I am gonna SING my way to happy! Song suggestions please?

[tblue]

Don't know about you but I'm depressed. The news is bad, money situation not good, and I feel useless and blah... And I can't afford counseling, and I work out almost every day but still I'm anxious and gloomy almost always. IOW, I'm in a major funk. And I'm tired oif it.

Anyway, I think if maybe I just sing out loud (to myself mostly), I'll feel better I can't feel sad when I sing. (I hope.)

I'm gonna experiment and see if this theory works. Heaven knows, nothing else has.

So I need a small variety of upbeat songs, if you wouldn't mind. Thanks much. :hug:

[Hotler]

1. +1

I have no hope. I see no future. Music and song helps me sometimes also. Try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYizXBQ5EQA
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpj5ZiuawM
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh2vre3YwM4
even the blues can help me feel better.
Peace
hotler

[Shagbark Hickory]

2. Any particular genre(s)?

[Book Lover]

3. I hope these help

Sometimes the blues helps me when I'm depressed (fyi, diagnosed with mild/moderate depression a few months ago):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gygiowRjXs

and my go-to upbeat song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM&ob=av3e

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. I sing this a LOT when I'm out and about and it helps me feel better.

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It has become my favorite of their songs.
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The epitome of a "little ditty".
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After the word wine, I add a little (hic... unnh).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzb5QABCmak
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[Hotler]

5. Here is one more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDk4ktYK2lo&feature=related

[LynneSin]

6. Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs"

:hide:

[muffin1]

7. Don't Rain On My Parade

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g3kkGH8Mo

Sing it as loudly as you can! :)

[abq e streeter]

8. Songs of defiance usually help me, so...I'm Not Down,by The Clash, and Won't Back Down by Tom Petty

come to mind....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTXb-ga1fo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyUsJWO-7jM

[Pool Hall Ace]

9. Good song, not-so-good movie.

Gene Kelly really busts a move in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPJ9BtqK7w&list=FLMevCZ86g0bCHkdAiqvPvPg&index=31&feature=plpp

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. Elton John's Screw You is a good song

to cheer you up if you feel like telling the world to eff off...

http://www.eltonography.com/songs/screw_you.html

sP

[Brother Buzz]

11. Try singing in the bathtub and watch all your troubles go swirling down the drain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E01lGq7aWGY

Singing In The Bathtub

Singing in the bathtub
Sitting all alone
Tearing out a tonsil
Just like a baritone

Singing through the soap suds
Life is full of hope
I can sing with feeling
While feeling the soap

Oh the ring around the bathtub
Isn't so nice to see
But the ring around the bathtub
Is a rainbow to me

I can yodel opera
Even while i scrub
Everybody's happy
While singing in the tub

Never take a shower
It's an awful pain
Singing in the shower's
Like singing in the rain

Oh there is dirt to be abolished
But don't forget one thing
While the body's washed and polished
Sing brother sing

Be my love, for no one else can
End this yearning

Reaching for a towel
Happy once again
Watching all my troubles
Go swirling down the drain

[suninvited]

12. High Hopes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MpQq4buof4

My mother used to sing this a lot while we were cleaning house.

[The Doctor.]

13. Oh darling blue, have I something for you...

"I Still Believe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0QmanIVzh0

[The Doctor.]

14. Of course there is always this, whether you believe or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDnJ0vXUgw

Just "Gimme Shelter".

[taterguy]

15. It's impossible to be depressed while singing a banjo song

It's in the Rule Book!

Look it up!

(Man of Constant Sorrow is the exception that proves the rule)

For your consideration here's the Kruger Brothers doing Orange Blossom Special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQECXZKg-gc

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Lionel Richie: "All night long"....Happiest song ever. Here's the

youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiLziusKW4s

[polly7]

17. A few that help me

Jewel - A Good Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpW9D5-ZvE&ob=av2e

Enigma - Return To Innocence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_sAHh9s08&ob=av2e

Simon Webbe - No Worries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87pJF1VLfXc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A&feature=related

Kevin Bloody Wilson - The Kid, He Swears A Little Bit (he swears a lot)- I can't find it but it's pretty funny, just don't sing it if Mom's around.