Feel Good Songs

To name a few...

most Springsteen songs, but if I had to pick one (or two) I'd go with Thunder Road and Better Days

"Having a Party" - Southside Johnny & the Jukes

"Right Moves" - Josh Ritter

"To the Dogs of Whomever" - Josh Ritter

"Rock 'n' Roll Will Stand" - The Blasters -

"Better Things" - The Kinks

 

Springsteen - "Ramrod (Live)", "The Promised Land"

 

nothing fancy here, just an old-timer getting it done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrr5LmC2p1A

 

For those of you old enough to have gone through the smooth jazz period of the late '80s and early '90s, this song definitely fits.

Warm and Sunny Sunday Morning -- Yutaka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU81hjkRYTU

 

Saturday in the Park -- Chicago
Walking on Sunshine -- Katrina and the Waves
Take Five -- Dave Brubeck Quartet
City of Blinding Lights -- U2

 

A truly wrong statement.

On the pop charts? Maybe. But anything but a one-hit wonder.

Listen to some of his stuff in the '80s. Listen to "Chase The Clouds Away," which was used with the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal ... or "Give It All You Got," which was used at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Listen to the "Children of Sanchez" soundtrack, which he wrote in a hurry - i.e., given short notice that he was commissioned - yet pared down hours and hours of stuff into a 2-CD set. Released 30 albums.

Underrated. Not a one-hit wonder. But thanks for playing.

 

"Music is the Doctor" -- Doobie Brothers

"Lido Shuffle" -- Boz Scaggs

"I Wanna Come Over" -- Melissa Etheridge

"Smoky Mountain Rain" -- Ronnie Milsap

"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" -- Billy Joel

 

English pub rock from the 1970s seems right in my wheelhouse, even though I was like 9.

 

Stevie Woner - Superstition -

Supergrass - Alright -

Paul Simon - Me and Julio -

Late in the Evening -

Kodachrome -

Allison Krauss and Union Station - Man of Constant Sorrow -

Foggy Bottom Breakdown - Scruggs, Martin, Shaffer -

 

Hell yeah ... from their debut album, "I Should Coco"

 

I think Supergrass' new album is titled, "I Suck at Sheep."

 

Kickdrum Heart - Avett Brothers

How I forgot to add this one I don't know. I do know that when they played this on Friday night I about lost my mind.