<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
     xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
     xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
     xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
	<channel> 

	<title>Comments on: Give me strength...</title>
	<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength/</link>
	<description>Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Give me strength...</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:40:14 -0800</pubDate>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:40:14 -0800</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-us</language>
	<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
	<ttl>60</ttl>

	<item>
		<title>Question: Give me strength...</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength</link>	
		<description>Anti-depressant music...what picks you out of a slump &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I have Great Big Sea&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greatbigsea/ordinaryday.html&quot;&gt;Ordinary Day&lt;/a&gt; on repeat right now. What other &quot;it&apos;s all your state of mind, at the end of the day, everything&apos;s alright, things could be worse&quot; do you know of. Cheery sunny tunes welcome too. Have to try to go to work tomorrow.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:36:58 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hungrysquirrels</dc:creator>
		
			<category>depression</category>
		
			<category>music</category>
		
	</item> <item>
		<title>By: jonmc</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273850</link>	
		<description>Early Beatles. Stuff from the late &apos;50&apos;s early 60&apos;s like &apos;The Wanderer&apos; &apos;Every Time That You Walk In The Room&apos; &apos;Get A Job,&apos; Del Shannon, like that...</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273850</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:40:14 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonmc</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: abee</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273851</link>	
		<description>Sound like you need some beachy music- check out &lt;br&gt;
&quot;the Islands&quot; - Return to the Sea&lt;br&gt;
&quot;the Tyde&quot; - Once or Twice (two different albums)&lt;br&gt;
&quot;the Magic Numbers&quot;&lt;br&gt;
and of course...there&apos;s always Jack Johnson&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
and maybe  a jaunt around town?  always shakes me out of feeling like a frump.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273851</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:43:35 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abee</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: jonmc</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273852</link>	
		<description>Also the comedienne Moms Mabley did a song called &quot;It&apos;s Alright,&quot; which is as goofy as you might expect, but for some reason never fails to lift my spirits. Also, Sly 7 the Family Stone&apos;s &apos;Everyday People,&apos; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://cockeyedabsurdist.vox.com/library/post/a-reminder-from-the-dollar-bin-of-some-rock-and-roll-perfection.html&quot;&gt;Joan Jett&apos;s version of &apos;I Need Someone&apos;&lt;/a&gt;(self-link, streaming audio).</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273852</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:44:49 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonmc</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Lentrohamsanin</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273856</link>	
		<description>&quot;Prove It&quot; by Television, from the album Marquee Moon can get me out of some very nasty moods.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273856</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:49:20 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lentrohamsanin</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: HotPatatta</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273857</link>	
		<description>Showtunes and Disney songs (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!) if you&apos;re desperate&lt;br&gt;
Louis Armstrong</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273857</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:49:20 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HotPatatta</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Countess Elena</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273858</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;George Formby.&lt;/a&gt;  Not for everybody, but I find it impossible not to crack a smile.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273858</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:50:28 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Countess Elena</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: christinetheslp</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273859</link>	
		<description>&quot;Float On&quot; by Modest Mouse might have the message you&apos;re looking for.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
I also like &quot;Let it Be&quot; by the Beatles when I&apos;m feeling down.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273859</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:51:23 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christinetheslp</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: beaucoupkevin</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273860</link>	
		<description>The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0011FXLCC/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/&quot;&gt;new Goldfrapp album &lt;i&gt;Seventh Tree&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is very hand-clappy, singalong, cheerful, folktronica (ugh) with some downright beautiful melodies. &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=5VPyso87fZU&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s the video for &quot;A &amp;amp; E,&quot;&lt;/a&gt; the first single.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273860</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:54:12 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beaucoupkevin</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: theiconoclast31</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273863</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wouldn&apos;t it be nice&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; always makes me happy.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273863</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:58:58 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theiconoclast31</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: nonmerci</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273867</link>	
		<description>Hmm...this is kind of a personal question I think, so I think a lot of answers won&apos;t necessarily apply.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
I tend to listen to Joni Mitchell when I&apos;m bummed out, though I wouldn&apos;t say that she necessarily gets me out of any sort of bad mood. Her function is more on the spiritual plane.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Other than that...I don&apos;t know. Beatles are always good and upbeat, and you can NEVER go wrong with disco. ABBA and various disco hits are some of my favorite, carefree music choices when I&apos;m in a certain mood. Motown can be great too, and Sly and the Family Stone can work pretty well (there is a certain idealism that can tend to pick up my spirits). &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dionysos (cheeky and amazing French indie pop/rock), Beach Boys, and Donovan Donovan Donovan are other personal standbys.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273867</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:04:42 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonmerci</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: amyms</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273875</link>	
		<description>Disco. Listen to songs like Abba&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GFpMb0sOaw&quot;&gt;Dancing Queen &lt;/a&gt;and Gloria Gaynor&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv6lHwWwO3w&quot;&gt;I Will Survive &lt;/a&gt;(cliche, yes, but effective) and you&apos;ll be feeling perky in no time.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273875</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:09:55 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amyms</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Fuzzy Skinner</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273877</link>	
		<description>My go-to feel-good CD: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (It&apos;s impossible to resist the combination of tight musicianship and joyful abandon.)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
U2 - &lt;br&gt;
All That You Can&apos;t Leave Behind (especially Walk On, Beautiful Day, Stuck in a Moment)&lt;br&gt;
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (especially Sometimes You Can&apos;t Make It On Your Own, Original of the Species)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown (especially Dare You to Move, This is Your Life, Meant to Live)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
And it&apos;s always better while driving on the highway.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273877</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:11:26 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuzzy Skinner</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: miss lynnster</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273885</link>	
		<description>Gotta say, ever since I first saw Beetlejuice in 1988 or so, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002WFB/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; has worked perfectly for me.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273885</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:20:13 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miss lynnster</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: the luke parker fiasco</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273888</link>	
		<description>Classic &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=10:09fuxqw5ldte&quot;&gt;New Order&lt;/a&gt;.  Balm for the soul.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273888</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:21:47 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the luke parker fiasco</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: sully75</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273900</link>	
		<description>I really like the White Stripes.  Good combination of angry and positive at the same time.  Hard to find that...</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273900</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:34:57 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sully75</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: watercarrier</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273901</link>	
		<description>Birds.&lt;br&gt;
Outside.&lt;br&gt;
No bullshit.&lt;br&gt;
Just the facts put to music.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273901</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:35:06 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>watercarrier</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: The corpse in the library</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273902</link>	
		<description>The Pixies&apos;s cover of &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRaUsAet6L4&quot;&gt;Head On&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273902</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:35:19 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The corpse in the library</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Rain Man</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273905</link>	
		<description>B-52s - most of it&lt;br&gt;
Stand or Shiny Happy People by REM&lt;br&gt;
My Girl by Smokey Robinson&lt;br&gt;
Top Hat by Irving Berlin, sung by Louis Armstrong&lt;br&gt;
All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow&lt;br&gt;
Me and Julio and Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Disco puts me in the wrong kind of funk :)</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273905</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:37:08 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rain Man</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: hungrysquirrels</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273907</link>	
		<description>nonmerci: you&apos;re probably right, everybody is different. not sure there&apos;s an answer to this question.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
It&apos;s been a long dark winter, and I&apos;m dealing with some issues. Guess what I looking for is &quot;it&apos;s a sunny day, everything is alright&quot; sort of music to pick up spirits.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273907</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:38:17 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hungrysquirrels</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Wanderlust88</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273914</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://profile.imeem.com/mckNL1d/music/jan4JMaF/various_artists_bochecha_ardendo/&quot;&gt;THIS SONG&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273914</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:45:05 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wanderlust88</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: man on the run</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273915</link>	
		<description>Hawaiian music featuring the slack key guitar, steel guitar, and ukulele.  I can&apos;t help feeling more relaxed and carefree when I listen to this stuff. A little island attitude helps put things in perspective.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273915</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:45:45 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>man on the run</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: dpx.mfx</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273917</link>	
		<description>When I need a lift, I throw in The Weary Boys &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thewearyboys.com/music.html&quot;&gt;Jumpin Jolie&lt;/a&gt;&quot; -- the whole album, but that song in particular.  It&apos;s happy music.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273917</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:52:40 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpx.mfx</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: TheWaves</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273918</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=aAcjW2O9F88&quot;&gt;The Polyphonic Spree&lt;/a&gt; - I saw these guys a few years ago just after their first album came out, and it&apos;s still one of the most joyful gigs I&apos;ve been to.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273918</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:53:06 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheWaves</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Zebtron</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273920</link>	
		<description>Although he&apos;s lumped in with the &quot;minamalists&quot;, Steve Reich&apos;s music never fails to give me a lift. &quot;Music for 18 Musicians&quot; is his most famous piece but I also really like &quot;New York Counterpoint&quot; and &quot;Eight Lines&quot;. It takes some investment to listen to Reich and you have to like repetition but it can be exhilartating music.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273920</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:54:11 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zebtron</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: fingers_of_fire</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273922</link>	
		<description>Funny, Rain Man - Diamonds is pretty depressing, to me. Has to do with when I was listening to it a lot, though, going through a tough time.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
hungrysquirrels, check out &quot;Things Ain&apos;t What They Used To Be&quot; by the Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums) from the record &quot;Night Train&quot; for the very definition of swing. It&apos;s a different kind of joy from, say, the White Stripes, but it is pure joy nonetheless, and it&apos;ll probably be under-represented here, so I thought I&apos;d send it out to you.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273922</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:54:15 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fingers_of_fire</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: zengargoyle</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273936</link>	
		<description>Erasure, They Might Be Giants.  Depending on age, Best of Bootie.  I&apos;ve found that Mixup/Mashup has a high upbeat tempo and like 5 of your favorite forgotten bands all in the same track.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273936</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zengargoyle</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: tomcooke</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273937</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_hz2am90Hk&quot;&gt;Michael Jackson - Don&apos;t Stop &apos;Til You Get Enough&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=aDCSZjz4IOE&quot;&gt;Rolling Stones - Jumpin&apos; Jack Flash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=tZzBrxj-Gjo&quot;&gt;Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=lTANCRLN6Vg&quot;&gt;Jack Johnson - Talk of the Town&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273937</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:16:04 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomcooke</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: spinifex23</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273939</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=145473084&quot;&gt;Waterclime!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
It&apos;s a funky, cheery &apos;70&apos;s-esque jazz pop project from Skellefte&#229;, Sweden. The main man behind it, Andreas Hedlund, is also responsible for &lt;a href=&quot;http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=34265016&quot;&gt;Vintersorg&lt;/a&gt;, which is Swedish black folk metal.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Both are highly recommended, though Waterclime is more aggressively cheery, with it&apos;s Mellotron organ swells and melodies that wouldn&apos;t be out of place in a Rugrats episode. Vintersorg is merely really, REALLY weird.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273939</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:17:10 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spinifex23</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Max Power</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273941</link>	
		<description>I&apos;ll second the classic New Order: Temptation, the 12 inch version, Ceremony, Thieves Like Us, Lonesome Tonight,  Age of Consent, Everything&apos;s Gone Green, Procession...</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273941</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:17:38 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Power</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: beandip</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273947</link>	
		<description>I have that song by Great Big Sea on my &quot;cheer up&quot; mix too!  It&apos;s one of those songs I can sing along to at the top of my voice and leaves me feeling calmed and cheered up.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Other songs on that list with lyrics that make me feel good (some are cheesy and embarrassing to admit but I&apos;ll list them anyway...)&lt;br&gt;
LFO - That&apos;s the Way It Is&lt;br&gt;
Jessica Andrews - Rosemary&apos;s Granddaughter&lt;br&gt;
Great Big Sea - When I am King&lt;br&gt;
Bob Schneider - Big Blue Sea&lt;br&gt;
Gordon Lightfoot - Wherefore and Why&lt;br&gt;
Tom Petty - Wildflowers&lt;br&gt;
Hanson - Mmmbop  (I know, but you asked...)&lt;br&gt;
Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
For me it&apos;s as much about having a happy, energetic sound as it is about the lyrics.  And I tend to want to go back to cheerful pop songs that were on the radio when I was in high school, the sunny days when I could drive around with the windows down and the radio loud, feeling young and strong and really really &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;.  Good memories bring me out  of a slump faster than anything else, and some songs bring me back to that time surprisingly.  Can you find some songs like that?</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273947</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:26:58 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beandip</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: terrynutkins</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273953</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_aHlHc_Vb4&quot;&gt;Trains to Brazil by Guillemots&lt;/a&gt;. Lyrics about making the best of things, written after the 7th July London bombings. Charming video as well in that link.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
This Is Not An Exit by Seafood. Can&apos;t find a video or anything as it was released in about 2000 but there&apos;s a live version &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=-y4Jep4M3Uw&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273953</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:31:55 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terrynutkins</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Rewind</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273967</link>	
		<description>Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python.  Can be found on the Life Of Brian album or on any of their best of/greatest collections.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273967</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:41:11 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rewind</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: MrVisible</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273977</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imfrombarcelona.com/&quot;&gt;I&apos;m From Barcelona&lt;/a&gt;. The album name is Let Me Introduce My Friends. The whole album is great, but it&apos;s very hard not to be cheered up by the determinedly happy inanity of Treehouse.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesoftlightes.com/&quot;&gt;The Softlightes&lt;/a&gt; will make you feel better. They live on a sunny day in early June.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Good luck. Be well.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273977</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:56:24 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MrVisible</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: healthyliving</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273978</link>	
		<description>These are mine:&lt;br&gt;
Bob Marley - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=rnDrbagYm24&quot;&gt;Three little birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ani Difranco - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBJmyrx26Gc&quot;&gt;Little plastic castles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Alicia Keys - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=ktUSIJEiOug&quot;&gt;No one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
KT Tunstall - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=X-K4CXvxNcw&quot;&gt;I want you back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Brooke White - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=YJDtI4WClcg&quot;&gt;Free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ani Difranco - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=51o1wrDvKT8&quot;&gt;Pick yer nose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ben Harper - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=c9WB3KTX0rQ&quot;&gt;My own two hands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Lionel Richie - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=3c7dONn9cNo&quot;&gt;All night long&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273978</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:58:53 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>healthyliving</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: nnk</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273983</link>	
		<description>I am not a religious person, but up tempo Gospel music of a certain age does it for me -- You can&apos;t go wrong with the Fontella Bass version of &quot;This Little Light of Mine&quot; or Marion Williams singing &quot;What Could I do?&quot; Alex Bradford doing &quot;It&apos;s a Highway to Heaven&quot; more contemporary but an oldie, John Fogerty doing &quot;Don&apos;t you wish it were true&quot; and Mavis Staples doing &quot;99 1/2&quot; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
More contemporary: &lt;br&gt;
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can&lt;br&gt;
Van Morrison - Bright Side of the Road&lt;br&gt;
Allman Brothers - Jessica&lt;br&gt;
Earth Wind and Fire - Sing a Song&lt;br&gt;
Bow Wow Wow - I want Candy&lt;br&gt;
Madonna - Ray of Light&lt;br&gt;
Fat Boy Slim - Wonderful Night&lt;br&gt;
U2 - Beautiful Day&lt;br&gt;
Ben Lee - We&apos;re all in this together&lt;br&gt;
Jim Noir - Eanie Meanie&lt;br&gt;
Brave Combo - the album, &quot;Polkas for a Gloomy World&quot; -- almost any Brave Combo should do it&lt;br&gt;
Chris Smither - Rock and Roll Doctor&lt;br&gt;
Los Lobos - Free Up&lt;br&gt;
Rare Earth - I just want to Celebrate&lt;br&gt;
Groove Armada - But I feel Good&lt;br&gt;
Peter Tosh - You Gotta Walk and Don&apos;t Look Back&lt;br&gt;
Remy Ongala - Kidogo Kidogo (Little by Little) -- that great African jangly happy guitar sound&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Yeah, I have a &quot;make me happy playlist&quot; Hope you manage to make one too.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1273983</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:01:29 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nnk</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: SECONDHANDSMOTE</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274004</link>	
		<description>&lt;em&gt;caveat&lt;/em&gt;: for me, getting out of a bum mood is more about pushing through it than being lifted from it, so I favor more &lt;em&gt;hardcore&lt;/em&gt; music. Politically charged rap or punk usually works because it gives me something else to be angry or depressed about. &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
I highly recommend:&lt;br&gt;
Immortal Technique&lt;br&gt;
Against Me!&lt;br&gt;
Anti-Flag&lt;br&gt;
Streets&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
and sometimes, I&apos;ll smoke a bowl and listen to &quot;Everybody&apos;s Free&quot; by Aquagen, on the &quot;538 Dance Smash Hits Summer 2002&quot; comp.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274004</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:22:39 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SECONDHANDSMOTE</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: baggymp</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274008</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=phWv7l8Lm_A&quot;&gt;This is the day&lt;/a&gt; your life will surely change.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274008</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:27:59 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baggymp</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: boeing82</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274010</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Senior&quot;&gt;Junior Senior&lt;/a&gt; baby!</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274010</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:31:26 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>boeing82</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Doctor Suarez</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274013</link>	
		<description>Journey:  Any Way You Want It.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Press play, press repeat, begin air guitar, be well.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274013</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:34:14 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doctor Suarez</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: stagewhisper</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274022</link>	
		<description>Three songs with videos to get you hopping around a room and feeling like being a bit abnormal is absolutely fine (they work better as mood lifters with the visuals):&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv11q8Ss1V8&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Moby: Beautiful &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Fat Boy Slim: Praise You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqIHWAMSJ4&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
James: Laid &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
and an extra bonus, a dose of cheesiness helps banish moping too:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTCW4oxS6I&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Dee Lite: Groove is in the Heart&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274022</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:43:10 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stagewhisper</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: unknowncommand</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274025</link>	
		<description>&quot;It&apos;s the Sun&quot; by Polyphonic Spree&lt;br&gt;
&quot;The Middle&quot; by Jimmy Eat World</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274025</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:46:54 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>unknowncommand</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: stagewhisper</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274029</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1273902&quot;&gt;That&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; a great video and suggestion, The corpse in the library.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274029</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:50:57 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stagewhisper</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: invitapriore</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274034</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebooksmusic.com/&quot;&gt;The Books&lt;/a&gt; make music that is introspective, full of breadth, and often ecstatic. They use a lot of electronic and acoustic instruments with a sound-collage technique with a final product approaching something like folk music. It&apos;s music that never fails to give me some sense of peace after listening to it.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274034</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:55:38 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>invitapriore</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Lieber Frau</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274070</link>	
		<description>Theiconoclast31, it was recently pointed out to me that the song A&amp;amp;E by Goldfrapp is in fact, about a near-fatal drug overdose and a visit to the emergency room.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274070</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:40:11 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lieber Frau</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Grangousier</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274081</link>	
		<description>A few years ago I discovered it was impossible to listen to more than fifteen minutes of either George Clinton / Funkadelic or Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de Paris and remain pissed off.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274081</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:08:21 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grangousier</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Grangousier</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274082</link>	
		<description>Oh, and if you like the Reinhardt, you could try slipping into the hard stuff - pretty much anything Duke Ellington recorded up to about 1940.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274082</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:09:40 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grangousier</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: hungrysquirrels</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274086</link>	
		<description>Keep em coming...some are hard to find, but checking-out a lot of them</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274086</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:20:01 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hungrysquirrels</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: timetoevolve</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274101</link>	
		<description>Maxine Nightingale, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNLcI8NYDhc&quot;&gt;Right Back Where We Started From&lt;/a&gt;, because it&apos;s a twofer: 1) a peppy beat 2) that makes me think of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076723/&quot;&gt;Slap Shot&lt;/a&gt;, which always cracks me up.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274101</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:39:52 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timetoevolve</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: EatTheWeak</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274102</link>	
		<description>I was crazy, hopelessly depressed this winter. Funk and hip-hop music helped beat that back. During this dark time, I found the classic album Doggystyle to be almost &lt;i&gt;medicinal&lt;/i&gt;. It&apos;s really funky and full of snaps - there were &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=IZX-Yy87Oa8&quot;&gt;three&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=J9k_7dklcfg&quot;&gt;songs&lt;/a&gt; I found particularly &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=eDvpG8WInz8&quot;&gt;devastating &lt;/a&gt;to a bad mood.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
On the days I could keep these beats locked in my head, I got through them without falling in the Hole. Don&apos;t know if you like rap music at all, but Doggystyle really worked for me.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274102</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:41:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EatTheWeak</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Eothele</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274114</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Spence_%28musician%29&quot;&gt;Joseph Spence&lt;/a&gt; (wikipedia), especially the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID=615&quot;&gt;Smithsonian Folkways stuff&lt;/a&gt; (also available as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/containerdetail.aspx?itemid=615&quot;&gt;download&lt;/a&gt;).</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274114</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:58:27 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eothele</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: kristi</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274115</link>	
		<description>&quot;Fooling Yourself&quot; by Styx.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274115</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:59:02 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristi</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: CollectiveMind</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274174</link>	
		<description>Flight of the Valkyries.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274174</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:28:01 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollectiveMind</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: biscotti</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274175</link>	
		<description>&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kg_KCsi6aw&quot;&gt;New Shoes&lt;/a&gt;&quot; by Paolo Nutini is definitely happy-boppy-smiley music.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274175</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:29:22 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>biscotti</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: invisible ink</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274185</link>	
		<description>Everclear - &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Everything to Everyone&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=1386172&amp;id=1386257&amp;s=143441&quot;&gt;You put yourself in stupid places, yes I think you know it&apos;s true.  Situations where it&apos;s easy to look down on you.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Wonderful&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=27288779&amp;id=27288921&amp;s=143441&quot;&gt;I hate everything.  Everyone and everything.  Please don&apos;t tell me everything is wonderful now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Father of Mine&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=1386193&amp;id=1386257&amp;s=143441&quot;&gt;I never understood you then, and I guess I never will.   Daddy gave me a name, then he walked away.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274185</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:44:04 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>invisible ink</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: paduasoy</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274219</link>	
		<description>Prokofiev&apos;s Lieutenant Kij&#233; suite. It helps to know something of the plot of the story, I think - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Kije&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274219</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:29:19 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paduasoy</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: peeet</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274221</link>	
		<description>Some of this is more energetic than directly happy, but being energized makes me happy! &lt;br&gt;
So, some of my &apos;happy&apos; playlist:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Cure - Doing the Unstuck (&quot;Let&apos;s get happy!&quot;), Just Like Heaven, Let&apos;s Go to Bed, etc etc...&lt;br&gt;
The Incredible Moses Leroy - It&apos;s A Sunday&lt;br&gt;
PJ Harvey - Big Exit&lt;br&gt;
BT - Running Down The Way Up&lt;br&gt;
REM - These Days, Stand, You Are the Everything, This World is Big&lt;br&gt;
They Might Be Giants - Particle Man&lt;br&gt;
Covenant - Tour de Force (club mix)&lt;br&gt;
The Roots - Proceed&lt;br&gt;
The Clash - Rock the Casbah&lt;br&gt;
Ween - Voodoo Lady&lt;br&gt;
James - Laid&lt;br&gt;
The Kinks - Come Dancing&lt;br&gt;
Dar Williams - Alleluia&lt;br&gt;
And One - Driving With My Darling, Goodbye Germany&lt;br&gt;
Laura Branigan - Self Control&lt;br&gt;
Dire Straits - Walk of Life&lt;br&gt;
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker&lt;br&gt;
Electronic - Vivid&lt;br&gt;
Air - All I Need&lt;br&gt;
Soulja Boy - Yahhhhh!!!&lt;br&gt;
Ely Guerra - De La Calle&lt;br&gt;
The New Pornographers - Use It&lt;br&gt;
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf&lt;br&gt;
Neko Case - Tightly, Soulful Shade of Blue (cover)&lt;br&gt;
Thrill Kill Kult - Fhantasi Luv&apos;r, Sex on Wheels&lt;br&gt;
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274221</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:31:31 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peeet</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: missjenny</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274245</link>	
		<description>Weezer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hyoszso38E&quot;&gt;Island in the Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Outkast, &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=KGnYw-OuCnI&quot;&gt;Hey Ya&lt;/a&gt; (especially when paired with this video)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
But lately, what never fails, is this kid singing &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=fqXYwNDrU8k&quot;&gt;&quot;Hey Jude.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; I am physically incapable of feeling sad when I watch this.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274245</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:05:51 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missjenny</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: LoriFLA</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274250</link>	
		<description>Some of my get happy songs:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Let&apos;s Go Crazy - Prince&lt;br&gt;
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest&lt;br&gt;
Do Ya -ELO&lt;br&gt;
Don&apos;t Bring Me Down - ELO&lt;br&gt;
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen&lt;br&gt;
Jump - Pointer Sisters&lt;br&gt;
Best of My Love - Emotions&lt;br&gt;
Get Down Tonight - KC &amp;amp; The Sunshine Band&lt;br&gt;
Good Times - Chic&lt;br&gt;
Having a Party - Sam Cooke&lt;br&gt;
Twistin&apos; the Night Away - Sam Cooke&lt;br&gt;
Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane&lt;br&gt;
Dancin&apos; With Myself -Billy Idol&lt;br&gt;
I Can&apos;t Help Myself - Four Tops&lt;br&gt;
I Want You to Want Me (live version) - Cheap Trick</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274250</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:14:29 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoriFLA</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: sgmax</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274322</link>	
		<description>Try the Hamsterdance, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webhamster.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.webhamster.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274322</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:49:03 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sgmax</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: misha</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274333</link>	
		<description>If I Had a Million Dollars, and It&apos;s All Been Done--Bare Naked Ladies &lt;br&gt;
Animal Song--Savage Garden&lt;br&gt;
Born at the Right Time, and Late In the Evening--Paul Simon&lt;br&gt;
Soundtrack from the movie &apos;Leap of Faith&apos; (especially &quot;There&apos;s a Change in My Life..&quot;) &lt;br&gt;
Simply Irresistible--Robert Palmer&lt;br&gt;
Life Is a Highway--Tom Petty&lt;br&gt;
My Maria--Brooks and Dunne&lt;br&gt;
I&apos;ve Got Friends in Low Places--Garth Brooks&lt;br&gt;
Cover of the Rolling Stone--Doctor Hook&lt;br&gt;
Love in the Library, a Pirate Looks at Forty--Jimmy Buffett&lt;br&gt;
Unskinny Bop--Poison&lt;br&gt;
Boogie Shoes--KC and the Sunshine Band</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274333</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:05:11 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>misha</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: evalenza</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274372</link>	
		<description>the rentals! and i second i&apos;m from barcelona.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274372</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:35 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>evalenza</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: netbros</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274492</link>	
		<description>Pretty much anything by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rippingtons.com/&quot;&gt;The Rippingtons&lt;/a&gt; is cheery and upbeat.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274492</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:07:35 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>netbros</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: alicesshoe</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274528</link>	
		<description>&lt;i&gt;Prokofiev&apos;s Lieutenant Kij&#233; suite&#8212;paduasoy&lt;/i&gt;, indeed. In that same vein, Le Voyage de Ballon, music by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moviegrooves.co.uk/shop/levoyageenballonsoundtrack.htm&quot;&gt;Jean Prodromides&lt;/a&gt; [clips].&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
I heard an old blues man say that sad music is good to listen to when you&apos;re sad, because it&apos;s sadder than you may be feeling and puts things more in perspective.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
if you insist on happy,&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzhsPD3K0E&quot;&gt;Amadou et Mariam, Senegal Fast Food&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iju1_DhH2Qs&quot;&gt;Amadou et Mariam, Je Pense a Toi&lt;/a&gt; [sad, but beautiful].&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
On the Goldfrapp tip, &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXQzIC9aipc&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;Hairy Trees&lt;/a&gt; is pretty chill, an older CD [Black Cherry].&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
If you can&apos;t get out to the countryside, &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr6L22w7H8&quot;&gt;Great Lake Swimmers&lt;/a&gt;,&apos;Your Rocky Spine&apos;. Anything of his.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imeem.com/tag/dan%20hicks%20and%20his%20hot%20licks/?p=2&amp;q=dan%20hicks%20and%20his%20hot%20licks&quot;&gt;Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks&lt;/a&gt;, &apos;Woe, The Luck&apos;;&apos; Moody Richard&apos;,&apos;I Scare Myself&apos;, &apos;Canned Music&apos;... Anything. Real heel kickin&apos;.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Anything &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imeem.com/tag/leadbelly/?q=leadbelly&quot;&gt;Leadbelly&lt;/a&gt;, &apos;Grey Goose&apos;,&apos;When I Was a Cowboy&apos;,&apos;Bourgeois Blues&apos;... the blues that won&apos;t leave you feeling blue.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274528</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:14:53 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alicesshoe</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: Lucie</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274545</link>	
		<description>Nouvelle Vague &quot;Dancing with myself&quot;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274545</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:17:58 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucie</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: SurrenderMonkey</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274687</link>	
		<description>The Bangles - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ6zX5cuvxA&quot;&gt;Manic Monday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Or anything &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eJ_ITcxj9M&quot;&gt;Kinks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
...and it has to be LOUD! You&apos;ll do fine</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274687</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:42:19 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SurrenderMonkey</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: mcroft</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274738</link>	
		<description>Nada Surf - Blankest Year.  The lyrics &quot;oh f*** it, I&apos;m going to have a party&quot; always seem to cheer me up.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274738</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:47:08 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcroft</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: tomcooke</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1274922</link>	
		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vimeo.com/173714&quot;&gt;Flagpole Sitta&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1274922</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:24:28 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomcooke</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: triggerfinger</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1275242</link>	
		<description>Here&apos;s my happy playlist:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrL7NCRTtS0&quot;&gt;Accidentally Kelly Street&lt;/a&gt; by Frente&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0&quot;&gt;Don&apos;t Stop Me Now&lt;/a&gt; by Queen&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8py1wRTli8&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;Shang-a-Lang&lt;/a&gt; by the Bay City Rollers&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAhc4auA7A&quot;&gt;Dream&lt;/a&gt; by Dizzee Rascal&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA3OnIYW5u4&quot;&gt;Good Morning!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw2XuTvbeQ8&quot;&gt;Damn Good Times&lt;/a&gt; by They Might Be Giants&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=red_J6Dbxfc&quot;&gt;Crocodile Rock&lt;/a&gt; by Elton John&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo&quot;&gt;Mayor of Simpleton &lt;/a&gt;by XTC&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q&quot;&gt;Steal My Sunshine&lt;/a&gt; by Len &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3dYYNUqOkU&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;The Impression That I Get &lt;/a&gt;by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2UUvG-XuQs&quot;&gt;Whoever You Are&lt;/a&gt; by Geggy Tah&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bJlMCNKtBQ&quot;&gt;Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side&lt;/a&gt; by The Magnetic Fields&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktylbc9990s&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;Sunshine&lt;/a&gt; by Atmosphere&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORosVxIg8Tg&quot;&gt;LDN&lt;/a&gt; by Lily Allen&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Ni6_mxAXI&quot;&gt;Spanish Pipedream &lt;/a&gt; by John Prine&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evpMKx5nrfY&quot;&gt;Something Tells Me I&apos;m Into Something Good&lt;/a&gt; by Herman Hermits&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AuReu3bNmQ&amp;feature=related&quot;&gt;Waterloo&lt;/a&gt; by Abba (best watched with the Muriel&apos;s Wedding dance)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-4VOLeKBOw&quot;&gt;I Believe in a Thing Called Love&lt;/a&gt; by The Darkness&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QworF88_tW0&quot;&gt;The Good Life&lt;/a&gt; by Weezer&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpG-ba4syQ&quot;&gt;Got My Mind Set on You&lt;/a&gt; by George Harrison&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOiVaE-pKqM&quot;&gt;You Can Call Me Al&lt;/a&gt; by Paul Simon&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_e4PxtQ-Fw&quot;&gt;Alright&lt;/a&gt; by Supergrass&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsUMPCRrfdA&quot;&gt;Because I Got High&lt;/a&gt; by Afroman&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-svYCTvolHE&quot;&gt;Sir Duke&lt;/a&gt; by Stevie Wonder&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
ANYTHING by Me First and The Gimme Gimmes but especially their cover of Me &amp;amp; Julio Down by the Schoolyard.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1275242</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:57:24 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triggerfinger</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: kc0dxh</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1275477</link>	
		<description>What A Wonderful World&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Walking on Sunshine&lt;br&gt;
(whish my user name was Fry)</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1275477</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:59:41 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kc0dxh</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: miss lynnster</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1275496</link>	
		<description>This morning I was listening to the radio and I was reminded that I definitely have to add &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xCLC3TKeQ&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;Especially&lt;/i&gt; when combined with SNOOPY!!!!&lt;/small&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1275496</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:15:40 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miss lynnster</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: citron</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1275700</link>	
		<description>the best ones I can think of -&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Mountain Goats &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs&quot;&gt;This Year&lt;/a&gt; (if nothing else, check this one out.)&lt;br&gt;
Janet Jackson &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=R1RvAibZNmg&quot;&gt;Alright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
also -&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Monica &quot;Just one of them days&quot;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
just fun -&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Mambo Sauce &quot;Welcome to DC&quot; (probably nobody has heard that, but check youtube.. I love it)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
french electronic stuff -&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=R2A5K42EA2E&quot;&gt;Grandlife - We in Music&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs&quot;&gt;Justice D.A.N.C.E.&lt;/a&gt; (go see them live if you can, it&apos;s a treat)</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1275700</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:50:51 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>citron</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: citron</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1275724</link>	
		<description>more that just always cheer me up big time.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Replacements &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=MzbpdtvDNhg&quot;&gt;Alex Chilton&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Madonna &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ccm0wvWugU&quot;&gt;Hung Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Afghan Whigs - Citi Soleil&lt;br&gt;
Cheb Khaled &amp;amp; Faudel &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=7mJiCZSVJMc&quot;&gt;Aicha (live)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Fantasia (Polow da Don remix) &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=EyACbWAio1Q&quot;&gt;When I see you&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Mary J Blige - Just Fine&lt;br&gt;
TPain - Church &lt;br&gt;
Chuck Brown - Chuck Baby&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
indie rock.&lt;br&gt;
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Pt 2 and 3 (classic)&lt;br&gt;
Smog - Bathysphere (it&apos;s funny, I think)&lt;br&gt;
PAVEMENT &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=cEvWbwa_1iQ&quot;&gt;Debris Slide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
current guilty pleasure&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1275724</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:25:14 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>citron</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: barrakuda</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1276261</link>	
		<description>Fastball - The way</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1276261</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:02:12 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barrakuda</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: senterstyle</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1280136</link>	
		<description>one song right now: Jamie Lidell - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.polaroidallaradio.it/audio/jamie_lidell_-_another_day.mp3&quot;&gt;Another Day&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1280136</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:08:37 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>senterstyle</dc:creator>
	</item><item>
		<title>By: CunningLinguist</title>
		<link>http://ask.metafilter.com/86264/Give-me-strength#1282290</link>	
		<description>It is impossible to be sad when &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=-XtJdblm9tY&quot;&gt;Solsbury Hill &lt;/a&gt;is playing.</description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86264-1282290</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:32 -0800</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CunningLinguist</dc:creator>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
