Music!

[Wyl Staedtler]

James is going on a work-related surf trip - he'll be gone for a little over a month and I'm trying to create a cd for him of upbeat songs that'll help lift his spirits when he's in the (inevitably) crappy hostels and motels that always come with these trips.

So: what songs always lift your spirits and make you wanna boogie?

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Hip to be Square - Huey Lewis and the News
A Couple Days Off - ''
Workin' For A Living - ''
Power of Love - ''
Sweat Pea - Amos Lee
Multiply - Jamie Lidell
Luck be a Lady - Frank Sinatra
Burning Love - Wynonna (Lilo and Stitch hoorah!)
Heist - Ben Folds
Rockin' the Suburbs - Ben Folds
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Come On - Kiss Me At The Gate


Those are some off the top of my head atm :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

I have a mix-CD somewhere, that I made for the specific purpose of cheering myself up when I was feeling awful. I don't remember the entire tracklist, but this is some of it:

ELO - Mr Blue Sky (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc)
The Stampeders - Sweet City Woman (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRjl3SWC2U)
Alphabeat - Fascination (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QvD6maGRh7c) :dance
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0)
Journey - Any Way You Want It (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LFjKFDvyJ80)
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0)
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw)
The Jam - Town Called Malice (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fDXsPE0Sc)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcDa0Kp2K8)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xWV4TIb776Q)
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qtD1IpH5a5Q)
Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=go8Jc5Fx71I) (for early morning/late night chillout... the flute is :love)

Some are superhappy, others just make me want to dance like crazy.

..that's all I can think of for now. Plus anything by Daft Punk.

[Falcon Gyndar]

Striptease - Hawksley Workman
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1zywSttByM) Bak et Halleluja - Kaizers Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TdDtt4_RQ)
Ompa Til Du Dør - Kaizers Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kop_mCyduTE)
Renegades of Funk - Rage Against The Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWP1rsAMrw)
Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY)
How I Could Just Kill A Man - Rage Against The Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGoJ4UEJs9I)
Take California - Propellerheads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iuboeo2kws)
Spybreak! - Propellerheads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aqy9BYqDM)
Let's Make Out - Does It Offend You, Yeah? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_ubiAzoSk)
Monday Tuesday WTF - Fake Shark - Real Zombie! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_ubiAzoSk)

...But you know, I's always boogie'n. I almost went in to listing chill songs when I got to Propellerheads (because my next thought is usually Thievery Corporation after that) but then I realized it. This is just what I pulled off the top of my head, and I could probably go further, given some thought.

Also, Prozzak, Eiffel 65, Daft Punk and some others make me boogie like high school memories. :D

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Walking in the Sky - DJ Encore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2VjflNlUwk)
Mission Temple Fireworks - Paul Thorn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7g14QbXu28)
Cherry Pie - Warrant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdDxz2bkfhE)
Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_n1FHX3mBw)
Nothing But You - Paul Van Dyk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kTAnnimhy0)
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyJ9NSs8rYE&feature=related)
Bam Bam - Sister Nancy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDrFTLl27w)
Love Sponge - Buju Banton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1SaWyFs9Jo)
Eastbound and Down - Jerry Reed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Jk4U7rTXw)

Remembered a few more ^_^;

[Peter McCoy]

Five - 'Keep On Moving' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tbcWEd4opkI)
R.E.M - 'Shiny Happy People' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xudx3_oK5Zg&feature=related)
The Polyphonic Spree - 'Light and Day' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sVaqXGGh9kk)
Nina Simone - 'Ain't Got No/I've Got Life' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q3q74o7LiMo)
Smash Mouth - 'All Star' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QM96bQkJ-mc)
Michael Jackson - 'Black or White' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IisX9N6-dBc)
Iggy Pop - 'Real Wild Child' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUk-T9uhEs)
Sam Cooke - 'Twistin' the Night Away' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6SuwnkXRBW8) - spin on 30 seconds to avoid the annoying, loud intro.
Elton John - 'Crocodile Rock (LIVE) (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QLuRs0El59I).Great song - even better live!
Guns n Roses - 'Paradise City' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OsrDv3K7RNI)
Wham! - 'Footloose' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hUG0Nplzz0g)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - 'Sweet Home Alabama' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=huLklsj_5HI) Probably one of my faves!

[Cat X]

A laptop and Skpe to call home - hear the voices of those he cares about most

[The Original BuffJedi]

Rubber Band man:Spinners(I think)
Thriller: MJ
Head Strong: Trapped
Good Vibration: Marky Mark
Step by Step: New Kids on the block
Enter Sandman: Metallica
No more tears: Ozzy
The right stuff: New Kids on the block
3 am eternal: KLF
Dysterbia: Rihanna
Relax: frankie goes Hollywood
November Rain: Guns and rose's
Romancing the stone: Eddy Grant
In the end: linkin park
Right now: akon
Loverboy:billy ocean
Off the wall: MJ

[Anna Fernandez]

A laptop and Skpe to call home - hear the voices of those he cares about mostway to miss the point of the thread :rolleyes

[Ryan Pode]

Frank Sinatra is always good.

[Cat X]

A laptop and Skpe to call home - hear the voices of those he cares about mostway to miss the point of the thread :rolleyes


No actually, I understood the point of the thread extremely well. Answer stands.

[Wyl Staedtler]

I wish. :( But there's no way I'm lending him mine. He can suck it up (although I am going to look into getting video txting with our phones! Thanks Mark!)

And thanks all for the wicked good recs. He's got three great discs to listen to while he's gone now. ^__^