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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
PYF song which is always guaranteed to lift your spirits, whether it's an infectiously upbeat song, a song which reminds you of a particularly happy time in your life, a song which has a happy story behind it, etc etc.. It's a deeply subjective question so there's no wrong answers. :buddy:


Here's a few golden oldies to kick off the thread:

Electric Light Orchestra: Mr Blue Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dsvclf3Tk

The Spinners: Rubberband Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSMVflSBKx8

Earth, Winf & Fire: Let's Groove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle0x_DHBM

KIng Harvest: Dancing In The Moonlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHBLHVHjWg

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Deep Glove Bruno
Sep 4, 2015

yung swamp thang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNxNwvjzGM0

eating only apples
Dec 12, 2009

Shall we dance?
I like all kinds of music but this, kpop, makes me so happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8eV3FbiWHM

hot sauce pee hole
May 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVpBTpaOU8

She absolutely slays on the bass while singing the most beautiful song you've ever heard.

hot sauce pee hole has a new favorite as of 00:26 on Sep 5, 2023

Horace Kinch
Aug 15, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAEFnVZVOs

Horace Kinch has a new favorite as of 02:30 on Sep 5, 2023

I got the tude now
Jul 22, 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MUGAxpI0Bc

Superrodan
Nov 27, 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7aq7xxvm78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn3cHUtNZKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhCQLp28TCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swCYGfqoxK4

Deep Glove Bruno
Sep 4, 2015

yung swamp thang

no busta?

digitalist
Nov 17, 2000

journey into Kirk's unknown


Erobique was made for this thread,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcrL7J5N0Bw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4yVnd4WvZw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-2L9jkivS0

:dance:

e:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-JAnnd9Rw

digitalist has a new favorite as of 20:34 on Sep 5, 2023

I got the tude now
Jul 22, 2007

you're correct to criticize. i post for speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIqfQ-khI5s

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
:q:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9M6kRfJes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7LFpB9epI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6g_uUhH2c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPLIgflW16Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC57z-oDPLs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-IKgoPjv00

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






Few bangers I had on my list that have already been posted. Here's some more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpqm-05R2Jk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9TlGDZGkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPlQpGeTbIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY

And this one because it gives me goosebumps every single time I listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUeothSPyc

Hattie Masters
Aug 29, 2012

COMICS CRIMINAL
Grimey Drawer

Amazing song by a terribly underrated pop singer. May I also add this one, from her most recent album The Loveliest Time, the follow up to last year's The Lonliest Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8qZ22IFK6I

YeahTubaMike
Mar 24, 2005

*hic* Gotta finish thish . . .
Doctor Rope
"I've seen the future and it's good!" -Korpiklaani :finland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kho2CIr0JpQ

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGuah-yDBmw

Et même si is my go to whenever I’m feeling down

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
My dad used to listen to this weird old country song all the time when I was a kid. I'm not really a fan of the genre and the lyrics of this song are honestly a bit creepy but I still find myself singing it to myself when I'm in a good mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_vmQByKsrg

Same with Movin' Right Along by Kermit and Fozzy, that quite frequently comes into rotation in my brain soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NQcO9KTBY

Sway Grunt
May 15, 2004

Tenochtitlan, looking east.

It's this one for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO0gRq9T8Y

And I'll add this Pizzicato Five song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic840BAmmGI

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light
Earth, Wind, and Fire - September

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk

Buttchocks
Oct 21, 2020

No, I like my hat, thanks.
Supertramp - Give a Little Bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_leMA3_maBU

Aksuli - Ruusu-Maaria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpDBNwkq7M

Triakel - Julgranspolska

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwp1SLdugc

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


Sigrid - Plot Twist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNuCNZK-r5A

Washed Out - Amor Fati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYnfE5Cycg

Regina Spektor - Dance Anthem of the 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-okd1I1V3q8

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

David Bowie's cover of Pablo Picasso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB7rvbcLzxM

Toto Coelo, Dracula's Tango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROtqnIOHMJs

Beach Boys - Time to Get Alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqmRp03hHQ

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAGMATHlSK4

Gentle Arms of Eden is one of my english go-tos now

dorkthrone
Nov 11, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY

edit: I almost forgot about my go-to uplifting tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMIldmPI9Wk

dorkthrone has a new favorite as of 03:56 on Sep 14, 2023

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

:monocle:

dinahmoe
Sep 13, 2007

I had a similar version of this song on an EP about 40 years ago, and I have been searching for a video for ages. I love this stripped down arrangement, compared to the horn laden one on the album. It is just such an uplifting song.

https://youtu.be/9UwBJVbfRsw?si=yGYE7bdfu8oBwRgz

ajkalan
Aug 17, 2011

I'll just give links because there are too many embeds on this page.

A Small Victory - Faith No More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A8ZABKyAys

Trying People - De La Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzxHsSfKvUY

Bury It - CHVRCHES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9BLMNn0PrQ

Daylight - Coldplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSz8iqz2zbU

Da Rockwilder - Method Man and Redman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btFJ451b_QA

Son Conan
Sep 25, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI2D3SGHK7A

Perestroika
Apr 8, 2010

To a degree it's just plain nostalgia for all those hours wasted on the school library PCs browsing newgrounds, but still hits the spot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_YtklLyyo

Deep Glove Bruno
Sep 4, 2015

yung swamp thang

That is a good call, I was wavering between those two! Those and the whole Harder They Come soundtrack which I suspect might be the greatest album ever released.

Tokelau All Star
Feb 23, 2008

THE TAXES! THE FINGER THING MEANS THE TAXES!

Riding the 8 am shuttle during winter finals in college, blizzard outside, everyone miserable and stressed as hell, when this comes on the shuttle speakers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykLVZR7RG_w

We looked around at each other and let the smiles crack, feeling a little better about the day to come.

Buttchocks
Oct 21, 2020

No, I like my hat, thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtbyQu_zO4

lobsterminator
Oct 16, 2012




This is one I return to year after year. The song is fun but the Nathan Barnatt dancing is the icing on the cake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tNGEt6rmE

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIOJdMdS56k

Tokelau All Star
Feb 23, 2008

THE TAXES! THE FINGER THING MEANS THE TAXES!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFg2TQk9v0

digitalist
Nov 17, 2000

journey into Kirk's unknown


lobsterminator posted:

This is one I return to year after year. The song is fun but the Nathan Barnatt dancing is the icing on the cake.

This is a great choice, wish I had thought of it! The part where the firefighter gives the thumbs up always makes me laugh

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

lobsterminator posted:

This is one I return to year after year. The song is fun but the Nathan Barnatt dancing is the icing on the cake.

Oh poo poo I love Nathan Barnatt/Keith Apicary. Here's his classic music video from way back in 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPbgnO81sQ

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX2bE-OBtwk

Talking Heads - And She Was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl3B_FTDKD0

Queen - Flash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmrHTdXgK4

Michael Boddicker - Buckaroo Banzai (Theme) End Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqJ3iGBdOo

Deep Glove Bruno
Sep 4, 2015

yung swamp thang
curtis mayfield is a musical genius and a colossus of 20th century music generally. he had a weird ability to make songs happy and sad at the same time. or songs about street pimps that also had a vulnerability to them.

song about the breakup of a long relationship with some really kind of heartbreaking lyrics but that makes you want to get up and party to it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U5HwDIHLWo

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Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
This is the happiest song in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6M8D41ZWU

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