Songs you just feel good for listening to.

I don't know why, but everytime I listen to Seize The Day I want to cry, but I ultimately feel better for it.

Seize the day, or die regretting to time you lost, it's so cold and lonely without you here, so many people to ache over.

Edit was typo link fix.

edited 3rd Feb '11 1:35:58 PM by Plumbum

Basically anything by Explosions in the Sky, Moonlit Sailor, or Hammock.

Here's a personal favorite of mine:

Owl City! Anything by Owl City

Add to that Fourteen Drawings by Helios, Ten Words by Joe Satriani, Take The Time by Dream Theater, and two of my all-time favourite pieces of music, Spirit Of The Universe (by Don Davis) and A Song For Danielle (a piano piece by Jordan Rudess).

There's more, but those are the ones that come to mind.

Approved, Hammock's music is sublime and Explosions In The Sky are probably my favourite post-rock act.

edited 3rd Feb '11 10:39:11 AM by AsTheAnointed

I was trying to think of specific examples of songs that make me feel good, but then I came to a conclusion: all the songs I really like make me feel good, even if the song is angry or melancholy. If I think it sounds awesome, it cheers me up regardless of the mood it's trying to convey.

"She's an Angel" by They Might Be Giants and "It'5!" by Architecture in Helsinki. Not really sure why.

The first half of Sigur Ros's ().

Agreed. Replace 'Seize the Day' with 'Hammock' in OP and it still holds true. Same goes for most Post-Rock bands.

4:54 in Untitled 1 (Vaka) = single most glorious moment in their entire discography, except for possibly 4:37 in Glosoli.

The most cosy, feel-good album I own is Through The Windowpane by Guillemots. It's like walking through rain, getting inside, starting a log fire and then curling up on a sofa and covering yourself with a warm, snuggly blanket. Case in point:

edited 3rd Feb '11 2:44:54 PM by Saeglopur

Anything by Wesley Willis. That man loved being happy.

The vast majority of songs by the Cat Empire.

Seconding Helios and Sigur Ros. As far as Sigur Ros albums go, I'd recommend Takk... myself. The live versions of "Staralfur" and "Von", off of the Hvarf/Heim B-side/live album are also amazing.

edited 3rd Feb '11 8:06:19 PM by Zudak

Oh, and we can't forgot this one.

með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust is... inconsistent, but when it's good, it's amazing. This is probably one of the most absolutely joyful things they've ever recorded.

Do Make Say Think

• A Tender History in Rust
• In Mind
• Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
• Do

Seriously, Do Make Say Think is just pure sonic joy. Also most of "The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place" by Explosions in the Sky.

edited 3rd Feb '11 8:41:41 PM by Neep

In complete agreement. It's an album that manages to be triumphant without being oppressive.

Yessssss, I love Do Make Say Think.

Mika. He has a few sad songs, but there's WAY more happy ones.

Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" just makes me feel... Exalted, I guess is the word.

Just wanted to point out that the lyric is "It's empty and cold".

I don't tend to listen to music to get this reaction, because my cynical side tells me it's cheap and shameless. That being said, when I hear David Draiman's malisma, I think "What a beautiful man..."

And sometimes power ballads get to me. Street of Dreams by the Axl Rose's GNR, Starlight by Slash (Myles Kennedy's voice in general is uplifting) and Zzyzx Rd. by Stone Sour to name a few.

edited 5th Feb '11 10:23:36 AM by Alucard

Pet Shop Boys. Always On My Mind gives me the good kind of chills.

Virtually anything by Caravan. They’re just such a “positive vibes” group.

Maximum the Hormone's album Buiikikaesu is pretty damn good... I luv it. Also Sum 41's All Killer No Filler. Also anything by Stinking Lizaveta.

This song unleashes my inner rage just listening to it, and is the best song of the last decade IMHO.

I have to agree with you. I adore the motown feel that both the song and the video have. Just awesome!

I'd have to say the Indiana Jones theme. No matter how much life gets me down, listening to that song gets me pumped enough to seize life by the neck and beat it upside the damn head.

Same with Eye of the Tiger and Valhall Awaits Me.

Almost all Blind Guardian songs. Especially their covers. Link:

edited 8th Feb '11 10:17:41 AM by myrdschaem

This song, especially this version of it, makes me feel like I could rip a giant's heart with my own hands