Favorite "pick me up song"

[Sam.maidment2012]

Mine is

The living proof - Mary J Blige







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[geoffcamp]

Brown eyed girl   Van Morrison.   

[Rerun]

Gongham Style or whatever it is.  I like it.   

[noahvale]

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[MaryD]

Second movement of Beethoven's seventh - it can reduce me to tears every time.

[Riki]

I was happy to hear Diamonds by Rhianna tonight, cuz it's the cool down song for Aqua Zumba.. *LOL*

I don't really have any go tos.. they tend to change with the season.. When I was working, before my shift started, I'd play Scissor Sisters - Don't Feel Like Dancing to pep me up.. I like songs with a good beat, or that can make me laugh.. another that I like is Dominated Love Slave by Green Day... that song is not for the faint of heart. *LOL*

[tiredandthirsty]

i like this thread :-)

breaking benjamin - blow me away
fort minor - remember the name
roy jones jr - can't be touched

basically i am listing the songs on my work out play list which is aptly called "UNLEASH HELL"

[big777bill]

 "Scare Easy" Mudcrunch (Tom Petty)

[kit78]

I'm Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO   BECAUSE, when I was in the hospital last year, while down doing dialysis, the nurse was shaking up a batch of Bi-Carb and broke out into song!  She had me cracking up.   

[Riki]

nurses are awesome like that

[Whamo]

"Don't Stop" by the Rolling Stones

[chook]

Gosh, can't choose - I hate being indecisive! Depends on my mood, I guess: whether I need a calming pick-me-up, a soul soother or some dance music to get me busy. Where would we be without music?

[Joe]

Pipeline by the Ventures. Great surfing music!

[geoffcamp]

Pipeline by the Ventures. Great surfing music!

Check out the version by agent orange.. I'm pretty sure it's on iTunes.

[deniferfer]

I have a ton of songs to pick me up or are fun to just listen to.

Carry on by fun

the climb by Miley Cyrus

Give me your hand by the ready

Reality by Kenny Chesney

Just about anything from The prince of pop himself Micheal Jackson

This is just to name a few...For me my music can take me away or gives a way to let loose. I love to have some kind of music playing all the time. From 40's big bang swing to now stuff

[Mr Pink]

Second movement of Beethoven's seventh - it can reduce me to tears every time.

This is indeed a beautiful piece of music, and is featured in the film "The King's Speech." The track is played in the lead-up to the climax of the film where King George VI prepares to address his people following the declaration of war on Germany in 1939. It's kind of ironic that this piece of music, which is used very effectively, was composed by a German. When it comes to this sort of music, I quite like Chopin Mazurka Opus 17 No. 4, from the "Empire of the Sun" soundtrack, which I consider to be one of Steven Spielberg's finest films.

In terms of pick me up songs that I like, "Reach," by Gloria Estefan comes to mind. "Fix You," by Coldplay is another. "Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own," by U2 is yet another. If I think about it long enough, I'll have assembled a soundtrack of my own...

[AguynamedKim]

Never Surrender - Corey Hart

When I first learned about my kidney disease a couple of years ago, I was spending time with my Grandmother because she was terminal with cancer. She was feisty at 90 years young.  I was heading back to the hotel where I as staying after a rough day and this song came on the radio. I fell apart but was ultimately inspired by the song. There's two lines in the song that remind me how lucky I am to be part of this community because I know so many people face terrible roads alone.

And nobody wants to know you now
And nobody wants to show you how

I am so thankful to our IHD community for having been there for so many of us and having helped us by getting to know us and showing us how to live to the best possible lives we can.

[dialysis.sucks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJajHswcgc

Always will be...

[YLGuy]

Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias

As I was walkin round grosvenor square
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air,
From the other direction, she was calling my eye,
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try, might as well try.

She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.
And I knew without askin she was into the blues.
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls,
I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls.

In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough,
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.
As I picked up my matches and was closing the door,
I had one of those flashes I'd been there before, been there before.

Well, I aint always right but Ive never been wrong.
Seldom turns out the way it does in a song.
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Well there aint nothing wrong with the way she moves,
Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.
And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes,

Wind in the willows playin tea for two;
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue,
Strangers stoppin strangers just to shake their hand,
Everybodys playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

[malaka]

From the old days:  Whammer Jammer/Hard Drivin' Man by J Geils Band. 

I hated it when it came on the car stereo as I'd find myself speeding in time to the music.

[kitkatz]

When you are walking through hell...

[Riki]

From the old days:  Whammer Jammer/Hard Drivin' Man by J Geils Band. 

I hated it when it came on the car stereo as I'd find myself speeding in time to the music.

My mom does that with Turn Me Loose by Loverboy and Pretty Vegas by INXS.. they are her "fast drivin' songs" *L*

[lmunchkin]

"your my Blue Sky, your my sunny day.  Lord you know it makes me High, when you turn your love my way...."

                                                 &

"Sweet Melissa"


By Almond Brothers Band  (Eat A Peach)Alblum

Love the lead guitar in these two songs.

Then alot of the Gospel music that really pick me up too!

lmunchkin

[cassandra]

I got the power by Snap

[chook]

It's taken me days to decide but my vote goes to 'Bad Medicine' by Uncle Bon (Bon Jovi), with Tim McGraw's 'Real Good Man' coming in a close second.