Barking Spiders Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 We like music for different reasons, when we're broken hearted, doped up, in the mood for lurve, etc but what would you put on to really lift your mood. For me it's Manu Chao and Radio Bemba Sound System doing their thing live 5 Quote
Lozz196 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 If talking about genre as oppose to artists then for me it`s Motown. 3 Quote
Mykesbass Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) Can be almost anything. Mozart Grand Mass in Cm, Christine & the Queens Girlfirend, Bob Dylan Tangled up in Blue, and often stuff I've never heard before. Edit - Inspired by this thread... ...here's a really feel great version of Hugh Masekela's Grazing in the Grass. Try listening to this with a scowl! Edited June 14, 2020 by Mykesbass 2 Quote
Mykesbass Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: We like music for different reasons, when we're broken hearted, doped up, in the mood for lurve, etc but what would you put on to really lift your mood. For me it's Manu Chao and Radio Bemba Sound System doing their thing live Really enjoying this. Thanks for posting. Oh, and fabulous custom SG the guitarist is playing (but probably shouldn't say that on a bass forum)! Edited June 14, 2020 by Mykesbass 1 Quote
Graham Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 If I need a boost on the way into work I stick this on Quote
Barking Spiders Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, Mykesbass said: Really enjoying this. Thanks for posting. Oh, and fabulous custom SG the guitarist is playing (but probably shouldn't say that on a bass forum)! Cheers. I was there and this was the best performance of the weekend even though there were excellent sets by Groove Armada, Massive Attack, Balkan Beat Box, Ozomatli and Fun Lovin Criminals. Quote
Mykesbass Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Just now, Barking Spiders said: Cheers. I was there and this was the best performance of the weekend even though there were excellent sets by Groove Armada, Massive Attack, Balkan Beat Box, Ozomatli and Fun Lovin Criminals. Nice lineup! Quote
Bill Wy,Aye,Man Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 An excellent question that I cant for the life of me find an answer to, it's made me realise that I'm in a constant state of Leonard Cohen/Grateful Dead, despite my witty posts, maybe they are how I get a lift Quote
Mykesbass Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, Bill Wy,Aye,Man said: An excellent question that I cant for the life of me find an answer to, it's made me realise that I'm in a constant state of Leonard Cohen/Grateful Dead, despite my witty posts, maybe they are how I get a lift I find a lot of 'down' music can be uplifting. Quite a lot of Blues for starters - Need Your Love so Bad, Got A Mind to Give Up Living (and go Shopping Instead). Jeff Buckley's take on Cohen's Hallelujah, and also his version of Lilac Wine are other great non-blues examples. As a flipside, California Dreaming sounds really bouncy and joyous, but the lyrics are very melancholic. Quote
Bill Wy,Aye,Man Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Been going over my playlists, Eleanor Rigby, The Long And Winding Road, Hurt, Song To The Siren, 100 Years (The Cure) Quote
chris_b Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I get a lift from the likes of James Brown, Jon Cleary and Delbert McClinton, so I guess I'm plumping for Blues, Soul and Funk. 1 Quote
Brook_fan Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 JS Bach (particularly his instrumental music , such as the violin partitas, or keyboard suites), or anything by the Iranian spike fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor Robbie 1 Quote
JottoSW1 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, peteb said: Early Van Halen Me and my pals (of all musical tastes) soundtrack to the early 80's - jamie's crying and the rest. Such Fun 1 Quote
lemonstar Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 This song - as I remember seeing them live at B'ham NEC in the 90's - spine-tingling live "I saved my money" 3 Quote
peteb Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 50 minutes ago, JottoSW1 said: Me and my pals (of all musical tastes) soundtrack to the early 80's - jamie's crying and the rest. Such Fun I'm The One, Somebody Get Me A Doctor, Take Your Whiskey Home and many others - can't help but bring a smile just thinking about them... 1 Quote
steve1879 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Normally I stick on some Ska to lift me up but recently the Postmodern Jukebox stuff has become my go to for a bit of a lift. Some of the singers are amazing. These are my favourites at the minute. Quote
dmccombe7 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I find this album really cheers me up. Kind of happy prog 2 Quote
T-Bay Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 The last Internationale - we will reign, proper feel good song. Quote
Graham56 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) Anything I play. Seriously, I find nothing works as well as setting up the bass and playing along with any blues or rock or Americana I have on my PC. I wear headphones then really crank it up. An hour or so of that and I am re-energised and back up there. Cheers, Graham Edited June 14, 2020 by Graham56 typo 1 Quote
pete.young Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Kenny Gee. He's the ultimate in elevator music. 1 Quote
machinehead Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Almost anything from Van Morrison. The fact that I live in Belfast and grew up on Van, I suppose it's to be expected. But really, most music - soul, blues, pop, country, blue grass, classical...etc Frank. Quote
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