Sunday, January 27, 2013

Music to Feel Better By


This is a playlist I made today for those times when I just feel...weird. I'm in a weird mood where I may not necessarily be sad, but I'm not happy. When I start to think more about the things I'm not doing than the things I've done. More about the people I haven't met than the great ones I know. It's a mood I'm in a lot.

All of these songs make me feel good in some way. Some of them because the lyrics speak to me (see "Amazing," "Being Good"). Some because they make me want to get up and dance around (the appropriately titled "Let's Dance to Joy Division," "High School Rock Out"). Some because they remind me I'm not the only one that feels not okay sometimes ("Not Alone," "Mad World). Some because they take me somewhere warm and safe ("Lights," "Tiny Dancer"). And some just because the sound of the singer's voice is something I love to hear (Johnny Rzeznik, I'm talking to you).

They are not in a particular order.

Hopefully, you can find something on here that makes you feel better too.
  1. Demons - Imagine Dragons
  2. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (original or Glee cover)
  3. Being Good Isn't Good Enough - originally Barbra Streisand, covered by Lea Michele for Glee
  4. This Is the New Year - A Great Big World (original or Glee cover)
  5. Mad World - originally by Gary Jules, covered on The Glee Project (I like both versions equally)
  6. Amazing - Aerosmith
  7. Vienna - Billy Joel
  8. High School Rock Out - Darren Criss
  9. Not Alone - Darren Criss
  10. Take It Easy - The Eagles
  11. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
  12. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
  13. I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme) - Johnny Rzeznik
  14. Daughters - John Mayer
  15. Lights - Journey
  16. To Be With You - Mr. Big
  17. We Found Love - originally by Rihanna, covered by Nellie Veitenheimer and Dani Shay
  18. The Scientist - originally by Coldplay, covered by Samuel Larsen
  19. The Way It Is - Tesla (specifically the Five Man Acoustical Jam version)
  20. Let's Dance to Joy Division - The Wombats

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