, up to his neck in water, clinging to a partially deflated lifeboat, and in water barely above freezing and air much colder. Huge waves washed over him, and each time he was not sure that he would ever reach the surface again to breathe. Battling hypothermia, he was tempted to allow himself to fall unconscious and let go of the lifeboat. Just then he remembered the concluding stanzas of "The Mary Ellen Carter".
He started to sing it and soon was alternately shouting out "Rise again, rise again" and holding his breath as the waves washed over him. At seven o'clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety. Only three men of the thirty-three who had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what had happened and how the song helped save his life. In response, Cusick was invited to attend what turned out to be the second-to-last concert Rogers ever performed. Cusick told his story in the documentary about Rogers, One Warm Line.
I am going through a few days where I just can't listen to this song enough, and it fills me with positivity. I possibly remember it from my childhood as well, and I think several people here are roughly my age so maybe you'll get the nostalgic hit of day-brightening, unhatable Londonbeat:
