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Old 12-29-2020, 06:23 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Old 12-29-2020, 07:00 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Some of these songs are good but I'm scratching my head as to why they'd be considered "feel good" songs? *shrugs*

I suppose it's subjective.

Anyway here's a couple more classic ones.



EDIT: Just realized the OP got the Stevie Wonder song I had here
^ I just came here to post that one but you beat me to it!
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That's a fun song, Neapolitan! I especially liked the list of food combinations and the change of tempo at the end.
thanks another to check out is
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards

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Old 12-30-2020, 02:50 PM   #34 (permalink)
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These are easily some of the best "The Ultimate Feel Good Song" around:
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas que nada
Spoiler for ultimate feel goods:
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Outkast - Hey Ya! (Official Music Video)

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas que nada
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards

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Old 12-30-2020, 05:20 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Just about anything Samba or Bossa Nova-influenced could be interpreted as a feel good song, lol.
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The Rainmakers may not be remembered much outside of the Midwestern U.S. and Norway (!). The lead singer Bob Walkenhorst wrote this song about alienation, “View from the Tower,” that has a happy ending. Delete the two spaces in the url.

https:// youtu.be/ HmK0s9kBW6Y
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^ I just came here to post that one but you beat me to it!
Ahhhh, me too.
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More of a mind-over-matter song, with feel-good pacing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjizgMynf6Y
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