Music by Mood

Current Favorite Songs

Birds

This list will continuously evolve (last updated on 04/24/15). The songs will be in no particular order. These songs strike me for whatever reason – some the music, some the harmonies, some the lyrics, some in spite of the lyrics. I tend to link to lyric vids when possible, regardless of whether or not I like the lyrics. Some of these have religious-based words, although I am not of a particular religion. You’ve been warned.

 

Songs I find energizing (perfect for CLEANING!). I need more of these:

• “Castle of Glass – M. Shinoda Remix” by Linkin Park [w/lyrics]
• Any song from Mamma Mia, the Broadway version (not the movie version)
• Any Calvin Harris song
  • “Stars Come Out” by Calvin Harris
  • “I Need Your Love” by Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding
• Lindsey Stirling music
• “Borders Are” by Serj Tankian ❤ [w/lyrics]

 

Songs to help BOOST my mood (from medium to high) / improve focus:

• “Can’t Take It In” by Imogen Heap (I used this song to help me adjust to commuting to & from work via train!) ❤ [w/lyrics]
• “Come To The River” by Rhett Walker Band ❤ [w/lyrics]
• “The Proof Of Your Love” by for KING & COUNTRY
• “I’m Outlived By That Thing?” by Crash Test Dummies
• “When I Go Out With Artists” by Crash Test Dummies
• “Stay With My Brother” by The Botticellis ❤

 

Songs to make me smile or LAUGH:

• “Work Hard” by Depeche Mode [w/lyrics]
• “Thanks For Your Time” by Gotye
• “Agony” from Into the Woods and “Agony (Reprise)” from Into the Woods

 

Songs that GROUND ME (use in case of mood emergency only! Brings me up if I’m very low, grounds me when I’m in a severe funk or feeling very weird, but can bring me down if I’m up). This is the most IMPORTANT category for me!!! Only time can add to this list. In fact, most were introduced to me by my brother before he moved away:

• “Karma Police” by Radiohead [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead [w/lyrics] ❤
• “2+2=5” by Radiohead [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Easier To Run” by Linkin Park [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Somewhere I Belong” by Linkin Park [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Numb” by Linkin Park [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Pushing Me Away” by Linkin Park [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Ordinary World” by Duran Duran [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Waltz #1” by Elliot Smith [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Torn” by Toad The Wet Sprocket ❤
• “Faith Alone” by Bad Religion ❤
• “Sanity” by Bad Religion ❤
• “Walk Away” by Bad Religion ❤
• “Worlds Apart” by Jars of Clay
• “Heavens Don’t Cry” by Super 8 ❤
• “Washed Away” by Super 8 ❤
• “Pain” by Super 8 ❤
• “King Of Pain” by The Police [w/lyrics] ❤

 

Just BEAUTIFUL
Can add to this list at any time:

• “Invisible” by Plumb ❤
• “Midnight Caller” by Chase & Status (feat. Clare Maguire)
  [or the StreetDance 2 version – pitched a bit higher & not a full version, but with dancing 😉 ]
• “Rikkisuudeltu” by Cmx ❤
• “Sally I Can See You” by Kimbra [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Midnight City” by M83 [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Bluenose” by Stan Rogers ❤
• “Re-Offender” by Travis (caution: potentially triggering – topic of abuse; I’m trying to find a lyrics-only version to link to but no luck yet)
• “Let Go” by jj
• “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” by Hillsong UNITED [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Eyes Wide Open” by Gotye
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
• “Lights” by Ellie Goulding [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Homelands” by Nitin Sawhney ❤

 

Songs I must AVOID because they bring my mood DOWN so unfailingly (or listen to with EXTREME CAUTION/ MUST be in a stable place mentally). I’ve placed these in approximate personally-chronological order. Only time can add to this list:

• Any Depeche Mode song from the Violator album (OCD rule: I can only listen to this album on May 2nd and/or 3rd of each year, like an anniversary. But I haven’t in over a decade.)
• “Come Undone” by Duran Duran [w/lyrics] ❤
• “Mekong” by The Refreshments
• “Space-Dye Vest” by Dream Theater (takes me back to my 7 year obsession of a certain topic)
• “Clowns (Can You See Me Now?)” by t.A.T.u (Yeah. This was a theme song during my 1st mental breakdown. “THIS IS AN EMERGENCY”)
• “Blue Flashing Light” by Travis (caution: potentially triggering! Song about abuse)
• “Runaway” by Leahy ❤ (I’ve placed this in the Caution pile because I listened to it a lot in the time before/during the collapse of my marriage, so it could be somewhat triggering for me. It really helped at the time.)